. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock recently bought a few bales of California mo- hair and paid 85 cents per pound. It was about seven inches long, and had to be mixed with ordinary combing wool to carry it through, which of course detracts a good deai from the brightness of the goods. Had it been two inches longer, it would have been well worth $1 per pound. Messrs. Hall & Turner, of the Jamestown, New York, Alpaca Mills, say that they are re-
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock recently bought a few bales of California mo- hair and paid 85 cents per pound. It was about seven inches long, and had to be mixed with ordinary combing wool to carry it through, which of course detracts a good deai from the brightness of the goods. Had it been two inches longer, it would have been well worth $1 per pound. Messrs. Hall & Turner, of the Jamestown, New York, Alpaca Mills, say that they are re- ceiving some very good sjiecimens of goats' hair from breeders on this Coast, and every year expect to see more of high-grade quality. Mr. C. P. Bailey, of San Jose, who gave us returns of last year's clip from S. Thomp- son, Nephew and Co., New York, which ap- peared in July number, has shown us a letter from Messrs. Hall ,t Turner, containing re- turns of this years clip, 920 pounds nett, which is as follows : 342 lbs long mohair at 75c $ 588 " short " ' 23c Total Freigt on bundle of 1030 lbs Not They complain of shortness of staple in California fleeces. This is owing mainly to the fact that many of the goats shorn are not of high breed. When it is remembered that nearly all the flocks of Angora on this Coast were bred up from common ewe goats with Angora bucks, all within a few years, it will be seen that the remedy is in breeding up as fine as posible, with constant selection of pure bucks with the longest staple. In order to produce a long, clear staple of mohair, the goats should be well supplied with pastm-age the whole season thi-ough. Full feed a part of the time and a few months of short, poor feed will not make a prime staple of mohair, any more than it will of wool. This is a matter of considerable importance. While a goat will keep fat on feed that will barely keep a sheep alive, yet they should be kept in good order the
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