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In all crosses it will still remain, to some extent at least, on some parts of the body; 

 for instance, on the belly. — //. T. Fuchs. 



It will never disappear. — Harris & Baylor. 



If only the pure-blooded Angoras are used as sires, kenip will be imperceptible in 

 about six or eight generations. — Col. William L. Black. 



There is but little in the very best. — Abe Blackburn. 



There is not much after the first cross. — Oscar Torn. 



In the fourth cross it nearly disai^pears, but never entirely. — C. P. Bailey. 



I can not find kemp in mj^ thoroughbreds, although I have found it in billies that 

 I bought for pure. I think it can be bred out with proper care in selection of 

 billies. — George A. Houck. 



Other deleterious features. — The very short hair, mane, kemp, and 

 the hair that has been cut twice in shearing- are, together, called noils, 

 and this must all be combed out before the mohair can be spun. The 

 noilag-e in Turkish mohair is only 15 to 20 per cent. In our domestic 

 product it runs as high as 40 per cent. Noils are worth only 14 to 16 

 cents a pound, the same as short wool for blankets. 



In some sections of our countr}^, where the climate is dry and the 

 soil distinctly alkaline, the natural animal yolk disappears from the 

 mohair, leaving it dry, frowsy, and harsh. The dust of the fine alkali 

 soil penetrates the fleece, so that much of the mohair grown in those 

 sections is loaded with it, amounting in some instances to 40 per cent 

 in weight. 



2larJiets and factories. — Two of the questions which the mohair pro- 

 ducers were asked to answer were: "Do you have any difficult}' in 

 disposing of your mohair ?" and ' ' Where do you market your mohair V 

 The answers to the first question were all firmly in the negative except 

 in one instance, where an Arizona producer replied: "I have no diffi- 

 culty in disposing of my good mohair, but my short and kempy stock 

 goes slow and at a low price (23 cents)." There is much encourage- 

 ment in these replies to those who may fear that the markets may not 

 demand the supph^ The ingenuity of the manufacturers in working 

 the better grades into woolen fabrics and the poorer grades into 

 plushes which make good car seats, horse blankets, hats, etc. , has, no 

 doubt, opened the way for the consumption of all that ma}^ be pro- 

 duced. 



As to factories, there are more than a sufficient number in this 

 country to manufacture the product; in fact, many of them do not 

 attempt to use mohair for the reason that the supply is so limited. 

 These factories of the United States are all in the East, and the prin- 

 cipal market for the mohair is New York. The marketing center of 

 the world is Bradford, England, where practically all the product 

 of Cape of Good Hope and Turkey is sold. 



Very few oi the mills will purchase direct from the producer. They 



