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males than the second ; and after having been marked, and placed 

 in a good pasturage, four rams, of about ten months old, were turn- 

 ed into them. The other section received two strong rams, each 

 aged more than three years. The remainder of the flock, making 

 up the number of 106, belonged to the shepherds ; they are gene- 

 rally stronger and better nourished than the rest, and these, form- 

 ing a third section, were placed under circumstances similar to the 

 second. The result of the lambiiig was thus : — 



Males. Females. 



First section, - - 15 25 



Second section, - - - 26 14 



Tliird section, - - 10 J2 

 There were four double hirtlis; two of wliich, 



in the fii-st section, proiluced, - 4 

 The two otiiers, heionijinir to the second and 



third sections, produced, - - 3 1 



" It is to be remarked, that the lambs proceeding from the sec- 

 tion in which the young rams were employed, were in all respects 

 as fine as those begotten by the older and stronger rams. 



"■ In connexion with this part of the subject, we iiad, in another 

 part of the communication, a remark of some importance. In 

 I o25, twenty ewes, which had not borne for two years, receive^ 

 the rams clandestinely, in the beginning of winter; they were al- 

 most all of them remarkably fat ; they produced sixteen females 

 and four males. Among the number of these ewes, were two old 

 ones, which had been put up to fatten in 1824, but could not be. 

 sold because they were not in sufHciently good condition : these, 

 gave one male and one female. 



" M. Garou next carries his inquiries to the reproductive power 

 in the mare and cow. Respecting the first of these, he observes, 

 that, wishing to obtain more female than male colts, he fed his 

 brood mares on fresh food ; that he chose for propagation only 

 such as had not been foaled or even nourished by the mother the 

 preceding year ; and he did not give them the stallion imtil they 

 gave evideiit signs of being in heat. Five mares, so chosen, pro- 

 duced five female colts ; and, by following the same method, out 

 of thirteen colts foaled that year, eleven were females ; and one of 

 the two males was the product of an old mare. He remarks, that 

 some mares of a remarkably vigorous appetite, always bring forth 

 females ; whilst those of delicate health have constantly produced 

 males. The same remarks apply to the cow." 



[London Med. and Phys. Journ. 



TO PREVENT THE DESTRUCTION OF BEES, BY THE BEE-MILLER 



Devanh Ferry, Bertie Co., N, C. July 8, 1828. 

 John S. Skinner, Esq. 



Sir, — Understanding that you are the publisher of a paper ex- 

 clusively devoted to domestic industry and intelligence, and through 

 which every subject upon domestic economy can be, and is readily 

 communicated to the public ; 1 take the liberty* through the advice 



