. Yearbook of agriculture . . .Iowa . , , , 1 STATE .STATE NUMBER Tex. . .Ark ..Mo. .. ,800 . Calil. . .Ala. . 115,759113,,148» -^ Fig. 93.—Over half of the goats in the United States are in Texas—nearly all on theEdwards Piat«au. Cattle, sheep, and goats (see Figs. 81 and 92) are grazed on thesame land in this district, the cattle pasturing on the grass, the goats browsing theoak scrub and ot
. Yearbook of agriculture . . .Iowa . , , , 1 STATE .STATE NUMBER Tex. . .Ark ..Mo. .. ,800 . Calil. . .Ala. . 115,759113,,148» -^ Fig. 93.—Over half of the goats in the United States are in Texas—nearly all on theEdwards Piat«au. Cattle, sheep, and goats (see Figs. 81 and 92) are grazed on thesame land in this district, the cattle pasturing on the grass, the goats browsing theoak scrub and other brush, retarding its advance upon the grass land, while the sheepeat the weeds as well as the grass and brush. In the South and in western Oregon thegoats are used in large numbers in clearing up cut-over land. In Texas and Oregon thegoats are mostly Angoras, in Arizona and New Mexico Angoras predominate, but otherbreeds are common, while in the South practically none of the goats are raised fortheir Fig 94—The farm value of the wool produced in the United States in 1919 -was about120 million dolars, and of the mohair about three and a half million. Texas led theStates in value of wool and mohair produced, but as the value of the mohair amountedto $ 275, the value of the wool produced in Texas was less than in Montana, Ohio,Wvoming Idaho, or Oregon. The average value of the wool produced rn 1919 per maturesheep Januarv 1, 1920, was $ in Ohio, $6,50 in Montana. $ in Oregon, andabout $4 in Texas; while the value of mohair in Texas per mature goat raised for thefleece was $ The price of wool in 1919 was about three times the pre-war price. A CrrapMc Siunnmary of Americcm Agricultwre, 487
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