Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09
.HIilERD8oF GOATS. )
:Aneora Herd One Of the Most
Beautiful Sights Around
Edgefield. Go Out TO

1l One OF, the ,preCtleSJ SlgntS aroulu
sEdgefeld is the herd of Angora
goats shat belong to Messrs. J. Il.
lCantelou and J. H. Carmichael.
There are goats and goats, and con- IN
sequently those, who have never seen
an Angofa should not confuse or
confound them with the common
breed that make the air redolent
with an odor not akin to that OF
roses. The Cantelo Carmichael
goats being thorough bred? and
blue. .blooded, refuse to associate
with 1.-THE lower order of quad
rupeds called by the same name,
Their silky hair, OF mohair, is long,
wavy, crinkled and curly, having
the appearance of just being from
the laundry. All who have seen this
pretty herd OF Angoras, composed
Of twenty-odd old goats and thirty,
six kids, agree that no prettier am, /
NAL (barring some bipeds) can be
found anywhere.
The following is a portion of an
article that recently appeared In the
Agricultural Epitomist, written 10y
a large breeder fof2 Angora goats
showing how profitable tbs tosraise
them:
5 The mohair can be worked VI
into sacks, shawls, mittens, and the
like, and the coarser hair oil half
J breeds, three-quarter breeds, ,ietc.
makes splendid saddle girths ant
saddle blankets. When; we had some
coarser goats, about twenty years
,rag;o, we made 500 saddle s.irths
which the cowboys preferred1to an.
other girth, and they paid us q
cents each for. these girths. The
merchants paid us $3.50 per dozer
forthem. Out of the fine nlohai
my folks made some most beauti
fsll shawls and capes, with Ions
silkslike tassels, which they sol,
from So. to SIS go each. Tshe.m mea
i sold to the people at i've and sI
gents per pound, and the dressed
peIts I sold at from $3.50 to 80
Eseb BESIDES all this we alNa.ss hai
8les # s aasS
ssili IS Z :Teral renters AM
NJ HE neig ihors. z he kidney fat is "a
good to eat as the best lard, ant
much healthier. The meat is abou
The best tasting and cleanest mea
] In the world. Taking all these fact
IN consideration, it looks strang
that these beautiful animals are no
raised by every farmer.
There is; only one fault of, o
objection to, these most valuabl
animals; it is their inclination t
climb over fences. This does nc
amount to much now, since we hav
wire fences over which they neye
try to climb or jump, but they wi
crawl through wire fences if th
wires are not tight, or if too wild
apart. However, any hog proc
wire fence is also Aneora proof
They never Jump fences, but the
love to climb over rock fences an
old low rail fences. Where they al
kept among sheep they will hardl
ever bother you about the fences.
One of their main merits col
sists in their natural inclination
live on brush and weeds, by whic
they increase the growth of gras
making the range support more
other stock where they are. The
are not in the least injurious to Il
range for other stock that are gra
eaters, such as cattle, horses al
sheep, because they never eat gra
themselves as long as they find al
brush or weeds. Experience shoy
that grass will increase where A
CORA goats are kept. Their manu-
consists of the product from brui
mostly, which product is taken fro
the depth of The soil and is of n
much use to the, grass; but the
manure helps the growth OF Il
grass very materially, and as sol
as the Angoras have been kept lol
enough on the same range Sc th
they have killed all the small
brush to the height of six feet, VIII
the sun can shine TO the ground al
the moisture be left for thes,r
then the range is improved te
great extent for all grass-eatil
stock. There il another reason ".
the farmer should raise at least
few Angoras. This is ltheir attra
iveness to everyone on the far
They are in fact part of the hon
especially the kids, for they ha
SO much afectionate fearlessne
and cheerfulness about them, viii
s captures the hearts of the WON
and children, that we cannot ht
but love them.
Sacrifice Prevented.