The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-09-12
Ghrn rmnrraf- Star
nor GOATS WANTED.
From Department of Agriculture, j
Report.

4 WIN II VI hEAAttiNHtNs dIif
Report.
The sheep have been separated
from the goats by too wide Il mar
gin in this coun;ry. The Angoras
have been imported to Il limited
extent, and their fleece is IN de
mand as mohair, tut they have
not been extensively disseminated.
There are rough surfaces and de.
clivilous mountain slopes where
they might thrive and prove pref
cradle TO sheep,
The demand for fleece, meat and
skins si!onId make goat raising
profitable. The flesh Of the young
animal is not only wholesome but
palatable and nutritious, and the
milk of The dairy strains of this
race would be valuable ard health.
tul food for infants, and might be
kept in villages and suburbs OF
cities by thousands Of families
who do not keep a COW because Of
the expense Oh want of accommo-
dation. The difficulty of getting
the milk of zone COW" constantly,
and The uncertainty of obtaining
pure milk at all in cities and towns.
should make it possible for SANTA.
ry and economic reasons to give
success to the experiment Of pro-
viding goats milk for children.
While our farmers may c0ntin.
lie TO despise ''the day of small
things and decline to use goats
for milk and cheese dairying, they
may find it profitable 10 supply
meat, fleece or pelt. Many may
not be awareof the fact that large
lnportatlons of goat skins are
made, costing millions of dollars,
while rough res suitable to goat
raising are unutilized in tins c0un-
Try. The value of such Imports
last year was s7,66S,472 The re
ceipts from Brazil we're valued at
81 ,306,26S, British East Indies ST.
132,050, Mexico $93O,G13, The Ar
gertine Republic $642,505, France
S6lS,2SS, England 1859, 500. Pos =
slbly a little of the existing de
preston might be eliminated by
the distribution of SO, 100000 as
receipts from goat products.
A letter has recently been re. 7
by the Secretary of Agri. ,
culture from Hon. Rufus Kellogg, :
Of Green Bay, Wis, who writes
from Rome, Italy, AS follows, con- ,
corning certain breeds OF goats and
| now desire TO draw attention !
the value of the goat of Malta,
| think would do much +
good in the mountain regions Of 9,
The Carolinas, Tennessee and
Georgia. The goat of the Isle of 4
is peculiar in having a small
head and in beng hornless. In Al
proportion to its size, lis bag is OF CT
,reat size. 1t gives six to eight Re
OF milk per day. In Tunis, Al
the Maltese goat sells for d,
50 highly is it esteemed. In VI
hese days of swill milk and tuber. q
goats milk is regarded as
much safer for children in cities p ~
han cows milk. Kc
Seal-skin capcs seem to be sup.
'lanted by the Astrachan among et'
american and English ladies. The 2,
Aslrachan cape is SAID 10 be made :
The pelts of the black sheep
t the Crimea, Russia. An impor-
atom OF this kind OF sheep might az
. done by private enterprise if sis
ne government of the United -
taies should gather The informa. H.
on.
In Europe there are about half
S many goats as there are sheep
! this country. Spain, the source ~
I most OF The sheep in this coun. i
", including both Merinos and an
lexicans, has almost 10000 900 of
Oals. Little Greece has more
IAN 100000, almost as many as SC
I sheep. Germany has more Than
reece, Italy 100000, and Aus. N
IA and Bulgaria each more than IL
100000.
For the first time in the census
the United States, The present
'nsus schedules include goats In
nong The animals of the farm.
The late Alfred L. Lewis, of
est Pascaeoula, Miss, assured I
@ Times Democrat that his fock mes
MS
goats were the most profitable ass
Ock bred on his farm. When Co
'pt in large flocks they do little Ag,
nc mischief. ~,