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"ANGORA GOATS
COLLECTION: GOAT HANDBOOK
ORIGIN: UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DATE INCLUDED: OCTOBER, 1993
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THE DOCUMENT LENGTH IS ABOUT 5 PRINTED PAGES NOT COUNTING IMAGES.
A SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE ALTERNATIVE
Angora Goats
United States Department of Agriculture
Angora goats may be the most efficient fiber producers on
Earth. These makers of mohair came from and were named after
Ankara (Angora prior to 1930), the Turkish province where they have
thrived for centuries. Turkey guarded these goats against
exportation until 1849 when seven does and two bucks were imported
into the United States. Later, more were imported from Turkey and
South Africa, the two principal mohair producers in the 19th
century.
But now the United States has become one of the two biggest
producers (along with South Africa) of mohair - the long, lustrous,
wavy hair that goes into fine garments. The other primary fiber
from goats is cashmere. (See "A Small-Scale Agriculture
Alternative, Cashmere Goats," December 1992). Never the twain
should meet! To cross Angora with cashmere goats results in a
fiber called cashgora, with very limited uses and characteristics
of neither fine fiber.
The two goat types differ in temperaments, too. The Angoras
are pretty laid back and docile, while cashmere and/or Spanish meat
goats are often flighty and high strung. (Incidentally, Angora
goats, which do produce mohair, do not produce Angora hair; only
rabbis can produce that.)"
etc, etc.
