Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-30
Personal Experiences Of
Individual Growers and
Facts Regarding Mohair

Oregon state fair at Salem, and the
following year brought an additional
ten animals for exhibition His first
flock pastured in a bru5hy enclosure
near Salem, having created a great
interest in Angoras throughout that
section, large sale flock was brought
into the Willamette valley by him in
1874 or rs.
According to Mr.. George Houck,
writing in the Oregon Agriculturist
and Rural Northwest November 1,
1S97), the first Angora goats brought
to oregon came from California about
1867. The band, consisting of one
hundred and fifty-two animals, was
from the flock of Thomas Butterfield,
former associate of William M. Lam
drum, the pioneer breeder, who first
introduced Angora goats in California.
These were brought here by A. Can
tral, and he was one of the first, II
not the first, to introd uce them into
the Willamette valley They were fif-
teen-sixteenths and thi irty-one-thirty-
seconds Angoras. Trere were $50
ewes, which cost Mr.. Cantral $3.50
each, and a pure-blooded buck and
one pure-blooded eve. For these two
he paid Mr.. Butterfield $500. this be-
ing the highest price for two Angoras
by an Oregon breeder at that time Of
which there is any rec ord.
Mr.. Cantral located near Corvallis,
Oregon. Some of the older Angora
breeders still remember when he made
an exhibit at the Oregon state fair.
Most of the goats of the state Of
Oregon are descendants from this
Landrum stock, their record of breed
ing being traceable through the Peters
flock to the animals of the original
Davis importation from Turkey, Many
other flocks have since been brought
into the state, notably that of John s.
Harris, a later importer Of Angoras
from Turkey, until today as the out
come of forty years experience with
this class of stock, the Oregon breed
ers have developed very fine type Of
Angora goats-rugged, robust animals
of large size and denseIy covered with
mohair of good quality
With such stock for Foundation, our
present breeders have from year to
year by intelligent breeding and pa
tient care, combined wi tn knowledge
Of climate and local conditions, devel-
oped quality that is the envy of the
world and a source of pride to the
state
We have today men who have
achieved national rep utation through
their interest and development of the
Angora and mohair Industry. Men
like VIM. Riddells & Sons, of Mon
mouth, Oregon; u s. Grant, of Dallas,
Oregon; ]. B. Stump, OF Monmouth,
Oregon, and E. T. Naylor, of Forest
Grove, Oregon, are known from coast
to coast and are entitI ed to the graft
tude of the public for the incalculable
good done by the exploitation of an
industry that has added millions to
the wealth Of the state
From the initial importation fifty
years ago the industry has flourished
and broadened out until there is
scarcely county in the state in Ore
gon where they may not be found, and
the state of Washin gton is taking
thousands there to put to work on
her waste lands Polk county, Ore
gon, has been is still the "Blue Rib
bon" county for Angoras There will
be found the famous flocks of Grant,
Farley, Guthrie Bros, Rlddell & Sons,
Stump, McBee and Others, and for
years the sale of bu cks has been a
source of profit to the owners, aside
from the annual sale of the mohair,
which averages about 10000 pounds.
Angora husbandry in Oregon now
ranks we'll in Importance with the
livestock pursuits Of the state Oregon
is second II not FIRST in number of
Angora goats and production of mo-
hair in the United States, the annual
clip from its flocks of Angoras run
ming in value we'll toward $4,000,
while the value Of their yearly in
crease approximates $500, 900. More
than half a million dollars of new
wealth is added annually to the yield
Of Oregon farms from Angora goats.
Oregon mohair ranks with the best in
the eastern markets and commands
the highest market prices. Fs,