. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. more the greatest part of the fleeces â will be counted as first quality. Mr. Bailey says that the three-fourths and seven-eighths An- gora blood with the common goat mil make "shorts" fleeces, a few seven-eighths will make second quality, and the fourth cross, fifteen-sixteenths, will nearly all make first and second quality, while the fifth and above crosses will be counted as first quality fleeces. Mr. Bailey sells a good many high grades every year
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. more the greatest part of the fleeces â will be counted as first quality. Mr. Bailey says that the three-fourths and seven-eighths An- gora blood with the common goat mil make "shorts" fleeces, a few seven-eighths will make second quality, and the fourth cross, fifteen-sixteenths, will nearly all make first and second quality, while the fifth and above crosses will be counted as first quality fleeces. Mr. Bailey sells a good many high grades every year, and is not breeding so much to sell the fleece as to meet the demand for the goats themselves. Mr. Gilmore, of El Dorado, sent his last year's clip to Messx-s. Hall & Turner, James- town, New York, and got a return of 85 cents for first quality fleece. Mr. Bailey has ship- ped his this year's clip to Jamestown, and expects a much better price than for last sea- son's clip. The comparative value of sheep and goats' fleece is worth noticing. Mr. B. assures us that there are now, and have been sold in San Francisco this year, some 6,000,000 lbs of sheep wool, at 10 to 16 cents, costs of freight to be deducted. There are now some 7,000 high grades and pure Angora goats on this coast. The fleeces will average '2J^ lbs to the head, or 17,500 lbs of mohair, worth at least 80 cents per pound, or about $2 00 per head annually, on an average, at present low prices. Some parties are talking of shearing the Angora goats twice a year, as is the custom in this State to shear fine-wool sheep. Mr. Bai- ley thinks it will be better to shear but once a year, but advises feeding the goats when pasture gets short and poor, and then the fleece will be of a uniform strength and texture, and be long, lustrous and much more valuable than shorter fleeces. At any rate, the Angora goat will hold its own in our climate, and our best breeders de- clare that it is constantly improving. The probabilit
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