Animal products; . oat, has along and silky white fleece, that is in great demand both locallyand for export, and passes here under the name of Mohair. Twenty years ago there was a fine flock of 200 Angora goatsin Spain, kept in the mountains of the Escurial, belonging to theState, and there are now many hundreds owned by private indi-viduals there. MOHAIR, OR GOATS WOOL. 5i When some bales of this goats wool were first shipped toEngland from Turkey in 1820, the article was so little appre-ciated that it brought only tenpence per pound, but the demandhas been annually increasing, and it now fe
Animal products; . oat, has along and silky white fleece, that is in great demand both locallyand for export, and passes here under the name of Mohair. Twenty years ago there was a fine flock of 200 Angora goatsin Spain, kept in the mountains of the Escurial, belonging to theState, and there are now many hundreds owned by private indi-viduals there. MOHAIR, OR GOATS WOOL. 5i When some bales of this goats wool were first shipped toEngland from Turkey in 1820, the article was so little appre-ciated that it brought only tenpence per pound, but the demandhas been annually increasing, and it now fetches 3s. 6d. per yearly imports of goats wool average 7,000,000 pounds, ofthe value of about ^£i,000,000.* Its chief value depends on the length and fineness of thestaple, its bright and silky appearance, and its softness. It isextensively spun into yarns in Yorkshire, and the finer sorts areused in great quantities at Lyons in the manufacture of lace, andin the German States for dress goods and
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