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ROCHESTER, N. Y. -FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1862, 
! WHOLE NO. 673, 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
early start for bjp place, and did uot find him at home, 
but did find the grounds. We cannot say we were 
disappointed at their appearance, having learned 
a little of the philosophy of the old lady, who said, 
“blessed are they who don't expect nothing, ’cause 
they ain’t agoin’ to be disappointed.” We did. how¬ 
ever, see sad evidence of want, of care, and th it sys¬ 
tem and order which it requires a good deal Of 
patience to carry out. On our return to town we 
found the gentleman in question had also started 
early to find us, called at several places where he 
thought we would be likely to stop, and finally left 
a note at rhe hotel, staring that it would be impossi¬ 
ble for him to meet us at his place, but at some other 
time would be very happy to have us make him a 
visit. The cause of the difficulty we could imagine 
very readily. We could not remove the impression 
that he was unwilling we should see the clear evi¬ 
dence that ho disregarded his own teaching. 
The present season a friend invited us to see his 
young stock—horses and cattle—in the meadow, 
and at the same lime drove some of the younger 
ones that had been in the yard, down the lane that 
took us tu the Ikdd where we were to find the prin¬ 
cipal part of the animals. Soon we came to a set of 
bars. Three or four rails were taken off and they 
had to make their way over the rest, which they did 
remarkably well, considering their age and size 
Opening directly into the meadow was a gate, and 
this was opened a little way and the young animals 
left to crowd their way through, which they seemed 
quite pleased to do. The Older of the young ani¬ 
mals we noticed were ornamented with ugly pokes, 
a species of jewelry that wo very much dislike. On 
inquiring the reason wo were informed that his 
stock had a good deal of life and were more unruly 
than those of his neighbors. We suggested that, he 
gave them very good lessons by compelling them to 
jump bars and crowd through gate*; but he declared 
ho had not patience to take down every bar when 
they could just as well get over without. 
We need not a little patience In making our plans. 
Lay out no more work than can be well done with 
the help at command, making all due allowance tor 
interruptions from weather, <fcc., and when the time 
comes for putting these plans into operation, let 
nothing divert, hut pursue them with that industry 
and patience that knows no defeat. A little more 
patience in mending the fence will preserve crops 
from depredation; a little more in repairing burns 
and sheds and providing more shelter, will make 
stock far more comfortable and thriving; more 
patience in preparing the ground and in putting in 
crops, in destroying weeds, and mellowing the soil, 
will give you better crops and add materially to 
your wealth,—a good deal more patience will make 
yon a better farmer, a better and happier man, and 
add to the peace and comfort of all with whom you 
have to do. 
exercise?” said T. “I drive him from five to ten 
miles every morning, and generally give him the 
air in the afternoon, as I am doing now. I never 
omit this unless during the severest of the storms. 
No animal can he tough and healthy that does not 
lake regular exercise in the open air.” 
A man is an animal, a woman is an animal, a 
child is au animal, thought I, and what this man 
says is true. This horse, a match for Flora Tem¬ 
ple,” more or less, for which twenty.ftvo thousand 
dollars is said to have been refused, must needs 
have his health looked after. Wouldn’t it "pay ” to 
look after your own health, my dear sir, iny dear 
madam? Excuse me, 1 may put you loo high, 
for there is in this country no established mar¬ 
ket for men and women, except they aro black 
or mixed, but I prize you as high as 1 do this 
horse; you can’t u go in lioo twenty'' odd, but 
there are some things you can do better than this 
“Patehon!” i have hoped, i have anxiously de¬ 
sired, that humanity might rise in its own estimate, 
till it would not smother its energies, and put out 
its life by in door or out-dour folly and crime. 
it is as true of you, as it of “ Patehon,” that two 
or three hours of out-door exercise, every day, is 
the established condition Upon which you can have 
either a sound inind, or a sound body. If you 
refrain from the exercise, you make a league with 
death, and will have to lultill on your part. If what 
is false, was true—that you have a right to do as 
you will with yourselves—your family demands as 
careful treatment, as you would give thorn if you 
had them ‘‘contracted’’ when of age at $25,000 
apiece. ir. t. b. 
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FEMALE CASHMERE GOAT.— LIVE WED 
Cashmere Goats.— We give portraits of a pair 
of Cashmere Goats, ini ported from Asia, by Dr. J. 
B. Davis, of South Carolina, and subsequently 
owned (in 1*56) by Richard Peters, of Atlanta, 
Ga. Dr. Davis sold Ills flock to various planters 
in South Carolina, Georgia, aud Virginia. Mr. 
