Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-09

ft2tly. but these rugged mountain sides furnish ideal feeding grounds for goats The value ol the goat de. bends upon three thInss, meat, talloy, and skin The matter Of fresh meat i iE the farming districts Of the hot country is greatly simpiifed b. the breeding of goats. In small. isolated communities it is risky to slaughter 1 an ox or COW, as the flesh is liable to spoil before it is consumed. The [ mall carcass Of goat makes 1t en- | irely practicable to kill frequently | without risk or loss. In the state of l Tobasco the inhabitants are never al [ q loss for fresh meat on plantations : where goats are raised, and where { formerly meat was almost unknown. l The flesh alone would make it pro- ! table 'u'--~'"v for the carcass Of 1 the animal will bring from $1 to sl.Jd- ! Fats Of an kiHds gre hip" priced in ! al parts Of the country. At two years ! q fat goat v'iii yield to 10 pounds or ! clear tailow. which will be worth l rom .I cents to Sl 50 The most , valuable part Of the goat is the skin l worth si.25 to $l.50, and the con { stant trend of prices is upward. ! iTbeze figures Of values are presum- [ ebly in Mexican c6rreHcy, in which the dollar is equivalent to about l-2 dollar In United States currency.
 The consul adds that the increase
 in the number of goats Is very rapid. since they begin breeding at from 6 to S months of age. and breed twice year, bringing forth and not in're- quently 2 kids at each breeding sea
 son i single shepherd. ir Is said, will
 look after at least 1000 goats. He
 adds. "A carofr'' investment Of Sl.-
 0OO well locked alter can certainly be
 counted ur-' tn double itself inside oi l-2 years. and to give at least ! i 70 per cent profit per annum from the
 end of the second year" The re-
 port of Consul Canada closes by pre-
 renting the result of three years eX-
 pertinent in goat raising on farm In
 he state Of Guerrero. Mexico, as fol-
 lows.
 Tn 1904 the manager Of the farm
 received 6G.d00 gO4ts. inclUdiug large
 and small, ct . valuation Of Sl.JO each.
 oqual 10 S99000. From the produce
 1' these he sold. during 2 months of
 19G4 and the years 1905 and 1906.
 -0.600 head at s eaeh. equal to
 ,256 0OO and had. at the close 0f I coz;
 5000 head on the farm. being 92,000
 more than he started with. The re.
 sult was. counting the value of the
 "2 100 increase at S1.J0 ea"h '''i'h the
 soreg0ing sales. the investment of
 cog zoo produced in less tban wears
 s2S3 900. besides the orginal stock Of
 s6.00G goats was intact" tFigures
 ID Mexican cnrrency).
 The above facts as to the possibili' ties in the increase of the meat sup oly Of the United States while retain.
 ing at home the hundreds of millions
 of dollars now sent abroad for the
 rurchaSe O. goat skins. and Droduc . ing this supply of valuable material
 0n lands DOW practically unutilized E are cited as the cause of the numer
 ous innuiries upon this subject now ' -saching the department Of commerce
 md lab0r. The number of goats nov
 produced in the United States is small compared with that Of many other
 countries The latest figures in the
 hureau of statistics show The number
 in the United States in 1910 at abou 2 million: Tn Mexico. 4 i-2 million . Turkey in Asia. million; Rritiss S""rh Africa l2 million anA prisiS' India, q million. The imuortation o TOdl S~lnS mo fIe .ftlFu SifteS va
 n 1911 stated in values. from Indie s nearly miliion dollars worth; from Il China. a little over 2 million dollar, i. worth: from Mevico. over 2 mil'io'
 Io'iars worsh from Argentina. mil dollars worth: Brazil. I 2-3 million > dnil@rs' worth; and from England ,. 1 million dollars wor'h. For the cuT C -ent fiecel yeaf ending with the pres r. ent month. the totsl vsi"e of this ar c tieie imported will approximate 2 e million doila~S the number of ani c msls represented hv these importa .r tious being ahont 45 million.
 D The number Of goats in the Iinite' e Ststes according to the census of 191t T incressed about 50 her cent in tn -i lsst decade. a very large n-oDortion 0 c -ha 2 rnnl'on enumerated bv the cen 2 ~'s Of 1910 being in the southwestern 2 -ates.
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