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of an acre requires from fifty to sixty dnye' labor 

 ol" a female, whose wages, incluilinir board, it; 

 about foriy-two cents a day. Though many of 

 the young ladies of VVethersfield spend a portion 

 of their time in onion gardens ; yet in personal 

 beauty, education and politeness, they are not ex- 

 celled by females of lar less industrious habits. — 

 Connecticut paper. 



From the Pittsbiirgcr. 

 FOUT^ AND POISONOUS EARTHEN WARE. 



Mr. Editor.— S\t : Will you permit me to ac- 

 quaint the public, through your valuable journal, 

 that there is a kind o( crockery ware, manufac- 

 tured in almost every city in the union, which is 

 dangerous to use — and which the public will un- 

 derstand by the term common red pottery. This 

 ware is made of common clays from the brick 

 yards, and when formed, is coated with a liquid 

 called glaze, which is nothing less than a coat of 

 lead. The clays being of the commonest kind, 

 cannot be subjected to any heat in the burning 

 that will make them safe for family use — being 

 porous — and it is very unsafe to deposit any ar- 

 ticles of family use in them, such as milk, butter, 

 or in fact water, as a portion of the lead glazing 

 will be extracted, and the article Avill, in conse- 

 quence, become dangerous to use. I have no- 

 ticed no fewer then ten instances within the last 

 twelve months, of familes sustaining injury by the 

 use of such ware. 



In selecting the article of crockery that is suit- 

 ble for family use, it is only necessary to ascertain 

 that the body of the ware — the clay— has been 

 hard burnt, which any person can understand by 

 the sound of it — if well burnt, it will have a clear 

 sound. The poorest kind will not ring at all, 

 and therefore can be easily detected. An article 

 of this kind will, in the course of a month's use, 

 become very foul. Let any one who doubts this 

 break the vessel, and they will ascertain the flict. 

 There is a kind of ware, however, that is manfac- 

 tured in almost every city in the union, called stone 

 ware, which is perfectly good for family use. This 

 ware is formed of strong and superior clays, and 

 undergoes a great heat in the burning, — and more- 

 over, the glazing is not a thick coat of lead, but 

 is accomplished by throwing salt into the kiln. All 

 kinds of Liverpool ware are adapted to all pur- 

 poses of family use, being made of sound clays 

 and well burnt. As a preventive is better than a 

 cure, if I should be the means of preventing any 

 person suffering from the use of the poisonous ar- 

 ticle — lead — this advertisement will answer the 

 ends I design. 



C. S. 



From the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 DIFFERENCE OF PLANTING CORN ON GRASS 

 AND STUBBLE LAND. 



It has been the prevailing custom with the firm- 

 ersof New Jersey, for many years, to plough their 

 fiward lor corn, that they might raise more than 

 in tilling otherwise. I admit it is a good mode 

 to till on the sward, and has always been allowed 

 so by first rate farmers ; but I find it greatly to 



my advantage to reverse the practice, in order to 

 prevent the worm making such sad havoc in my 

 corn-fields. About six years ago I planted twenty 

 acres on the sward, and out of that the worms 

 took eight, scarcely leaving a hill to be seen. 

 The tenth day of June I had it planted over 

 again, thinking the worms would not disturb it so 

 late in the season, but still they preyed upon it, 

 leaving about one half to grow. The next spring, 

 I came to the conclusion to farm differently; 

 instead of ploughing the sward, I ploughed up my 

 stubble field, gave it a good harrowing, llirrowed 

 it out both ways, marled and manured every hill, 

 and then planted the corn. In about a fortnight, 

 I made a visit to the field for the express purpose 

 to see if my corn had got up, or if the worms 

 were taking it as they formerly had. I must ac- 

 knowledge, that never since I have been a farmer, 

 have I had my corn to come up as well ; and I am 

 fully satisfied, that is the best manner to farm 

 where we are harassed with worms and other 

 insects. Although the field which I farmed had 

 two crops in succession ; yet, notwithstanding, the 

 third crop was much better, sounder corn, than 

 I had raised for many years till I adopted this 

 plan. 



The manure I had left was considerable, after 

 taking out enough to go over the corn-field; and 

 of the remaining part 1 made a compost, mixed 

 with marl or lime, which make it much better 

 for wheat than to put it on in separate bodies or 

 portions. 



The field that came in regular rotation to plant 

 with corn, 1 ploughed up for wheat and rye. 

 After the process of ploughing was over, I took 

 a three horse harrow, gave it a thorough harrowing 

 both ways, to make the furrows lay level, that the 

 grass roots might rot. Before the usual time of 

 sowing came on, I took what manure I had, put it 

 on regularly, till it was gone. The part of the 

 field which had no manure, I sowed in rye, and 

 the part which was manured I sowed in wheat. 

 Thus I have farmed for five years, with much 

 better success than I ever did in the same length of 

 time previously. 



From the Baltimore Farmer and Gardener. 

 CARROT FIELD CULTURE. 



We had a conversation a few days since with 

 a Yankee farmer, on the above subject, and 

 being pleased with the course of his remarks, we 

 prevailed on him to commit them to writing, in 

 the hope that as the season is now approaching 

 when this fine vegetable may be sown, we might, 

 by bringing the topic to the notice of our readers,^ 

 induce some of them to try the experiment of 

 raising a crop for feed for their milch cows. The 

 parsnip too, should command attention ; the same 

 mode of culture will serve for them as for the car- 

 rot, with these exceptions— that the drills should 

 be about 18 inches apart and the plants stand 

 about 4 inches asunder. Thus planted in the month 

 of April, in suitable soil manured with well rotted 

 manure, or a compost of spent ashes and mould, 

 kept clean and hoed three limes, they would yield 

 from 500 to 1,000 bushels of roots to the acre, 

 which might be left in the ground all winter to be 

 duff as wanted for feeding. 



To those who desire to have butter in winter, 



