9 GOAT RAISING IN OREGON IS SUCCESS !mrtiiniiiiiitiiininiit:;irHiritiiiii:!i!i:i;tiiitiiiitiiiiiiriniiiiinrrrtiiiiirii ii-tiriiii:iiifiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiii(llitiii!lilllii iiriimimmmiimtiitimnimiiiimitiin Many Breeders Engaging in Comparatively New Industry Angoras Number 200,000, Milk Goats, 3000 THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1921 By A. C i. .tgr. Editor Angora and Milk (oat Journal, Srcn tn r atlooal Mohuir lirouen' Aociatloo. GOAT-RAISING In Oregon haa made definite progress in the past year. Not only have new herds been established, but sales of breeding stock to other states have been extended, with hitherto un equaled returns in cash to Oregon growers. Both Angora goats and milk goats have Increased in numbers. Pealing first with the fleece goats, or Angora species, which produce mohair, the number in the state has been esti mated by W. R. Chapline Jr., chief grazing examiner of the forest serv ice of the department of agriculture, as including nearly 200,000 animals. Used principally for clearing land and keeping fence lines free of nox ious weeds, there has been developed also a system of grazing on grain lands and fallow areas which has proved productive in a substantial way. Illustrating this system, the expe rience of William Ridell & Sons at Monmouth, Or., may be related. They began some years ago to investigate results from running goats over fields after harvest. In an adjoining field of smaller extent they planted rape seed, which came strong in the fall. Alternating the goats on these fields they found that the following season sbowd increased yield of grain on acreage so handled. In August. 1920. the writer went over the Ridell farms to observe the results secured. In one field. 1 not "goated," the grain was less than IS Inches high, and at harvest gave less than 14 bushels to the acre, average. Across the line fence, in a field where goats had been run. the grain was JO to SO inches Siigh and yield was as great as 41 bushels to the acre. Record Sales Made. U. S. Oram, president of the na tional Mohair Growers' Association, has sent out of this state in the present year, from his farm at Dallas. 50 or more breeding sires, for which he received 1S00 to $500 per bead. John B. Stump & Sons. Monmouth, sold on September 22. 1920, a su perior Oregon-grown Angora buck to O. Q. Marshall of Texas for $1000. on telegraphic order. 'At San Angelo. Tex., in June WI1 iam Riddtll & Sons exhibited a very fine sire, which was sold at 11750. and was awarded prizes of $285. mak ing the value of the animal more than $2000. Eastern Oregon is beginning to recognize Angoras. several large herds being successfully established. Southern Oregon counties have con siderable numbers, and the coast counties have been putting them on to greater extent. They find the abundant browse of Curry. Coos. Lane and Lincoln counties provides unlim ited goat feed, with clearing accom plished by workers that do not strike ami work nights and Sundays as well Mohair has been in bad position in the market this year, prevailing prices having slumped along with wool. Growers, however, are holding their clip in many cases. The Eddy ville pool of 30,000 pounds is stored in the warehouses of Clifford Brown. Salem, awaiting an upward turn in price. Albany and other centers have considerable stocks unsold. Eugene Is the center of quite a mohair-growing district, with nearly 200 goat owners in Lane county. Fabrics from mohair are manufac tured in the Atlantic states and in clude fur trimmings. upholstery plushes, dress goods, men's suitings, auto tops, press cloth for oil extrac tion and varied other materials. It has great durability and is increasing in popularity. There are two features that make Oregon-grown Angoras superior to those produced in other states. Cli matic conditions make it possible to grow a longer staple and a bigger animal. Results of these two advan tages are: Long staple enters into fabrication of ladies' switches, judicial and theatrical wigs and supplies head covering for literally millions of dolls; size and good body conforma tion of Oregon goats make them sought after by breeders in other states and account for the high prices paid. tJoat Men Organised. Organization of the Oregon Mohair Goat association at the state fair, 1919, has given impulse to the efforts of growers to extend the industry in Oregon. H. B. Steiner of Sixes, Curry county, is secretary. Legislation is under consideration to be presented at the next session. Included in this remedial work as outlined, are revision of the law gov erning sale of goat meat, compulsory dipping, eradication of marauding animals, inspection by counties, prep aration and