Part 9

In 1876, Mr. Bailey selected the best buck of the Hall & Harris importation, and paid seventy-five dollars service fee for three of his Brown & Diehl does. Later he purchased forty-one head from Hall & Harris. Some of these were the Brown & Diehl goats, and some from the Hall & Harris importation of 1876.

Twelve years after Mr. Bailey commenced breeding Angoras, he moved his entire grade-flock, consisting of about 1000 animals, to Nevada, and maintained his thoroughbred flocks in California. By careful selection, rigid culling, and strict attention given his flocks, Mr. Bailey had brought them by 1892, to an excellence beyond any of the imported stock.

In 1893, Mr. Bailey imported two fine bucks from South Africa. An account of the buck Pasha will be found in this book.

In 1899, another direct importation from South Africa was made, and the great sire Capetown was secured.

In 1901, Dr. W. C. Bailey secured four of the best Angoras obtainable in Asia Minor, by personal selection, and added them to the Bailey flocks. This was the first importation made in America from Asia Minor for twenty-five years.

During all these years, since 1865, Mr. Bailey had been constantly at work with his Angora flocks. There were many hardships to overcome, and most of the original Angora breeders gave up the struggle. We honestly believe that if it had not been for his perseverance the Angora industry would not be in its present prosperous condition.

Register.

We have been keeping a register of our stock, and this register is the oldest in the United States, or the world. Animals registered in the Bailey Angora Goat Record have a universal standing.

Manufacturers of Gloves, Robes and Trimmings.

The Angora Robe and Glove Company was established in 1875, with C. P. Bailey as president. Later Mr. Bailey secured sole control of this company. We have been using goat skins and mohair in large quantities for the last thirty years, and to-day

WE PAY THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES FOR GOAT SKINS AND MOHAIR.

Buck Selections.

From the above history it will be seen that we have several different strains of bucks to offer, and the fact that we have taken the Grand Prizes and highest awards at the New Orleans World's Fair, 1885, Chicago World's Fair, 1893, St. Louis World's Fair, 1904, and sweep stakes at State Fairs and National Meetings for the last thirty years, should put these bucks on the top. We have sold thousands in United States, and they have given almost universal satisfaction.

Does.

Our thoroughbred does trace their ancestry to the best stock obtainable. We always have a good many grade Angora does on the range, and we are prepared to quote prices on carloads, or small lots. We gladly furnish information.

C. P. BAILEY & SONS CO., San Jose, California.

In 1892, we received the first importation of Persian Fat-Tailed Sheep. They are very hardy, rapid growers (the lambs often gaining a pound a day for the first one hundred days,) good rangers almost free from disease, and to cross onto fine wooled sheep for mutton and wool, we consider them of much value.]