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THE STATESMAN dedicates several pages each week in the interest of the fifty-two to a hundred
basic industries of the Salem District Letters and articles from people with vision ;
- are solicited- This is your section. ; Help make Salem grow.
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: 1G HU 11111 PER CHIT PROFIT
This; is the Testimony From Texas, the Greatest Goat State
iri the Union, and the Same Thing Is No Doubt True or
?iwihl in the Salem Trade District, on Many Thousands
of Acres of Land The Industry is Well Protected byjTariff
ftates and Is Stable America's MUIs Consume TwoTblrds
Of World Production, and American Clip Could be Doubled
Without Affecting Demand. S
; (A.; C Gage, editor and pub
lisher of the Angora Journal, lead
ing' 'newspaper of its type In the
fatlre world, with his office at
Other states bring the totaf Amer
ican .clip up to twelve paillion
pounds. ", " ' jj -.
In 1926 Imports of foreign bo-
(7 Board of Trade building. J hair totaled thirteen million
Portland, has been In the habit or
furnishing each year to the annual
goat Slogan number of the States
man an informative and interest
ing article. A request? for an ar
ticle for the present Issue found
Mr. Gage busy with film-lecture
engagements at Seattle and , Ta
coma. However, he sent the fol
lowing article, contributed to a re
cent special wool section of the
Boston Transcript, giving the
whole view of the mohair, indus
try. It should have , the careful
reading of every , man in Oregon,
and more especially in the Salem
trade district:)
Conditions in the mohair Indus
try in the United dStatea have
never been more indicative of
soundness than in 1927. Through
out the southwest range country,
pastures have been above the aver
age. Demand for -Angora goats
has shown unusual activity. Just
prior to the fall breeding season,
range does were selling at $6.25
per bead.
Scoutinr through New Mexico
and Arizona, buyers took such an
imals as showed fair quality in the
mohair, and sent many carloads
Into the Edwards plateau district
of Texas, which comprises about
seventeen counties within a quar
ter1, radius of two hundred miles,
w'fth San Antonio as the base.
. ' In this area, said Governor Dan
Moody6rTexas, at the Kerryvllle
convention of the Texas Sheep and
Goat .Raisers . association, - there
are 2,200,000 Angora goats, rep
resenting an investment' of $11.
400,000. ' Returns from' these mo
hair makers give an annual sum
almost equal to their investment
value. Counting the mohair clip,
'which runs over 8.000,000 pounds
per year in this area, and adding
therefore the value of the increase,
It Is readily seen that $11,000,000
per year is not an excessive state
ment as the return from this line
of -livestock -production. -j
'Fay for Themselves in Year
T. L. Benson of San Angelo, on
the' northwest boundary of this
goat country, makes the unquali
fied statement that in every case
within his experience, buyers have
received back in revenues, In the
first year, .the full amount expend
edfor purchase of Angora herds
In southwest Texas. Governor
Mpody's figures included only the
Txas area in which it is stated on
gtlod authority eighty per cent of
American mohair is produced
pounds. There are twenty mills or
more in the United States . em
ploying mohair. At least (two of
these mills consume in excess of
five million pounds each year. It
is' -easy to understand ' how ' the
United States.- consumed . twentyr
five million pounds In -the past
year. ..This const! tu tes f uijy two
thirds of the total world produc
tion, whtchTiaay be stated at about
thirty-seven! million, pounds. -
Your correspondent spent four
against coarse, -harsh; wiry fleeces.
By Judicious selection 'in mat
ing. It has been possible to secure
a definite amount of fineness, ac
companied'' by yolk, or oil. in the
fleece. The latter has been a
moot point for many yeara. It! Is
best explained, perhaps, by saying
that If the fleece is lacking In oil.
it becomes " brittle, or 1 friable.
causing It to break, or splinter, in
weaving. Particularly Is this true
In the verticle pile fabrics, many
of ' which are made' with a , loop,
the mohair fiber being looped over
a small wire la the loom. At the
end of this. wire Is a keen-edged,
razor-like knife which Is drawn
across the fabric In tbe.loem. cut
ting It and.. leaving the two ends
embedded in the cotton warp, thus
creating the plush or fftlfe wearing
surface of. the fabric. If .the mo
hair Vs not pliable and elastic, it
breaks under the process, while a
well-grown -fiber cuts-evenly -and
gives a Justrous, uniform finish to
the pile fabric In the process..of
milling, ' the mohair scoured, ahd
the carding machines,-It Is sprink
led - with olive , oil ' to ' insure 'Its
smooth handlfng. s ' ' t'
Fiber Compared With Woolen
Mohair fiber differs from wool
months traveling and lecturing jin that the serrations or scurs on
with a set of four reels of film d&-,tbe exterior, though similar to
picting the mohair industry. In
visiting Texas ranges, 'it was evi
dent that they are not overstocked,
and are not utilized in anything
wool, are. more widely separated
and less highly -developed. For
that 'reason, mohair has hot' the
felting 'property possessed by wool.
