Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-08-04

through year will, according to preced-
ing estimates, amount to 920,50. Let US
see now what will be the value of their
produce.
The feeces of twelve sheep may weigh
sc lbs, This quantity of wool, at so cents
pound, may be worth Sl8. The lambs
which the flock viii produce, may be
twelve sheep. will be ga, while the ex-
penses incident to keeping them will be
$4,000. The result is a clear profit of
$3.50. From these estimates, it appears
that keeping sheep is a,pro6table branch
Of husbandry, but think it appears that
keeping good dairy cows is still more
profitable. In either case the husband
man receives considerable more than a
full compensation for all his labor, and
the use Of the land which is devoted to
these purposes. Under such circumstan-
ces, how can he fail ofhecoming a thrifty
farmer 2-Genesee Farmer.
The above was written for Western
Pennsylvania, and the estimates will need
some correction to adapt them to the me-
idan of Vermont.-W Chronicle
THE ADVENrURFs OF GENTLEMAN IN
SEARCH or HoRsE Philadelphia, Carey,
Lea & blanchard.
We have not seen the book itself, but from the
various extracts which have fallen beneath our
attention. we believe t book OF sterling value
!, From the aft cton we have to the noble animal
Of which it treats. we make the following extract
disclosing fact in the physical structure Of the
L horse, which should be universally known -
-Netc- York Spectator.
;; There is another variation between
. the horses and the human eye, Of very
important and peculiar character at the
- inner angle Of the eye, there is found {
er dark membrane that, apparently at the
pleasure of the animal, is shot rapidly
over the eye, like a veil it is instantly
Withdrawn, and in its rapid transit, cleans,
= the eyeball of dust or foreign particles tina
3 may have accidentally lodged upon it
III This membrane is called the haze it i
not muscular, but its action is curiousl,
be explained; it is projected from its plac
by the compression or rather depression
of the eye-ball into the socket occasione
by the retractor muscle. When the ey
=" is depressed by the play of this muscle
the elasticity of the fatty substance benin
the eye ball, causes the haw to extend il
: self from the corner Of the eye, over tn
, visible surface; when the retractor mus
! Gle ceases to act, the eyeball resumes il
usual position, the fat returns TO its pac
os- behind, and the haw also returns to tn
socket from which it has been moments
On; rily pushed forward.
ArS :" am the more particular in thus d.
he s ho boz
because such is the gross ignorance of tt
majority of country farriers, that when tn
membrane has been affected by temp
ry. rary Inflammation of the eye, and thus
come enlarged and more prominent thu
. usual, it has been regarded as a diseas.
excrescence, and actually extirpated. to II
. permanent injury Of the horse. Inste'
ND of endeavoring to subdue the in1amm
ton, by the ordinary remedies, it has a
peared the simplest way to remove Il
ls l diseased part and thus the eye, thoue
'en for time apparently restored to healt
er- has in the end been lost by the casual i
VI PRODUCTION OF impurities, such as du
1'et flies, &c, which there no longer renal
.t a. any natural means of removing. 1t W
'ne scarcely be credited by general reade
', that so prevalent is this error as to ha
''eu found a place in that learned work, t.
! a Encyclopedia of Rees, where, under t.
!, 4 40 article haze, this membrane is described
"a diseased tumor in the eye, and instru
w tons are given for. removing it,! IL
oe' may give useful hint not to confde We
eA readily to the opinions of those farrie
are whose station In life justifes suspici
ler, that their knowledge IS merely practic
'Pa and not founded upon scientific instrl
aP- ton"
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