The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26

have twins oftener than sheep not :s g DE-
sISveloped" 3 5 al " S * fS
I i.What dd yo, find n ,ssS f NJ
S"It, the first place. said DR.. Bel ~ ex-
perienced little difficulty in velopinS tns
4 embryonic nipples i was noon# q Die 70
i raise sheep having four nipples, AZ yiclu-
ling milk, and. ind eed for Sc vcral years
past nearly every eve born on my 1a y ~
has had four live functional nipples ), y,
stead Of two. In recent years 81 illye5
produced 4, large number which have sig -
s,,ch nipples, ana I d think 4 here A IS no
] doubt but that u could eventually pro-
Ed,,cn II slx-nlppled variety Of sheep. " In
dectl, T. have already pro duced q " Z our.
i ninped variety. OF the lambs dro p p, e
this year III GIT have SIX nippes.! i. q ~ \, -
addition w have n oW for the .ilrs ~, ti ~
a lamb with eight nipples TINS IS 70 a.ae
~ ia ~ n Sthnt character that have
,,rad,, = a NJ nd the only one I have ever
heard Of. IN 35,. III it5 IS III
The Question 81 Twins wins,
HOW bout the twins, Doctor?.5 I asked .Hlt
Aa To that part Of my investiga IONS =
$haye not been 80 success y ne
ltion&of twins born has been s ma I'm ,l.
1.-THE sheep with the four or sig h' t,ns
have not proved more fertile thpn those
~ tha ordinary kind 4 I belieVe however,
1 fhat M, using twins only for bree ding
sn,rnoses it may ba possible to raise ~
tu,n. hca ring stock, and that ~ s what ia g.
4 hone Is do nov. L feel that rs nave az
complished what Il set out to r"rtorIn az az
4 - nv first proposition, anoattp at ~
using q my lnultt-nippled yar'e q. any ~
breeding only from twins VIII, eye1'.u,
nlly have a breed Of sheep when l S 4 WI WI
4 almost always produce twins.
4 SS"iWerel these sheep all \ born on your OF
farm RI " ~ s.,
4 r,ell nv nvcstigations, howeNe r,sh nave
not been confined to my own 5sheep. X
have a catalogue which 4 published y, IN
als1eo4 containing the records OF about elshst
hundred sheep, Of which "a were S s.In y.
i on Benin Blireagh. the others naYlns
\ been purchased by me. The catalogue Y,
gives a record of every sheep as TO tne
A No 4 ers under Investigation and It covers
ou r work from 1890 until 1Doa. IN aoa'-
} ton, I have tho records for y 500 ana ana
! 1906. '.s ~. S ..5 q 4. n. !.
5s.A1y search for sheep Of this character.
6continued Dr. Bell was not &c @ g
d nv own flock. was anxious for speci-
mems from other hocks, and ] gave rave the !:
4 butchers Of the BaddeckS q standing ofter
a. SO for any six-ntppled 81 eve they
might bring IN. This offer has been omen
4 TOR several years, but It has resulted IN
A ny SECURING only si one 5}sa such kheep
\ out Of the many thousands they have
4 handled for killing, ana that sheep was
poorly marked. "a year or 40 N 80 = lnll-
( ported some horned Dorset ewes from
4 Uxbridge. Ontario. The Dorseta are very
prolific, and each Of them gave me twins
4 last year, This year one has given birth
ia twins and another to triplets, SO that
4 TT have had nlno. lambs within two years
4 from those two ewes. The Dorset sheep
4 frequently have lambs twice in one year,
4 1T is that variety that expect to use
@ir#my attempts to produce breed So of
withdrawing sheep." 5f
I 8"Do you consider the additions you have
made to the milk bag a valuable one y"
Il eve find that 1t Is so.'' replied DR..
3(.s,Bell. Ewes having such bags can raise
2 Twins quite as well as the ordinary sheep
4 can raise single lamb. Indeed, they
i are far more successful with their twins
] than the ordinary sheep. N N Isl
,,Tell ma something Of the experiments
which the Carnegie Institution Is making
i With your sheep, :" Z II & " Il &
ut is too soon to know what will be the
/ result OF that work. replied DR., 3 Bell.
''pr. Davenport, the head az the Carne-
Il gle Institution experimental farm. has
now one slx-nippled ram and two flye-
4 nippled ewes. which I sent him about q
year ago, One Of his ewes is black and
I, the other white, recently heard from,
him to the effect that the white eve has
4 ptoduced twins, ono Of which has six
nipples and the other four nipples. "
New Things in Aerial Naviga-
$4 IF iton.
y The conversation here turned to DR..
Bell's most recent experiments In solving
i the problem OF aerial navigation, He has
i large laboratory on his farm in Nova
Scotia and this work goes on steadily
j throughout the summer. He has made
great advances since ! talked with him
about two years ago. He has discovered
the unit OF which the flying machine
o. the future Is to be built. and some-
thing of the shape in which It should
b, put together, He has, In short ascer-
tanned the character Of his building ma
tertal. He now knowa that he can make
~ body which can be sustained In the
air no, and now he Will experiment on the
motive or propelllnG power, which WIN
send such q body along its way through
the air and guide II hithsr and father
al tho will of its engineer, IA
In aformer letter described this unit.
when writing Of pr. Bells aerial vehicle.
4Ae unit Is OF the Shape Of q tatraheAron.
ard when last talked with him such
B units We're put together around large
, oI'en spaces. DR.. Bell now finds that they
can be mnssed close together. and that
. tney VIII lily equally well. In other words.
ne can make almost any kind of q struc-
lure ne pleases OF such units. and It will
DO eRslly supported by the atmosphere,
y Dangerous Flight.