The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-09-23
FaRH AND FIRE TIDE.


know. flie coutaBEsasi goats eiln DC
srsl7ea III. III . barge herd. sas % i've
s,ounds cae wortli On a1 average hi
fca Fcas als ceuas for shat quality,
nad VI III 81. 50 per bead sgltheest
Of keep. say IS cents, $50 per head,
from orc hsra Of a00g ABgoras, and
voss happ net from ilais, 81, 5t0. With
goud management, soy vou raise only
100 per cent. Or 1000 kids, intrinsic
xalne. per head. $4,000 !; toial,
$4,000. Now mind Won can me the
tnoss wgralileas land In existence, lnEt
- Sthas loss If egrFgFeeauudergrg wths
your goats are subject 70 no known
disease no scab, no lnInbriz, no liver
rot. nor aBytl.ing else but can By
heFdea II twicc the number can 90
over three times The distance ID sum
1rer ~i&hont water produce nearly
twice Is many KIDS. and yield ~ bard
slssneys over fhFce times as Hiaay the
erown are moi bothered BY wolves, do
rot oct lost or stfayed half IS easy,
aud are much pzeitief, more intelligent,
aadssuneh moro agreeable atiiaals tex
cvpt bilIies to hands,, Than sheep.
Theg can be taught 10 range IN
hnncbes 81 300 or 400 around homo,
ana conc home regularly q know Of
tsree such bunches4 aud to,wind up,
theFe il % reason Why goats cannot
~ raised wiih much handsomer
croft than sheep, even IL their best
HAIR only brings 40 TO 30 cents, for
ahey would then produce nearly twice
n much money from their hair as the
sape class Of sheep from their woos /;
and with 30 To 40 per cent. Of. IN
crease ii favor of goats. Remember,
] have taken fhe highest graded 5000
sheep and She highest graded 1000
goats, managed each under MS most
Favorable circumstances, with tbe re-
suit Of $4,000 for sheep, and $4,000
for goats, The sheep worth $4,000
md the goats worth $4,000 10 start
wiLh--ability 10 probably increase
the alaeee Of your goats, and . mooied
aaestion 81 best, as To adTisabiiity Of
grading yonr sheep higher As there
IS, comparatively speaking, very
limited extent Of country in which
AngoFa goats can he raised to the best
advantage, and Is their fleece IS made
into The most Substantial articles Of
commerce, such as mohair, alpaeas,
Iaces, Innings, brllIianties, plush, etc.r
and now HAT we hayc d ffst-class
plush factory in Connecticut, We can
manufacture every one Of said articles
in this country, and we know that al
tlaongh there may be occasional hact-
nafions ID Che market, there can row
be more dependence placed on the
markets stability than in the past
knowing this, and knowing that the
above articles are dependent to . very
limited extent upon fashion fer their
kale, are We not justified in looking
fora grand future for one Of The worst
abused, miarepIesented, and least nm
derst0od blessings that The good Lord
has ever forced on an othergise God
forsakan pile rocks and brush styled
country" that Is useless for any
thing ander the sun, except 10 break
mems and horses shins, and make
everybody whe sees it say, = ! wonder
What such q country is good for, any
llown II fine, ! hold that an animal
tAat il 81 free froul all diseases, that Is
IS ehsaply kept, and that will bring ID
each year 2 pounds per bead, Or clear
$500 apiece, viii beat any sheep that
EVER lived, Or that eyer will live ! am
h firm believer in the superior prohta-
blenesg of sheep over any other stock,
except Angora goats. AS TO The mis-
representations Of Angoras for Cash
between which there no more
affinity than between thecemmon aud
AngoFa--wbile the Cashmere requires
an elevation Of eight or ten thousand
feet, produces a few ounces of fine
short fleece worth about SO cents an
ounce, extracting fromfhe outergrowih
Of coarse, long hair, with great diff
entity ard expense, and has been found
sIAadapted for a profitable eultpre
where tried III the United States, The
Angera thriYes, to my knowledge, on
lands but a few hundred feet above
the YEA level, produces as much in
some eases as ten and eleven ponds,
warlh SO to 80 cents per pound and
It's culture Is found BY many, ID this
coantry and elsewhere, 10 be most
profitable industry. But everybody
does not giyea new undertaking a
proper and thorough examination be-
fore geing into it. Spectators inn
ported from the coast Of Asia Minor,
AngpEas grade Angoras, often which
arc found ii some sections aud along
he Coast Of that country, aud repre-
ssntsd them 10 30 Caabueres. credu-
loua purchasers bought these animals
III The belisf Chat their tleeeas, being
pure Cashmere wool, would be worth,
NJ ? = ~ F<ltttNAf FpstV pei lstuAA4S-7- ~
leaat go 90 70 The animal, --apd were
4sieyeasly disappointed that II was
werth eRly 20 81 80 cents per pound,
500 T. $500 per Clip. From these
aeeepsiens and disappointmepts Fc-
sefiai set III against he ARgora. Their
intfinsic YAlpe Was i0st sight Ut from
Abeir failnre 10 come up b Epreason-
abie expectations. 70 make matters
morse, Another class Of men, some un-
wilfiasl pet feAlly kuowing fhe great
4ilsefeaee between Ahe pnre ana grade
aFimsls -bpt the majority SHOWING
lshe harm. that tbey night get better
RIiess fortheir grade 6iliiea, repge-
asaAea tllana a. pgre-blapds mid DOW
the palfcRuscru felI upol Il iew slaiab.
lihs block They found that their
cQi9nlep goats Improved worry slowly,
aad ct e6plAe could not ba made 10
liFQanee hsaYy enqaa Neeef 1aalse
fbp esisss III and these ppr-
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