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thing themselves, but are supported solely by 

 their parents. 



No boy to be employed on the Roads where 

 the number of children does not exceed three. 

 No boy living with his parents to be em- 

 ployed on the Roads, who is under seventeen 

 years of age. 



Only one boy of a family to be employed, 

 and his wages in no case to exceed the above 

 mentioned. 



The wages of the boys in all cases to be 

 paid to the parents. 



Where there are more than three children 

 in the family, all beyond three will be taken 

 in the House of Industry if the parents wish it. 

 Single men out of service to have 5 shil- 

 lings per week only in those cases where 

 they are not maintained by the parent. 



And now let us put this and that together, 

 as you proposed, and see if there is not some 

 difference in favor of the wages in this coun- 

 try. I have hit upon a very simple plan of 

 deciding this question; it is to expend a man's 

 virages for one week, and see what can be ob- 

 tained for the same, I get a dollar and a quar- 

 ter a day, and you do the same ; to be sure 

 we work hard for it, but that is no hardship 

 as we are able— 'tis a great mistake to sup- 

 pose it is wrong to obtain one's bread by the 

 sweat of one's brow, and so the magistrates 

 think, for when they determine to punish a 

 man most severely they send him to the Peni- 

 tentiary and keep him without permitting him 

 to work— well then, for $7 50, (a week's 

 wages,) may be bought 



A new hat, - - - f 75 

 New pair of shoes, - - 1 00 

 New pair of trowsers, - 100 

 New umbrella, - - 75 

 25 lbs. of meat, - - 1 25 

 1 lb. of tobacco, - - 10 

 1 lb. of tea, - - - 25 

 1 lb. of coffee, - - 13 



3 lbs. of sugar, - - 21 

 New gown for wife, - 56 

 An acre of free land, - 150 



$7 50 



Now tell me, is there any other country in 

 the world where this can be done? Why 

 don't you speak ? 



I will leave you to lay out the wages for a 

 week, such as we used to receive in the old 

 country, for they are so small that I fear if I 

 were to attempt to handle them, they would 

 slip through viy fingers.'''' 



John D. was struck speechless, but when 

 he recovers his senses he will be the better 

 for the conversation so long as he lives. 

 I am, sir, 

 An Emigrant, and 



Your Subscriber. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Profitable Experiments. 



Mr. Libby — Dear Sir: — It affords me 

 great pleasure to communicate to your valua- 

 ble journal the subjoined letter from Edward 

 Tatnail, one of our best and most practical 

 agriculturists. The rich results from his sys- 

 tem of farming are conclusive, and should be 

 extensively followed on large as well as small 

 farms. With lime and manure, judiciously 

 applied, he has made, you perceive, his fields, 

 which were barren and overrun with noxious 

 weeds, productive and clean, and yielding 

 such crops as speak for themselves, and his 

 superior mode of cultivation. Besides show- 

 ing what can be done per acre by the same 

 system, this communication teaches a lesson 

 to owners of small and unproductive farms, 

 (too numerous every where among us,) that 

 they can be made valuable, and soon pay for 

 themselves by this kind and proper treatment, 

 and that the only way to farm profitably is 

 to do it WELL ; and to accomplish this, it is 

 best always to commence enriching a few, 

 rather than many acres. Yours truly, 



James W. Thomson, 



Cor. Sec. New Castle Co. Ag. Society. 



Valne of Maiiure. 



Interesting Experiments in Farming. 



James W. Thomson, M. D., Cor. Sec. Ag. 

 Society: — Although I am not what might be 

 called a practical farmer, not having had the 

 time to devote to it that I could have wished, 

 yet having done something in that line for a 

 considerable number of years, I feel a freedom 

 in submitting a few experiments in the raising 

 of produce, which may be improved upon by 

 those better calculated, have more time, and 

 are more devoted to the business of farming 

 than I am. But to proceed to the experi- 

 ments. Having purchased a small tract of 

 poor land, near Wilmington, Delaware, which 

 was overrun with the Daisy, (or Richardson's 

 Pink,) and wishing to eradicate that perni- 

 cious weed as early as possible, I determined 

 to work the ground hard, by a quick rotation 

 of crops, taking care to lime and manure in 

 proportion. After progressing in this way 

 for a few years, it occurred to me that it might 

 be worth while to ascertain the amount 

 raised, and the value per acre, by the process 

 I had adopted. The first lot often acres was 

 treated as follows. In tiie fall I put on twen- 

 ty-six loads of barn-yard manure to the acre, 

 spread it evenly, and ploughed it in : after 

 which it was well harrowed, and so left until 

 spring, when it was again twice harrowed ; 

 the last time crosswise. It was then run out 

 as near north and south as the field would ad- 

 mit of, and planted in drill, as follows, the 

 first two rows three feet apart, the third row 



