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the eyelids. If you should not cut it clear the
first time, try again.
  On the of side, take the needle in the left
hand, or else the point will be towards the eye.
The haw will bleed a little fbr ten or fifteen
minutes. After It has stopped, bathe the eye
in clean cold water.
  The best eye water, or weash, that I have
tried, for Nkamed eyes of either man or beast
is made by adding half an ounce of copperas
to a pint of soft water. For a film on the eye,
use one ounce of copperas to a pint of soft
water.                       JAIus BOLD.
OAsOr, JoUa  0e. Wl.

         A Pina for Ofu lankasses.

  The word "certain" in our caption is in-
tended simply to encourage the hope that we
are not about to espouse the cause of jackasses
in general.  In other words, it stands as an
assurance that we do not mean to be personal!
  The ams! of what innumerable, perpetual
sneers and jeers, curses, kicks, and merciless
starvation, has he not been the object and sub-
ject!  Venerable for his antiquity, for indi-
vidual longevity, for the sagacity of his mind,
and for unequalled sageness of physiognomy,
-circumstances and endowments which one
would naturally suppose would have secured
to him the respectful cousideration of the
world-he nevertheless, somehow, and most
strangely, stands the symbol of the utmost ob-
stinacy, stupidity and meanness!
  In our opinion, he has suffered this unmeas-
ured abuse quite too long, and, however un-
seemly it may appear in us to do so, we hereby
declare our purpose, now and henceforth, to
champion his cause.
  We shall begin by setting up for him, or
more properly for his hybrid pregeny, the mule,
the following claims:
  1. He is much more easily and cheaply rear-
ed than his cousin, the horse.
  2. He eats but little more than half as muoh
when matured.
  3. He is satisfied with and thrives upon a
coarser and less expensive class of provender.



  4. It costs leo to keep him in harness and
shoeo
  5. He is proportionally stringer.
  6. He is very much toegher.
  7. He is les liable to dimase.
  8. He has more sense and docility.
  9. He is better adapted to some important
kinds of work.
  10. He is a truer puller and, when leaded, a
quicker traveler.
  11. He sells for a better price.
  12. He lives more than twice as long.
  18. He is beter looking!
  In nothing but fleetness is he excelled by
the horse.
  Farmers, if the above propositions be true,
why not go into the business of mule-raising?
If not true, you are at liberty to take up the
glove we have thrown down, and show wherein
we are at fault. Friends of the horse, to the
rescue.
              Ossay Wbted.

  That will answer the following questions,:
Do cattle ruminate aN the food taken into their
stomach in a natural state, or only a part y If
only h pu  which part?  Do they ruminate
the pen6 last eaten first t Do they ruminate a
larger portion of their food in a state of rest
than when worked or driven a part of the
time?
  If you will publish a^ Bay in the Fans
that will give light on ks above queries you
will much oblige        A $Toox FazDDn.

  To TEST THE QUALITY or WooL.-Take a
lock of wool from the sheep'e back, and place
it upon an inch rule. If you can count from
thirty to ;birty-three of the spirals or folds in
a space of an inch, it equals in quality the
finest Eleetoral or Saxony wool grown. Of
course, when the number of spirals to the inch
diminishes, the quality of the wool becomes
relatively inferior. Many tests have been tried
but this is considered the simplest and best
Cotswold wool and and some other inferior
wools do not measure nine spirals to the inch.
With this test, every farmer has in his posses-
sion a knowledge which will enable him to
form a correct judgment of the quality of all
kinds of wooL There are some coarse wools
which expieued wool growers do not rank
as wool, but as hair, on account of the hard-
ness and straigtness of the fibre.



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