| Show cashmere goats from the savannah ga republican of dec 25 we learn that an importation of these valuable animals has been made by the hon W IL stiles and after a tedious voyage has arrived safely at his bis place up the niver river having been accompanied by a greek who ho is still with them aa as an attendant all the way from smyrna this is the second importation of the pure breed of cashmere goats ever made into this country the first having been ma anade de by mr davis who sold them to mr richar richard d peters R eters of atlanta from which importation all the crosses and half hali breeds ill in that country have sprung mr stiles has eight of them and they are no less curious than valuable something of the size and shape of our native breed T they hey differ widely in their hair which grows so luxuriously as to give them the appearance pe arance of a sheep with an immense fleece on it the experiment having been thoroughly tried as to their thriving V in that climate and resulting satisfactorily there can beno doubt of the value they will be to the country the uses to which the hair is put are nu inar berous ous camlet and worsted goods and ladies fabrics as challies muslin de lames laines defils clothing Z for summer weir wear wear hosiery I 1 ac promising 0 a beauty strength durability luster and permanency of color far superior to the wool of the sheep or the alpaca these goats are found in the himalaya mountains and have to be brought 0 about a thousand miles before they reach a shipping g port purt they are not sheared like the sheep but the fleece is pulled olt off twice every year I 1 an ore ord ordinary inary fleece weighs between three and four tour pounds the new york price is 8 50 per pound making at least 51 a year for each goat while thera there there is no cost in feeding them for they are as fru frugal wal gal and hearty as the common I 1 non mon goat their great value in this country is the splendid cross with our common goat the halfbreed half breed being nearly as valuable every way as the full breed and their remarkable fecundity soon repays a very heavy interest on the investment while the expense of keeping them is a mere trifle as they live oil on briars and foliage not touched by other animals there isa is a great demand for them and the prices they bring are fabulous one buck sold as high C as 1500 and one of mr air stoc stoe stock k was sent to the illinois state fair exhibition and so pleased the president that he offered the we weight 0 ht of the animal iii hi silver in exchange for 1 him |
