THE-ARATfOR. 131 brr'l r.ri f the coiion-pb.r.tiiv; r--c3. To do I i . It--r !:;t- t!.:;:i rd wc slmll na': ; a l- 7 !::nu:.; at improvel;:; :.:. The much . neglected decile cow h one of the greatest bless ingj bestowed on poor, ungrateful man, and in the neect of caring for them, wc evince to Use Do r;:r a want of thankfulness for his gifts. . "We sr. ' a part of thc'Coloncl's flock of sheep mostly we believe of the French Merino variety. They were in fine order, particularly for the cold dry season we are yet passing through. Their wool has just been taken off ; one fleece from a year old buck, weighed eleven pounds j one from a ewe with her first lamb, weighed eight pounds. The Colonel told us one of his ewes yielded a fleece of ten and a half pounds. Say, readers, if too great a plea for these innocent and important animals, is asked in ta dog-law ? AVo think not. Wc saw also a couple of Suffolk hogs. Ywj can't say much about them. They were pretty, and we think will do finely for a pet bper ' " . : but of t hi wc know nothing; we caivt : 1 i.-.vthing without a good Wo dislike all proter-U thatcan be I I !v no. stronger reason than that very r v unmeaning, it won't do because it So we shall pas3 over the Suffolks, ,'1 i...vo them to work their way on their own merits. ' 'I " From what we have seen of Laurens District, wc are disposed tp. think' that her farmers are be ginning to feel the .necessity of a reform in their "business. Wc think some influence is at work, that will tell of better things. A few such men .prints'' of their doings as foci of improvement. hi WW ft W V MUSS .. V 11 V if VA t save herself rom a laszard position. Laurens has iAn -Agricultural oociery, or wnai sircngm we Know -Knot : but from the renort of some of their commit- v tees, t Key are awake to their duty, and the wants .p i p..: l i r ,i .. i. : l 'able fbr their sons. There is one thing pertain, before a man can do anything well, he must know how to do it. Knowledge is not born with us ; it must result from immediate application of the powers of the mind, or be' communicated to us by oral or written signs of ideas. Isolated efforts like that of our friend, will do much. He is ren dering a great public service, and deserves the notice of hU fellow countrymen. Wisely and patiently conducted experiments arc tho surest to remove prejudice and test the value of every earthly interest. Our- people as yet ap piartb bo averse to any cooperative efforts for tho improvement o! agriculture and its adjuncts, and. individual effort is left to strugglc'for thc'clcvation of the major pursuits of life. The few men who are engaged in these experiments, arc often made the butt of the thoughtless, and their motives as cribed to the love of money, or a display of a low and paltry vanity. Excuse the length of this ar ticle as we think it of some importance. Abbeville. Ciiixqeepin Ridge, May 12, 1855. CASHMERE GOATS. R. Peters, Esq., of Atlanta, in a private letter thus alludes to the hardiness and frugality of thij valuable stock : "I am 'better pleased every day with my Cash mere Goats. They are now living and growing fat on the seed of 'rag weed' a plant which no other animal will eat. J.'d arc abo indebted to Mr. Peters for. several i .v.nples of wool from some of his half-blood kids (raised from. the common Goat and a Cashrnero Buck.) These samples, which may be seen at our oflice, are really of astonishing fineness and length of fibre: and when wc consider tho undoubted value of this wool for manufacturing purposes- the hardy character of the Goat its exemption from nearly all diseases its dog defving character and its superiority in almo'st every respect over the sheep, so far as vigor aud stamina are con cerned -wc arc constrained to repeat, with increas ed confidence, our declaration of last month, that the Cashrnero Goat is by far the most important and valuable addition that has been made to our domestic animals within the past century. In concurrence with this opinion, we are pleased to mention the name of that profound scholar and zealous naturalist, Rev. Dr. Rachman, of Charles ton, whose allusion to their value will be found near the close of his very able article on Southern Grasses, in present number. Wc also learn that Dr. Jas. B. Dais, of South Carolina, passed throngh this city recently, with fiftcea three-quarter bred. Cashmere ewe kids, 7 months old, and one pure bred.' 2 year old Cash mere Buck : having sold the lot (1G) to a gentle man of Gallatin, Tcnn., for the handsome sura of Four Thousand dollarsthe kids rated at $200 each, and the Buck at $1000. It will be observed that Mr. Peters offers a few- half-blood Cashmere Bucks for sale. See adver tising columns. ' Swift cm CuUirafor.