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as delicate and beautiful as the famous Cashmere shawls, 

 though, doubtless, not so durable. 



The immediate introduction of this shawl-weaving into 

 the United States is, perhaps, impracticable, though its final 

 success here is but a question of time. The obstacles to be 

 overcome are lack of skilled labor, of machinery, and of 

 an active home demand for fabrics of goats' fleece.* 



* Since the above articte was written, ten years ago, a demand has 

 sprung up, and will continue to increase. The present fashion of ladies' 

 dresses requires a description of so-called clinging fabrics, for the manu- 

 facture of which the Angora fleece is peculiarly adapted, and we are in- 

 formed that a number of factories have already been established in the 

 eastern States for that purpose, and some of our intelligent farmers are 

 availing themselves of the opportunity to diversify their industries by 

 raising these goats, as will be seen from several letters from them, which 

 we publish in connection with this subject. 



