. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. 5; ^1 History of the Angora Coat In the United States. By R. PETEK8, ESQ., ATLANTA, Oi. [From the Americau Agriculturist ] INTRODUCTION INTO THE UNITED STATES. ^lURING the adniiuistration of Prea- j til ident Polk, the Sultan of Turkey Jtjjl requested that a suital)lo person bo sent to that country to experiment in the eiilture of cotton. Dr. Jas. B. Davis, of South Carolina, was selected and commissioned to perfo
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. 5; ^1 History of the Angora Coat In the United States. By R. PETEK8, ESQ., ATLANTA, Oi. [From the Americau Agriculturist ] INTRODUCTION INTO THE UNITED STATES. ^lURING the adniiuistration of Prea- j til ident Polk, the Sultan of Turkey Jtjjl requested that a suital)lo person bo sent to that country to experiment in the eiilture of cotton. Dr. Jas. B. Davis, of South Carolina, was selected and commissioned to perform this im- portant service. On his return, in 1848, the Sultan, desiring to reciprocate the courtesy of the President, caused nine head of the choicest fleece-bearing goats in his dominions, to be selected and pre- sented to Dr. Davis. These doubt- less were selected from the herds of Angora, a district of country lying among the Taurus Mountains, which traverse Asiatic Turkey, and which derives its name from its principal city, situated about two hundred miles east of Constantinople. In 1854 I visited the farm of Dr. Davis near Columbia, S. C, and found his stock of pure-bred Angoras, (thest goats are called by the Arabs C'Uainal or Camel-goat, meaning "soft," oi " silky,") to consist of seven females and two males. Besides these he had one pure-bred Thibet ewe, sev- eral head of one-half Thibet and one- half Angora, and quite a number of grade females, bred from the com- mon short haired ewe goats of tht country, and his Angora bucks. 1 purchased all the pure-bred Angoras, and several of the Thibet-Angoras. Dr. Davis had fallen into error as to the native country of his goats; and and believing them to bi? Cashiimre, quoted their fleeces as being worth from six to eight dollars per pound, while in reality they were Angoras, whose fleece, known to commerce as "mohair," has been an article of import into Great Britain and this country for years, a
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