PRACTICAL ANGORA GOAT RAISING. 41 



To-day there is a demand for mohair, regardless 

 of fashion. During the past two years the price of 

 raw material has been low, but there has been a mar- 

 gin of profit in the industry, and considering the fact 

 that fashion's decree has eliminated the manufacture 

 of luster fabrics for the present, the mohair producer 

 can feel assured that there will be a steady market 

 for his material. With the occasional good times 

 when luster goods are in demand, the mohair grower 

 should do well. 



SHEARING AND PACKING MOHAIR. 



The goat should be shorn before he commences to 

 shed, as the mohair looses its weight and luster after 

 the shedding process begins. There are a few goats, 

 which, under certain kinds of food and climatic con- 

 ditions, will not shed their fleeces, but most goats 

 will shed, and even goats which have carried their 

 fleeces over a year in one section, may shed if they 

 are moved a few miles and the food is changed. A class 

 of non-shedders would be very valuable, but so far a 

 distinctive class of non-shedders, under any and all 

 conditions, and which transmit this peculiarity, has 

 not been identified. The Angora goat will usually 

 commence to shed early in the spring, or as soon as 

 a few warm bright days come. 



In some sections of the country it is thought ad- 

 visable to shear twice a year. Many points in favor 



