Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-06-24
MONEY IN GOAT RAISING.
An Industry In Which There Are y,
Unstable Remnants,

Unstable Remnants,
''You can sell every part of a goat
out his scent" said John Collins in the
course of an interview recently on the
subject of his Arizona goat farm.
There are thousands of goats on the
farm" he said, "but whether there are
10000, 10000 or 10000 | couldn't tell
you for the life of me.
II can tell you, however, something
about the sway ia which our goat in
dustry was started. BY the death of
a grand-uncle my uncle, Harry Me
Cormick and / inherited the Griebe ST.
Anne silver mines, which are two days
and night of steady burro travel
south of Tucson. There was silver In
the mines, but by the time we got 1t
out and got 1t to Tuccon we were pay
ing for II at about the rate of 16 to /.
But it wasn't case of free silver by
any means. 1t was the most expensive
money | ever got hold of. Finding the
venture losing one, we took lessons
from the 'greasers' and bought from
them 100 common goats.
There is nothing but sagebrush and
cactus out there for those animals to
feed on, but no man ever saw a dead
goat, unless he had come to some vic,
lent end They live and thrive where
nearly eN ry othet living thing starves
TO death.
1--WE sta Il out with 100 goats, de-
irving our rofits from the sale Of the
hides. In 49, d, we decided to mix them
with Angora goats. After two years
the cross disappears and you get per-
feet Angora goat. 1t Is valuable
thing to have. The long hair is sold to
the manufacturers of plush for furni-
ture, sleeping cars and such things.
The hair next to the skin can he made
up into valuable shawls. The meat OF
the kids is delightful when fresh ant
is sent in its canned shape to Cuba
the Philippines, other parts of the
United States, to China and to many
other foreign countries as canned
lamb.
So rich is goats milk that one tea
spoonful of 1t is equal to three table.
spoonfuls of the purest cream. But
the best part about the milk is that
II is a deadly foe TO tubercuIa, and con.
sumptives who drink it are often
cured of the disease. We are planning
to condense the milk and sell 1t for
medicinal as well as family use. II
there is any other dumb animal with
more valuable qualities than the goat,
then l don't know 1t.
"No stables have to be provided for
the keeping and six ranchers are suf-
ficient for herding up those we want to
sell. Once in while the greasers and
Indians get away with few, but
where you've got some scrappy ranch
ers they are not likely to repeat the
performance often.
"As a rule now, we sell the goats on
the hoof," continued Mr.. Collins, ac-
cording to the Washington Star. I'm
order to do so we have to drive them
into Tucson. And a tough job 1t is.
OF course, horses are not much good
then, as 1t is so hard to get provender
and water, but there Is a species of
broncho which the natives call loco
polka which is as hardy as e goat.
The loco polka is the craziest thiEg be-
tween Arizona and the next hottest
country. AS long as the notion doesn't
strike 'em they're all right, but If ever
they makeup their minds to stop moth
ing on earth can start 'em. Whenever
one goes, the rest go. A stampeding
loco polka might go through town
where a score of his kind are hitehed,
AID every blessed one of them would
break loose In some way and go gal
Looping after him. They run till they
get good and ready Ia stop. IL you
happen to hang on that long you can
turn your loco polka around and the
rest win follow.
ave use the loco pokas for packing
the kid meat to Tucson and, barring
this one accomplishment, they are all
right"
Many man who undertakes TO car
nv OF; mis- ideas discovers when it is
foo late that he is n victim of mis-.