430 



STO 



STO 



breed would be disproportionately 

 large to the native ewes, and there- 

 fore would produce a starveling ill 

 formed race with them. 



The general mistake in crossing 

 has arisen from an attempt to in 

 crease the size of the native race 

 of animals; being a fruitless effort 

 to counteract the laws of nature ; 

 which from theory, from practice, 

 and extensive observation, Mr. 

 Cline, concluded to be decidedly 

 wrong ; for in proportion to this 

 unnatural increase of size, they be- 

 come worse in form, less hardy, 

 and more liable to disease. 



The Massachusetts Agricultural 

 Repository, vol. vi. p. 78., contains 

 some valuable remarks on the sub 

 ject of " Dairy Stock,^' by S. W. 

 Pomeroy, Esq. We shall give the 

 following extract, which presents 

 an important fact, not sufficiently 

 known or attended to by writers 

 who have treated on the same or 

 similar subjects. 



"In the selection of bulls, most 

 farmers confine their attention 

 to form and colour only, instead of 

 tracing their descent to a valuable 

 dairy stock. It has been observed 

 by Linnaeus that those properties 

 of animals which relate to the ves- 

 sels, or in scientific terms, the cor- 

 tical substance, or vascular system^ 

 are der ved from the males,'*'' and 

 among other examples tending to 

 confirm this opinion, he states 

 " that a cross from the male Angora 

 goat, with the common female 

 goat produces that fine wool or 

 substance, called Camel's hair ; but 

 that the progeny from the male 

 common goat with the female An- 

 gora, is productive of nothing but i 



the same worthless hair of the sire." 

 See likewise Agricultural Reposi- 

 tory, vol. iv. p, 237. 



STONES, well known hard and 

 brittle bodies, which abound in 

 some lands. Those of the slaty 

 kind, or which are flat or square 

 cornered, are fit for building wall 

 fences, and should be applied to 

 that use. And many of the pebble 

 kind may go into walls among 

 others of a better shape ; especial- 

 ly if the wall is built double, as it 

 always should be where stones are 

 plenty. Where there are more 

 stones than are needed, the walls 

 may be made thicker and higher 

 than is needful on other accounts; 

 and lots should be made the smaller; 

 for there are certain conveniences 

 in having small sized lots, though 

 they may not be thought necessary, 

 in any other view than for dispos- 

 ing of the stones. 



Pebbles are a greater annoy- 

 ance on a farm, as they need re- 

 moving, but are not very good for 

 any kind of building. Picking 

 them off very minutely, for com- 

 mon field tillage, is not needful. 

 But the largest pebbles should be 

 taken away. 



Stones that are very large, and 

 which cannot with ease be remov- 

 ed whole, may be blown to pieces 

 with gunpowder. They will be 

 not only more handy for removing, 

 but far better to put into walls. 

 For the blowing of round stones 

 will make some square and regular 

 faces. They will often come 

 cheaper in this way than if they 

 were dug out of quarries. As the 

 soil that is occupied by a large 

 stone is better than the rest of the 



