Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-04-05
ANGODA GOAT RAISING IN MONTANA.


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WING IN a log cabin home at
the foot Of the mountains near
MarysVille IN Lewis and Clarke
county. with his family Of 10
children $. $. Brannin, the
owner Of large number OF
~ Angora goats. Is an interesting
pioneer in a new industry in
Montana -.
coming here from his former home
:, New Mexico several years ago and
'.,oriencing many hardships and losses
On Inc drive from the South, he made
Ms home. amid the Marysville hills and
,tsre mas done the work Of the pioneer
a. an industry that promises much for
.bis satt and to him who doubts'pr0ud-
,' oders as evidence of MOntana's ever
,s,rIprlul resources the picture Of his
boppv family and Of his now large and
,@1iable flock OF AngOras
1foptara Is certainly good state for
,bp Augora SCAT The climatic condi-
lions here are like those of Turkey
ets,e he Angofa has reached its
greatest perfection and the range con-
.Snons IN Montana are particularly ia
yo.abla To the industry.
From small beginning and patient
IN, breeding his animals from the COM
man and inexpensive goats Of the
Southwest with fun blood Angora bucks
I'M Brunnm now has large and rap
.W'y increasing flock fof Angoras that
.yfIa him a lucrative annual revenue
rom the m0hair meat and hide prod
NOS produced. And all accomplished
on q very small original investment,
.connaratively none of which was OF ne
.fessty made IN lands.
me Angora viii accept a mountain
Gus range too poor or too unfayorably
located for cattle or sheep and with an
inexpensive home ranch that will Yield
even q small tonnage of hay one may
embark in The business today as did
Mn Bannm, and With nearly all Of
ms carital available for the purchase
lad animals, the real producing source
.of any live stock enterprise.
Il Is because Of the almost innumer-
AIDE locations OF this character that are
available In Montana and the use OF
thousands Of acres OF ideal Angora
range lands In the mountains to be
.had free of any charge on expense that
.he Angola industry Is u most prom
Using one .n Montana and one when its
possibilities are understood, that viii
.Uuy grow to great proportions IN
Ibis state.
M BrGnnin considers eight to ten
.t0rs Of hay an ample amount to bring
1 N0 Angoras through q Montana vim
.ter In excellent condition. whilea sheep
owner would not feel safe unless he had
several times that amount Of winter
feed for a Ike number Of animals
This Is due 10 the fact that the goats
from choice prefer browsing ON the will
|las and uuderbrush 10 eating hay, and
|in the many mountainous locations
where such feed is available In album
dance, little other provision is neces-
tary for the winter season.
Last year Mr.. Brannin wintered his
.enue flock, which then numbered
about G.O head, on less than seven tons
'O hay. The Angora Is q more hardy
.inIMal than "a sheep, IS free from dis
ease and being lar more intelligent is
|0slcr handled The increase is very
|strong, Mr. Brannin considering 30 per
cent to 100 per cent an average annual
yield
From $50 nanniF 400 strong and
healthy kids were had last spring at
the BrannIn ranch. The life Of the An
gor Is two or three times that Of
fleep--a consideration IN estimating
profit
The fleece or mohair as 1t Is called,
commands much higher price than
wool, fOm 20 to so con(s a pound beins
paid by American manufacturers for
ftoo grades Of the homegrown mohaif.
.ite average annual clip 70 about four
pounds although many animals shear
.h 70 eisht pounds FUN blood bucks
we're shown at Kansas City this fan
ult had sheared from u to IS rounds.
The present American consumption of
rotair Is twice the amount now grown
N his country and is rapidly increas-
me On this SUBJECT q prominent east
en- manufacturer, IN a recent letter 10
John w. Fulton Of Helena. who has
been studying the conditions here for
Nt AngOra industry and who cortem-