like their full grazing, capacity. In,' and. it does not lend -itself to felt
nther words, ther ir not over-'
grazed. There are great freas in
many western states that Could -be
made productive by the nee of mo
hair goats,, and would yield an" In
come where now ther are not even
paying taxes on a very moderate
assessed land value. I
"" These facts have created an at
titude on the part of mohair grow
ers which tends to expand . their
Industry. The slogan, f "More
American Mohair," well expresses
the situation .in the industry in
the United States today.
Buyers in the field In Texas ex
pressed without hesitation! the be
lief that American production
could be doubled without serious
ly affecting demand - There - is
prevailing - a - positive- conviction
that the tariff on mohair should
be maintained both, on the raw
material and " on manufactured
products of mohair. . jg
Texas Growers Improve Qaallty.
Growers, particularly lit Texas,
have beetf giving attention to bet
ter quality mohair. Results are
now being secured from the' 1925
import of 117-registeredfAngora
bucks from South Africa While
In some cases the growers and
breeders are not enthusiastic over
results from the cross to new
blood from the Cape, many grow
ers are highly pleased with the
improvement in fleece quality and
general covering resulting - from
the new breeding sires. TJnques
tionably, there has been improve
ment. I
There is,, in the mind of the
breeder, a firm Impression that
duality mar be combined with
weight in the -fleece. Much has
been said .of the need for fineness.
An objection was currently made
making. '.Likewise, it cannot be
woven upon a . .mohair warp, as
woolens arswoven on a worsted
warp. Mohair requires t a , warp
fiber that will hold it In position.
Cotton is largely employed in this
work, and forms perhaps 30 per
cent of the resulting fabric.
TIC VEST POCKET MIBIT: THE UTTlf :
IW 6011 SH) HE INTO 111 H
The Greatest Need in the Industry in Oregon Is Some Per-
k son or Group of Persons With Foresight and Ambition to
Build Up a Dairy System Qualities of Goat Milk Com
mend It Highly Remarkable Growth of the Industry, in
---.tM nst Twenty Years.
The last 20 years has seen a
remarkable ' growth in - the milk
goat industry.' About some
breeders who had. faith: in the tv
ture of the milk oat sent rep
resentative to. Carope to look-in-to
conditions there and as a re
sult of. this trip- there were im
ported into this country In the
following year or two about- 200
pure bred Saanen and Toggenberg
goats. ' Both 'these : breeds are
Swiss "breeds. ' A; little later other
goats : -were - Imported, among
when it is mixed before goinr lntofrBem ome Anglo-Nubians. These
three- breeds .have played the most
important.: parts in the Industry
here, although in later years
there have been One or two other
breeds recognized. -
While the increase from these
imported goats was fairly rapid,
the demand far exceeded the sup
ply, and as the quarantine and
embargo made it almost impossi
ble to import them In quantity,
the purebred bucks .were crossed
with native goats and they in turn
crossed, on pure bred bucks and
thus some very good' grade goats
have been produced. These goats
make up the bulk of. the herds to
day, for the purebreds are still
comparatively scarce.
In 1905 the American Milk
In dyeing, however, there is ai formed, and in 1915 it was stated
THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN
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DID YOU KNOW that Salem is the center of the largest
pure bred Angora goat industry in this or any other
country; -that this is the pioner mohair market from
first hands in the Northwest; that about 80 per cent of
the Oregon clip is marketed in Salem; that practi
caUy all the long haired goat skins going into the chaps
(chaparajos: chaparahos) of all North America have
been tanned and prepared in Salem; that the milk; goat
industry is growing here very fast; that the making of
Roquefort cheese fromgoats' milk has commenced here,
and may be developed to immense proportions, bringing -millions
of dollars annually, and that this is the natural
home of the goat more so than even Asia Minof, the
original home of the Angora, and that there Is vast5 room
for growth here, in both lines of this important indus
try? -' .A ..;-X;'"' -r 'V' I
slight advantage in mohair oyer
wool. The central or medullar
strlation, or channel, that is found
in mohair is not existent in wool.
