Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1894 — Goat Raising a Growing Industry. [ARTICLE]

Goat Raising a Growing Industry.

Goat raising is an important and growing industry in Oregon and sem j other northwestern States. One rancher In Benton county, Ore., has a fine nerd of 450 goats, wh ch includes a number of thoroughbred Angora bucks. Twenty-two cents a pound is the lowest this man has received for a fleece in a dozen years, while frequently he ha< received .30 to 35 cents a pound. The average yield from a goat is about four peunds, eight t<> ten pounds is frequently obtained from high grade goats. The goats are not only valuable for their fleece, but in clearing off land, as they subsist largely on brush and weeds. It is magnificent, but ft is not war.— Pierre Bosquet, a French General. Spoke >. of the charge of the Light BrigadA at Balaklava. , |' y