1869. 



NEW ENGLAND FARJVIER. 



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erally remains without further trouble. It 

 wil. hardly be safe to allow a cow that has 

 once had inversion of the womb to have 

 another calf. 



One who understands the true nature of 

 the difficulty, and the anatomy of the parts, 

 will have little difficulty in restoring the in- 

 verted organ if done before the parts become 

 swollen and cold. Before any attempts to 

 restore the organ, it should be carefully 

 cleaned by bathing in warm water. 



We trust that the students at the agricul- 

 tural colleges will be instructed in the more 

 comD;on veterinary operations at least, so that 

 they may be prepared to meet the difficulties 

 that are liable to occur in every farm-yard in 

 the country. 



SEXES OP ANIMALS AT "WILL, 

 Much inconvenience and loss is felt by all 

 breeders of cattle for the d%iry in having such 

 a large proportion of male animals. These 

 are not wanted for working cattle or for beef, 

 and so are fattened as rapidly as possible and 

 sold out of the way. The consequence of this 

 is, that the number of calves which the farmer 

 has to select from to keep up his dairy stock, 

 is reduced more than one-half, which fre- 

 quently induces him to raise heifer calves that 

 are defective in some points, or, at any rate, 

 do not come up to the standard which he 

 would like to preserve. 



We present below an article on the subject 

 of "producing sexes at will," not because lie 

 theory is entirely new, but as a timely sug- 

 gestion to those who have cows to provide for 

 at this particular season cf the year. If care- 

 ful observation is made, and the facts record- 

 ed, what must seem to many now as a mf-re 

 theory may be so corroborated by a multitude 

 of instances as to remove doubt from all 

 minds, or fail in so many as to prove that the 

 whole matter is still veiled in uncertainty. • 



For many years eminent naturalists have 

 been satisfied of the near discovery of a prac- 

 tical way to produce the sexes at will. M. 

 Thury had the good luck to be the first one in 

 putting the law in practice, as the following 

 certificate and remarks, which we copy from 

 the correspondence of the Southern Cultiva- 

 tor shows, translated nearly in its full extent : 



"I, the undersigned, George Cornnz, the over- 

 seer of the estate uf my late father, M. A. Cornaz, 

 President of the Sociclie d' Agriculture, de la 



Suise romande, Montet, Canton de Vaud, do here- 

 by certify, that having received from M. Thurv-, a 

 Professor at the Acatiemie de Geneve, on the ISih 

 day of February, 1861, some confidential direc- 

 tions for the purpose of verifying by cxpciiiiients 

 the law regulating the production of sexes amongst 

 the animals, I us;ed with my herd of cows the di- 

 rections given by M. Tluiry, and I obmined, im- 

 mediately, without any variation, all the expected 

 results and successes. 



In the first place, on twenty-two successive oc- 

 casions, I desired to have heifers. My cows were 

 of Schwitz breed, and my bull a pure Durham. I 

 succeeded in all these cases. Having bought a 

 pure Durham cow, it was very important f^r me 

 to have a new bull, to supersede the one I had 

 bought at great expense, and without leaving to 

 chance the production of a young male. 8o I fol- 

 lowed, accordingly, the prescriptions of Pi of. 

 Thury, and the success has proved once more the 

 truth of the law. I have obtained from my Dur- 

 ham bull six more bulls (Schwitz Durham cross) 

 for field work; and, having chosen cows of the 

 same color and heiizht, I obtained perfect, matches 

 of oxen. My herd amounted to forty cows of 

 every age. 



In short, I have made in all twenty-nine experi- 

 ments after the new method, and in every one I 

 succeeded in the production of vv'hat I was looking 

 for — male or female. I had not one single failure. 

 All the experiments I'ave been made by myself, 

 without any other person's intervention ; conr-e- 

 quently I do declare that I consider as real and 

 certainly perfect, the method of Prof Thury, £:c. 



Done at Montet, February the loth, 1867. 



Signed, G. Cornaz." 



On the 17th of August, 1863, M. Thury sub- 

 mitted a memorial to the Academic de Sciences de 

 Paris, and the French Empcior ordered the re- 

 newing of the experiments in several large '•fermes 

 modeles." These curious trials have iieen made 

 also with equal success in the case of other ani- 

 mals, as horses, sheep, goats, &c. It is also known, 

 that with hen's eggs, the lirot laid give female, and 

 the last laid give male products. The law is gen- 

 eral till the end of the laying season, when the 

 number of iemale production exceeds the male, 

 under circumstances not yet sufficiently ascer- 

 tained to be reported. 



It is on account; of this new practical law that 

 the people can explain why the stock raiser mu-t 

 give young bulls to his cows. The bull, when 

 young, is more prompt, and meets the female at 

 the beginning of the heat; instead of a bull old 

 or exhausted, or lazy by long service, which meers 

 the cow only at the end oi the heat. The first 

 gives heifers — the second produces generally males. 



The law for stock raisers and farmers is as fol- 

 lows ; If you wish to produce (emales, give the 

 male at ihe first Mgns of heat ; if you wi.-h nial»s, 

 give him at the end of the heat. T. De R . 



Thibadeaux, La., March, 1867. 



Michigan Agricultural College.— The bill 

 appioprialing $70,000 to this institution has passed 

 the legislature of Michigan by a vote in the House 

 of 58 yeas to 28 nays, and in the Senate by 22 yeas 

 to 8 nays. As the legislature meets only once in 

 two years, $20,000 of this sum is appropriated for 

 the use and support of the college in 1869, $20,000 

 for 1870, and $30,000 for a new hall, chiefly for ad- 

 ditional dormitories for the accommodation of stu- 

 dents. No part, we believe, of the fund from the 

 Congressional appropriation of lands has as yet 

 been expended. 



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