El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-26

thus assure US Of a meat void Of the
disagreeable musk flavor.
On account of the wonderful natural
luster Of the Angora goat it can cas-
lily be seen that a magnificent CONNER
cial Karakule-Angora fur will be OBJ
tanned from this cross. We have the
best proof of this in a black Karakule-
Shropshire-Angora kid which was born
a few days ago and possessed great
luster, notwithstanding the fact that II
only contains % percent of Karakule
blood. and its luster was naturally
greatly reduced by the Shropshire
strain.
The Large Arabs.
The large Arab has massive head.
, short face. noseline greatly bent, ears
large and nearly always pendulous.
feet thick, short and very strong The
tail is immense and triangular shaped
with a twist on the end. weighs IS
pounds and hangs clear to the ground; ;
it must often be supported. in some
cases by a two-whee1ed cart. TO which
the animal IS hitched, to prevent drag
ging on the ground This
makes manipular coupling abso-
lutely imperative. This class Of
Arab contains some foreign strain
OF the common ASciatic longwool fam
lily. The little lambs are not always
born black. occasionally one is born
auburn-another proof Of some foreign
strain. The wool is gray. long and
coarse, with occasionally a soft under
wool, which indicates the undesired
presence Of lightwool blood. On the
front head and lower extremities, how
ever. 1t is always black. very lustrous
and curly. The young lambs are black
and curly, and like the lambs Of the
small class Of Aabi, produce a won
derfu1 luster. but do not have the rich
velvet appearance Of the original wild
Arab
Heaviest Sheep in World.
This is the heaviest sheep in the
world and excels in weight the Lin
coins and Cottswolds. In our opinion
the large Arab. will become the most
popular In the United States, as the
fur obtained by crossing 1t with our
silky, longwooled sheep is sufficiently
lustrous to make pretty and saleable
fur that will average $40 per lamb skin,
besides give us wonderful mutton that
will enable the Merino breeders TO con-
vert their flocks into the best mutton
sheep and give them an increase Of
about 20 percent IN weight and create
much harden animal. The Ameri-
can longwool sheep that are hard to
herd when in range on account of their
scattering so much, lose these tenden-
cies when crossed with the Arab. as
all Karakule breeds, on account OF
their wild nature, flock close together.
American Sheep the Best.
There Is an intermediate class Of
Karakules resulting from crossing the
small with the large Arab. that has,
however, no particular advantage over
the other two classes. This country
IS predestined to develop the largest
broadtail known by crossing the Kara
kule with the Lincoln and we have al
ready ample proof TO make this asser-
ton In days to come Asia will view
the American broadtail with as much
wonder and curiosity as we exhibit to- /
day when talking of the large Kara
kule with its terrible tail In order
to avoid all dangers resulting frou
another Importation should
be made and We have already received
the very necessary concession to bring
another flock of so head to this coun-
try and have reasons to believe that on
our second trip through the desert Of
Central Asia that we will be accom-
panied by certain gentlemen now con-
nected with the department OF agricul-
ture, as there is very much left. Indeed,
TO learn about this wonderful breed
which in the near future. when wild
fur producing animals will have be-
rome extinct. will have to be utilized |
for the protection OF our people against |
seevre cold weather. The non-broad- |
ailed sheep of Asia that do not con- |
:ain Karakule strain are certainly very |
much inferior to our sheep. and yet our |
mutton sheep cannot compare In quail |
ty Of mutton with such graded Kara !
kules as the Persian broadtails. AS |
rachan broadtails, Krimmer boradtafls |
Shirzi. D0ozboy, Zigai and African |
,roadtails, all Of which owe their hard |
ness. great weight and quality Of NUT |
on entirely to the Karakule strain |
hey contain.
Texas Karakules Excellent.
In conclusion we viii say that those /