The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1879-05-31

Bot yeu should have stated inst in no part
of France was tie climate favorable Ior
them with the exception Of Souliard in the
mountainous and tr2chytic district of the
64Htgt where TREY keep IN fine :.tHitffI and
admirable condition Their wool Is f4,ri-
Gated into Eelxets tf such fneaess aad lHstef
as to equal'the finest Asiatic importations.
You state that . 10 29syears the AHgora goat
wool has not been able to obtain mention
in the ordinary annual summaries of exports.
The men who have goats for sale AZ high
prices tell abort shipments of AugoFs wool
but the recorGs of the commercial news
papers know nothing of them, and the an-
nual wool circulars take no account Of them. >
Only in 1868 the Riverside mill, Of Provi-
dence. Rhode Island, imported $4,000 worth
OF machinery, gold value, strictly for the
working Of Angora fleece. TheE had np to
Jn"e, 1869, worked up all the fleece that
coGld be obtained in the United States that
had accumulated among wool dealers feF
the previous 10 years. and imported from
Asla Mlnor, through Bauendahi s Co. Nos.
3, aud White street. Sex York, 10000
pounds, and at that time were short of
fleece 10 run their machinery. We have
now the FArr Aipsca Company, mauufactu-
rers of pure alpaca and mohair lusters,
Hplyoke, Mass who require much greater
quantity Of mohair than is produced in the
country at present TO satisfy that demand.
There IS also the jamestown mills, New
York State, which manufacture moEair goods
and purchase largely Of the raE material.
Que Of the largest and best known wool
houses 10 the United States, Kitching Bros,
Nos 50 aud 50 Reade street. New York,
issue monthly wool circular in which the
prices Of superior, ordinary, and inferior
mohMr IS always given. Your assertion
that evaFy person prominent as the owner Of
Angoras, locks for h.s main profits not to his
wool clips, but to the purchases Of bis bucks
by ignorant and deceived customers, Is more
Iikely to lead Astray and deceive ignorant
customers than any doubtful advice you
could have given them. 1t Is we'll known
TO intelligent and careful breeders Of An
gnras the importance Of having good bucks
for their iiocks, otherwise it il time and
money wasted trying TO produce good fleece
bearing animals.
In conclusion, there is an immense busi-
ness done in the sale Of mohair goods
throughout the country. From the shores
Of the Atlantic to the waters of the Paclhc
the country inviting climates, suitable and
in many respects supersr to the district Of
Angora for the successful cultivation of this
beautiful and valuable breed Of animals.
The Cape Colony, Africa, has demonstrated
what may be accomplished by perSevering
efforts in this direction. In 1866 there were
shipped from smyrna to Cape Of Good Hope
400 goats About one half were lost on the
way. Since then about three hundred more
have been shipped all told. In 1871 En-
gland received from the Cape $500 bales Of
fleece, mohair, averaging 400 pounds to the
bale, or about 9sO, 900 pounds Of fleece in
Eve years from the start Ane according
to the statement Of the Messrs. BOwes, in
their statistics of wool for is7s-a very high
authority-they say that in 1876 the guam
tity reached l,s9s,45s pounds. This great
quantity could not have beeu grown upon
pure animals as they could not have been
procured. 1t must have been the product
of graded animals. The best test Of the
value Of this product Is that il has become =