Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1914 — LIVE STOCK [ARTICLE]

LIVE STOCK

IN FAVOR OF ANGORA GOATS. The Demand tor the Skin* and Wool

Repay tha Beeedew. The boot material la made Into plushes, serges, rugs, shawls, braids, yarns, p&plins, brllliantlnes and many other fabrics. Low grade and short fleeces are used for carriage robes, horse blankets and the like. The coarse growth, a toot tong, of old backs and- wethers is uped for dolls* hair and for gray wigs, for which purpose it sometimes commands as much as-75 cents a pound. Other nndbmmon uses to which mohair has been put are In the manufacture of. imitation furs and laces even ostrich feather. The best .mohair plushes are almost indescructlble, some being practically as gbod as new' after having been in constant use as upholstery on certain railway cars in this country for nearly a quarter of a century. Mohair - mixes . best with soft wool, in combination with which it is used to make Velvets, fringes, tassels, trimmings, linings, cloakings, bindings and hosiery. it is also employed to lend luster to many other fabrics. -

There Is a considerable trade in the »kins, of Angora goats, both dried' and dry-salted- Otlfer goats are valuable mainly for their skins, from which many kinds of leather are made, and the tanned hide of the Angora was the original Turkish morocco of commerce. Most Angora goatskins come from Turkey, and sell here at the rate of $1.50 for those of 10 pounds -weight. Cape skins bring from $1 to <1,50 each, and those of domestic kids and large goats from 85 cents to $2, respectively.

The meat of the young Angora wether is said to be delicious. It has a venison flavor, and is not strong and oily like the flesh of most goats. A New Mexico breeder says that ho had it on his table, off and on, the' year round, and preferred it to the best Southdown mutton. It is already coming into demand among the epicures of the great cities. The man from New Mexico said that although common goat has been called the “poor man's cow," his uncommon ones were bad milkers and their butter Was indifferent. Contrary to his experience of the milking qualities of the Angora goat is that of the South Carolinian who wrote: “In a cross I have made with a pure Angora buck and a Maltese ewe I have raised, a doe that will give four quarts a day of as good milk as any cow on my plantation. The feed of one of my cows will keep twelve goats." At . " •