El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-10
LIVESTOCK
COAT INDUSTRY IN UNITED STATES
IS WORTH DEVELOPING, SAYS REPORT

are raised, and where formerly meat
was almost unknown. The flesh alone
would make IL profitable Industry,
Tor the carcass Of each animal VIII
bring from 81 to $3.50. Fats of all
kinds are high priced in all parts Of
the country At two years a fat goat
viii yield six to 10 pounds of clear
talloW, which viii be worth from Zoe
TO $3.50 The most valuable part OF
the goat IS the skin, worth Sl-25 to
$3.50, and the constant trend of prices
are presumably Ia Mexican currency
in which the dollar is equivalent to
about one-half dollar ia United states
curFency.)
Experiment in Guerrero.
The consul adds that the increase I'm
the number Of goats is very rapid, since
they begin breeding at from six 70
eight months OF age, and breed twice
year, bringing forth Two and not IN
freaueutly three kids at each breeding
season. A single shepherd. IL is said,
will look after at least 1000 goats. He
adds: "a careful investment of $1,000
well looked after can certainly be
counted upon to double itself inside
of two and one-haIf years, ana to give
at least a so percent profit per annum
from the end of the second year The
report of consul Canada closes by pre-
senting the result of a three year eH-
pertinent in goat raising on a farm
in the state Of Guerrero Mexico, as
follows
I'm 1904 the manager of the farm re-
ceived $4,000 goats including large and
small, at a valuation Of $50 each.
equal TO $4,000. From the produce Of
these he sold, during nine months OF
1904 and the years 1903 and 1919, OF
600 head at SIS each, equal 10 $4,000
and had, at the close of 1905, $4,000
head on the farm, being $1,000 more
than he started with The result was
counting the value Of the z2,o00 H.
crease at $3.50 each with the fereg9-
ing sales, the investment Of $4,000
produced in less than three years
S2S3. 600, besides the original stock OF
66,0 600 goats was intact (ttgures IN
Mexican cuFrency-l
The above facts as to the possibili-
ties In the increase Of the meat supply
of the United States, while retaining
at heme the hundreds Of millions Of
dollars now sent abroad FOR the puf-
chase of goat skins, anG producing
this supply of valuable material on
lands now practically unutilized, are
Eited as the cause Of the numerous IN
Quirtes upon this subject now reacnlns
the department of commerce. and Ia
Dor. The numbes Of goats now pre-
compared with that OF many otner
countries The latest figures in the
bureau of statistics show the number
in the United states in 1910 at about
in Asia. 5000 900; British South Africa,
112. 600. 00Os and British India, $4,000
600. The importation Of goat skins
into the United states was nj 1911
stated in values, from India, nearly
S7,OOO,OOO worth; from China, q little
over $4,000 OG0 WeFth; from Mexico,
over S2,000.000 worth; from Brazil ST.
$50. 900 millions worth; from Argentina,
81 600, 600 worth, and from England,
100000 worth.
The mum Der of goats in the United
States according to the census of 1910,
increased about so percent in the last
decade, a very large proportion OF the
100000 enumerated by the census OF
1910 being in the southwestern states.