BREEDING SEX AT WILL.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1431, 3 September 1881, Page 4

BREEDING SEX AT WILL.

I AM well nw.ire that mo.st pernon* wjll n<i j)elWe tJJat 1/Ijis oijii^p^^ I haVe frequently lead* in the pa|,i>is. initl iii_ ,thtis}>, tun, thut I ipgujclqrijHs pretty jjJoAd" •uitlioiity, lli.it it was au tuipoß-ibilitt'. I am confident iwe cm breed fho au\ debited nine times out of ten, at le«i-r, arid I Wotoati article to that effect for one or our papers some yea r« ago ; but before, I' was ready to mail it, I read an article by one of our veiy wi<e man (as I to the contrary j ,so wondering^if it could bo possible that my experience for' so many years merely happened to be what I. bred tor, concluded to wait and wa toll closer. Thw I havo done, and am still as firm, if uot (inner, in my belief. For more than a &c6ie of years I have received information through the FraniFarmer, and if I would observe the golden rule, must im j.irt to my brother farmers what I think may benefit them, hoping tho-«e who are desitous of breeding a, particular sex will try my plan, and report their .success through the "Prairie I\umer," that I may know whether it is chance or a law of nature. If, I want the offspring to be females, I breed the earliest time po«sible after the cows come in heat, and if males at the Litest possible time. With fowls if I want females I keep a lot of male biids, and if otherwise, I keep not less than eight or ten hens to one nuilo bird. With healthy males in just good condition, and not over-used, the above results I have invariably obtained in breeding 1 horses, cattle, awine, and, poultry for more than a dozen years. — {Prairie Farmer.)

Manitoba Chop Prospects. — A statement iej published by authority of the traffic manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which gives an account of the ciops at the dilfeient stations on the line of the road. It shows a very large area of guun sown, amounting to nearly double that of last year. The crops are s>aul to be giownig splendidly, and an abundant yield of cou-als and other products is predicted. The pasturage, fiom frequent showeis, is good, and the live stock are in an excellent condition. The outlook foi daily products is encouraging and highly satisfactory. — Kew York Hit aid, Pttoi'OhKD Gigantic Wae&uip. — Notwithstanding the prepossession in certain quarter" in favour ot smaller armourplated ships than those lately construced, the Tnnrt .states that diawings urn being j piep.ired at the Admit <>lty for the laying down cf a tunet-ship, which ■will thiow the Inflexible into the shade, and avill jqjproidi in bulk aud armament the colossal tiirhtiinir machines now being built by the Italian Government. The new tiniet'S>htp will have a displacement of 18,000 tons, engines wot king up to 10,000 noise powei, and an estimuted speed on the m< iwired mile of 18 knots. A Mi'siikoom Farm in tiik ala.mji.oth Cv\l ok Ki-ntucky — An en tei prising Ftenchm.tn h.is made application to the fiusteus of the Mammoth Cave to lent n portion of the c.ive for raiding edible fungi. Ho has bpen culti voting' mushrooms in the neighbourhood of New York, but complains ot want of cellar apace, and of the conditions of temperature and moi-.-ture as- not uniform enough for the best results. The poition of the cave which ho has in view is that known " Auduoon's Avenue,'' the firut passage to the right after entering the cave. It is about half a mile long and contains little of special interest unless it be the .swarms of bats in " The Groat Bat-room." The rich deposits of bat guano that have accumulated there for centuries would no doubt piove serviceable when mixed with other tettilisers in growing the iungi. The .soil is at present very dry, but might easily be moistened to any desired degtee. The idea of thus utilising the caverns has long been a familiar one, and piactically realised in France. One cave at Montioguc is said to have six or seven miles inn of mushroom beds ; another, ne.ir Fiepillon, 16 ; a thud, at jtfery, over 21 miles. The special advantage of subteiranean culture lies in the uniformity of temperatuie, winch in the Mammoth Cave hardly vanes flora 56 deg. Fahr all the year lound. Mushroom culture is found highly remunerative. The project in question is thought to be regarded favourably by the trustees. RoBESPIERKE TAKEN TO THE GuiLLOtini:. — As they went along, thiongs crowded about the cart to see the fallen tyiant, and the gendarmes pointed him out with their swords. He was pursued by the howling mob, who bad formerly yelled as fiercely at his victims, and now charged him with the blood of them all. Tioops of women who had danced at the deaths of those that he had hent to the (.caffold now danced the Carmagnole I louud tho cart as it -paused before the house of Duplaix, where he had lived. A woman, breaking fiom the crowd, ru.sh.pd close to him, exclaiming. " Muvdoer of all my kindred, your agony fills me with transport ? Descend to hell, pursued by the curses ot every mother in France?" When they reached the place of execution, Roba^pierre was first shbwu to the people, , and then laid dovyn on the scaffold with the bloody and ne.uly dear! bodies of his bi other and Heniiot. Tho batch consisted of 21, and Ilobobpiene was executed last of all. When he was raised up to be led to the guillotine, he presented a most ghantiy figure—his hky-blue coat covered with blood and dirt, his stockings slipped down to his hoels, his face livid as death , and tied up in a bandage.' /The executioner plucked the bandage away, and let the jaw fall. He gave a dreadful yell, which ! struck every heart with horror, and the next moment was put under the axe. Samson held up the hideous head to tbe people who shouted with delight, add then went away singing. One poor man, as he gazed on that head, said '[ Yes Robespierre you said truo— there is a God !''— Fiom " Cassel's Illustrated II'ia(o) y of, England" ' Our readers will remember the Rodanow watch swindle. It has cropped up again in tho leport of the Postmaster - General, who make the following observations on the subjoct :—": — " The extent to which bogus companies have been established in the United states, and advertised for pmpo-es of fraud, is well known. The evil had assumed such proportions that the "United" States' Post-office determined, in the, public inteiest, to interfere and ,to interce.pt letters, addressed to persons or companies known to have been astablibhed and advertised for fraudulent purposes. One of these, the Rodanow "Watch-manufacturing Company of Boston, recently advertised very extensively in this Colony, numbers of persons, eager to secure a first-class watch at a moderate price, sent remittances to the so-called Company. Bqw many remittance letters from New Zealand may have reached the company it is impossible to state, but; by recent mails from New York <H letters addressed 'to' the 'Rodanow Watch Manufacturing Company, Boston, originating in this Colony, and covering bank notes, .drafts, money orders on' London J and postage 'stamps, to the value of £163, were returned to this' office, which w'oullJ 1 otherwise have been losl to, fchfif senders' ■but'fov the vigilance of 1 the 4 tost'-ofliefcj' 'officials. It has' o'eerf' estimated' 'that'n'o^ less than 207 persons or firms were, at ,tho commencement of thi« !<year,Vonductdng throughout the United States fraudulent lotteries and other schemes to dejfraud tbe public. It therefore ' behoves Ithe public to be satisfied of the bonajides of advertisers. It is not always' possible to deteot fraudulent companies in theiv initi*l> stages."" «"'"' ' ! ' {I>M