. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. enough of the goodB at home. From the Green Bay, Wisconsin, Gazette, we quote a portion of an article in which mention is made of some goods sent by C. P. Bailey, President of the manufac- turing company, and also a breeder of Angoras. Says the Gazette: "Of late years the efibrt has been made to colonize this valuable quadruped in some parts of this country. It has been tried in South Carolina with some success, but the strike seems to have been made in Cal
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. enough of the goodB at home. From the Green Bay, Wisconsin, Gazette, we quote a portion of an article in which mention is made of some goods sent by C. P. Bailey, President of the manufac- turing company, and also a breeder of Angoras. Says the Gazette: "Of late years the efibrt has been made to colonize this valuable quadruped in some parts of this country. It has been tried in South Carolina with some success, but the strike seems to have been made in California. Under the auspices of a stock company, some three thousand of these beautiful animals have been induced to graze in the vicinity of San Jose. If it is really the fact that the true Angora goat can be reared on the Pacific coast, we see not why it should not prove a source of wealth beyond mines of gold. Our native furs are growing scarce. The march of civiliza- ts driving back the buffalo, the wolf, the mink, the otter, etc., and but a few more of "jirogress" will make furs of any kind a rare and costly luxury. It looks as if Providence was sending these four-footed Angorans from that far land of Turkish barbarism to warm the back of the great Republic during its second century. ' â We advise any who have a curiosity about such goods to visit the office of W. C. Bailey, Esq. He has received from his brother, in California, some elegant specimens of this fur, and we understand is verj- willing to have the public look at them. That very white robe and mat would together constitute a graceful present for your minister or the editor of the Gazette, or some other pub- lic ; One mistake we notice in the forego- ing. The stock company own no goats, although several of the individual mem- bers do. The companj' is organized for manufacturing, and proposes to confine itself solely to that and the selling of its goods. We hope the company will ma
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