146 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION 
Sex of Calves dropped in Storrs College herd, ten years. 
Number of calves dropped. 






Ce BEACH: 
Year Total Females Males 
1897 14 8 6 
1898 As I 76 14 
1899 19 6 13 
1900 : 16 6 10 
1901 oh 10 + 
1902 Ze ve i 
1903 22 ie 10 
1904 18 8) 9 
1905 padl 10 im: 
1906 Ze 8 15 
ota koi. 201 83 118 
errcents icc 100 | 41.3 58.7 



The College herd is kept for instructional purposes and is 
composed of only pure bred cattle. Four breeds are repre. 
sented, and the respective sires are required to do but limited 
service. During the ten years from 1897 to 1906, 201 calves. 
were dropped, of which 41.3% were female and 58.77% were 
male. 
In a small flock of Dorset sheep, five ewes and male at the 
start, the number of ram lambs was largely in excess of ewe 
lambs. Mr. Garrigus, the farm superintendent, reports that 
the first year with one crop of lambs there were one ewe and 
four bucks. All ewe lambs were kept in the flock for breed- 
ers. Males used were changed from year to year, but in 
every case were strong and vigorous. The second year with 
two crops of lambs there were three ewe and four buck 
lambs; the third year two ewe and five buck lambs, and the 
fourth year two ewe and eight buck lambs, or a total for four 
years of eight ewes and twenty-eight buck lambs. 
