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	Cashmere wool - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cashmere wool is wool obtained from the Cashmir goat.
		Cashmere is extremely warm (in order to serve its original purpose of protecting goats from cold mountain temperatures.) Fibres are highly adaptable and are easily constructed into fine or thick yarns, and light to heavy-weight fabrics.
		The goat (Capra hircus Laniger) is a mammal belonging to the subfamily Caprinae of the family Bovidae.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cashmere_goat (1156 words)

	Riversong Farms, Nazko British Columbia. Home of Cashmere/Spanish Meat Goats, Black Welsh Mountain Sheep, Farm Stay B ...
		Cashmere goats come in all colours, however the cashmere will be either white or soft shades of brown or grey.
		Cashmere goats have wide spread horns, which are left on, and they tend to be shorter and more blocky in build than a dairy goat.
		Cashmere is a fibre definition, and for a goat to be considered a Cashmere, it must produce cashmere fibre.
	www3.telus.net /riversong/goats.html (839 words)

	Peace of Yarn :: Cashmere :: Fiber
		Cashmere is the fine undercoat combed from a goat, most often from its belly.
		Cashmere is various shades of white, brown and beige.
		Goats are social animals with a normal life span of 10-12 years and a gestation period of 150 days.
	www.peaceofyarn.com /cashmere.htm (204 words)

	Breezy Meadow Cashmere Farm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cashmere is the term for the soft down undercoat of Cashmere goats.
		Cashmere goats are raised for their fiber, meat, and ability to rejuvenate weedy pastures.
		The amount of Cashmere a goat produces depends on a number of factors, the most important of which is how much selective breeding is in the genetic background.
	home.earthlink.net /~fibergoat/_wsn/page3.html (585 words)

	Cashmire Goatzzz
		Cashmere goats are a type, not a breed.
		Cashmere fibers must be separated, either by combing out the down or by using a commercial dehairer on sheared fibers.
		Goats have neither the layer of body fat nor lanolin- laden wool that sheep have.
	members.tripod.com /~goatzzz/cash.html (1874 words)

	Goat & Sheep
		The billy, buck, or male goat, renowned for his sexual appetite and distinctive strong musky smell provides a metaphor for adolescent sexuality: "as randy as a billy goat." This pungent, and highly- and aggressively-sexed male animal was used by the Greeks as symbolic of the lustful aspect of human beings.
		Goats (Capra hircus aegagrus) originate in the highlands of western Iran, and were one of the earliest of animals to be domesticated.
		Diodorus Siculus said that it was goats that drew the attention of the Greeks to the vapours that emerged from fissures in the earth at Delphi, where later the famous Pythian oracle was installed.
	www.khandro.net /animal_goat_ram.htm (5027 words)

	Capricorn Cashmere
		Between goats, the disease is transmitted by normal infection routes via contact of infected fluids with an open sore or cut.
		Infected goats or goats that have aborted their fetuses should be immediately culled.
		Goats that are housed in poorly ventilated sheds are most susceptible to pneumonia, although any disease will rapidly spread through overcrowded animal populations.
	www.capcas.com /Goat_Disease.html (2021 words)

	Cashmere Goats - High Country Cashmere
		A Cashmere goat is not an actual breed of goat but a description of a goat that has been carefully bred to produce cashmere fiber.
		Breeding Stock: Cashmere goats are in high demand and will continue to be as small farms look for alternative means to provide income on their farms.
		Cashmere producing goats are an excellent alternative for small farmers who want to make the best use of their land.
	www.cashmeregoat.com /whygoats.html (561 words)

	Eastern Cashmere Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cashmere is the goat’s soft, downy undercoat, grown to its maximum length by mid-winter and shed in early Spring.
		The goats’ down and the guard hair which surrounds it may be any color, but the shearable parts of the body (excluding face, stockings and belly) should be of a single color.
		Although cashmere goats are rugged and adaptable and can survive with minimal housing, they need places to escape from wind and wet weather.
	www.easterncashmereassociation.org /industry.asp (1128 words)

	NYS Sheep and Wool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cashmere producing goats have traditionally been found in Asian countries, however in the 1970âs Australians realized their feral goats produced cashmere down, as well.
		The Cashmere Goat Show at the NY Sheep and Wool Festival showcases goats from the Northeast and Central Atlantic states.
		He will evaluate the cashmere goats for body structure and fiber characteristics with the overall score a balance between body and fiber.
	www.sheepandwool.com /cashmeregoatshow.cfm (820 words)