Peters purchased most of the flocks, and had 
nearly thirty bead of Cashmeres in 1856. At that 
time Mr. P. furnished us an article from which wo 
re-pul)list the following:—“ That they are not the 
‘Thibet Shawl Goat' is proved by their dissimi¬ 
larity to a specimen of that breed in the possession 
of the subscriber; the latter variety having only an 
under-coating of a few ounces. Works on Natural 
Science show that, they aro not the common Angora 
Goat of the Province of that name, in Asiatic Tur¬ 
key, as that animal is ol varied color, with fleece of 
iudilTerent value. They have become known as 
‘Cashmere Goats/ from the pure white color and 
fineness ol their fleeces and their undoubted Eastern 
origin, having been characterized by America’s cel¬ 
ebrated Naturalist, Rev. J. Bachman, D. D., as the 
most valuable variety that can be introduced into 
our country. The fleeces of the matured bucks 
weigh from six to seven pounds. Kwes yield from 
three to four pounds. The flesh of the crosses is 
superior to most mutton, tender and delicious, mak¬ 
ing them a <D -irable acquisition to our food-pro¬ 
ducing animals. The ease with which they are 
kept, living as they do on weeds, briars, browse, 
and other coarse herbage, fits them for many por¬ 
tions of our country where sheep could not be sus¬ 
tained to advantage." 
Since the breaking out of the rebellion we have 
heard little of the success of Cashmeres at the South; 
but we occasionally bear of specimens and flocks at 
No class of men stand in need of more patience 
than farmers; and we have often thought that most 
of their troubles and perplexities resulted fmm a 
lack of this scarce, though very useful commodity. 
The mechanic can in a grout measure control his 
work; if the weather is unfavorable ho cau wait for 
better, and then resume his labors, while nothing 
suffers by the delay, everything remaining just as 
he left. If ho happens to make a mistake ho can 
retrace his stepB and correct the error, and generally 
without much loss or inconvenience. The farmer, 
however, at all seasons, and in all his multifarious 
operations, is subject to trials which test, his patience 
severely. Iu the spring time he desires to get in his 
crops early, but the season is late,—it does seem as 
if the frost would never get out of the ground,—and 
when at last the favorable moment arrives and (he 
soil is dry enough for the plow, the heavens become 
black with clouds, and the rains descend, and for 
days, and perhaps weeks, he has to wait patiently 
for an opportunity to commence spring work. 
When the weather becomes favorable aud every¬ 
thing is to be done and done quickly, a sou on 
whom great dependence was placed, has concluded 
to heed the calls of duty and patriotism, aud is oil’ 
for the war, or a hired man is ibuud to be dissatisfied 
or worthless, and no other help cau be obtained. 
Happy is he who can command sufficient patience 
and energy to overcome those and similar evils, and 
earryoutthe good plans that he had arranged for 
his guidance. How many under such difficulties 
lose all patience—all command even of their own 
actions—and seem intent only on hurrying along 
with their work in the most superficial manner, 
intent only on getting things done in the quickest 
way, regardless entirely of the manner or the ulti¬ 
mate results! 
But this is the beginning of trials only; for very 
often the season is unfavorable for hoeing as well 
as planting, yet exceedingly favorable for the pro¬ 
duction of weeds which over-run the crops and 
threaten their destruction. When a line time comes 
the farmer scarcely knows what to do first; for 
while he is at work in one field the other is Buffering, 
and while employed in the lot the caterpillars are 
at work in the orchard. Then in haying and har¬ 
vesting how much patience is required; for it is sel¬ 
dom we have just the weather toe think would best 
suit our purpose or conduce to our interest. 
Experience and observation have taught us that 
most of the bad farming we observe results not from 
want of knowledge, or from any determination to do 
things in a slovenly manner, but in opposition to 
good resolutions and plans wisely formed, simply 
from want of patience to carry them out in prac¬ 
tice. Many who talk and write well about good 
farming and the necessity of order and system in 
the operations of the farm, are the most untidy and 
disorderly in their practice; and this is a matter of 
surprise—a great mystery to many. They know 
and leach the right, yet practice the wrong. They 
have not the patience to carry out the plans which 
they recommend to others, and form for their own 
guidance; but whvn work commences get in a hurry, 
out of patience, and do everything in a loose and 
slovenly manner. Their practice is a constant source 
of annoyance and vexation to themselves. They 
stand self-condemned, yet cannot command suffi¬ 
cient patience to do things as they should be done. 
They have not yet conquered an unfavorable dispo¬ 
sition that has proved the bane of their lives. 
