Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-03-29
ANIMAL HAIR IMPORTS.
Long White Strands Of Syrian Goat
Fine as Human Hair.

one of the most important of the i'm
Forts nf tais country is hair, and not
Withstlndlag our own resources We are
almost dependent on foreign countries
for hair nther than wool, and the VOL
ume Of imported hair is considerable.
This is particularly true OF white hair.
The white hair of the syrian goat,
known as Asiatie white hair, come
from Syria. Persia and Tibet The body
hair of the syrian buck grows to Is in
ches in length, the beard to y inches;
but in q lot of l5ooo or 1000 pounds
there might be found less than % pounds
Of l6-inch hair. All the lengths are
utilized.
The long white hair of the Syrian goat
is as line as human hair, in place Of
which it is used for some sheeial pur-
poses, principally for the baking OF
theaurieai. wigs and boards, Says the
Philadelphia Inquirer. To prepare it for
these uses it is put through various.
washing processes and is combed to free
it of all foreign substances and to.
straghten and smooth il. IN this firsf
finished state it is put up for market in
little straight rolls or bundles 1t is
also sold in partly manufactured form
made up into curls and weaves of va
rious shapes and sizes.
Syrian buck white hair according to its
length, quality and the extent to which
it has been worked up sells at from S
to $25 a pound.
Another white animal hair impotsed is
obtained from the tails of yak This also
comes from Tibet. In a general was the
Yaks tail resembles that Of horse.
though shorter. still there are yak tails
that measure 81 inches The haflS is
much finer and it is more wavy than that
of horse, curly and crinkly, and So
bigger and bushier, more fluffy il is
made still finer by the acid treatment
that reduces it to half its thickness.
making it as fine as human hAr. 1t is
used IS Il substitute for armansllair in
making switches and braids. .,
Yak hair is expensive. The tails from
which it is taken have been imported for
only 10 or - years. Though the supply
is always lqited, the prices have iuctu-
ated widelS@hayins been as low is 81 ,or
81 apiece ana as high as $12 apiece. Last
year yak tails cost 81. Big as X is. q
full-sized tail weighs onlyE about
pound, so light is the hair, ami there Is
comparatively little hairs ofysength suit
able for work of the hi&bests. require
ments, therefore the. Jinesb yak hair Is
high priced, in its anishel State and 2S
inches in length, It is 5wortiSSlO an ounce
But as high as the price is it's low COM
pared with the cost of pureewhite human
hair, which, of the same length, is now
worth $40 an ounce, and hard to get evea
at that.
In short lengths OF mixed white or
gray, curled yak hair is made up into a
very loosely woven and braided rope
nom which You can easily pull off any
length YOU want, and Which is readily
separated into curly lunches in any
FORM This is used on the stage for the
making up of some sorts of character
boards.
White hair of the common Italian goat
is imported for carpet manufacture.
Ihere Is also imported white hair of the
siberian goat, the shorter lengths of
which are used in carpet making and
the longer for various purposes.
costly white animal hair imported
Is the undergrowth, or body hair of the
Cashmere goat, Of which one animal may
produce but two or three, ounces This
IS beautiful fine silk hair and sells as
high as $40 an ounce It is used moro In
Europe, and particularly in France. than
in this country for the making Of wo-
mems shawls or scarIs. For the ma, king
or such shawl single ounce of this
soft, fine hair suffices
The most costly of all the white ami