marketing of goat hides. Co-operation of state colleges and agricultural agents will be asked in the work of extending employment of Angora goats on the cutover areas of the state. Angora raising under good manage ment holds good possibilities in Ore gon. About the biggest recommendation a milk goat can get arises from the experience of mothers who have saved the lives of babies by using the milk of the goat. Neurotics, in valids and dyspeptics by scores have attested the value of the nroduct. The point most people overlooR, how ever. Is that if it is good for sick folk it is equally good for well people. The price of goat milk keeps it from general use. Forty cents a quart seems high compared with the IS or 17 cents charged by the much berated dairyman who sells cow milk to the householder. There are in Oregon about 3000 milk goats. Increasing numbers have been brought here from Cali fornia and the southwest. One cannot easily escape the joker and the amusing badinage that has attached itself to the goat in the pub lic mind. There is nevertheless a serious, practical economic side to the question which merits considera tion of all who use milk for any pur pose. It makes ice cream of de licious quality: It exceeds other milk in content of butter fats; it is whiter than co'w milk. Goat milk is not a carrier of the germ of tuberculosis. This has been positively decided by the United States government tests. Misunderstood and unknown to city, dwellers, except as tne creature of vacant lots, starved, and the object of scorn and derision, the little milker has had a doubtful path to tread in her approach to popularity. It Is yet only an approach, remejnber, because the milk goat is a novelty to most of us. It is only 15 years or so since the real, aristocratic "nanny" made her debut in American domestic life. She was imported from Switzerland and the British isles. Such goats as were here prior to that time were scrub goats no pride of birth and lineagf. That was changed when the Swiss animals were imported. They are deer-like, docile and easily handled. There is no more danger in keeping them than there is in giving place to a kitten. The unregenerate male of the spe cies is to blame for much of the opprobrium put upon milk goats in cities. "Father" is the pariah of the tribe he smells vilely, and should be kept outside the quarters of the herd. In the scheme of things he has his place, but he is like the Turk among the nations. San Francisco has recently provided that milk does may be kept in the city, but has ex cluded the bucks. This is a proper provision, and it will give the goats better standing in all communities where they are introduced. Different Breeds Employed. Three principal breeds are employed in America the Toggenburg, Saanen and Nubian. Switzerland provided I : ch(ew Series 1 I HAYNES SIIi 71010 011 sa i Jill 'OU"Ster Brougham Suburban jB the first two breeds. England sent most of the third division, which was built up from an oriental or African foundation. Three Swiss importations have come to the United States in the last year. The British Goat society has for many ears maintained the purity of its breeding records. In America there are more than 3,000 registered milk goats recorded in the two principal associations, the American MUk Goat Record associa tion nd the International Nubian Breeders' association. At the present ratio of increase their numbers will lthln a few years form a consider able part of the livestock population f America. They multiply freely, two and three at each kidding or lambing time. The period of lacta tion is from three to seven months. although individual goats have re corded a continuous flow of more than two years. Professional men have been at tracted to the milk goat from the evidence of its usefulness. Medical en particularly have advanced the usiness of goat-keeping by recom mending the milk in their practice. Albert Teal of Falls City, one of the first to bring milk goats to this state, has found that average lactation yield of the goat is about two quarts, though some give over a gallon daily when fresh. Cheese made from goat milk is pro duced along the Columbia river and by various growers of the state. Of these makers the most successful is perhaps Michael Montchalin, who has produced Roquefort from goat milk having all the excellence of the im ported article. Various commercial enterprises have sprung up in the last five years to handle the product of the milk goat, ( the most recent a goat dairy com pany, incorporated for $5000, to deal in goats and their milk. Deliveries are made under city inspection, as with cow milk, and the herd includes about 150 animals. 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