1868.] 431 [Hayes. 



appearance which gives the staple most of its value. It is consiimed by less 

 than a dozen houses in Europe; in fact, one firm consumes about one-third of 

 the whole supply, and has agents in Turkey choosing the same. It is a very 

 peculiar article; either everybody wants it, or no one will touch it. There 

 seems to be no steadiness in the trade; but the demand is seldom in abeyance 

 for more than four months at a time. Large buyers have avoided it for some 

 time, therefore stocks have accumulated to a considerable but not excessive 

 extent. 



About two years ago the price was up to nearly ninety-six cents gold, and 

 fell, after long inaction, to about fifty to fifty-four cents gold per pound for super, 

 Avhite Constantinople: but even at this price there is very little demand. The 

 value for second-class locky lots is always very uncertain. It foi-ms, however 

 only a trifling portion of the exports, and will fetch about twenty to thirty cents 

 gold, per pound. 



Fawn, a dark gray mohair, with long stajile, is usually saleable at twenty- 

 four cents gold to thirty cents currency. There is also a fair kind of brown 

 mohair, but shorter and more cotted, that we think sells best in France at prices 

 between twenty to thirty cents gold. The terms on which this article is sold 

 in the market are cash in one month less five per cent, discount; England, tares 

 actual and one pound draft per cwt. Yours faithfully, 



B.VUEXDAHL & Co. 



I have ascertained from other sources that the pi-ice of mohair in 

 England of late years has been about double that of the best English 

 combing wools. 



KECAPITULATIOX AND COXCLUSION. 



Experience in Europe, confirmed by observations in this country, 

 has demonstrated the praL-ticability of the acclimation of this race 

 under favorable conditions of climate, without degeneracy of the 

 fleeces. There are districts in this country possessing climate, tem- 

 perature and hygrometric conditions, corrresponding to those observed* 

 in Asir Minor and Europe as favorable to the culture of this race. 

 The Angora goat and the domestic goat of Europe and this country 

 having descended from separate sources, the obtaining of good results 

 from the crosses of these two races is theoretically improbable, and is 

 demonstrated to be so by the best experience in Europe. The nor- 

 mal fibre desired for the textile arts is only to be found in flocks of 

 the perfectly pure race, and perhaps in flocks bred back to the stand- 

 ard of the pure race by crosses of a perfectly pure buck with the 

 black Asiatic goats of the same race. It is desirable that importa- 

 tions should be made of the black female Kurd goat of Asia Minor, 

 for crossing with the pure white bucks. There is evidence of great 

 weight in favor of good results from such cases. 



Systematic measures of acclimation must always be impeded by the 

 eagerness of breeders for sale to obtain merchantable results. The 

 appropriation of tliis race is of sufficient importance to deserve the 



