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BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



IN ANGORA VILAYET. 



Schreiner estimated that the number of Angoras in the vilayet of 

 Angora in 1894, was 1,230,000. He also directs attention to the fact 

 that the mohair area of Turkey in Asia extends beyond that province. 



PRODUCTION OF MOHAIR. 



The quantity of mohair of all grades produced in the United States 

 has been a matter of guess, and the estimates have been wide apart. 

 Assuming that practically the entire domestic product goes to the mills 

 for fabrication, the Bureau addressed to the mills that consume mohair 

 a request to be furnished a statement of the amount of domestic and 

 imported mohair used annually. It is believed, therefore, that these 

 statistics which are given herewith represent the total product of the 

 United States for the year 1899: 



Consumption of mofiair in the United States in 1899. 



Mills. 



Sanford Mills and the Goodall Worsted Co., Sanford, Me 



Tingue Manufacturing Co., Seymour, Conn 



Atlantic Mills, Providence, R. I 



Gold Medal Braid Co., Attleboro Falls, Mass 



Massachusetts Mohair Plush Co., Lowell, Mass 



Westfield Braid Co., Westfield, Mass 



Cranston Worsted Mills, Bristol, R. I 



Queensbury Mills, Worcester, Mass 



Total 



Domestic. 



Pounds. 

 840,000 



200,000 



32,000 

 5,000 



1,077,000 



Imported. 



Pounds. 



460, 000 



15, 000 



'296,465 



1,000 



300, 000 



18,000 



39,000 



1,119,465 



1894 10, 003, 173 



1895 11, 090, 449 



1896 10, 001, 028 



1897 12, 583, 601 



1 Not certain it was imported mohair, but assumed to be. 



The customs figures of the Cape of Good Hope, as quoted by 

 W. Hammond Tooke, show that mohair was produced there for various 

 years previous to 1898 in the following amounts: 



1877 1, 433, 774 



1882 3, 766, 657 



1887 7, 153, 730 



1892 10, 516, 837 



1893 9, 457, 278 



According to Commercial Relations for 1899 the entire product of 

 the Cape of Good Hope for 1897 was exported, as well as that for 

 1898, which is given as 10,876,014 pounds. 



It has not been possible to obtain figures showing the production of 

 Turkey for any specific year or for a series of years, but the average 

 annual production is frequently given as 7,650,000 pounds. 



TARIFF. 



The act approved July 24, 1897, places a duty of 12 cents per pound 

 upon mohair. Mohair cloth for buttons is taxed 10 per cent ad 