	Cashmere: Cashmere the fiber of king produced from the lowly Cashmere goat.
		Cashmere: Cashmere the fiber of king produced from the lowly Cashmere goat.
		The word “cashmere” is sometimes applied to fabrics that contain other fibers in addition to cashmere wool.This cashmere fiber is so luxurious that the Arc of the Covenant of the old testament was lined and curtained with it.
		Cashmere is the down shed annually by cashmere goats living in the high, dry plateau.
	www.pashminastores.com /cashmere.htm (980 words)

	Goat Knoll farm products (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Goat Knoll - Cashmere goats and cashmere fiber from an Oregon farm
		The goats are free of disease (CL, CAE and soremouth) and require minimal care from their human beings.
		We have the raw cashmere fleece processed by a mill that separates the valuable cashmere from the coarse goat guard hair.
	www.fibergoat.com /Products.htm (1093 words)

	Cashmere.com - Cashmere 101
		The countries that produce commercial quantities of raw (from the goat) cashmere are China, with 60-65% of the world’s output, Mongolia, at app.
		Raw (greasy) cashmere is a mixture of fine underdown (which after processing becomes commercial grade cashmere) and coarse outer guard hair, along with dirt, sand, animal grease, vegetable matter and other impurities.
		Once the scoured cashmere is passed through a dehairing machine, the residual coarse hair content is brought down to standard 0.5% for weaving grade fiber, and 0.2% or lower for knitting grade fiber.
	www.cashmere.com /cashmere101.asp (1107 words)

	Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute
		Spilhaus is president of the Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute, which for nearly 20 years has led the charge to keep importers, manufacturers and retailers honest about labeling cashmere and cashmere-blend clothes.
		Consumers are willing to pay a premium for cashmere - which is wool combed from the undercoat of the Kashmir goat - and the institute works to preserve that cachet by making sure consumers are getting what they pay for.
		But in the suit, the institute says it sent random samples of the blazers to experts in cashmere identification - yes, that is an actual field of expertise - who concluded that the "luxurious blend of cashmere and wool" contained no more than trace levels of cashmere.
	www.cashmere.org /news/news_4-10-2002.htm (913 words)

	Moving at the Speed of Goat
		However, because goats mature at three years and three kids can be born to a doe in a two-year period, the agency thought that enough time had passed to show genetic distinctions between the herds.
		Just as the goats provide a use for the otherwise coarse landscape (they thrive on a much wider variety of vegetation than cattle or other livestock), they also provide almost everything that their herders need to survive in the Gobi Desert.
		Their goats are constantly producing it where they pasture, and the herders rake it up into large baskets which they carry on their backs.
	www.rps.psu.edu /0209/goat.html (2760 words)

	Small Farm Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Goats have neither the layer of body fat nor lanolin-laden wool that sheep have.
		Unlike Angora goats, cashmere animals are sheared standing.
		A frightened or startled goat is apt to jump or flail around and handlers should always use caution to prevent injury from the horns-especially to eyes.
	www.sfc.ucdavis.edu /pubs/brochures/Cashmeregoats.html (1932 words)

	Cashmere and Pashminas from Cashmere Valley
		Cashmere is made from the hair of the capra-hircus goat.
		The cashmere goat is found mainly in the high mountains of asia, but has been reared all over the world.
		Pashmina used to be the term for the very finest cashmere, that taken from the inner fur from the neck of the goat.
	www.cashmerevalley.com (430 words)

	NWCA
		Cashmere, the source of the softest, most luxuriant sweaters and suiting, has long been one of the most exotic and rare fibers to be found.
		Goat meat is another growing industry as people become more interested in ethnic foods and more aware of the desirability of this lean meat.
		Goat skins are another potential which needs to be developed since goat leather is exceptionally strong, yet supple and soft.
	www.nwcashmere.org (590 words)

	RIRDC: The New Rural Industries - A Hanbook for Farmers and Investors-Alpacas
		As cashmere goats generally have much shorter fleeces than mohair-producing goats they are less likely to become entangled in scrub during weed-control programs.
		Cashmere is produced by commercially farmed `Australian cashmeres' and by feral goats.
		Cashmere goats are shorn once a year in midwinter.
	www.rirdc.gov.au /pub/handbook/cashmere.html (931 words)


		His father was a mighty buck goat who lived in the buck pasture, far (to a little goat) away.
		Sometimes Buster would be lonesome as the other baby goats were with their mothers, and he would begin to cry, but when he did, big Billy would come running, then lick and kiss him until he giggled.
		Goats of all ages love to bump their head with other goats, to see who is the leader.
	www.wvi.com /~goatknol/buster.htm (809 words)

