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hair. Coarse fibered, long staple, fine luster mohair 

 possessing a great amount of tensile strength and elas- 

 ticity will make good braid yarns, but if braid yarns 

 are not in demand, such fiber is not the best for plush 

 or dress yarns. Fine fibered, long staple, pliable, 

 lustrous, easily spun yarn can be used for braid stuff, 

 or at least part of the fleece will be heavy enough for 

 this purpose, and the finer parts have such a variety 

 of uses that they spin yarns which are always in de- 

 mand. Looking at the question from the manufac- 

 turing standpoint, we see that the most staple product 

 is the fine-fibered mohair. But a producer might have 

 animals which would shear two and a half pounds 

 average (the average of the Turkish flocks) of very 

 fine mohair, while another grower might have ani- 

 mals which would shear four or five pounds average of 

 coarse mohair. And even though the value per pound 

 of the coarse mohair may be considerably less than 

 that of the fine mohair, the grower owning the coarse 

 haired heavy shearing Angoras will realize more 

 money per head for his clip. The value also of the 

 carcass and skin of the Angora is of importance. A 

 heavy carcass and a large skin are of more value than 

 a light carcass and a small skin. 



If the Angora breeder would produce the ani- 

 mal which will yield the most money per head, he 

 should aim to produce an animal which will shear 

 the heaviest fleece of the most marketable mohair, 