Into this central tube of the mo
hair, dyes penetrate and become
sun fast, if the - dye is - properly
made and dependable. At the
same-time, the oil in this central
tube, or channel, is not washed
out in the scouring.
Command High Valves - --
It follows that if the hair is
properly: grown with a sufficient
amount of oil, it possesses higher
value than a dry. non-oily fleece.
This Is best Illustrated by the fact
that mohair from- the - alkaline
pastures ofNewMexlcoandArlsOna
pastures of New .-Mexico and Ari
tona sells at a price 20 per. cent
lower than the well-grown '.Texas
hair from flocks wher ealkali. Is
not abundant, and where closer at
they had registered 8,000 goats.
They hare this year completed
their 33,000 registrations and are
now on the -.road to the S4th
thousand. - Thus the record of the
goats Is carefully kept and the
ancestry easily traced. The bulk
of these registrations have come
in the later years, and each year
seems, to show an increase over
the preceding years. While grade
does are registered is 'grades, on
ly ' purebred sires' are recognised,
so the trend Is ever upward in the
grade stock.
Growing 1m Popularity
In 1910 the first magazine to
devote its entire space to the milk
goat was established In' Califor
nia. This ' was "The GOat
World" which was later moved-to
Vlncennea, Ind., where It Is now
published. There are now several
other ; magazines devoted exelns-
tentlon has. been given to mating ely to tho milk goat, and many
farm papers carry mux goat news
as! a' regular feature, - '
i .The fairs have also felt the in
fluence. anoT nearly all of the fairs
of any size-have a milk goat divi
sion which grows larger each year
and ! creates -much interest. Some
of the fairs nave several hundred
head of milk goats on exhibition
Dates of Slogans in Oregon Statesman
VWith a few possible change)
Loganberries. October , 1 9 2 T
Prunes, October 13 . '
Dairying, October 20
Flax. October 27
Wlbertsv Novembei: 3r t. :
Walnuts, November It '
Strawberries, Novemter II '
pples. Figs, Etc.. Nov. 24 '
raspberries, December 1
llnt, DecemW j 1 4 V f
3eans. Etc, December 1$ 7
blackberries. December 22
"berries. December - 2 " ;t .. '
Pears, January. 6. 1928
aooseberrieswJanuary 12 v ;
2orn. January 19 .... -
Celery. January 22 ,k 4 IK ;
Spinach, ' Etc., .February -5 v - f
Onions. Etc, February 12.
foutoes. Etc, February 12 : .
Sees, February 21 I-'-.'a -'i,
Poultry and Pet Stock, Mar. 4
:ity Beantif nl; Etc, Marchll
3reat Cows, March 12
Eavedrllighwya March '; 21
lead Lettuce. April: 1 r ' ? 5
fenos,-Etc, April "
legumes, April IS
Aspar.agusf.EtcrXpriL22 ,
Grapes, Etc., April 29
Drug Garden, May
Sugar Industry, May 13
Water Towers, May zu
Irrigation, May 27 ' . ., :;
' M inlng, June 3 - 1 ' - -Xand,
Irrigation, Etc, June It . -Floriculture,
June 17"
Hops, Cabbage Etc., June 24
NVholesaMng. Jfeetrfng. July 1 :
Cucumbers, Etc, July Si '
' rilogs July4i :
: f uoats. July 22 1
Schools, July. 29 ; 1 :
SbeepAugust 5 ' .
Seeds, AugustTl2 . . -' . . ' .
National AdvertLdng, Aug. 19 - J
-'Uvestoek,. August it 1 '
r Jrala ft Grain Products; Sept. 2
' Manufacturing, Sept. 9 J
:-" Woodworklngv Etc, 8iCl -Automotive
Industries, ficpt 2
'Paper Mills,Sept3t :-- f-sH
( Back copies of the: Thurs
4mj edition of The JJaily Ore
son 'JSUtesman are , ea hand.
and selection in breeding. - This: is
one of. the most indicative tenden
cies to -be noted among the-range
men In Texas. -
Oregon and California mohair
has. been criticized by spinners and
weavers as being too coarse, with
the exception of mohair from
pure-bred flocks. These condi
tions can be remedied by closer at
tention to the type of mohair pro
duced, and elimination from herds
of undesirable, low-grade goats.
