Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-10-11
Cashmere SasVl Geals.

If their fleece shown Us by Mr.. |
Mike Sheffner, who, We learn, is the
agent at this point for the Cashmere /.
located at Gallatin, In this
State. These silyery Aeeces are in
wavy locks from ten to twelve inches
long, and whether wool, hair or elk, !
certainly to the touch or the eye !
they excel anything Of the kind We
have seen. If we recollect Alright,
nine of those animals were imported
from Turkey, in Asia. in 1916, by
DR.. james B. Davis, Of South Car.
DINA 1856 Col. R. Williamson, Of
Sumner county, Ito whose patriotic
enterprise we are indebted for the
firs. Fair Ground in Tennessee by
any Agricultural Society," exhibited
at the fist State Fair, in a hand
some caravansera, drawn by six beau.
,ilul white horses, five thousand dol.
lars worth Of these animals. They
created quite sensation beautiful
as picture and incomparaSlelheyoDd
all possible description-and many
were the speculations which followed
relative to the prospects of this new
enterprise. The fears that we're en-
tertained with regard to their adap-
tation TO our climate and the high
prices at which thsy were held, have
deferred even spirited agriculturists
for several years. The testimony
now borne by the ablest naturalists
and most scientific men of the sge,
as we'll as the prince wool-growers Of
world, must indeed be gratifying to
those who have labored SO patiently,
under heavy outlays Of money, to
establish their true merit. Such men
deserve the rich harvest the cash.
mere is now yielsing.
Valuable Qualities The great
value of these goats consists in The
high price which their fleeces ut all
times command 10 the market, which
for length, softness and fneness Of
staple and susce ptibility for the re-
ception Of bright and shining colors,
are said to excel that Of any woolly
animal known 10 exist. These quail
tiles, Together with the imperiahable
nature Of the goods manufactured
from it. must give permaDency to
the price of such animals, go long
as necessity on the one hand and
taste and refinement on the other are
to be gra'ifed.
Tbs adoption Of the cashmere to
our climate is no longer matter Of
doubt, while its hardy and lively
nature, its habits and selI,protOction
from dogs and other enc mics, are
qualities which highly recommend
them.
Last, but not least, is the readiness
with which this animal crosses With
the common goat of this country
It's quick predominance over that
! almost worthless creature is truly
remarkable, requiring not mere than
The ordinary line ofrearing an OK, to
produce by regular system Of judi
cious crossing, an animal equal in
every respect to the pure bIoodsd
Cashmere, which are now sougi t for
at prices almost fabulous. To the
support of which the Frankfort (Ky.)
Commonwealth, published in the
|midst Of the best farmers Of Anne RIGA,
says:
We have had occasion before to
notice the success attending the in
PRODUCTION of this truly valuable an.
imal, some of which have been re.
Gently brought to our section by
Mr.G. W. Ogden, at an expense OF
$1,000, he having paid rs high as
$1,000 for one male pure blood Cash.
mere goat.
Through eur New Orleans excban-
ges We Learn that a pair of these
animals purchased by VIM. Fry, a
Wealthy planter of Louisiana, are
now on exhibition at Messrs. Spal-
ding & Rogers amphitheater, Of that
city, to which place daily crowd OF
the curious are attracted.
( The animals are fou, months old,
weighing tbirty-six pounds together,
and purchased from the Sumner
Cashmere Company Of Tennessee,
at about 1900, about $33 per
pound rather a metallic operation.
This, however, may prove 4 good in.
vestmtnt, as we learn that William.
son, the indefatigable agent Of this
Company, is now in New Orleans,
with their aeeces under the manage.
ment OF Persian dyer, who. 1t Is
said, discovered the. art of those
bright and shining coiofs, the myste-