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QUESTIONS ANSWERED
ANGORA GOAT IS A VERY PROF
ITABLE PRODUCT IN
THIS STATE.
GBASS IN NOBTH GEOBGIA
Agricultural Department Replies to
an Inquiry From the Northwest.
Market For Hogs and Cattle.
The following question was asked oi
the Department a few days ago: Does it
pay to keep Angora goats in Georgia?
Mr. J. 0. Dalzell of Union county an
swered this question very completely in
a talk with a reporter of the Atlanta
Constitution. He expresses the opinion
that “the Angora. goat industry, which
is already assuming immense propor
tions in the United States, could be
made to make the poor whites of our
southern mountains the most independ
ent and prosperous rural community in
the land.
“The Angora goat is highly profitable
—much more profitable than sheep, even
under the most favorable conditions.
There is a strong and constantly grow
ing market for the hides and hair, and
the meat is equal to mutton,. The skinfl
of Angora kids are in great demand by
manufacturers of the finest leather
goods. It costs absolutely nothing to
raise the Angora in our Georgia moun
tains. Even with the ground covered
with snow for weeks at a time, these
goats will rustle enough twigs and bark
to keep them hearty, if not fat, and or
dinarily they will roll in flesh on what
a cow or sheep would reject. They eat
any kind of weed or shrub, and require
only such shelter as nature furnishes.
The Angora breeder need have no fear
of wolves and ‘sheep killing dogs. ’ Just
let such varmints tackle his goatship.
He will do the rest. Angora goats propa
gate fast and are readily domesticated,
making great pets.
“Of course, while the industry is in
its infancy in the east, breeding stock is
high and hard to get. Hundreds of
level-headed capitalists are figuring out
prospective fortunes in Angora goats,
and' the humble farmer, with a small
start, can as safely count on handsome
returns. The largest herd I know of in
this mountain region is that owned by
Colonel Qonnally, a wealthy citizen of
Asheville, 2ST. 0., whose ranch is near
Mt. Mitchel, on the north fork of the
Swannanoa river. He made some im
portations direct from Spain, at high
figures, and is an enthusiast, spending
his summers among his flock. While
-the high strains are very expensive,very
fair stock can be purchased in the south
west at from $1.50 to $2.00 a head, which
can be bred up.
“I have gone into the business on a
modest; scale and'feel sure of my ground.
To anyone who is interested, I would
suggest that they write to the agricul
tural department at Washington, or get
their congressman to procure for them
the very complete pamphlet on Angora
culture printed by the government.”
What Mr. Dalzell says is confirmed
by the yearbook of the United States
Department of Agriculture for 1898,
which contains an illustrated article en
titled “Keeping Goats For Profit.” We
do not wish to be understood as advising
every farmer to keep goats. But there
are opportunities for the mountaineers
of North Georgia to enter into a business
far more profitable and less hazardous
than the illicit distilling of whisky.—
State Agricultural Department-
others from 8,000 to 10,000 pounds. You
may judge from that.
o. The cattle require feeding from
four to five months during the winter,
usually five months.
6. Good river bottom land can be ob
tained at prices ranging from $6 to $24
an acre, according to locality and de
gree of improvement. Some of the best
lands sell as high as $50 an acre,
7. Fat steers are worth from 8 to 5
cents a pound, live weight. The price
depends upon, the age and condition of
the animaL—State Agricultural Depart
ment.
More Pure-Breed Cattle For Georgia.
In our last monthly talk mention was
made of the instrumentality of the De
partment of Agrioulture in connection
with other parties in bringing into
Georgia 1Q0 short-horns and HerefordS
for the purpose of improving the breeds
of beef cattle. Since that time two more
carloads of pure breeds have been
shipped into the state and sold at fair
prices. All of these, like the first lot,
are young cattle. A short while ago
the prison commissioners purchased
from Mr. Murray Babcock of Vir
ginia, a 12-months-oid Hereford bull
for the prison farm. The animal,
which is one of the handsomest
ever brought into the state, cost $2
Judge Turner is negotiating for a herd
of Hereford heifers for the purpose of
raising on the prison farm pure stock to
sell to Georgia farmers for breeding
purposes.
It must be borne in mind that Here-
fords are raised for beef and not for
milk. The cows of this breed furnish
only enough milk to sustain a calf. One
needs only to look at a Hereford, with
his short legs and long body, to know
that he. will furnish abundance of the
best beef. They are a well-marked
breed, easily distinguished from other
cattle by their white heads, legs, bellies
and tails and red sides. The bulls are
very docile and easily managed.