Prices paid for Angora goats at
the annual conventions and sales
In Texas form a good Illustration
of the increasing interest in mo
hair production in the United
States. At the Kerrvlle sale, an
Angora buck sold for 11075. At
the Uvalde convention of the
Texas Angora Goat Raisers asso
ciation, the top price was around
100 for an outstanding .individ
ual buek.' Many, sales, were nego
tlatedat from $120 toJ500 for
selected animals. Carloads from
Oregon find ready sale among the
pure-bred men In Texas
.The. Los 'Angeles ..chamber of
commerce . has inaugurated
movement to get more mohair
gotts on lands not now produc
tive Other Calif ornlan Interests
are taking up the subject Utah.
Colorado. Oklahoma, Arkansas and
Missouri are gradually increasing
their herds.
The annual increase in the num
ber of goats ' in America for the
past decade, has been at the rate
of about sixty-five ; thousand ani
mals per year. Goats do not in
crease In the herd i as - fast as
sheep. , Twins are much more fre
quent among sheep, and a 100 per
cent to 125 per-cent Increase of
lambs Is "jnot unu sual In the wool
industry loathe mohair Industry,
Increase seldom goes above 75 per
cent.'althoogh in vxeeptlonal cases
and under good feed and ' range
conditions, the Increase sometimes
reaches 100 per -cent.
Mixtures Which. Are sv Detriment
One problem. has been confront
rebuilt with tneiseatest possible
ease and speed. -
" The commercial side of the in
dustry has been developed in por
tions of thesast and in cauiornoa,
but -rather neglected Jn Oregon.
The cream may bo separated
and old to the creameries. A milk
milt mr .he esUblished : la. th
larger ; towns' and cities, or the
mUk sold dlreer to hospitals or
sanitariums, '-r - ; -r
; . . . Ctaeese From Cost Milk
' Oregon has several cheese facr
tories. - One at . Falls .City has
been in operations tor several
years ajd makes a fins, grade of
"Imnorted" cheese.- There is-a4o
milk from severat hundred ; head
of goats. ? That Is a- very good
to uUlixe tbs mUk where-tie geau
are Jtept mtac distance Trora tens
market. . They, will pasture.:- w
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BIORE AND BIORB JqATS
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and the competition Is very keen:
Their MUk Prodactlosi
A good grade, doe ta.be profit
able', should jglve at v least two
quarts J'of milk . when fresh . and
should hold that yield for, three
or four months, and should glvo at
least a quart a dar until the
seventh or eighth month.
A good Swiss goat should glvo
four or five quarts . when fresh,
and should be giving , two quarts
at the-sigh th month, .when she
will, probably be bred . again.
The best grades and purebreds
give over a gallon when fresh and
make a seaeon's yield of 2,000 to
2.400 pounds. Record does have
made some wonderful yields, but
we hare to deal with the average
goat.
. Economical to Keep
, Goats are economical to keep
and in proportion to their size and
the food consumed are wonderful
producers. Then again they may
be kept 'where larger stock would
Kbe out of place, and in this day of
auto trips and, camping, what
could be neater? Put a box on
the running board and take her
along to furnish milk for the ba-i
by and cream for coffee.
In most cases there is little dif-
Goat ' Record - association wasference In taste between good goat
milk and good clean cow's milk.
The goat's milk, however. Is al
ways white, even the cream,' ad
the butter churned from this milk
must be colored to taste, for It al
so will be white.'
Qualities of tbe MUk
Goat's milk has many proper
ties which make it especially val
uable tor fopd. It does not carry
the germs of tuberculosis, as goats
are practically Immune from that
disease. Goat milk is alkaline in
its reaction, while-cow's- mHk is
acid, thus making goat milk of
great importance to persons suf
fering from hyperacidity of the
stomach. "
The fat globules are much
smaller than those In. cow's milk,
making them easily penetrated by
the digestive Juices of the stom
ach. " '
Goat milk. In short, has proved
to.be almost a specific for all in
fanta not nursed by their moth
ers, for all children who hav edlf
ticulty In digesting or assimilat
ing their food, in all cases of mal
nutrition for adults suffering
from disease of the digestive tract,
for tuberculosis" patients, and for
persons , convalescing from . all
kinds of sickness who need to
have their impoverished, bodies
become locked down against the mohair materials. For these reas-
warp. .It showed a. matted condi- ons, there Is a promising
tlon and did not return to tne ahead oi me monur
vertical nlle elevation. . in America.