With some triends, about two years since, we 
visited a large town in an adjoining State, and, as is 
our custom, visited some of the best farms and most 
prominent farmers in the neighborhood. Not hav¬ 
ing time iu one day to see all we desired in the 
suburbs, we sent word, by one of bis neighbors, that 
we would call on a certain gentleman the next day. 
This individual has almost a national reputation as 
a writer upon agricultural and horticultural sub¬ 
jects, and is a man ot much information aud more 
than ordinary ability. The next morning we took an 
FARMERS' CONVENTION AT OTTAWA 
Cashmere goats, purchased in Tennessee the pre- 
vlus fall, from which he was breeding—proposing to 
test their profit in 1 hat climate. We should like to 
be advised of the result, in this and other iustauces. 
The most favorable notice of Cashmeres which 
wo have seen for some time is that contained in 
the Ohio Cultivator's report of the recent Ohio 
State Fair. The editor says:—“We have steadily 
watched the progress of the last few years in the 
breeding and diffusion of Cashmere Goats, which 
were first imported from Asia, by Dr. Davis, of 
South Carolina. From thence they passed to Col. 
Peters, of Atlanta, Georgia, by whom they were 
very highly esteemed, and through whose enter¬ 
prise they were sent, to various pluces in the North. 
At, a later date, Mr. Brown, ot Constantinople, sent 
a lot of these animals to his cousin in Ross county, 
Ohio. From these various importations and the 
prolific nature of the animal, they are becoming a 
part of the staple live stock of the country aud 
promise tu be profitable. The yield of wool on the 
high bred animals is from three to five pounds 
per head, which sells readily at about $8 per pound. 
The rapidity with which grades can be raised to fine 
bred, together with the hardiness and economy of 
beeping, make this a desirable addition to our farm 
stock; while iheir beauty, docility and unique ap¬ 
pearance, secures for them a place in the lawn o 
the amateur. The principal breeder of Cashmeres 
in Ohio at present, is Mr. S. i~. Williams, of Gran¬ 
ville, whose pens, at the three last annual State 
Fairs, have been the center of attraction.” 
reported nr our western aid. 
Some days since a cull was issued lor a mass 
meeting of farmers at Ottawa, Illinois, “for the pur¬ 
pose of taking measures to protect and promote the 
industrial interests, aud particularly to give expres¬ 
sion to their wishes and views on the subject of our 
national finances and currency, and to take steps to 
secure the adoption of the policy they may deem 
best calculated to promote their interests.” It was 
further announced that "a proposition would be 
made to organize an Industrial League, to enable 
these classes and interests to exert, a combined influ¬ 
ence in the National and Slate Legislatures to se¬ 
cure the enactment of such laws as shall at least he 
friendly to these great interests.” 
I attended this meeting, taking full notes of the 
speeches made. I have no doubt they will interest 
the mass of farm readers of the Rural; especially 
since they indicate pretty clearly the. spirit which is 
possessing Western farmers, and that this feeling 
that '•something must be done,” is pervading the 
entire body of producers hero. 
SPEECH OF ALEXANDER CAMPBELL. 
The Convention was organized by the election of 
Alexander Campbell as Chairman, and II. L. 
Brush as Secretary. The call was read, and the 
Chairman said that it explained the object of the 
meeting, lie said it seemed strunge that there is 
any necessity for such an organization as is proposed 
in the call. But the people — the producing classes 
— have little to do with the Government, and little 
intiuenco over it, notwithstanding the theory of our 
Government — which is a correct one — is right 
enough. Dess than one-fourth of the population of 
tho country, in which the Government is vested, 
govern it; and this is not by any means any part of 
the producing population of the country. Tublic 
opinion is not made by the producing classes. But 
an important matter for this Convention to discuss 
is the Currency Question. Our circulating medium 
is bad enough — as bad as it can be. Take a vote of 
those present, and there would not be a dissenting 
voice against the worthlessness of the currency. 
But public opinion is manufactured through the 
agency of the public press, and it is almost entirely 
under the control, directly or indirectly, of currency 
manufacturers. I don't mean to be partsan in my 
remarks. But it is a fact that the professional poli¬ 
ticians are the men who manufacture public opinion. 
One thing right here. This worthless currency can¬ 
not be removed until there is a substitute provided. 
