PICTORIAL CULTIVATOR ALMANAC. 
5th Month. 
IT! AY, 1 §52. 
31 Days. 
moon’s phases. 
BOSTON. 
NEW-YORK. 
BALTIMORE. 
charles'n. 
sun on meridian. 
F TNls-ff sowing spring grain 
Plow for corn, and plant it as 
soon after the middle of the month 
as the weather and state of ihe 
ground will justify. Plant pota¬ 
toes. Sod ground, only mode¬ 
rately rich, moist but not wet, 
of a mellow, loamy soily will be 
likely to give the best crop. 
Full Moon..... 
Third Quarter. 
New Moon.... 
First Quarter.. 
D. H. M. 
3 5 39 ev. 
10 6 39 ev. 
18 10 31 ev. 
26 10 54 mo. 
H. M. 
5 27 ev. 
6 27 ev. 
10 19 ev. 
10 42 mo. 
H. M. 
5 16 ev. 
6 16 ev. 
10 8 ev. 
10 31 mo. 
H. M. 
5 3 ev. 
6 3 ev. 
9 55 ev. 
10 18 mo. 
D. H. M. S. 
1 11 56 54 
9 11 56 13 
17 11 56 9 
25 11 56 41 
CALENDAR 
For Boston, New England, 
New-York Stale, Michi¬ 
gan, Wisconsin, and Jo- 
Ava. 
CALENDAR 
For New-York City, Phi 
ladelphia, Conn , New- 
Jersey, Pennsyl'a, Ohio, 
CALENDAR 
For Baltimore, Vir¬ 
ginia. Kentucky, 
and Missouri. 
CALENDAR 
For Charleston, N. Caro¬ 
lina, Tenn., Georgia Al¬ 
abama, Mississippi, and 
Louisiana..- 
Saturda 
55 
Monday 
Tuesday 
Wednesday 
Thursday 
Friday 
Saturday 
C 
Monday 
Tuesday 
Wednesday 
Thursday 
Friday 
Saturday 
C 
Monday 
Tuesday 
Wednesday.. 
Thursday 
Friday 
22 Saturday 
23| C" 
241 Monday 
25; Tuesday 
26; Wednesday 
271 Thursday 
28 Friday 
29' Saturday 
30j C” 
31! Monday 
WHEELER’S CORN-STALK CUTTER. 
There is a double advantage in cutting corn-stalks; 
animals eat more of them when cut, and what they do 
not eat are more readily converted into manure. It is 
very probable that the idea of making animals live on 
poor food by cutting 
it tip, is often carried 
too far. In regard to 
corn-stalks, there is 
more or less of the 
largest part, which 
contains little or no 
nutriment. The coar¬ 
ser the stalks, the 
more there is which 
is of no value as food. 
But even the coarsest parts are very useful for manure. 
They contain of themselves fertilizing substance's, and 
are particularly valuable for absorbing the liquids of the 
barn-yard—-the spongy pith taking up a large quantity. 
When they are not cut, they require much time to rot; 
and the toughness of the outer covering renders them 
difficult of management in the manure-heap till they 
have laid a long time; but by being cut in short pieces, 
they readily mix with the manure, and do not in the 
least interfere with loading or moving it with the fork 
or shovel. The machine represented by the accom¬ 
panying cut, is one of the best for cutting stalks that 
we have seen; it not only cuts, but mashes the stalks, 
aud at the same time does the work very rapidly— 
being capable, when operated by a horse of cutting at 
least five tons in a day. 
WEEKLY ROUTINE OF HOUSE-WORK. 
The following lias been published in substance before, 
but will bear repeating. A female friend of ours has 
continued it, (except during severe sickness,) for many 
years, and found it to work well. The figures stand for 
six working days of the week:— 
2. Washing—rain or shine. 
3. Baking bread and ironing—examine inventory of 
clothes, 8tc. , and see that none are missing. 
4. Making pies and cake—mending clothes—counting 
knives, forks, spoons, Sec., to see all is right. 
5. Miscellaneous or “extra” work. 
6 . Baking bread, pie, and cake—examine pickles, pre¬ 
serves, &c., and pork in brine. 
7. Cleaning house, door-knobs, Sec., and scrubbing 
floor. 
In addition to the above, feather-beds are aired the 
first sunny day; and in winter, vegetables.are examined 
weekly, to see they are not rotting or sprouting. 
Fried Potatoes. —The French method of cooking 
potatoes affords a most agreeable dish. The potatoes- 
arc peeled, wiped,, and cut into thin slices, then tin-own 
into a frying pan containing an abundance of hot lard. 
As soon as they become brown and crispy they are 
thrown into a collandcr to drain, then sprinkled with 
salt, and served up as hot as possible. 
