14 PRACTICAL ANGORA GOAT RAISING. 



THE BROWN AND DIEHL IMPORTATION. 



The next importation of practical importance, al- 

 though it was claimed that nine head were received 

 about 1861, by one Stiles, was made by Israel S. Diehl, 

 a former U. 8. consul and 0. S. Brown, of Newark, 

 New Jersey, about 1868. Mr. Diehl was commis- 

 sioned by the United States government to investi- 

 gate the industry in Turkey, and he secured a lot of 

 Angoras, variously estimated at from one hundred to 

 one hundred and sixty head. Mr. C. P. Bailey fur- 

 nished the money for the transportation of these 

 goats to California. He says, "Some were fairly good 

 and some were only ordinary. They were of medium 

 size, and with the exception of the neck, tolerably 

 well covered with fleece, which however had a scat- 

 tering of kemp throughout. They were conceded 

 to be the best brought to California up to that time." 

 Some of these bucks had been tampered with and 

 were sterile. 



EUTICHIDES IMPORTATION. 



This shipment followed the Brown and Diehl 

 importation, and consisted of between one hundred 

 and fifty and two hundred animals. A. Eutichides, 

 was a native of Turkey, and claimed that he had some 

 fine goats, but he had an immense amount of trouble 

 with his Angoras, and lost a good many. They were 

 held in Virginia for some time, and then were sent to 

 Sacramento, California, and were afterwards sold by 



