183 farmers' and mechanics' JOiJRNAL. 



vitally wound or kill the pleasures of agriculture. Of the same 

 stamp, are exclusive privileges in every form ; and to pillage or 

 steal under the sanction of the statute books, is no less fatal to the 

 happiness of agriculture, than the hierarchial tyranny over the 

 soul, under the pretended sanction of God, or the feudal tyranny 

 over the body, under the equally fraudulent pretence of defending 

 the nation. In a climate and soil, where good culture never fails 

 to beget plenty, where bad cannot produce famine, begirt by na- 

 ture against the risk of invasion, and favored by accident with the 

 power of self-government, agriculture can only lose its happiness 

 by the folly or fraud of statesrnen, or by its own ignorance. 



[Taylor^ s Araior. 



HOW TO PROCURE ANIMALS OF EITHER SEX. 



" M. Garou de Buzareingues published, in 18*33, some expe- 

 riments relative to the reproduction of various domestic animals, 

 more particularly of Sheep. In a late number o( Magcndi€''s Jour- 

 nal, he has resumed this subject, and has related the result of some 

 experiments made with two separate flocks of sheep. In addition 

 to these, there are many observations on the same subject applied 

 to mares and cows ; but the most important relate to sheep. 



"A flock of sheep was divided into two equal portions, and a small- 

 er or greater number of male or female lambs were to be produced, 

 at the will of the proprietor, in each of these. The plan adopted 

 in order to insure this result, was to employ very young rams in 

 that division of the flock from which it was desired to obtain fe- 

 males ; and strong and vigorous rams, of four or five years of age, 

 in that from which males were to be procured. The first division 

 was also recommended to have a more abundant supply of food, 

 and more repose than usual, during the period of impregnation. 

 The following table will show the eifect of the first experiment ; 



iSex of the Lambs. 



Total, - 80 55 



" Another experiment is thus related: — A flock of 106 sheep 

 was divided into two sections of 42 each ; one containing the 

 strongest ewes, of four or five years of age ; the second, consisting 

 of the weakest, either less than four or more than five years old : 

 the first section was intended to produce a greater number of fe- 



