RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Sheep, cattle [proportions of males and females]. CUL-DAR85.B57-B58. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2026. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
B57
Castration end of May Sheep |
♂ |
♀ |
|
♂ |
♀ |
Aitchison Linhope farm 1868 |
608 |
660 |
|
|
|
(Cheviot breed) do 1869 |
587 |
603 |
|
|
|
do other farms 1867 |
1117 |
1159 |
|
|
|
do 1868 |
1041 |
1257 |
|
|
|
do 1869 |
993 |
1149 |
|
4346 |
4823 |
Payan Cheviots. 1862 |
481 |
494 |
Total |
|
|
" 63 |
505 |
494 |
Total |
|
|
" 64 |
523 |
511 |
|
|
|
" 65 |
516 |
499 |
|
|
|
" 66 |
506 |
502 |
|
|
|
" 67 |
526 |
513 |
|
|
|
" 68 |
545 |
536 |
|
|
|
" 69 |
502 |
551 |
|
4104 |
4100 |
|
|
|
Total |
8450 |
8923 |
Payan Black-faced 1862 |
449 |
477 |
|
|
|
63 |
541 |
547 |
|
|
|
64 |
536 |
553 |
|
|
|
65 |
538 |
581 |
|
|
|
66 |
562 |
617 |
|
|
|
67 |
588 |
560 |
|
|
|
68 |
581 |
578 |
|
|
|
69 |
600 |
553 |
|
4395 |
4466 |
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
Oliver Cheviots 1869 |
826 |
864 |
|
|
|
Russell 1869 |
124 |
112 |
|
|
|
R. Thompson 1867 |
171 |
147 |
|
|
|
1868 |
105 |
102 |
|
1226 |
1225 |
|
|
|
Total |
25071 |
25614 |
|
|
|
|
4407 |
4558 |
25071 |
Grand Total— |
|
29478 |
30,172 |
|
25614 |
|
|
|
|
|
50,685 |
|
|
|
|
|
8965 |
|
|
|
|
|
59,650 Grand Total |
|
|
|
|
|
B57v
|
Bulls |
Cows |
|
R. Elliot 1869 |
4 |
11 |
|
Graham 1868 |
9 |
7 |
|
1869 |
9 |
12 |
|
Cruickshanks 1868 |
60 |
68 |
generally more Bulls |
do 1867 |
60 |
54 |
|
R. Bruce —years 1864-69 |
33 |
32 |
|
Gibb 1869 |
5 |
11 |
|
1868 |
8 |
8 |
|
1867 |
8 |
9 |
|
|
197 |
211 |
|
197 |
477 |
505 |
|
211 |
|
|
|
408 |
|
|
|
574 (Cattle) |
|
|
505 |
982 Births |
|
|
477 |
|
|
|
982 |
B58
♂, female ♀
♀ 25,614 : ♂ 25,071 :: ♀ 100 : x 979
[calculations]
♀ 30172 : 29478 :: 100 : x 97.7
[calculations]
B58b
♀ 577 : ♂ 505 :: ♀ 100 : x
[calculations]
♀ 505 : ♂ 477 :: ♀ 100 : x
[calculations]
See Descent 1: 304-5.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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