The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-02-24

lar apart. ana nre StOutly made gen
orally. between the lower law and
under the tongue AFRO the sallvary
glands, and, II the jaws are well
spread, these glands will DO large and
afford good supply of SILVA, II very
important ingredient In indigestion.
II the head Is long, and the lower
jaws too near each other, the saliva
glands will he too small, aud will not
yield sufficient amount OF saliva to
supply its need IN digestion; and Ms
the food Is not well digcslcd It Is difi.
cult TO keep such sheep IN good condi-
ton, aud they are very liable to he
diseased.
Another important point IN the Sc
lection OF rams Is, TO select none but
those that appear full OF life, wide
awake, with eyes not partly closed, but
wide opcn.
Tho ram that MIR. Slickncy Ind,
known as "Old Robinson" was under
size, but very handsomely and strongly
mdac, head short an wide, eyes far
apart and widc open, and he seemed to
be full of life and activity. His heaviest
nnwashed fleece only fourteen pounds,
but no left heavy fleeced stock, and Il
was all good. His general form and
temperament enabled him TO leave
stock, when crossed with ewes unlike
himself, that carried much heavier
fleeces than no did.
In chemistry 1t requires two distinct
properties TO produce the third, it
takes two distinct gases to make drop
Of water, and two opposite winds to
blow tho misty vapor together TO form
rain drops; and In generation, two
opposites are required, to produce
strong and healthy issue.
Those who use rams of bad general
form and long narrow heads, with slug
gish temperament, because they carry
heavy fleeces, and expect TO get good
stock, will be very liable to be disap-
pointed. Rams that have short, wide
heads, high nervous temperament,
and good general form, even if they
do not carry very heavy fleeces, will
have better stock than those that carry
much heavier fieeces and have mar
row heads, low temperament and bad
general form. We do not object to
heavy fleece when the head, tenn
permanent and general form are all right,
but consider the form first and fleece
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We thiuk near relatives may be
coupled, with better results, when
there Is o sufficient difference existing
between them, than those that are too
much alike, when there IL no known
relationship existing between them.
Sheep breeders have found that they
do not always raise their best lambs
by the ewes they consider their best.
Those who have taken their choicest
ewes to some famous ram and paid o
high price for his services, have some
times felt disappointed in not getting
as good rams as they expected, while
others that have put second and third
class ewes with him have been highly
pleased with their lambs. The reason
why that is so Is because the highest
bred ewes are too mnoh like the ram and
the others SO much unlike him that a
good cross is obtained. A ram may leave
poor stock when used in a flock too
near like himself, but when used in q
flock unlike himself, his stock may be
superior.
A breeder of Jersey stock told me
that when he put his lest bull with his
best COW, every bjtctionable point in
the bull and COW seemed TO be magnifi-
cd in the calf.
1t is a universal law that exists in all
of the different races of finals that
the natural tendency of the male is to
produce the female, while The natural
tendency of the female is to produce the
male. Were il not for that blending
and cross mingling, there would be no
issue. The party in which the life
principle is the strongest at the time of
conception ,predominates. If it be the
male the issue will be female, and if
1t be the female the issue will be a
male. On one occasion | put ten
strong ewes in high order, being two
past, with an old ram in low condition,
and nine of them had lambs, and they
were all rams. A farmer that kept his
ewes very well, and at rutting time
turned his ram with Them, giving
him no proper care, and allowed
him to be running down while he
was with them, found that his ewes
had nearly all ram lambs. and feeling
dissatisfied in their not having more eve
lambs, aud seeing another young lamb,
took 1t up, looked at 1t, and dropped 1t,
saying, "by Cd, another RAM
A Young strong ram that is full of
life and ambition, kept SO as to be gain.
Ing little, are put with old ewes that
are beginning 10 fail and will he likely
to leave more eve than ram lambs.
j. A. SPEAR.
Braintree, Vt.