The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1879-06-28

ia peTpetGai snow, on ille .nfty T@urrls m0uns
liAins Tie Mediterranean size ct these
mountains i we'll aooaed and bstShr, snd
aiFsris pasture faf thousands II goats, The
Tuths shear ,hese goats and export their long
coafsc llair- Ii is u.-l fur tia. siutFing Of
ciiairs, and They also make tents and sacks
of II A great many OF the skins come to
ihi- country under the name II ~Tranch
skins and are as,-sl far parts of Nrxiesn sid
dies and aiso f.r pther PURPOSES All along
tIs.se mountains, and al-o oD tue B ack Sea
Fanse 81 neunsains, can trr found countless
thousands If i67se ceiumoa goats. Tie
Turks 4feler goa, u,ca, 10 any other y
FROM nhs, / r,aifs,i iir,rt.=tle Aus'.fa goat
iid 90, ID wei. On lhe cont SIDE u il,ose
ma1ntains. - il,sy sie ainsos, aIways fannesf
by a cssl; lamp s,.a Iaiof. Tie reason thst
here refer to tilyse common goats. Is ti/t
>ane time AZ" ! saw an l.ff,icie in the S/F.
lAits on the unproaectiveness Of The Ingo
IA goat IN it, ew9 country. The .Altl .tskrs
the statistics efa! tie g,a,s 81 A7h Minor
AMI then te s,,,'is,ies Of the nloh1ir exported
from ,l,r@ @eoua,ry, and iu tl,at gJ,nner Of rea-
senias and other impractical fcmarks, tries
IL make it hani On the AngAfa
The province OF Anggrgli> not able 10 keep
grea. number II sta,y. as It j, i,ni a small
eouniry and only poEfieus Of il are good fsr
the mohair goat.
After got oylr the Tanis mountains
came liso eophuy sIm,iar 10 porunus pl
the Stale II ;Sevasia. Jill not see amy kind
of ;rxes naive to the soii not as many a.
wouia n,Ae FIRE. The people ~!.a can IL
fnr'l i sise cha.cta. packed from The coast
anoupfalns the poorer people use sheep
anT cattle drnpinngs te ensk lbeir fo,J with.
Tt.e people who lived on the first portion of
lil,is rautc are very pacr. keepiag few small
biack cattle and silccp. and raising wlle,t,
corn anal such like. here reirr ii the
mountainous portion Of the province af Co
niyeh. Was q days going into tl,c city of
Angors- Whrn gtt down into The prb-
vince If Ahgsa found the pepple merc
prk pernus looki"g. Portions of tie province
are very goel for the growth IT wheat. carn
and all kints Of temperate fruits still the
country retains that wild and arid look with
oui any forest trees " truSh on II. 1t is
Something like large piatea1, and IS sur
rounded Ly those snow-ciad chains ni MetiIt-
terrsnean and Back SEA mountains. Ev~ry,
thing tLatsis raised in that portion of Asia
Minor requires 10 he irrigated, for there is
no tain in the Summer, bat there is general
ly plenty nf snew in the Winter
In that article Of the sttas. that have
already referred 10. it is stated thst the An
gora goat does NOT increase in lis own eoun-
try, which is quite true. kngora is subject
tn = periodical recurrence of lad seasons
Some Winters bat little snow falls. which
causes drouth, Then there are Winters with
heavy falls Of snow, which cover NJ the feed
for months. The gos,s then get very poor
and feyerish, which causes them 10 lose their
kids A good kidding there is about 50 per
cent. However, If iAte years, since such
demand has been made for mo
hair, the goat raiscrs take much letter care
Of their goats, providing q little feed and
shelter for them in these hard Winters.
John r. Thompson. Of Constan,inople, one
Of the largest shippers Of mohair to England,
kindly furnished me letters Of introduction
to the principal mohair mills in Bradford,
namely, SIR Titus Salts and Mitchell Brns
was svery ANXIOUS 10 see all the uses that
mohair was put to, which was the reason