Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-15

modified from the native stoCk) most eco
nomically and proftably meets the require
ment. Common goats need the least care
and require only the cheapest and most
primitive pasturage-bushes and weeds.
They furnish a product Of world wide use,
not dependent upon any kind of culture for
its availability or excellence. Wherever they
can be stocked upon unused or otherwise
unusable lands, with the rude and slight
care required, they are almost gratuitously
profitable, Thus the price paid for imported
goatskins is less representative Of cost Of
production than of the commercial sagacity
of the producers and their appreciation of
the needs of the market, and suggests an
onyiable margin of profit The price above
cost paid by consumers of this country is
the gratuty paid to foreign producers i'm
porters, etc, because of lack of enterprise,
ignorance or wasteful prejudice. The market
price of an article is sensibly affected by
nomenclature. In coffees, for instance, an
additional Price is paid for the names of
Mocha" and Java" though official sta
tistics show, and facts of production and
movement confirm, that not a pound Ct
Mocha coffee has been introduced into this
country for at least fifty years and, COM
pared with the supposed consumption, but
little of Java for twenty five years.
Experience of Goat Rniscrs.
In gathering information on the subject OF
the goat industry the Department of Agri-
culture received a mlngling of important
testimony, which is given in part below
from gentlemen of various sections of the
country of experience as raisers and import
ers of valuable stock
Colonel Richard Peters of Atlanta Ga,
wrote: 81 have had great success with the
Angoras and regard them as one of the most
valuable acquisitions to the resources of our
husbandry. They have yielded me more sub
stantial pecunlary profit than any other of
my stock investments. The fleece from
the matured bucks weigh froTa six to seven
pounds those from the ewes from three to
four pounds. The flesh of the crosses is su-
perior to most mutton tender and delicious,
making them desirable addition to our
food producing animals"
Messrs w. G. Hughes & Co., stock breed
ers, Hastings, Tex: "On the Pacific coast,
notably in California and Oregon, Angora
goats are raised very successfully and in
large numbers, and farther south in New
Mexico and Texas, in which latter state are
some of the finest and oldest established
iocks in America. Much interest has of
late been taken in the industry in Iowa,
where many farmers are handling small
hocks in connection with other stock on
their bushy lands. Good foundation herds
can be purchased for about 81 per head and
upward, and males from $40 to $25 each"
Thomas H. Mastin Kansas City. Mo:
about year ago purchased several hun
dred Angora goats and placed them on my
farm, located on the Kansas and Missouri
line in Johnson and Jackson counties, for
the purpose of clearing my land Of bush.
I
the packing companies and obtained the
price Of Az cents per pound for the NUT
ton. Finding it most profitable business
to raise Angoras for meat, l increased my
flock to about 1000 head. In the future I
intend buying more stock and will go into
the mohair business large scale"
Mr.. S. f. Stanley of Iowa writes as fol-
lows: "As the result of the application OF
Angora goats to bush land, | have 600 acres
which have been reclaimed, and by their
occupation a conservative estimate would be