Similarly, the vegetable fibers
resulted in a splotched, or pock
marked and spotted phase In the
upholstery - material, - and s no
amount of panning, steaming or
brushing served to bring them
back to the original position.
True mohair fabrics always return
to r the vertical. ' These fabrics
were sold considerably below the
trade price for mohair velvet or
nlnshes. However, it la contend
ed both, by manufacturer! and pro
ducers of 'mohair that this aim
cnltv will "provide its own remedy
New. Life to Torelsju Competition
; Forelsrn ' producers and t mills
witnessed the rapid strides
w?- They 'ro xor - sais -at i u
, each, mailed to any address.
Cjarrenttoplcsj. cento,
Recognizing the presence of a
considerable percentage of bristle
fibre in ' American mohair, the
growers have tacitly agreed to
"fight the kemp." This is an ata
vistic inheritance resulting irom
an attempt to cross the fine,-silvery
fleeced Angora with the larg
er shearing surface. There are still
some growers wno aim ior weiem
in the bag, rather than quality in
the fleoeei but discerning buyers
aro" showing' preferenoo for well
grown quality mohair, and are In
clined to pay a better price for it
than they can offer for the mohair
f com herds of a careless grower.
made nv monair taorica iu a- . t-
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lea. ana are givin, 0r? v mnttVm th0 abOTl ef
-a S MhAlatsw ma W sr
f.0a.!! " n'tufTed the prstectlve Urlff duUe. on mo-
W . ..J 'lt.' i.iihlnrM ThM
- Jt M-.a A MtlKM. UUX LUU .- .
rurnuur. .u . --Ure the same as the duties en wool
T? W.lu! TH. rat. on wool in
Russia, P?"y I ih rreaae Omit comes from the
. la sviwinv i .nmneiiiioD i
iO0 waif " ' sT, ; m
In foreign markets is showing new
life, and while drouths at the Cape
dmlnlshed the clip, there is
. ...innMi interest in the sub
ject of mohair on the other side
of the Atlantic '
In the UniUd' States there has
been a continuous increase in pro
duction, and an. unvarying aemana
for fabrics of saohalr. Mors, than
eight thousand patterns sll now
being manufactured fn the-bmsoth
mohair llnesrXdyiperies, eur
talna and upholstery Materials.
la a une
One ef the new products
tag the entire. in dnslry Jboth fremLf bedspreads Jor botel and hem
use, woven en the new eae-nun-dred-ineh
" looms, Sonio ef these
fabrics ars ninety-twu ; Inches ; in
width, seamless, and hav. been
.MMii'fit'taW.' lustrous: wash-
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able and et greai auraumiy,
Industry Has a FreenlslBa Fat are
i v.dM il B-iHomnis. or ins
Bradford' Wool Reeord aid Tex
Uls World, visited Canada and the
United? States in June, July and
August, and expressed the opinion
hat Asaeeiesa a twlstn wsre
'sr ahead sT the EnglhA and Oa
inencal mills in the preduetiea of
tbe range standpoint and from
the manufacturer, point of view.
Demand for a - cheap upholstery
fabric has' caused some mills to
combine with mohair in thp plush
fabrics, certain vegetable , or. wool
fibers which do not have the re
siliency or steel-wire tendency " to
spring back, as mohair does in a
pile fabric '.The National - Asso
ciation of Upholstered . Furniture
manufacturers has been 'Investl-
ratlag this subject. It was found
tnat la these' mixtures, which
wrongly called "mohair," th wool
fibef-had-te-ndeneywto-'flt; -o
back of the sheep) is 31 cents a
pound; when advanced towards
manufacture, scoured, "etc, up to
the yarn stage, it is 93 cents a
pound and 20 per cent ad valorem.
In the form of yarn, it is 24 cents
a pouna ana so pf cast iu val
orem, and in clothes H runs. to 45
cents a pound and 60 per cent ad
valorem.
Mr, Gago "puts the world prOr
d action of mohair last year at
about 87,000.000 pounds, That is
increase of abouV B.OOt.ttt
pounds ever the fear before.
