The collection of Cashmere wool.
In springtime, when the air becomes warmer, the she-goat loses a lot of its hair. This is a very particular time, when the precious wool can be collected.
This collection can be made according to 2 possibilities: either the she-goat is still a wild animal (most of the time in Himalaya) or bred (principally in Mongolia).
In the Himalayan area, a totally ecological method is practised: indeed, when the she-goat suffers from the heat, it used to scratch the skin against the mountain rocks or tough bushes. It helps the wool to skin off, making precious balls of hair (pills) that can be then easily collected by mountain people seeking for this mythically soft hair.
Mongolia is a huge region (it is bigger than France, Germany, Italy and Spain put together). It is the least inhabited region of all the world and as dry as a big desert. Actually you can consider 2 countries: Mongolia itself and deep down Mongolia that refers to a Chinese county. This geographic part gathers from 70 to 80 % of Capra Hircus she-goats world wide livestock.
The breeding remained very rustic but helps to keep for centuries a local and traditional population in place. In Mongolia, the goats are carded and/or sheared. One goat provides by itself around 100 grams of useable Cashmere wool. Consequently, 2 to 6 goats have to be sheared to make one pullover.
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