1058 CYCLorEDiA or live stock and complete stock doctor. 



cents. Here is an annual profit of at least $1.50 per head, not counting 

 the increase, which is rapid. 



A large percentage of the Angoras in this country are not pure brea, 

 'but are the results of crosses with the common goat. This impairs the 

 value of the fleece by introducing the hair of the common goat, called 

 kemp. This kemp will not take dyes, and therefore must be removed 

 before the mohair can be used. 



The fleece, however, is but one of five sources of profit — and not al- 

 ways the greatest. The United States at present imports annually about 

 $35,000,000 worth of goat skins. For what purpose? For .gloves, shoes 



A^.^rc..>.. .vlD — PRIZE WINNER OREGON ANGORA GOAT SHOW. 



and for a hundred small toilet articles. Many a chamois skin did its first 

 •service on the V)ack of some luckless kid. 



The value of a goat skin depends largely upon its commercial reputa- 

 tion, i. e., the locality from which it comes. For instance, the Curacao 

 kid has a special value, although not one specimen in a hundred is pro- 

 duced on the i.sland ; the vast bulk of this particular brand is imported 

 from the mainland of Venezuela and Colombia. 



Another and a most important source of revenue are the untanned 

 pelts. There, seems to be no limit to their usefulness and their popu- 

 larity. Taken when the hair is about four inches long they make the 

 finest kind of rugs. The readiness with which they take and retain dyes 

 rendei-s them i)articularly valuable as carriage robes. Indeed, they have 



