Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-02-26
COMPANY TO
RAISE GOATS
Articles of incorporation Have Been
Filed With the Secretary Of
State at Helena.
THEY WILL IMPORT ANGoRAs
The Company Will Also Engage In the
Manufacture of Angora Rugs
and Robes.

Ushering in a new industry, the
first corporation to engage in the rails
ing of Angora goats in Montana filed
its articles of incorporation with the
secretary OF state yesterday. The
company is known as the Montana
Angora Goat company and is COM
posed of both Montana and New Eng
land men, C. j. Fulton, Waller Shobe,
L. C. Russell and John w. Fulton OF
Helena and S. S. Brannin of Silver be
ing the Montana directors.
John w. Fulton, the secretary of
the new company, said to the Record:
ut is the intention of the company
to introduce some especially selected
full blood Angoras into Montana this
coming summer and the company is
row conducting negotiations with par
ties in South Africa looking TO a d.
rect importation of full blood bucks
by next year.
THE company will bring in a large
number of Angoras during the sum
mer months. The first shipment will
be of a lot selected in southern Tex.
as. where shearing and kidding is now
taking place. Later shipments will
be made from California, Nevada and
Idaho. owing to the kids selected from
does there being younger and smaller
and hence necessitating later ship
ment. Some of the animals will be
exhibited at Helena on their arrival
and will be held for sale at the Bran
rim Angora ranch near Old Silver in
this county. Several orders have al
ready been placed by Montana men
for does and kids for delivery from the
fist shipment.
LAS to our general aims and pur,
poses, while the company was incor'
porated to conduct a general farming
and livestock business, it intends to
pay especial attention to the Angora
industry. Eventually and. when the
number of Angoras in the state will
warrant, we contemplate securing
storage facilities her in Helena fol
the annual clips of mohair and will
have skillful men to classify the clip
sent to US for storage and sale. Wher
so classified far more advantageoui
sales can be made of a growers mo
hair and higher values and more sat
isfactory results a be realized thar
by individual sales and consignments
A manufacturer of a certain class o
goods desires certain grades of mo
hair. whereas other manufacturer
making other lines require othe
grades and, each being privileged 4
buy the particular kind he needs, cal
and will pay more than when he ha
TO take complete clips in order to pre-
cure the kind his immediate demand
may neccessitate.
The company also contemplates eT
gaging in the manufacture Of Anger
rugs. robes and other Angora pre-
ducts and will endeavor to create
ready market at good prices for pelt
and hides of all locally slaughtere
animals"
The raising of Angora goats is
comparatively new undertaking !
Montana, but Judging by the expe
fence Of those who now have them !
the state. conditions here are mo:
favorable for the industry. The ma
ter is one of interest to many ranc
owners throughout the state. and pa
~ticularly to sheep owners p~ossessin
a range, a portion of which is to
rough for sheep and hence of no pra
adjacent to ones home location woul
admit of running a large number
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eral organization of the owners shee
business, the introduction Of the:
animals would enable him to increa:
the revenue of his ranch very mate
tally indeed.
The ease with which they are han
led, their rugged. robust condition ar
ability to rustic well on a mountai'
Gus range make them especially i
teresting to people DESTROYS of star
ing in the live stock business. b'
whose capital does not admit Of In
proved agricultural lands or favo
able sheep or cattle ranges.
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