Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-15

ought to be all those interested in the
welfare of the territory as a Whole) the
necessity of cooperation and assistance
in the work of the American Angora
Goat Breeders Association, which was
organized in Kansas City last year.
ANGORA GOAT BUSINESS.
New Mexico, at present, is the sec
ond largest producer of Angora goats
of any state in the Union, and in two
years from now it will be at the head.
1t should endeavor not only to be the
largest producer, but a producer of
thoroughbreds as well. There Is no
doubt but that the wealth of this terri
tory will be greatly increased in the
mex few years by the Angora goat, and
the assistance of the territorial govern
ment will greatly and materially aid the
efforts of the growers of goats. The
goat industry has never had any sub
stantial backing, and If the Legislature
will have pamphlets or circulars printed
and judiciously distributed they will
bIlHS IIdhy oClllCIo lAlo VINO Nie
who would not otherwise come. New
Mexico is the natural home of the goat,
and any one venturing into the bust
ness will be amply rewarded for his
trouble.
ASSOCIATION OF GOAT BREEDERS
After thoroughly Investigating the
American Angora Goat Breeders Asso-
citation l believe it will be a successful
and the ina attempt in the %organiZa-
ton of an association for the protection
and encouragement of careful breeding
of Angora goats. 1t is obvious that such
an association is a necessity when 1t is
observed that had not such associations
been organized for the encouragement
and protection Of the breeders of short
horn cattle, draft horses, sheep, and, in
fact, all other animals endowed with a
| pedigree, the country could not boast of
the fine stock of which the American
| work and enables one to keep a record
of his stock more correctly than he can
by simply keeping a record of his own,
of which he is the only authority, as to
the quality of the animals of which he
sees fit to keep a record.
FRAUD CANNOT BE SUCCESSFUL.
There are some who seem to think
that there will be a good deal of fraud
practiced by the members of the associ-
alton. Such frauds will soon expose
themselves, and those who commit
them will only injure themselves and
not the association. The only possible
way for n to practice fraud is to ap-
propriate a kid to a doe that does not
belong to it, and the natural result Of
such proceedings will be to deteriorate
their stock. and will for the time being
be a profitable business. But the Off
spring from such substitutes will show
in themselves that they are not what
they ought to be; while a conscientious
and ambitious breeder will in time raise
a goat that will be superior to the n
which he originally had recorded.
THE STATUS OF ANGORA GOATS.
The status of the Angora goat at pres
ent is that they have Unexpectedly ia
ken a boom, which, on account of their
scarcity. naturally enhances their value,
and the supply of good bucks Is indeed
very limited. For this reason there will
be a great many bucks sold for fancy
prices that are % really what they
ought to be. Under the excessive de-
mand the best are quickly sold, and
then the person has only n alternh-
tive, and what Is it? He must take the
next best. 1t will be seen by this that
it will be folly for any man to claim
that the association is merely a pool
and is not a promoter of the Angora
goat. There will be, no doubt, goats ad-
mitted to the records that are inferior
in some respects. because the quall1ca-
tons required for admittance by the as
ISOLATION are liberal in their bounds,
and they must be so, in order that the
association shall not be partial to a few
who have the best. If Mr.. Jones has
beer breeding up his goats for the past
thirty years, he should not object on
that account to join hands with Mr..
Brown, who has only been in the bust
ness five years. because he thinks that
he Is lowering his stock on a level with
Mr.. Brown, for he is not; and on the
contrary, he increases the value of his
own stock, and at the same time enables
Brown to get better prices or his stock.
IT is impossible for Jones to supply the
demand. and hence he should not
try to work the dog In the manger"
game. The association will not always
be open for the recording Of goats, and