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MALE CASHMERE GOAT. 



CASHHEEE GOAT. 



These animals were introduced into the United 

 States from the East, in the year 1849, by Doctor 

 J. B. Davis, of South Carolina, from whom I pur- 

 chased, in the year 1853, the entire flock of pure 

 bred females, with the exception of the one owned 



Works on Natural Science show that they are 

 not the common Angora Goat of the Province of 

 that name, in Asiatic Turkey, as that animal is of 

 varied color, with a fleece of indifierent value. 



They have become known as "Cashmere Goats," 

 from the pure white color and fineness of their flee- 



