ELBOW ROOM.
HOW MANY PEOPLE; TO THE MILE ? Tho cablegram .on, another page , indicating that Victorians aro feeling somewhat cramped , for, want of land, makes it interesting to.,:compare.^: the,,relatjvo,..numbers of people • carried per' square mile of territory in each' of the States of - Australasia. Thoy aro shown in the following . 'approximate figures:—.;;'-..-',-" '-"-' -
, COLOUR IN SHORTHORNS. THE TEACHING OP MENDEL'S LAW.' Professor'. James Wilson, 'of. Dublin, lays down in " Nature" the following principles' as to colour; in shorthorns, in illustration of the application; of Mendel's, law of'inheritance' v.l. Red crossed by, red should give ; red • calves ' ' 1 2. White crossed 'by j white should, . give ' white calves. ' ; 3. Red crossed, by white shbuld'give roans.. . 4.; .Roans _in-bred should; give-'reds, whites, 'and roans in the proportion 1, 1, 2: ;5. Roans crossed by reds should give roans and reds ,in equal proportion- ' ' 6. Roans crossed by whites should give roans and whites in equal proportion;- - . This,- giving heed 1 to the expected' exceptions as indicated above, is what we find, viz.:— 438 reds crossed by rods give 413 red, ' 25 roan. ■ 3. whites crossed by whites give 3 whites. 71 reds crossed by whites, give 3 reds' G3 roan. ■ 514 roans crossed by roans give 152 red,' . 278 roan, 84 white. : 456 roans".crossed by reds give 226 red, 230 roan. '. •• 23 roans crossed by whites give 14 roan, : 9 white. s • ' For tho "breeder" of. shorthorns this means fcliat, if ho wishes to avoid white calves,' ho is limited to three'crosses; viz.,. red'with'red, ■ red with roan, and red with, white. He gets whites when whites ar bred .together, when whites are bred with roans,' or when, roans are bred together. . ' r. '•.■ •" ,• '
'-V- ' Total • ; . ' square Population 1 ■, People, miles. density. Vic. 1,360,000 87,884 pormile N.Z.>' ... 1,000,000 10'l,7ol 10 per mile, Tas. ... 200,000 , 26,215 7} por mile: N.S.W.... 1,030,000 310,7(10o per mile • Q. - 580,000 668,497 1 to miles fe A . . 400,000 903,690 1 to 2} miles' W.A. i '...• 280,000 975,920 1 -to;3J miles
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 248, 13 July 1908, Page 3
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329ELBOW ROOM. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 248, 13 July 1908, Page 3
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