The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13
PRAISE FOR ANGORA GOATS.
THEIR MANY VIRTUES SET FORTH
~ OFFICIAL GUISE.

f1eecc and Their Meat =
Ascribcd to Them In ClearinG Land
According TO statistics gathered by the
Department Of Agriculture and published In
TIN last Farmers Bulletin. the total amount
Of mohair produc.d In the United states
annually IL upward Of q million pounds
and " just aboutEequal TO IA q quantity
imported. Furthermore. the mohnir In
dustry u looking up and seems TO onor a
field for profitable investment.
A great many people who are familiar
with tho word mohair and even with the
article itself would he puzzled TO find an
answer IL they were asked to tell just what
mohair IL. The word mohair,- explains
tho Agriculture Departments bulletin.
rs the tcchnical name for the fibre OF tho
Angora goat which Is used In the manu-
facturc Of fabrics. Tho word comes TO
w through the Old French mOhorc. from
IN" Arabic mskhdyVdr. meaning mohair
! cloth
W when 4, Is said that tho mohair in
dustry h looking up In this country " -
equivalent "a saying that the Angora goat
! industry II looking up Now. the Angura
goat history Ia the United States IL rather
an interesting one. II was during tho
| Adniinistr ration 81 President Polk that II
lsgan. The sultan Of Turkey had To do
| WIN liNf AlAI'hluiNlRll VI INV hhkHi" "
into this country. lie requested Prerld"nt
Polk 10 recommend some one who would
experiment with cotton culture IN turkey
and President Polk suggested Dr. James
y Davis Of Columbia, \. G. Dr. DAVIS
accordingly was invited u Turkey 10y
\ the Sultan and went there. with the reruit
that his cotton experiments - pleased
/ the sultan that when he returned "a America
he brought home with him nine Angora
goats. the gift 20 him Of the Sultan
1he-a goats were frequently exhibited
NJ fairs and attracted much attention,
IL was thought NJ the time that they w"r"
tho Cashmere breed. from the fibre Of which
tho COSTLY cashmere fhawls are made.
This mistake proved To- he unfortunate
fnt everything thai was known about the
| Ca.Imerrs Wa- said for these RoaiS, WIN
the final result that there was such dis
aupointment that u saN" "A serious set
back go the Angpra goat industry ~ us
very outset. In Angura g'at can no moro
serve the PURPOSES 81 n tnshmcr" than
I tho la-,f hrssi- Of cattle can serve We
PURPOSE ~ tho finest Jersey stock let
all the sam" toe Ahgura : q very Na'uahle
animal AID this early dissl pOintincn' ~
the Sulian'S gic had a tendency "a bind
/ rappl. for u Iong time to- th" fact
ia 1883 tho Davis locA II goats. COM
I si-tiug ~ seven does and two bucks. VAS
r.r.has,d Iy Col. Richard Peters Of At
. lauta, Ca with the exception of one oNu'~i
hv Co Wad" Hampton II south tar"Iliia
and CON, h. Mr. Davenport of Virginia and
one hy Mr. Osborne - New York lRl"r
. col pot,r~ imuprtcl others, and although
.I.y did mot prove satisfactory h" ~ never
th.l,.- rrEtul.d a. the real founder ~ IN"
AurutH rli' industry N tht- country
Hts first imgnrtation vas followed nv
. other. up - ~ lat" ~ 1870 whcl the sutton
l-4-amr alarinfSi AZ What he fahci'd was
ne" Development 20 an industry N'',h
Threatened the same line IN Turkey Ia
is;N lac issncd nu etiC' ai~oluielv prohlh'lhS
tho ~eypnr.ation OF AugorR- and this "il't
il still IN forrr. NoiwithrtAndtng ~" 'l'cl
Dr W. &. Bailey ~ SIN Jo~e, i. went tn
All, Minor caAy IN the present year ana
s1,r.~-tsi in SHIPPING four goats, wilch
arrived I'm New York w April lHs' and at'er
nassing Quarantine wera started Tor 'h"lr
california hone at, MAY
From ,hc-a impnrtations, supplemented
bv a few goats bought from South Africa,
have Cumo all the herds TINT nov are
found in nearly every state ia the Union
Al the clns1 of the civil War about MI th'
goats ~ the Angola breed that fennaihfn
IN the country werr In the e~t'th
State and Territories. principally N l'h"~'
Nov Mexico. Arizona and California
within tho hast Few ytOtS they hay" g"i"ll'"
Oregon m large nutnf-rs, ana iul' r.
Gently several Thousand have hscu taken
into Iowa and Missouri. There j. now
manifested an Interest in the animal ru'h
as was never known before since IT, arrival
away hack In President Folks time ana II
il beloved that this interest ~iu result,
D AMI fIA'. IalAff NfIN NFNaH ~
temancutly al industry which viii oAl'hh
to every part ~ the country
Tn. most important product ~ we M
CORA goat i tho long, silky, waNN n'sSV'
u-cd either pure ar In cunntNtinn WIN N"uI,
silk or linen in a variety II fabrics for mouse
furnishings and women'- gpod~, hrlllhh-
tines. hnings, braid. pushes, aetrakhan
10th. furniture coverings and q variety
Of Other materials The fin" fabric CARED
Cam.l'- hair H. al~p 81 the t#sf n%nohhtf.
and mot from the camel, ~ would u" sup
posed from the nam" 'IhanlaI Is ,h"
Aralsc word foT camel. AMI tho Arabs also
call the Augora goat tn" chainaI.
There h. a market for all the mohair pro-
duced I'm the country. and, In fact. "A greater
demand from the mills than can be sup
pli,d Two mills a. Maine used 10000
hounds ~ domestic mohar IN lSR ana
had tn e. abroad for teO.Op pounds morr'
But il il not merely for it, flesCe that the
Ansnrn goa, Is valuable. lite meat l. Of cX-
cellrnt flavor and very nutritious, while
a. a clearer Of thick"t covered ground u
has no rqual II hsr the true goat aIi~tit"
and will eat next % anNth'hs IN we way
81 u~udcrhrush. 1t Is is popularity, too,
that II cate kinds 81 vegetation, even m
Guiding weeds, which other stock avoid,
aud avoids thoAe kinds which other stock
prefer. I, will desert the finest clover and
tlur grass for a fine layout OF wtsds and
general vegetable rubbish and refuse.
In thns, localities where valuable land
l. completely sutpduod bv brush the tngura
l. Cnu-idcrcd 81 more value Tor IN" p'rTn-"
Of cleaning than for either it, fcSce or
it, meat. u l. said that la Or'gnn. where
Cinnamon have been paid ~ much ~ $50
nm acrr for cleaning on brush, goats have
dnno tho work even better. Sprouts will
spring up hchind a mans work az clearing
hut goats keep them down until they cease
g. apIssar.
Tho beneficial effect 81 the goats h. not
all In the clearing ~ the land Of brush.
In many parts ~ the country nutritious
grasses came in after the goats have done
their work. The NAL result y that goats put
Northumberland land into condition
for cultivation. and actually 60 farther
hv converting a wilderness into q good
pasture, thus preparing N" way Ivy tho
cheapest method for sheep. cattle or horses.
One man In Iowa has S' ARES OF land
that was thus clearsi up hy goats. aud saws
that ip Angoras o. each forty acres ot land
will make Z n clean and A. perfectly set
IN blue grass as a lawn.