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Show RAISING THE gUANACO. Attention is callrfd to what might be a profitable industry in the United States, that of raising guanacos for tho most excellent wool thej produce. In speaking of this matter, the South Pacific Mail o Valaparalso says: "Steps aro under way for the ostab-llphment ostab-llphment of a new industry in Belgium, Bel-gium, the Initial move having been made at Brussels of breeding the 6l,a-naco 6l,a-naco for Its wool, arad with such marked success that a young maio guanaco was recently sold thore for 380 francs ($73). The animal produces pro-duces a fine soft wool four to six leches long, and by careful methods a herd of guanacoB can be made more profitable for the farmer than a flock of eheop. As they arc lndlgous to Argentina, Chile and Peru, It Is not Improbable that thousands of guana-cos guana-cos that roam in a wild state in tiocks on tho South American pampas and which aro vory easily tamed may be captured and cared for as sheep, as their wool is three times as valuable as that of tho latter, and it may become be-come an important export from the west coast of South America." These animals are hardy and should stand the climate in most parts of the United States. Guana-co-fur rugs are considered quite valuable val-uable in this part of the world, and would be a luxury in American homes. |