	Cashmere Goats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cashmere goats are really the reason for Canvas Ranch.
		Cashmere is not an actual breed of goat but a description of a goat that has been carefully bred to produce cashmere fiber.
		All goats except for Angora goats produce two coats of fiber: coarse outer guard hair and a second or down coat which grows and is shed seasonally.
	www.canvasranch.com /page4.html (259 words)

	Goat Knoll Farm
		Goat Knoll is our little corner of paradise nestled in the hills just beyond a busy world.
		Cashmere goats and sheep have roamed our hillsides for 10 years, producing beautiful cashmere and wool as well as trimming up the farm's ample supply of flberries, scotch broom and poison oak.
		Products available from our farm include cashmere goats, cashmere rovings for spinning, cashmere yarn, cashmere hand-made scarves and socks, kntting and crochet kits for creating your own special cashmere or wool garments and honey from our few hives of bees.
	www.fibergoat.com (221 words)

	Breeds of Livestock - Cashmere Goats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Cashmere the fiber of kings, produced from the lowly Cashmere goat.
		Sixty percent of the worlds supply of cashmere is produced in China and the remainder from Turkey, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Kashmere, Australia and New Zealand.
		The first Cashmere goats were imported from Australia and New Zealand in the late 1980's.
	www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/goats/cashmere (223 words)

	I Rocchi Cashmere by Maglificio G.A. Emme
		Let’s go back for a moment to the goat of cashmere which, to defend itself from cold, besides the fleece it produces also the underfleece, the real protagonist of yarns and fabrics.
		For this reason cashmere is famous for its capability of being very warm, however it’s very light.
		The goat of cashmere is a white goat, but also grey and brown, and it lives in central Asia.
	www.cashmere.it /english/cashmere-a.htm (603 words)

	Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation: Short Reports No.1
		The information in the table shows that Cashmere goats with at least eight years of selection from a feral flock are currently producing comparable gross margins on a per DSE basis.
		Goats grazing with sheep or cattle can result in improved performance of the sheep or cattle by grazing species which are generally more fibrous, leaving superior pastures for the stock that follow.
		Cashmere goats have considerable potential for weed control, especially in the tablelands areas of eastern Australia where flberry and briar are a problem and many landholders spend more than $3000 per year on chemicals.
	www.rirdc.gov.au /pub/shortreps/sr2.html (1740 words)

	Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute - Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Goats molt during a several-week period in spring.
		The coarse hairs and down hairs of the cashmere goat and camel are separated by a mechanical process known as dehairing.
		Up to one pound of fiber per goat, with the average 4 to 6 ounces of underdown.
	www.cashmere.org /english/facts.htm (491 words)

	Amber Waves Goat Information Articles
		Angora goats are raised primarily for their fleece: about 70 percent of gross income from an Angora herd generally comes from the sale of mohair.
		Since not all goats that become infected with CAE virus progress to disease, it is important to routinely test goats for infection by means of a serology test which detects viral antibodies in the serum.
		The Altai Mountain breed of wool goat was formed between 1944 and 1982 on collective farms of the Gorno-Altai Autonomous Region of the former Soviet Union; it is kept on pasture all the year round.
	www.amberwavespygmygoats.com /article/authors/2/debbie-debbie (6523 words)

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		The Cashmere's are not noted for their milk production but if one could produce an animal that had good udders for milk and even average Cashmere production youd have two crops from one goat at the same time as with the meat goats.
		That is why the Fortey Cashmere company financed the Cashmere breeders association to the tune of $30,000 to establish a domestic herd of Cashmere producing goats.
		With the Mohair subsidy being discontinued there are lots of Angora goat herds that will be sold at 10 cents on the dollar, in exchange for Cashmere goats at top dollar that produce fibre that does'nt need a subsidy.
	www.ibiblio.org /ecolandtech/orgfarm/biocontrol/cashmere-goats (1144 words)

	Black Locust Farm
		Cashmere is known as the fiber of kings-it is the softest of the soft fibers and is said to be eight times as warm as sheep's wool.
		The cashmere down is the undercoat that goats (so disposed) produce from midsummer to the winter solstice.
		While incidentally producing cashmere, our goats are keeping the weeds out of the pasture for our horses (and get along very well with them), thereby increasing the number of animals our pasture can support.
	www.blacklocust.com (488 words)

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