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country; better even
'TOren.bas I jfood.xnany goatsis ;been. listed as the
tMrd-slate in the tJnioA' With respeeV to number of goats:
the last census showed ;i85,e00. Competent authorities ii
Salem think lhere must-have been a,rnistake; that Orejior
has never had; that many ."A cgf ul; check up made twe
year ago showed 121,193 Ansrai'anjd 'grkae Jjoats in Ore
gon;f There was no doubt some jrrowth last year; and this
.rhfm, Kcvon mntinnpd this vear.. There are nerhaps
. . . m. M f I JT T
Tillamook wnntyVhic Thid is indicated Dy tne iact tnat tne monau-
lip Is around 750,000 pounds annuauy, ana tne average ior
'each jjoat is close to five pounds. It is more, of course, for
the pure breds that have proper attention
k AnTa kii npr rnnf. ill liih i i k i i i I I nil 111 iirpviin ik
w: J .J. . IUU IA ,tid ,WV f W - 1 -
Jslrae Salem, and this Jias been the case aU along, from
being. mad. iato-cheess, tiiow, beginning or tne industry m tne uvtea states.
Th Cliff ord W., Brown . estate and the Oregon Wool and
aifohaJr; company are the buyeiTe and man
agers of the latter were mostly formerly connected with the
first named concern. The Brown people are pioneers in the
business here. .'. "V- -.' If '"
" Most of the Angora goats of Oregon are in the Salem dis
trict ; in the Willamette yalleyand c!ast counties, with a
considerable number in southern Orego? counties.
Jvery well posted man will agre ttiatjOrtgon should have
many times 150,000 Angora goatsJhere jiroom for several
times that number in Polk county alone 7. .
.The goat is the pioneer in the clearing of land. ' He will do
the work for nothing, and pay his board besidess. His fleece
will sell at 50 to 70 cents a pound, and! his increase is worth
somethingworth a great deal, in the case of pure breds. Ask
any of the leading breeders of Polk county. That county is
the leading section of the state in -the1 pure bred' field; the
leading section of the country, in fact.
-Nature has made this a great goat
than Turkey or South Africa. Our people should avail them
selves fully of the advantages nature has given them.
Angora goats have long been known to our people as being
of great value in clearing land. Late eicperiments show that
they are of wonderful help in increasing, the production of
grain crops. j j
The United States has become the j great manufacturing
country for the various articles of commerce made of mohair,
with a rapidly extending list !
Till now we use all the mohair we Iproduce, and about a
third of that produced in the rest of the world besides.
Oregon can and should produce allj the mohair we now
import for pur factories, besides the additional amount that
is being required each year by the fast expanding demand for
various articles made from mohair bjhour forward looking
American manufacturers ,
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And many of these factories ought to be located in western
Oregon, where all the natural facilities' are present, including
vast water power running to wasteV .
As for milk goats, there is an immense future, in the use
of the milk for the making of Roquefort cheese, which indus
try had its start in America at Falls City, Polk county. The
experience with its manufacturing there points the way to a
gigantic business. The United States imports $50,000,000 to
$75,000,000 worth of Roquefort cheese annually. It could all
be produced in Oregon, from the inilk of goats ranging on
land that now makes up a portion of: our slacker and idle
acres. ' l .lfl f$
The "vest pocket dairy." meaning
a great future in Oregon- We should have goat milk depots
in all our cities. We should have condensed 'milk factories and
dried mik factories, using the miljbf
cheese factories.
One reason why we can produce a high .quality of mohair
for manufacturing in western Oregon is the fact . that we
have no alkali ; our water is all "soft?
best fleeces in districts that have? lit
facturing, we are closetd sea level, and have no static. This
is important, as it is in spinning the yarns also of flax and
wool and other fibers.
no waste. --:wt
-! fl a Quart' In Chicago '
. , Soms of the .eastern-.cities-have.
their milk dairies where, you, niaj
have milk delivered. or buy' it
from a roadside? stand. These
dairies are model; of cleanliness
and attractive and find ready sale
for all they can produce at prices
far la '. advance of coast prices.
Milk for hospitals In Chicago sells
as high ss tl i quart
Goat milk - Ice cream is also
made . and sold through these
stands. ' ;
One by-product which should
not bo overlooked la the manure.
Goat manure is one of the richest
In value of any natural fertilizer
and is readily sold at a fair price.
Greatest Need Here
The greatest need of the Indus
try In Oregon today. Is some per
son or group of persons with the
foresight and ambition to build
up a dairy system such as Mr.
Headier of .Chicago has done, so
that there would be a milk depot
for the distribution of the milk,
and a system of delivery so tnat
every person In need of the milk
could secure It at a moderate
cost.
