Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-10-10
The Avant Courier.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1873.
Breeding for Sex.

Our readers will remember that some
u onths ago we gave tie theory Of Mr..
.;uyvesant in regard to controlling the
SIX of animals. which. briefly stated. was
.,llat it changed with every heat" Since
is announcement great many have test
I'd it with almost a perfect unaninity of
results. A recent correspondent of the
Country Gentlemen gives his experience.
which fully corroborates tie truth Of the
theory. He says:
injecting Mr. Stuyvcsant, orr talk was
of cattle: and MIR. 5. mentioned his dis
coveIy. which lie had been quietly testing
tor mary years. and at the writer's urgent
request he sent his paper on this SUBJECT
to the Country Gentleman. | have also
interested several owncrs and herilsmen in
the question. notable Nj John 2. Sanborn
and Messrs. Avery & Murphy, Of Port
Huron. and the success OF Tie bcrdsinen.
Peter --- and Alexander Moss in
managing the cows in their charge
has been striking. TIE last report from
one OF these herds was eleven COW calves
to one bull! calf, with only one variation or
failure.
"Of course. where COWS arc such bull
breeders that they cannot be imrrcgnatcd
in Tie proper heat for a female Tor the re-
verse. which is rsipJ o, from tendency to
fat. excess III milking. nursing or ill-healih
ore irregular. they are practically beyond
asS--s.. -xaSant -hanaht a COW
recommended acRH1.H NP.ANG1 was
served nine months before she became
pregnant with a c. c. A short horn cow,
who Sc stable name is old Red sixteen
years old (now carrying her sixteenth !
calf J. Il great mixer and biill-breeder. rare
ly comes around ot;ener than once in two
months. and then if she conceives c. c..
rarely goes her full time. One of Old |
Reds daughters. very fat and n large milk
er, varies from two to eight months be-
tween periods; but where cows are rcg,.-
lar the sex Of their produce seems t. be
comfortable.
"!nhgin@ by the communications in the
s-esssstt,s,tsl:y Gentleman, all your readers do
not clearly Understand Mr.. Stuyvesant.
Allow me to detail the cases of this sexu-
al theory. All these heifers mentioned are
short horns, robust and regular in their
periods; No. l. first calf c. C.. :: wishing
a heifer again. she was served on second
heat-rosult. a C. c.; served again on sec :
ond heat missed; bull got with her on
third heat-rsult. a b. c.: served on first .
heat and had C. c.; served on second f
heat and bad a C. C. No. brought b. c.: |
served on third heat and had a C. c.; seyy- |
ed on second and had c. c.. served again
on seconl-result. Il C. C. No. brought C
three bulls in succession. but when served
on the third heat. she had a C. c.: served
on fourth and she had a C. c.; again on
fourth and size had c. c. -
THUS. if your COW brings b. c.. and
you want Il C. c.. serve her till she holds. r
on frs. third. fifth. and so on. reversing if h
you wish more bulls. If the COW brings
c. c., and you wish another C. c.. serve on in
second, fourth, end so on. or reverse if O,
you wish b. c.. practice involving care in
and patience. With proper allowance for
partial Leafs and Irregularities, we have be
succeeded in controlling the A
sex Of Our calrcs quite satisfactorily. ret 10
Ing ten cow calves 10 the dozen calves.