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THE GENESEE FAR^rER. 



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CASHMERE GOATS. 



"We have frequently referred in the Genesee 

 Farmer to the Cashmere goats imported into this 

 countrj in 1849 by Dr. J. B. Davis, of Cohimbiajj 

 S. G. These goats have been bred in the South, 

 principally by Richard Petehs, of Atlanta, Ga., 

 with much success, and previous to the breaking 

 out of the rebellion other importations were made 

 from time to time at the South. These goats have 

 also been introduced into KoHtucky and Ohio. 



It appears from a recent article in the Massa- 

 ehtuetts Plowman that, " by reason of tlie war, 

 two importations of these beautiful animals, pur- 

 chased in Constantinople and consigned to planters 

 at the South, have been landed upon the inhospi- 

 table shores of Massachusetts, where they still re- 

 main, to illustrate, under the care of one of our most 

 enterprising and experienced importers and breeders 

 of stock, their capacity of acclimation in this lat- 

 itude, and their commercial value to the farmer 

 and manufacturer. The importations of the An- 

 gora or Cashmere goats, to which we refer, are at 

 the Highland Stock Farm of Wimthrop W. 

 Chknirt, Esq., of Belmont, near Boston. 



"The first of the two lots, consisting of thirty- 

 nine animals, in Mr. CnETTEuv's hands, wa.-^ shipped 

 at Constantinople on the 2Cth of March, 1861, and 

 arrived at Boston on the 16tli of May, except two 



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MALE CASHMERE GOAT. 



animals, which died on the passage. They re- 

 mained in Boston until the 24th, during which 

 time they were sheared, and were then taken to 

 Mr. Chenery's farm. They were turned to pas- 

 ture in the day time and carefully housed at night. 

 The second lot, consisting of forty-one head, left 

 Constantinople on the 6th of October, 1861, in the 

 same vessel, and arrived here on the 25th of No- 

 vember, with the loss of one only upon the pas- 

 sage. In the whole flock, eighty in all, there were 

 about a dozen males. All the animals wintered 

 well, and the flock was increased by the addition 

 of sixteen kids in the spring ; but in consequence 

 of night exposure after sliearing, through the igno- 

 rance or carelessness of the man who had the care 

 of them, the animals suffered much and twenty- 

 four died. 



"Mr. Chenert has sold, of those remaining, six 

 ewes and two kids, and has at the present time a 

 flock of sixty-three. They are all apparently in 

 fine health and condition ; and now that experi- 

 ence has taught that the only difficulty in the way 

 of tlicir acclimation here is a little extra care and 

 attention at shearing time, there is every reason 

 to believe that their introduction will prove to be 

 a great benefit to the agriculturist, adding another 

 to the valuaiile domestic animals of the farm, and 

 aUo to the manufacturer, by giving to American 



