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the colt were large and coarse, presenting a close resemblance to 

 those of a mnle. A second colt produced by the mare to the 

 same stallion had the head and ears of its sire. Dr. Burgess 

 relates a similar case: "From a mare which had once been 

 served by a jack I have seen a colt so long-eared, shari>backed, 

 and rat-tailed that I stopped a second time to see if he were not 

 a mule." 



A pure Aberdeenshire heifer was served by a pure Teeswater 

 bull, by which she had a first cross calf. The following season 

 the same cow was served with a pure Aberdeenshire bull; the 

 produce was a cross calf, which, when two years old, had very 

 long horns, the parents being both polled. A small flock of ewes 

 belonging to Dr. Wells were served by a ram procured for the 

 purpose; the ewes were all white and woolly, the ram being quite 

 different, of a chocolate color and hairy like a goat. The progeny 

 were, of course, crosses, but bore a strong resemblance to the 

 male parent. The next season Dr. Wells obtained a ram of pre- 

 cisely the same breed as the ewes, but the progeny showed dis- 

 tinct marks of resemblance to the former ram in color and cover- 

 ing. 



Dr. Miles writes of visiting the farmer, Mr. A. IST. Gillette, 

 in the town of Delta, Ingham county, where he saw a litter of 

 pigs out of a pure Berkshire sow, and got by a pure Berkshire 

 boar. More than one-half of the pigs were apparently Poland 

 China in the form of the head, and their bodies were spotted with 

 sandy white. He was informed by Mr. Gillette that the pre- 

 ceding year the dam of these pigs had produced a litter of pigs 

 by a Poland China boar, that were marked in the same manner 

 with sandy white spots. The sow was bred under my direction 

 at the Michigan Agricultural College three years ago, and the 

 stock from which she had been descended had not shown any 

 variations from the pure Berkshire tj^e. Mr. Darwin gives the 

 following case: "Mr. Giles put a sow of Lord Western's black- 

 and-tan Essex breed to a wild boar of a deep chestnut color, and 

 the pigs partook in appearance of both boar and sow, but in some 



