The Columbus journal., 1903-07-15

vention. W. c. Bailey said: II the
Angora has come to say. one naturally
wishes 70 know Whist n the scarce q
income from IN investment In The m
dustry. In coming TO this mestmS
many Of You rode in cars upholsesred
with 1ne plush. You did not question
the fact that It Was Ane and durable.
nor did you think that It was made Of
mohair. the product OF the Angors
goat The fleece Of the Angora. then.
is one Of tho valuable products Of this
animal. II has been only few years
since IN energetic English manufae'
turer found . few bags Of new lus-
trous. silky fiber in Q London market
The dealers considered this nber IL
most worthless. a. NO one wished to
purchase It. Sir Titus Salt. Bart. saw
that something could be done with this
new material. and he not only bought
all that he could fnd In London. but
also learned where these lots had come
from. It was not long before al OF
the Asia Minor clip. amounting annu-
ally to about 10 million pounds. was
coming to Bradford. England, for man
ufacture. The demand for raw ma
terial grew 90 rapidly that the En-
glish sought to increase the supply BY
introducing the Angora into South A.
rica. To-day South Africa produces
| rs much mohair ~ Asia Minor. ana
England and America compete for this
raw material. Last year We produced
over I million pounds Of mohair. which
sold for from twenty to forty-five cents
per pound. and our American mills
consumed over million pounds. II
will take some years to produce
enough mohair for home consumption,
but 1t must be understood that home
consumption is Increasing % rapidly
az home production. It has only been
few years since our mohair mills
were established; now they are max
ing dress goods. braids. Innings and In
Vulnerable other things for which mo
hair Is particularly adapted on account
OF its luster and durability. and - the
production of raw material Increases
new mills are being started.
| Sheep Seab from Stock Yards.
| The season IL approaching wheI
some feeders viii 60 to the stocl
yards to purchase sheep for fall feed
ing. Those who win do % win no
have had the benefit Of previous q
perience. Those having such expert
ence viii as . rule have found tn
venture improbable. One Of the cause'
of the improbable side is the dange
OF introducing scab. This disease 4
parasitic and the stock yards are PEI
manently infected. Sheep passin,
through the yards, although free from
disease when entering, seldom escap
without infection. The regulations o
the Bureau Of Animal Industry seel
to control the danger by keeping SCI
arate pens for affected sheep, and +
prevent the spread by requiring tha
all diseased sheep intended for sal
for feeding purposes shall be dippe
twice at an interval OF ten days. an
all other sheep not affected, but II
; tended for feeding purposes, shall b
dipped once before shipment.
This department has been making
. special effort to trace the origin Of q
cases Of scab reported from this stat
and from the findings, concludes ths
, these regulations are insufficient.
. the last 1906 head of scabby shee
reported, 1t has been found that 4,16
. had previously come from the stoc
: yards or fed with sheep coming frol
the yards. This leaves only 345 cast
| of scab reported rs coming from o,
farms. The loss upon the 4,161 kea
!. was greater than the profits upon q
!. those purchased for feeding purpose
!. that did not develop disease. Beside
: this large number gives us the rep
tation Of having scab, that IS not d
]. served. Greater security can be s
. cured by dipping upon the farm. b
: our advice is to let the stock yar'
. sheep alone.-R. A. Craig. Indiana E
;. pertinent Station.