335 nn: aratoh. trerQ hickly planted, and we wore much surprised j and delighted to sec a majority of them showing life. ThU experiment, if successful, will be "glo ry enough" for any one man, and small as it may appear to the non-calculating mind, the success of this oxperiraent may have vast modifying influen ces on tho future of our country. The forest is fast melting away, and a fire may ere long be thought a luxury even in this not far back forest land, and the want of timber for fences must be abandoned. Wc saw little of the field operations of the Colonel's farm, but fairly conclude there was harmony, extended to all the business of the plantation and farms. . S We will next introduce the reader to an experi ment now being carried out by Col. Williams, in the way of Goats. Yes, reader, Goats t' This, like all other innovations on -the. practices of our daddies is looked upon with the slant eye' of scep ticism, by the non-progressive stand-still "masses. But wc' say to such, what improvement of the in ventivo geniu3 of man has Icon met in the .same way, and better wait a bit before you pass j udg meat, Tho Cjloml is one of the utilitarian, go-ahead, Saxon race, with a sort of oaken will that resists impresiioas from the sneers and remarks of the outsiders j thus constituted by nature, he is fitted to brave all petty annoyances that often check progrcn in minds differently constituted. Now, render, do you know that the drnpory that covers the well formed bust of that lovely woman, was but yesterday the natural dress of a Goat. Yes, the pcclagc of a despised goat, worked into that splendid shawl, that coH its beautiful wearer upwards of a thousand dollars ! It is to prod -ice this wool, and constitute it a staple of our country, that Colonel Williams is now directing his care, and spending his time and some money : and we think ' should he he spared with health and strength, success will crown his efforts, and lu3 name will be remembered as a benefactor of hi3 fellow-man. It is with pleasure wc look upon all these on ward movements, and from our observation, we are satisfied the experiment will fully meet the cud for which it is now being carried on. Wc will now inform you, Mr. Editor and readers, of the present condition of the experiment. The Colo nel has about fifty female3 of the common Goat, with several females resulting from the cross with tins full blooded male Cashmere Goat. These are now bringing kids of three-fourth Cashmere blood. One of these kid wo examined- closely, it was Voot three weeks old ; wocl was fine, thick, and about or.r inch and a quarter in Irr;:!:: ; t:.? 'Ten oral npp' . nee approached closely tie C .: h:.:ero in every particular j the cars longer, Lie;, !cr and flopped down, as wc call if, similarly to thej$h mere. Farther, thi3 kid had receded fronTthc common Goat, its grand mo her, and in every way resembled the Cashmere type. This is the main point in the experiment. The entire disappear ance of the common Goat, and the permanent es tablishment of the Cashmere. "The in and in plan is of necessity, from the fact of the exporixnentor having but one male of the full Cashmere. Had the Colonel other -males, wc should feel well satis fied of the result; but with all this wc are san-' guinc of success. If Dr. Bachman is right where he claims a common origin for the Cashmere and the com mon Goat, that " one is but a. variety of the other' by the intervention of man and other external agencies, the thing is entirely possible and even more than probable. If the Goats arc vari eties, and ik! specifically different, there certainly appear.; to it-, u luiculty in the matter. Should lhcy.be specifically ;;:icrcnt. " !cnow too little yet of tho economy of animal li.. , renounce with any certainty. Observation nr. I . 4 experi ment is the only certain test of the'; '' . nd this praiseworthy work is what our friend is at, :.: d we heartily wish him succes : AVhat wc are pica cd to call domestic animals are much talkedabout, but very little understood. All is in the deep ob scure of the remote past as to their origin, Wp modified a3 regards size and color: buttbis'we tmiiic sums un man 3 mm cnees over naturos i work. In this great experiment, there .isono prominent promise of success under the laws ht ; nature, which is, that the weak are always lost un-51, dor the. influences of the strong. The Cashmere" Goat, is physically, a much stronger. animal than4 the common Goat, and we may expect this law to . operate as well in this as in all other of animal being. This law wc think wilLaid the Colonel in his experiment. We next took a look at the Col's, improved cat tle of the Durham breed. We need say but little about them, as your readers arc acquainted with them better than wc are ; to our judgment they arc fine, and the difference so perceptible that w felt.asharned of our own scrub-stock. The Colo nel with liberality that was unmerited., and: unex pected on Our part, presented us with a fine bull calf, for which wc. would. thus express our thanks. It awakened in us a. new feeling about this kind of stock, which is ererywhera neglected oyer th