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seven thousand dollars' wortli, and with an increa,sed success until the war 

 commenced." 



Brigadier General E. A. Paine, commanding the United States forces at 

 Gallatin, Tennessee, says : 



" I have been stationed at this post nearly eighteen months, and have been deeply inter- 

 ested in making myself perfectly acquainted with tlie habits, increti-se, and value of thase 

 animals, and am thoroujjhly satisfied that the Cashmere wool is to be one of the greatest 

 staples of the country. It is to be to the common wools what silk is to cotton." 



Charles S. Brown, of New York, writing of his flock of Angora and Cash- 

 mere goats, says : 



"All these goats can be propagated with great profit. Tliej' are easily kept, requiring 

 only the coarsest food, and will thrive better upon low bushes than green pasture. I have 

 tbund them robust and healthy, and have never known any sickness among them." 



Hon. George A. Porter, of Baltimore, Maryland, Avi-iting of his flock of An- 

 gora goats, says : 



" I herewith send you two numbers of the American Farmer, April, 18fi0, and July, 1861, 



which will give you some interesting particulars respecting these goats, also some idea of 

 their value. I think you will be convinced that the half-breeds Avill prove quite valuable. I 

 bare lived many years at Constantinople, occupying the post of United States consul, and 

 procured and shipped for Dr. Davis the first of these goats that were ever brought to this 

 countiy. You will see that Dr. Davis and Mr. Peters have made a profitable business cross- 

 ing back to the full Angora." 



The ''American Farmer" says : 



"The Hon. W. H. Stiles has imported eight of the goats from Smyrna. They are no less 

 curious than valuable, something of the shape and size of our conmiou breed. They differ 

 widely in their hair, which grows so luxmiantly as to give them the appearance of sheep 

 with an iuniiense fleece on. The experiment having been thoroughly tried as to their thriving 

 in our climate, and resulting satisfactorily, there can be no doubt as to the value they will be 

 to our country." 



S. S. Williams, Granville, Ohio, writes : 



"I have about one hirndred goats. In regard to the breed of my goats, whether Angora 

 or Cashmere, mine belong to that breed first introduced by Dr. J. B. Davis as Cashmeres, 

 and which have generally gone by that name to this day. But if the Cashmere goat is the 

 animal bearing a coat of coarse hair, with an undergrowth of only a few ounces of line 

 Heece. then mine are not Cashmeres, though known as Cashmeres in this country; and from 

 the description of Rees and others, mine are the Angora, for they describe my goats as cor- 

 rectly as I can myself. I rest satisfied that our goat, whatever it should be called, is valua- 

 ble, and I care little for the name. I send j'ou a sample of the wool of my buck Sampson, 

 which clips over six pounds. Of course I think he is more valuable than an animal yield- 

 ing only three ounces of but little finer quality." 



General J. S. Goe, Brownsville, Pennsylvania, has a fine flock of twenty in 

 a good condition, beautiful and thriving. He says, "they have stood the severe 

 winter well, and are promising, and I am encouraged with the experiment and 

 prospect." 



Dr. F. F. Robinson, Freedom, Pennsylvania, says : "I have been quite suc- 

 cessful in breeding from the common goat to my Cashmere buck; find them to 

 be hardy and prolific." 



Winthrop W. Chenery, "Highland Farm," Belmont, Massachusetts, one of 

 the most enterprising importers and stock-raisers of the country, has made 

 several successful importations, and has a very choice flock of some twenty 

 pure imported Angoras upon his celebrated stock farm, near Boston, in a good 

 and prosperous condition, where they wintei'ed admirably, standing the rigors 

 of the past severe winter, and are doing well. Mr. Chenery feels much en- 

 couraged with his success in importing, and is quite confident of ultimate profit 

 and value : • 



"The goats will prove profitable in this country, and I would say that, with proper atten- 

 tion, they may be bred and raised as safely and smcly as ordinary sheep. One gentleman in 



