Download or read book Shearing Sheep and Angora Goats the Texas Way written by Robert Aguero and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as the time of the vaquero is near to running its course, the days of the full-time sheep and goat shearers—tasinques—are coming to a close. So asserts author Robert Aguero, son and grandson of tasinques and recipient of the proud tradition of those who labored with their hands in the dusty corrals of the Nueces River Valley and the Edwards Plateau, harvesting the wool and mohair that fueled the industry known by the shearers and their families as la trasquila. Aguero, himself a veteran of the shearing sheds, offers stories and perspectives gleaned both from personal experience and interviews with dozens of individuals intimately connected with the Central Texas wool and mohair industry. From the docienteros—virtuosos able to shear 200 animals or more per day—to the rancheros—the owners of the ranches who hired the shearing crews, year after year—Aguero has captured the essence of a way of life that is rapidly passing into history. The work opens with a foreword by esteemed historian Arnoldo De León. A host of photographs accompanies the narrative, capturing visually the dust, sweat, and noise of the atajo—the shearing pen—along with the pride in accomplishment that characterizes the tasinque tradition. Robert Aguero’s Shearing Sheep and Angora Goats the Texas Way: A Legacy of Pride both documents and pays homage to an honored way of life and livelihood that is disappearing from the region.

Download or read book Texas Woollybacks written by Paul Howard Carlson and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a new epilogue to carry the story to the present, Paul Carlson engagingly chronicles the development of the range sheep and goat industry from Spanish times to about 1930, when widespread use of mesh-wire fences brought an end to the open-range management of sheep and goat ranches in Texas.

Download or read book Texas Angora Goat Production written by James Arthur Gray and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Angora Goats written by Susan Black Drummond and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handboek voor het houden van Angora geiten voor de wolproduktie met daarnaast aandacht voor de afzet van mohair, voor het Noord-Amerikaanse stamboek en de wolafzet-organisaties, het toileteren voor tentoonstellingen en het onderzoek

Download or read book Bulletin Texas Agricultural Experiment Station written by Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Influence of Individuality Age and Season Upon the Weights of Fleeces Produced by Angora Goats Under Range Conditions written by Jay Laurence Lush and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Tariff Readjustment 1929 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 1326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Practical Angora Goat Raising written by Anon and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a classic guide to raising angora goats, with information on selection, breeding, feeding, utilisation of products, ailments, and many other related aspects. Written in clear, plain language and full of handy tips and invaluable information, this volume will be of considerable utility to modern farmers wishing to add angora goats to their livestock. Contents include: “Goat Farming”, “Origin and History of the Angora Goat”, “Mohair”, “Breeding of the Angora Goat”, “Angora Venison”, “Angora Goat Skins”, “By-Products of Angora Goats”, “Food, Climate and Protection”, “Kidding Angoras”, and “Diseases”. Many vintage books like this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality addition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on farming.