Now we have the opportunity to provide a sub¬ 
stitute, It may be obtained, and it is our duty 
and our interest to secure it. We must sustain the 
Government, and it is a fact Lhat the producing 
population must ultimately loot the bill ot expenses 
of this war. For all wealth comes from the earth,— 
grows out of it,—is produced by labor. Y’ou grow 
coru, but you have no more to say about its price 
than the negro has to say of the price of Cotton. It 
is so, —no mistake about it. You derive no benefit 
for the blessings of a bountiful crop; you have to 
thresh and haul mure grain for tho same money, 
while the commercial classes combine to reap th* 1 
profits of your iudustry. 1 am glad now to see that 
an intelligent combination is being agitated. Y’ou 
must combine. You elect men to the State and Na¬ 
tional Legislatures. But they know nothing of your 
interests. They never do know. They aro gov¬ 
erned and controlled by other combinations. These 
combinations tell (heir representatives what they 
want done. Y’ou must tell your representatives 
what you want done. If you do not, they never 
will know. This meeting is for the purpose of ex¬ 
pressing what you want. Why, you are not consid 
HORSES AND OTHERS - HEALTH, 
Not meaning to be a fast man, I nevertheless 
went the other day to see the celebrated trotting 
stallion “ George M. Patehon.” lie has been pro¬ 
fessionally employed for several weeks at. the sta¬ 
bles of Joseph Hall, of Rochester. Inquiring for 
“ Patehon,” I learned he was out taking a walk, but 
was informed that one of his coltswasin. I paidmy 
respects to tho colt, a comely sorrel, three years old, 
good size, civil and well bred, “lying round loose,” 
iu u largo, ceiled, well-finished and lighted room, 
fit for a parlor up in Minnesota. I agonized in 
spirit as I thought of Lhe colts, guiltless of any 
crime, iu this civilized laud, (or half-civilized us 
the case may be.) cramped and confined, half-fed, 
{less or more, as the case may bo.) turned in or 
turned out in the cold, as caprice or convenience 
dictates. 1 wished their owners could all see how 
this son of “ Patehon ” fared! 
“ Patehen,” the elder, not returning, I followed 
after and found him by the side of the track, eating 
short grass, held by his groom and covered with a 
thin blanket—it was a cool day. He is a dark bay, 
with dark legs and no white on them, has not the 
finish ol the best thorough-breds, but the substan¬ 
tial qualities of a business horse. With Btrong 
limbs, lull sixteen hands high, weighing, in fair 
flesh, 1,230, muscular and active, he is tho horse of 
all horses, the “ horse of all work.'' A span like 
him, if ha can be broke without being “balky,” 
would draw fifty bushels of wheat to any market 
that was Gt to go to. That ho can go fast, is not 
really an objection, unless he runs away, or tempts 
somebody to bet on his speed, or drink over his suc¬ 
cess. The fast-horse mania may prove where the 
muscle is, and endurance, and so serve as a guide tu 
breeders. There is doubtless a great difference in 
the quality of bone and muscle, the raw material of 
horses, and in the making up, men may be allowed 
to experiment a little by way of testing the quality 
and composition. I can’t see the use of a horse 
going/asl, unless he is able to take something along 
with him; I believe we are breeding too light. If 
we keep on, we shall have to plow shallow, and go 
through the world half-empty. 
As f looked upon “ Patehon,” I could scarce real¬ 
ize that he would sell lor money enough to buy two 
hundred and fifty good army horses. Presuming 
lhat modern science would do all it could fur so 
valuable a horse, I inquired how he was treated? 
“I feed him hay and oats,” said the groom, “and 
give him air and exercise every day.” “ How much 
MALE CASHMERE GOAT, 
LIVE WEIGHT 155 r.ns.: FLEECE 7 LBS. 
ered a part of the people at all! New Y’ork is the the farmers have tuk power. 
people in its influence in Congress. Wall street has W. H. Van Epps, of Lee county, President of the 
more to do in the enactment of laws than all the State Agricultural Society, who was present, was 
people on the Northwest. Why? Because, when called upon to address the meeting. He said he 
any measure is up, Wall street is on hand to work came to listen— not to instruct, but to be instructed, 
with all its might. A great deal of fault is found / that he might go home and go to work in the right 
with members of Congress, but you are to blame, direction, and do someting there. Ho had a heart in 
You don’t tell them what you want. They will this matter; tho matter all lays in the hands of the 
listen if you do. They are sensitive to the wants ol i farmers and industrial classes of the country, if they 
the people and to their opinions; but they must be will only take hold of the work with a right appre- 
instructed in what they are. The people of the elation of its importance. He said:—Your own rep- 
North west have a vague impression that they are resentatives will not only do your bidding when you 
oppressed; that something is wrong; and they will bid them, but they will try to anticipate yon if they 
discover it the moment the thing is pointed out. can. It is their interest to do so. But let mo say 
