Des Arc citizen., 1860-08-15
From the Memphis Avalanche.
 The Cashmere Shawl Goat.

Iu6 cashmere CUaWl U0aG.
 We have examined the fleece of the Cashmere Shawl Goat and nothing of the kind we have ever seen approaches 1t IT sofness and beauty. Those of our friends who have taste for such things. and wish 10 engage in profitable and pleasant bus mess at trifing expense, should at once post themselves up by calling on our friend Hume F. Hill Esq, (who is agent for the company.) He will show you at his office the fleece, and if you wish to exam inc the animals you can do so at his resi- dence near the city.
 We have the testimony of some of the best stock raisers in.the country, such as Jas B Davis, of South Carolina. Rich ard Peters, of Georgia, Mark R. Cock reIl, Gen Harding, Col. Richard Allen, of Tennessee, and others. as to the profits of those who have engaged in the enter prise.
 In reference to this matter, The Gala tin Tenn, Examiner, says:
 We were shown few days since, a specimen of fleece from half blood Cash mere Goat, raised by Dr. James M. Head. of this county. It is about three inches long, of silvery whiteness, and about equal to the finest Saxony wool. It is in- terspersed with a few coarse hairs, which will disappear with another cross, each in- creasing the length and the fineness of the fibre. Dr. Head has refused $200 for the kid, the dam of which cost him one dollar about year since."
 Richards Peters of Atlanta, Georgia, says:
 "The Cashmere buck breed readily with the common Goats. The seconds cross yleld fleece of practical utility, whilst the fourth is but little inferior to that of the pure breed.
 A flock of valuable wool bearing Goats can be bred in few years from the com mon Goats, by using half-blood buck, and from year to year breeding the grade fe- males to buck of higher grade than them- selves.
 The wool of the kids and yearlings Is adapted to the manufacture of the most costly shawls-that of the old ewes to the manufacture of cloth of fine texture whilst the fleece of the bucks can be made into strong fabric for negro wear Pieces of the yearllngs have been sent to Scotland to be manufactured into shawls known in commerce as "Red Cashmere Shawls"
 Extracts from the Patent Office Report.
 From all the information at present ob. lained upon this general subject, il may be concluded that the Goats imported are probably the true Thibet, or Cashmere va. riety; that il is to the intelligence, energy and patriotic enterprise of Dr. Davis, the country is indebted for the best directed most persistent, and most successful efforl that has ever been made to introduce an improved breed of Goats either in Europe or America, and that the example of such men should be initiated by every ntelll. gent and publc-spirlted agriculturlst ir the country. who has the means of either uniting in the work of making further i'm. portation, or causing the general propaga tion and cherishlng of those already intro duced by others. The importance of thi: enterprise Is greater than usually suPpos ed {; for, deprecate as we may, in theory the desire of fine and luxurious apparel this desire IS universal, and will be grati fled at whatever cost. The home detnan of woollen fabric of the finest texture vii continue to be large, urgent, and perma nent, and the home supply should cores pond to it.
 From the American Banner, Yazoo City, Mis-
 The Cashmere Goat IS not sheared, lik a sheep, but the fleece is pulled off twic every year. An ordinary fleece weigh between three and four pounds. The Ne York price is $S 50 per pound, making {; least S5l year for each Goat, whiI there is no cost in feeding them, for the are as frugal and hearty as the commo Goat. How much better would it be for company of our citizens, letting cotto alone, as much less profitable, 10 introduc the Cashmere Goat? The cost at fir would be considerable, the Goats sellin at about 5000 but each one would mak