El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-16

into the United States. 8 ran1rt that
glass was used VITA the metal in
making the bogus money was
branded by federal authorities here
as ridiculous They said thar glass
VIII not mix with molten metal
arid states o. the vest where It is
Iightest when clipped. and by the time
Il remains in the warehouse in Bos-
ton a few months in q climate noted
for its humidity, it generally weighs
considerably more than the bill II
I ladlng save IL credit Cor weighing.
One New Mexico firm shipped wool
] recently that increased a THOUSAND
/ pounds in weight from the time f.
l leit Silver city until IL was sold 20
: the manufacture in Boston. THIS
I shipment went by water from Calves
/ ton TO Boston and since that expert
ence. all the rest OF his firms wool
/ has been sent the same way.
How the Concern Pays.
] the shippers do not get this money
I themselves. when their wool Is over
I weight at the time of the sale. but il
alton 10 pay its running expenses AMI
to enable 10 TO have on hand sufficient
funds TO make advances to any mem
Der in need n money when the de-
mand for wool Is light The associ-
alton has a big cash flnd on hand and
need or money when he deposits his
wool for sale. IL the market happens
TO be DUH one at the time and sales
are light
When the association funds run too
large. as they have done a time OF
two in the past a dividend Is declared
and then every memb Der participates
in proportion as he has contributed.
II he has been a member one year
and has marketed 5000 pounds OF
wool. then he draws three times as
much rs the man who may have been
member four years and has mar
Eeted but 5000 pounds. But the ass0-
citation members are always careful
not 70 reduce their working capital I
too largely and dividends on surplus !
funds are not declared often II IS /
considered safer TO keep a good treas !
ury for an emergency than to pay out j
the funds and run the risk Of having I
to call for assessor nts in times Of 4
necessity. something that the associ-
alton has never yet had 20 do, how
ever.
Goats Profitable.
The Mohair goat business IS a prof
table one The goats are a thrifty Z
lot and are not expensive 20 keep.
They are also healthy and unless the
-eeding- They VIII suDsist on the IN
ierbrush and acOrns and viii even
grow fat upon a range or a mountain
side where a COW would srarve 70
leath
Mohair goats are sheared but once
! year-abOut every nine months 20
,e eZact-and each time the yield is
-ery large They ere generally
heared in the spring which allows
hem 20 grow a new coat OF wool Z
trough the summer and fan and be I
IMPLY protected for he next winter.
Except in rare cases where they arc
einE grown for exhibition purposes Z
r where the wool Is desired for some
articular purpose-wigs for instance
the goats get but little attention I
etween times; one hsrder, generally
Mexican at small wages. can look Z
fter large herd Of them
Wool Carefully Sorted.
The wool when It IS cIipped. Is sort
d by the foreman OF the ranch and
ach grade is baled separately and 80
larked, so that proper account can
e kept at the association warehouse.
o expert are the men who have this
latter in hand, that their classitica-
ons are rarely ever changed when /
be wool Is sold
Il has 20 be classified this way %
hat the warehouse officials can keep
ccouut OF the amounts due each own
r, for the funds received from the
ale OF the different classes OF wool
re kept separately and the dividends
re made among the owners OF the
-o0l OF each class. A man may have
thousand pounds OF first class wool
! storage and 200 pounds OF second
lass. When the dividends are made
he total number Of pounds OF each
lass Is figured up, and then each
Wner gets his share The man with
he thousand pounds OF first class
DOL and the 200 pounds OF secon1
lass. may receive more money one
.onth from his 200 pounds than from
is thousand, for the season that more
scond class wool was sold that
onth-
Growing for Wigs.
Where special attention is given
le growing OF the 3lOhair. for the
.rical and santa Claus wigs. for in
.ance. or for fine shawls, the goats
re- washed regularly during the pc
cd OF growth Of the wool and aften
requires several months 20 get
roWth started, for after the goat Is
feared. the wool Is than examined
.refully as Il begins 20 come out and
ltil the gloss Is what the grower de-
res, he continues the clipping OF the
limaI, each clipping causing the
COL TO come out with a better gloss.
,metimes 1t is necessary TO CLIP the =
limal four or five times before the
oss 70 the Outcoming coat Is con
dered just right. Then. 10 keep the
DOL in good shape. the goat must be
ashed about once a month. For
ashing the animal IS mOistened all
Ter. then soaped carefully. and Is 9
en- dipped into a vat Of clear water tC
ID rinsed. The wool is not rubbed / 2
18th the hands or by any other means n
.cept when the soap Is being rubbed . Z,
Once coated thoroughly, the ami b.
al IS then caught by the back Of I G,
e neck and the tail and churned up
"a down in the water. Each time he Z q