Australian cashmere vs. cashgora | The Goat Spot Forum
2008年6月24日 · Australian Cashmere goats are NOT cashgoras. There are established, seperate markets for cashmere and mohair in Australia. The few cashgoras around are only used in crossbreeding meat programs. Also, the scrub goat, feral or Australian Rangeland Goat to use the proper term is not a cashmere goat.
10 Best Goat Breeds for Fiber Production - Domestic Animal …
Most goats produce cashmere as cashmere goats are not a particular breed but a type of goat as there is no such thing as a purebred cashmere goat. The only goat that produces a fiber that is different is the Angora goat that produces Mohair. The Angora coat has a fleece that looks a lot like that of a sheep fleece.
Cashmere comes from Goats!? - Cashmere Goat Association
Cashmere is the goat’s soft, downy undercoat, grown to its maximum length by mid-winter and shed in early Spring. Any goat (except an Angora goat) can grow cashmere, but those we call “cashmere goats” have been selectively bred to produce it in significant amounts.
The Yarn — Cashmere People Yarns
Cashgora goats were developed by crossbreeding Russian fiber goats and local cashmere-type goats. They produce a slightly coarser and longer fiber compared to cashmere (approximately 17-21 micron). Cashgora is a renewable resource – it protects the goat during winter but is no longer needed in the spring.
CASHGORA - cashmere yarn
Cashgora fibre is a sustainable renewable resource – protecting the goat during the harsh winters but naturally shed when no longer needed in the spring. It is a very unique and scarce fibre with the average yield of approximately 400 grams or 14 ounces of combed fiber per goat.
Russian Down Goats - Spin Off
2021年7月28日 · Cashgora-type goats include Pridonskaya, Gornoaltayskaya, Dagestanskaya Pukhovaya, Kirgizskaya, and Ferganskaya goats. The fleece of Cashgora-type goats shares some qualities with both mohair and cashmere fibers. These are the most widespread fiber goats in the CIS and are very well known among handspinners.
Cashmere Goat - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
In Australia, the first cross between a female feral goat and a male Angora goat is called a Cashgora, the fibre having some of the characteristics of both cashmere and mohair.
Shoulderache & The Closet: Cashgora? What on earth?
2008年10月21日 · Cashgora is a goat that is a cross between a cashmere goat and an angora goat. What really makes this unusual is that cashgora goats really aren't an established goat variety and are created by breeders crossing the two goat varieties.
Cashmere Goats - UC ANR Small Farms Network
Cashmere is very soft, warm and long wearing. It feels much softer to the skin than wool, and while not as strong, cashmere outwears wool! Cashmere goats are a type, not a breed. Most goat breeds, except Angora, can produce this down In varied quantities and may be called cashmere goats. There is no such thing as a "purebred" cashmere goat.
Elmlea Farm: What is Pygora and Cashgora Yarn? - Blogger
2014年5月2日 · The Pygora is a relatively new breed developed by Katherine Jorgensen of Oregon. Aiming for an animal that would yield a fine spinning fiber, she crossed a registered Pygmy goat with a registered silky-fleeced Angora goat. This mating produced F-1 generation hybrids, which when bred together resulted in the true Pygora.
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