Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-03-08
From the New England Farmer.
Now Publications.

Tms PHiScIrLrs ov BREkpiSo; or Glimpscs
at the Physiological Laws involved In
Reproduction and Improvement OF Do.
ms.,ic Apimsla Dy s. l.. Goop,Ls. SEQ.
r-tary Of the Maine Board Of Agriculture.
Boston: Crosby, Nichols, Lee 4 Co.
1861.
This Is 4 well printed book Of l6l pages,
written and Published becausc the writer.
in the pursui, Of bis business. saw tho
+" want Of some handy book emSodyins the
principles necessary u be understood 10 or.
der to secure improvement in Domestic An.
imals."
In tho introduction TO the book the author
gives some striking illustrations OF what he
desires TO teach, one Of which 10 m follows (:
lie, US reckon little. supPose man
wishes to buy COW. Two are offered him, I,
bosh four year. old, and which nigh. prob
ably be ser,iccable FOE ten years TO come.
" i,h the same food and attendance the frat
Will yield Tor ten month. in the year an aver
ssc Of Eve quarts Per day.-and the other
tor the ame term will yield seven quarts.
and Of equal quality. What is the com.
parativc value OF caeh' The difference in
yield .siK hundred quarts per annum.
For the purpose Of this calculation We will
suppose il worth three cents Per quart
am oun,ing TO eighteen dollars. Is no, the
second COW. while che hold. ou, to give H.,
as good as the first. and three hundred dol.
lara at in,ere., bcsidcs' II the first just
pa,. Tor her food and attendance, the Sec
ond. yielding t~o6iths more. pays forty
per oni. Prca annually; and We, how
many farmers having tso such cows for
sale would make moro than ten, or twenty,
Or q, most. thirty dollars difference in tho
price, The prof, irpm one. is eighteen
dollars . year--in ten years one hundred
and eighty dollars. beside. the annual ac'
euu ula,ion, Of inier~t-,he prof. Of the
other is--no,hins. II the seller has peed
to keep one. would he not bs wiser to S''o
away the fret, than TO part with the second
for u hundred dollar'"
In the chapter upon thc " Lac Of Smi.
lariy," he give, numerous iorc'ble eiam.
ple-, which. Il better understood in the
rearing Of animals-ani in reproducing and
rearing human beings iOO-woult b OF vast
.cr,,es to the world. Read One Of them 10.
low:
I'VE sce bcreiitary transmission OF .
peculiar type upon an extensive scale. in
come Of tho distinct races, the Jews. and
the Gypsic', for example. Although eI.
posed tor centuries to the modifying iuau-
enec. OF diverse climates, TO ASSOCIATION with
peoples Of widely differing customs and
habits, they never mersc their pceuliari'ie'
in ,ho.e OF any people With whom they
dwell, but continue distinct. They retain
the same features, the same figures, tho
sAme manners, custom. and habits. The
Jew in Poland, in Austria, in London. or
in New York, Is tho same (; and the money
changer. OF the Temple a, Jerusalem in the
year Of our Lord may be seen to-day on
change in any Of the larger mArn OF trade.
How IL this? just because the Jew 10 q
=. thoroughbred" There !. with him no
in,ermarrrsso with the Gentile-no ero..-
ins, no mlnslius Of his organization with
tha, Of another. When thi. ensucs per.
manenee OF race - will cease and give place
" variations OF any or OF all sorts
Ia the chapter upon the " Lar Of Tdria.
hoa." Mr. GoOtale says
Very recently. in paper nublished in
the Aberdeen Journal, u Veterinary Sur.
rcon. Mr. james MeGiili,sy. Of lIuntley.
ha. offered an explanation which seems 10
me TO DC the true one, lis theory !, that
Z" whon pure animal Of any bred IA, Os'n
pregnant 10 az ammai cf dfroN trad,
yrcA prsynan, animal as cross ,rr after, The
purity Of her AOoi b>,Hs lost an ooHs,YueHe'
Of her oo,nocaon ihi.c Iorasn ani'nai. her
aT BECOMING Cross roEryEK modPab!e Of
yrolnaa. pure calf Of any brt,d."
This doctrine We avowst seven years ago
in M agricultural mas meeting. and wer
pretty .oundly " drubbed " for our iemer'.
". Thank. to Prof. Nash. then OF Amherst
College. who came 10 the rescue, We came
of with flying co!or,. bu, did no, take the
enemy with u.s. IL physiological law.
as much as that Of gra'itation, and We are
glad tha, one writer among US has had the
bOldne,s to declare IL.
The remaining chapters are uron " An.
ccs,ral Influence" /" Relative lnauenee Of
the Parents" " Laws Of Sex" Z" Inland.
in. breeding" " Crossing" - Breeding iu
the Line" and "Charas.eristieso Of Breeds. "
The chapter upon the Law oi sex is short, as
we'll il may be. twill require long and
pa,ien, inSe.,i cation, aud seres Of trials
that will test the endurance OF any man. to
arrive a, any plausible results on this point.
The book is greatly needed, and ought to
be read by every adul, in the country.