There are' hundreds of acres of
land within driving distance or
our larger towns 'that is practical
ly worthless as it stands, yet
would provide pasture for many
goats which in turn would "pro
duce the milk with the life giv
ing properties so necessary to the
babies and invalids.
Yet. the average man cannot
alone tend his herd and make his
market, and deliver his milk.
Sooner or later some one will pio
neer in this branch here, as has
been done in other states. Then.
and onlv then, will the "vest
pocket dairy," the little milk
goat, have really come into ner
own.
KATHERINE HAYES,
Secretary Oregon Dairy Goat
Breeders Ass'n.
5900 Buckely Ave.,
Portland; Or., July 18. 1928.
(Hayes' Small Stock Farm, pre
sided over by the above writer,
breeds Saanen goats. Buff Cochin
Bantam chickens. New Zealand
White Of New Zealand Red rabbits
and Chinchillas. "Billies. Bunnies,
Bantams, is her alliterative and
appropriate .slogan. The phone
number Is Sunset 3991. Ed.).
SALEM STATE GOAT
CENTER FROM FIRST
Pioneering Was Done .Here;
Room for More Than 20
Times Number
The last census showed 185,000
Angora goats In Oregon. There
was manifestly a mistake In the
figures. Two years ago, a check
up by men in the Industry who are
careful showed 121193. There
has been a little growth each year,
and the number Is now perhaps
around 150,000. The annual clip
of mohair is around - 750,000.
Taking fire pounds as the average
fleece, this would indicate about
150,000 goats.
That is not enough. Oregon
should have twenty , times -that
number . of goats. She .should
have 3,000,000 or more, and west
ern Oregon j could ; accommodate
that many, and use little but Idle
or slacker, acres, and fields that
would benefit from .the keeping of
tbe silver fleeced animals.
Better Attention -
And goats here shoqld have bet
ter attention. Many ranchers now
give their goats little attention;
seeing them .only at dipping or
shearing ; time, the rest of the
year letting them shift' for them
selves. Our boat breeders, who
make big sueeesses of the indus
try, give their goats eonstant at
tention, This makes for better
fleeces; for higher priced mohair,;
We are singularly fortunate here
In . being able to turn out, ' high
priced fleeces, ' W. have no al
kali, the bane of the Texas and
many ether; seat districts,
have soff water, ; This means
mueh'ln the produelng of mohair
or high eaality, r , ;, ,
' Ieng Geat-Onte' '
Ever since the beginning et the
industry in ; America, fUlem ", has
" "IV Hill . V
me uiue mu goat, nas
goats. And dozens of
Texas produces her
fl limit .-' PVir-mnriii.
I
been a goat center. Most of the
Angora goats of Oregon bow are
in the Salem trading district; In
the Willamette valley and coast
counties, wtth. some scattered over
southern 6f egon in one of two
counties in that part of the state
the-industry having much favor.
About 80 per cent of the Oregon
mohair cllp Is bought by the two
Salem dealers -who handle, that'
product. About' that percentage
has. always boon, bought In this
City. -.- ' : ..' i ' iZ2jrt s
s . The Milk Goat Industry " -'
: Oregon is developing .'the . milk
goat Industry. Read the . article
in this issue by, the secretary of
the association. The Salem district-has
a good many milk goats;
more than are .found In any other
Oregon section-! if we Include the
jFalls City sector, which Is in fial-
onrM, trade territory. : . v
irbe first Roquefort cheese In
America was made at Falls. City.
This is an Industry capable r of
enormous expansion. , The States-
City
date
man correspondent at Falls
sends the following, under
of yesterday: v
-,Thf JFalls City Roquefort
Cheese , corporation Is not mak
ing Roquefort cheese this season.
The 8wisatr brlckr cheese has been
made slace May 19 of this year,
uainr ., rnata- mttlr: 'ilnn, Thla
cheese isVbeing . marketed In a
small wsiy', principally to local
trade, .-where" the demand : Is , for
cheese, without waiting for, time
to mellow the cheese and give It
the desired, texture It Is pro
nounced good by ail who have eat
en lU,.L.v';- t-tS-v-.!' - -v
"Sevetal new' goat owners have
come to this section since the Teal
and JBrahson goats were the pio
neers. ..Another year should see a
larger number. 'The industry has
great promise , for this district."
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platform on the tariff.
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