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ing it lost 2 lbs. G oz., of which 10 oz. were fat, and 

 28 oz. were water dissipated by evaporation. When 

 the meat was dissected off with the utmost care, the 

 bones weighed 16 oz. Hence, the weight of meat, 

 properly roasted and fit for the table, was but 7 lbs. 



11 oz., out of 11 lbs. 1 oz., originally submitted to 

 experiment. This beef would cost in London 84d. 

 per lb. The roasted beef cost, therefore, 12 l-.^d 

 per lb. In another trial, a piece of beef of the same 

 description, the tops of the ribs having been rejected 

 with their meat, was submitted to the same mode of 

 trial; the weight of bone in IflJ lbs. was 16 oz., and 

 the fat 11 oz,, which agrees with the former estimate." 



Other parts of mutton, submitted to similar tests, 

 gave the following results: 



" 17. A leg of mutton, weighing 9^ lbs., when boil- 

 ed, gave 1 lb. of bone, shank included ; it lost in the 

 boiling 1 lb. 2 oz.; the meat weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz. If 

 the butcher's price was 8d. per lb., the meat cost 

 about lOid. per lb. 



" 18. A similar leg, weighing 9 lbs. 6 oz., afforded 

 15 oz. of bone, and lost 12 oz. in the boiling; the 

 meat weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. At 8d. per lb., butcher's 

 price, the boiled meat would cost SJd per Hi. 



" 19. A leg of small Scotch mutton, weighing 6 

 lbs., afforded lOj oz. of bone, lost 5J oz. in the boil- 

 ing, and the meat weighed 5 lbs.: cost 9Jd. per lb., 

 if butcher's prices be 8d." 



The following are miscellaneous: — 



" 28. A fore-quarter of lamb, weighing 9 lbs., af- 

 forded, when roasted, 20 oz. of bone, and lost I5 II). 

 in the roasting: the meat weighed 6 lbs. If the 

 butcher's price be 8jd. per lb., the roasted lamb costs 

 I'-'ld. per lb. 



" 31. A hand of salt pork weighing 4 lbs. 5 oz., 

 lost in boiling 11 oz. The bone weighed 9 oz.: the 

 meat was 8 lbs. 1 oz. If the first cost of the pork 

 was 7 Jd per lb., the meat, when duly boiled, cost lOJd. 

 per lb. 



"3-1. A knuckle of veal weighing 6 lbs., when du- 

 ly boiled, lost half a pound. Its bones, perfectly 

 cleared of meat, weighed 2 lbs. 6 oz.; the meat 

 weighed 3 lbs. 2 oz. Hence, if the butcher's price 

 was 5jd., the boiled meat cost lOJd. per lb. 



"35. A goose properly trussed, weighed 4| lbs.: 

 in this state it was roasted, and when sufficiently done, 

 was found to have lost 18 oz. The skeleton weighed 



12 oz.: the meat weighed 3 lbs. This goose w^uld 

 cost, in London, 4s. 6d. Hence the roasted meat 

 amounted to Is. 8jd. per lb. 



" 41. A turkey, with its liver and gizzard, weighing 

 4 lbs. 14 oz., was boiled: it lost 12 oz. The skeleton 

 weighed 13 J oz.; the meat 3 lbs. 4^ oz. If this tur- 

 key cost 3s. 6d., the boiled meat amounted to Is. Id. 

 per lb. 



" 43. A young duck, weighing 20 oz,, lost 53 oz. in 

 roasting. Its bones weighed 2 1-16 oz.: the meat 

 was 12 J oz. It cost 2s. Gd.: hence the flesh amount- 

 ed to 3s. 3jd. per lb. 



"46. A fowl, with its liver and gizzard, weighing 

 IJ lbs., was roasted. It lost 3 oz.: the skeleton 

 weighed 4J oz., and the flesh 16 J oz. If such a fowl 

 cost 2s. 6d., its meat, when roasted, would cost 2s. 43d. 

 per lb. 



" 47. A chicken, weighing 1 lb. 4J oz., when roast- 

 ed lost 3j oz. The bones weighed 3 oz., the flesh 



13i oz. If the chicken cost 2s. 4d., the meat, roast 

 ed, was worth 2s. 8d. per lb. 



" 56. A fine mackerel, when trimmed, and readj 

 for boiling, weighed 23J oz. (including the weight 

 of the roe, 2 J oz.) It cost lOd. It lost I3 oz. ii 

 the boiling. The skeleton, carefully collected, alon; 

 with gills, fins and tail, weighed 4i oz. Hence, thi 

 cost of the eatable parts of the boiled fi.sh was 9Jd 

 per lb." — Farmer's and Planters Encydopadia. 



BIED ISLANDS. 



These islands, lying in the Caribbean Sea, in lati 

 tude 15 deg. 39 min. N., longitude 63 deg. 38 min 

 VV., have never been occupied till 1854, when the larg 

 est of the group was settled by parties from Bostot 

 and named Shelton Island. Habitations were bull 

 and, as it was nothing but rock and guano, soil wa 

 actually carried hence to create vegetation. Suitabl 

 wharves were fitted up with facilities for carrying 

 the business of obtaining guano. This occupatio 

 continued from the spring of 1854 to December, 185; 

 and it is contended in the memorial of Philo S.Shei 

 To.M to the State Department that the title to the i: 

 land was thereby secured for the Americans, disco\ 

 ery merely never having vested in any nation th 

 right to new-found land. But Venezuelans, watchfi 

 of the new colony, sent a war schooner to Shelto 

 Island on the 13th of December, landed troops, an 

 ordered the settlers off. They disobeyed the mai 

 date, when in a few days afterwards, more soldiei 

 were sent from Laguayra; the colonists were drive 

 away, and their property confiscated to the Veuezui 

 Ian Government. It i.s fur the redre.ss of this injui 

 that the interrcrcnce of our Government is solicife 

 by r, S. fnia.Tu.v, of Boston, and others. — J\'ulioni 

 Intelligencer. 



The amount of guano in these islands is said to I 

 large ; and analysis shows it to be rich in phosphor 

 acid. 



Cure for RiiEUM.msM. — The New England Farr 

 er recommends the following recipe as a simple aE 

 invaluable remedy for rheumatism. Take a pint 

 the spirits of turpentine, to which add half an ounc 

 of camphor; let it stand till the camphor is dissol 

 ed; then rul) it on the part affected, and it will nev( 

 fail of removing the complaint. Flannel should 1: 

 applied after the part is well fomented with turpei 

 tine. Repeat the application morning and eveninj 

 It is said to be equally available for burns, scald! 'I 

 bruises and sprains, never failing of success. 



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A Thriving Far.m. — A gentleman connected wit< 

 the Delevan House, has a farm on the Sand Hills ( 

 Albany, on which, last year, he raised potatoes, cor» 

 and cabbages enough to supply the tables of his ec 

 establishment, and had this Spring 1200 bushels ( 

 potatoes for sale. This season he has one hundrei 

 acres under cultivation. He has planted one thour 

 and bushels of potatoes, which, with an ordinary sBfi 

 son, must produce ten thousand bushels at least. C 

 corn, beans, peas, turnips, cabbages, squashes, radisi 

 es, i'c, he expects to raise more than double th 

 quantity of last year. 