The live stock department is one of
the best features of the state farm. It is
the intention of the commissioner to
raise on the farm not only all the meat
needed for the convicts, but also the best
breeds of cattle and hogs to sell to the
farmers and stock raisers of Georgia at
the lowest possible price.—State Agri
cultural Department.
A CREDIT CHECK SWINDLE. CURES BLOOD POISON.
Raising Hogs.
Question.—By a correspondent from
another state—1. Is it profitable to raise
hogs in North Georgia? 2. Will they
fatten if allowed to range through the
woods?
Answer.—1. A great many hogs are
raised in North Georgia and, like the
beef of that section, find a ready market.
2. During at least seven months of the
year they range the woods and grow fat
on acorns, chestnuts, hickory nuts and
such other food as they can pick up.
But of course, like any other stock, hogs
need the attention and care of man to
produce the best results.—State Agri
cultural Department.
Growing Grass In North Georgia.
Question.—Propounded by a gentle
man living in one of our northwestern
states who is thinking of-moving to
Georgia.
1. What kind of grass grows on the
mountains of northern Georgia?
2. Will they produce bine grass?
8. How much are they worth per acre?
4. How many cattle will 100 acres
support? 1
5. How long will they have to be fed
in winter?
6. Could we get river bottom land to
raise grain on, and at how much an
acre?
7.. What are fat steers worth a pound,
live weight?
Answers to the above questions:
1. On the mountains and in the val
leys of North Georgia are several native
grasses, such as sage, Bermuda, orchard,
crab and another grass, which grows in
bunches or tufts, the name of which is
unknown to ns.
2. Bine grass does wall over a great
part of the mountain section of Georgia.
3. Lands of this part of the state are
worth from $4.00 to $6.00 an acre; some
of the best improved lands from $10.00
to $20.0,0,
A Blessing:.
Dr. Conan Doyle tells this story of a
Bber and an English soldier who lay
wounded side by side on the field of
battle: “They had a personal encoun
ter, in which the soldier received a bul
let wound and the burgher a bayonet
thrust before they both fell exhausted
on the .field. The Britisher gave the
Boer a drink out of his flask, and the
burgher, not to be outdone in courtesy,
handed a piece of biltong in exchange.
In the evening, when their respective
ambulances came to carry them off to
the hospital, they exchanged friendly
greetings. ‘Goodby, mate/ said the
soldier. What a blessing £t is we met
each other!’ ”
A Fetching: Compliment.
She was not from Chicago.
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“How am I to know when you are
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“I always stamp my feet,” she an
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That fetched her.—Cleveland Plain
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Pat’s Retort.
An Irishman passing a store in Lon
don saw nothing inside but a man at
a table. The thing struck him as being
very odd, so he went in and inquired
what was sold there. “Assep’ heads,”
said the man at the. table. “They must
be in great demand,” said Pat “for I
see yon have only your own left.”
Trick: fjy Which One Firm Got Boi
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That there is no end to the ways of
imposing upon the suffering New York
public was illustrated by the failure
of a small store recently. The newly
appointed receiver was surprised by
having many women come to his office
with credit checks. ^These checks were
for small amounts, ranging from $1 to
$10. At first the receiver couldn’t un
derstand it, but upon investigation he
learned the details of a pretty system
of fleecing.
The firm, it seems, had made a spe
cialty of silk and cotton shirt waists.
These were, with few exceptions,
shapeless, ill fitting garments, and
when the^unfortunate women shoppers
got home with their purchases and
put them on they were disgusted to
find that the bargain sale .grists were
baggy and puekery and Altogether so
poorly fashioned that it would be
next to impossible to make them fit
even by a complete ripping up and
remaking. Such being the conditions
they invariably took the , goods back
and demanded other waists or their
money. It was contrary to the prin
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and as they seldom had waists more
becoming either in style or shape than
the. ones returned, they were driven
to the extremity of credit checks.
“We will get in a new supply of
waists in a few days,” was the suave
assurance of the manager and his
well trained assistants. “Your cheek
will be good at any time, and when we
replenish our stock you can select a
waist that suits you.”
But the new stock never arrived, and
in spite of the good dollars received
from deluded customers without de
creasing their capital of waists., the
firm became Insolvent and then the
women began to come with credit
checks. So far the receiver has been
unable to compensate them for their
loss through the swindle which, in its
way, was rather neat—New York Sun.
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Sayre of New York city:
“When a young medical student at
the College of Physicians and Surgeons
in New York, one of the operating phy
sicians was about to cut off Irish
man’s leg, but before beginning the op
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young doctor promptly cut open the
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Mrs. Jopps—Now, jedge{ it’s this; way:
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