. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. and in many cases from chance lots of ill-bred, ill-assorted stock. Few have been imported direct from their native mountain country; the greater portion having been purchased near the coast by persons unacquainted with the business, and more interested in speculation, than regard for, or a desire to improve the stock. Mr. John M. Harris, of California, is an exception, he having, last year, visited both Casemere and Angora, and after observation and inquiry, de
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. and in many cases from chance lots of ill-bred, ill-assorted stock. Few have been imported direct from their native mountain country; the greater portion having been purchased near the coast by persons unacquainted with the business, and more interested in speculation, than regard for, or a desire to improve the stock. Mr. John M. Harris, of California, is an exception, he having, last year, visited both Casemere and Angora, and after observation and inquiry, decided in favor of the last named as the best adapt- ed to this country. He purchased and imported two bucks and ten ewes, (all yearlings,) which, with their increase on the way, cost him at the time of landing over five hundred dollars each. To obtain the finest specimens of pure- bred Angoras, I am clearly of opinion that some experienced breeder should go direct to the native home of the goat and remain one or more years, select and breed there, and thus by securing an im- proved stock, obtain animals which would be a decided improvement on many of the previous importations, and prove a really valuable addition to our Angora stock. THE GOAT OF THIBET THE TRUE CASHMEHE. The came "Cashmere" is derived from that of the city where the far-famed Cashmere shawl is made, but the wool entering into its manufacture is obtained from the undercoat of the goat of Thibet —the home of which goat is among and between the principal and secondary ranges of the Himalayas, near the re- gions of perjjetual snow, from 10,000 to 22,000 feet above the ocean, distant northwesterly about 1,.500 miles from Calcutta, and 2,500 miles east of Angora. Dr. Davis brought with him from Asia, in 184y, besides the Angoras, a pair of Thibet goats. The male died soon after his arrival in this country. The female was smaller than Angoras, narrow in the chest, with fox-ears, and rather short, upright,
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