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SECTION XXXVIII. 



Dejcripiion of a Ram proper to get the befi 

 Stock. 



THOSE who wifh to reap great profit by 

 breeding, fhould beftow a particular attention 

 in the choice of a ram : for by a good choice 

 their wifh is moll likely to be gratified ; by a 

 bad choice, they at beft are fure to receive little 

 emolument, and perhaps may fuffer great 



lofs. 



The male animal communicates his good or 

 bad qualities to his offspring. To prove this, 

 I have tried many experiments with fwinc and 

 dogs. By putting to a long-eared fow, firft 

 a long-eared lean boar of the fame kind, and 

 then a tunky fhort-eared one, I have procured 

 at the fame litter two fpecies of pigs,- which, 

 though all fuckled together and kept alike, 

 ever after remained difiimilar and diftinft : 

 thofe by the fhort-eared boar fastened with 

 as little keep as I ever faw : the others by 

 the long-eared fire were lean, and could not 



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