Nebraska advertiser., 1867-05-30
For the Advertiser.
The Cashmere shawl Goat.

VIZ GUAO1-Ab lC1A ASI~
lowing hastily written and compiled ar.i-
Gle is furnished and at your disposal.
The Goat. in several of its varieties,
isa wool bearing animal. The fine breeds
are found in Angora. Northern Persia,
Cashmere. Nepaul. Tibet. They are
found. varying in some particulars. in
Syria, Tarlary and Bucharia. Some
years ago, under many difficulties they
were introduced into France and England.
Sometime about 1916 DR.. Davis, Of
South Carolina, under a commission from
President Polk, visited the Sultan Of
Turkey to instruct his people in the art
of manufacturing cotton into fabrics.
While engaged IN this be first saw the
Cashmere wool brought to Constantine
pie by the natives. and sold at high prices,
He procured and shipped eleven head to
Columbia, S. G. This was the introduce
ton Of Cashmere Goats into the U.s.
They attracted but little attention until
within the past few years. Within Two
years past the business of importing and
raising Cashmere Goats has been, per.
haps. more extensive than hat of any
other class of stock. The Tennessee
and Georgia Cashmere Goat Companies
have sold into the State Of Ohio the past
year over one hundred thousand dollars
worth of Goats, obligating themselves to
take all the wool for the next four years
at six dollars per pound.
The principal points, or e~haracteriss-
les. Of the Cashmere Goat now being
bred IN this country, are large pendant
ears, limbs slender and clearly formed,
horns large and partially spirally twisted
fleece long, silky and pure white. In Thi-
BET we are informed there are three COL
ors. "Those which pasture on the high.
est portions of Mountains have a bright
OGRE color. In lower grounds the color
becomes of a yellowish white; and still
further downward, entirely white."-
Rsss Cyclopedia, in speaking of this an
imaI remarks: In its native country it
is highly valued. and with sufficient rea.
son, for II is a source of riches to its cul-
tivators. The finest and most costly robes
of the highest class in Turkey being
fabricated of its fleece. The price it
bears is very great. Mos; of the Euro
pean nations have agents for purchasing
the valuable wool Of this animal, which
the Turks it is reported, will not allow
sent out of their empire in a raw state,
but in the form of thread"
Pure Blood Cashmere Bucks are rang.
ing from $500 to $500 each. Mr.. Will
liams of Granville, Ohio, says, in writ
ing Of his fine Buck, Il may offer Sam
for sale next year-price S250O."
The Does of same grade range from $500
to 81, 600 each. Full bIoods, sixty.three
sixty.fourths, thirty n thirty-secOnds,
ffl een-sizteenths, seven-eighIhs. three
quarters, and half bIoOds Jrange from $50
to $3.50. Common Doe Goats, could, be.
fore so much attention was given to the
of wOol-bearing Goats, be had
for n mere song" Now they command
from SO to S25.
As TO prices of the wool: In the ORR
entail provinces, the best class, after it is
is worth two rupees per pound.
A rupee is equal 10 about 81 SO IN our
coin. In Paisley, Scotland, where it is
manufactured TO a great extent, it is
worth from IS to IS so per pound. At
Lowell, Mass, it has been bringing 81,
30 to 50 for coarse $3.50 to s., so for
short fine, 81 to SIS for long fine, per
The wool is both graded and
,lassed. Kids under one year old No. i:
.earling Does and Yearling Wethers,
No 2 Yearling Bucks and old Does No
f: Aged Bucks, No 4. The wool in its
native country is pulled from the animal,
lot sheared. 1t should, and eventually
gIll be in this country. Upon the same
principal that the hair on a mans head,
IS much coarser, by reasOn Of frequent
lip ping than a woman's whose hair is
trimmed. the quality os wool de-
eriOrates each year from shearing. And
The same results are produc-
ID by shearing fine wool shsep.
OF the durability of the wool, Doctor
Davis, the first importer into the United
states, says in his Report to the Patent
flee in 1853. that while in their native
Ountry, he procured apair of socks from
be fleece of these animals. which be
TOre for six years. He further says be
aw wrappers used by the natives which
hey assured him, ''had descended from
ire TO son for three generations"
The FIRST instance on record, of the
manufacture of Goats WOOL is. we are
Did, ''while Moses was camped at Sinai.
'PeciAl wisdom was given for the SPIN
ing of goats bair for the curtains of the {:
'a~bernacle," which was adorned with
ich embroidery. The passion for such
I'D exists. we are informed among The c