THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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September 12.] 
stored away in some close dry slied for use when re¬ 
quired. 
Onions, pull up, dry well, and store away. 
Carrots.— Where the leaves begin to look yellowish 
would he better taken up and stored away in some dry 
cool place. 
Radishes and Mustard and Cress. —Sow in suc¬ 
cession. 
Spinach, thin out 10 inches from plant, and earth 
stir often. 
Tomatos, or Love ARples, should he continually 
topped, in order that the fruit may have the whole 
benefit of the sap. Let the fruit-laden branches he all 
nailed up securely, so that the fruit may he as much as 
possible exposed to the rays of the sun, hut keep all the 
ripe fruit closely gathered' in, and should there he an 
appearance of severe weather set in for a night or two, 
collect in tho unripe before frost-bitten, and place it 
either in a warm kitchen, or on a dry shelf in the hot¬ 
house, or in any such kind of place, where nearly the 
whole would ripen off well, if the fruit be full grown. 
Cape Buocoli and Cauliflowers nearly full grown i 
and heading in, water with liquid manure. 
T. Weaver. 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
— 
SCALES OF EXPENDITURE. 
By the Authoress of“ My Flowers," Ac., Ac. 
The second estimate given, is for a man, his wife, and 
three children, receiving an income of 2-is per week, or A’02 
per annum. 
PROVISIONS WEEKLY. .£ s. D. 
Bread and flour for five persons, 24 lbs., at l§d.. 0 3 0 
Butter, lib., at Is. 0 1 0 
Cheese, ^lb., at Od. 0 0 3 
Milk. 0 1 0 
Tea—once a day—2 ozs., at 3s. Od. 0 0 5§ 
Sugar, 2 lbs., at 4d. 0 0 8 
Grocery—chiefly rice, oatmeal, and condiments.. 0 0 7 
Meat, fish, Ac.—say meat at od.—0 lbs. 0 2 0 
Vegetables . 0 1 2 
Beer. 0 1 0 
Coals and wood . 0 1 10 
Candles—average § lb., at Od. 0 0 3 
Soap, starch, blue, Ac. 0 0 3§ 
Sundries, for cleaning, scouring, &c. 0 0 2 
Total for household expenses 0 14 8 
Clothes, haberdashery, &c. 0 4 0 
Rent. 0 2 0 
Total expense. 1 1 2 
Saving. 0 2 10 
Amount of income. 1 4 0 
In this estimate I have made one or two trifling alterations 
as regards the price of articles, which is, of course, somewhat 
different now to that which prevailed when the calculation 
was formed; but the quantities I have given exactly as they 
are stated, with the exception of butter, which I have re¬ 
duced from two pounds to one, as in the case of children, 
where milk is plentiful butter is not required, and a little 
treacle is a good and cheap substitute for it in cases where 
something is needed to moisten the bread. I have also 
allowed a few pence more per week for milk, as I do not 
consider (from the experience of others) that one penny per 
day is sufficient for this useful and wholesome beverage, 
where there are little children ; and besides it may furnish 
a meal on many occasions for the parents also. 
Tea only once a-day, appears a serious grievance to those 
who truly enjoy that unequalled refreshment; but I can only 
assure them, that what is right, and acted upon in a right 
spirit, will prove an easier undertaking than can be imagined 
by those who suffer themselves to murmur at every little 
inconvenience that befals them. Many a cup of tea has, I 
know, been drank and relished too, when warmed up again 
for a second meal. If drained from the leaves, put by in a 
clean jug, and warmed in a clean saucepan, with a table 
nicely laid out, and thankful hearts, we shall not make a 
much less comfortable meal than if we had the best and 
strongest infusion that money and skill can produce. I 
have stated the price of tea at 3s Od per pound, which 
is a fraction less than 2Jd per ounce, but 1 have placed it at 
that amount for convenience sake. It is a low price I admit, 
but our food must bo in proportion to our finances. Such 
excellent tea can be purchased at the large establishments in 
London at 3s 8d per pound, that a trifling reduction in price 
may bo made with little discomfort by those to whom every 
penny is an object, and who will contentedly enjoy that which 
their narrow means afford. I beg particularly to direct the 
attention of such of my readers as can procure it to the tea 
at 3s 8d per pound, sold at the Messrs. Twining’s, in London. 
It is far superior to that purchased from country shops at 
4s and 5s per pound, and amply repays the carnage in 
goodness, to those who can indulge in a trifling additional 
expense. The larger the house at which we deal, the 
cheaper we shall make our purchases, of all articles of 
grocery, cheese, &c. Small country shops are invariably the 
highest priced. j 
I have stated sugar at 4d per pound. Excellent brown ; 
sugar can be bought in London, I know, at 3d; but in the 
country it is always dearer. We should prefer a finer, more 
lady-like sample at 5d, but we are struggling with the world, 
and even an extra penny must be resisted. 
I may be considered too low in the price I have allowed 
for meat, both in my first estimate and the present; but 
I write for the poor, and not for the rich, and many con¬ 
trivances can be made to bring down the butcher’s account 
to my level. In towns, if meat is bought in the evening, 
after the business of the day is over, it is procured cheaper 
than at an earlier horn-. Nice little bits of different sorts of I 
meat—fit for puddings, pies, soups, &c.,—will be sold cheap, 
because they are trimmings cut from joints, and are usually 
set aside for small customers; but they are prime meat, and 
better adapted for puddings, stews, &c., than other parts. 
It always appears a pity to cut up a nice joint of meat into 
bits for those purposes. If a lady takes her little basket to 
the butcher’s shop late in the afternoon or evening, she will 
find many excellent little pieces that will be sold cheap, 
rather than suffered to remain on hand; and the shin-bones 
of beef are always low in price, and make most nourishing, 
relishing soup ; or baked in a brown dish in the oven form a 
capital stew. Cow-heels are excellent and nutritious, so are 
ox-tails and cheeks ; bullocks’ liver is very cheap, and yet, 
fried in slices, as calves’ liver is dressed, is little inferior to 
it; although we are accustomed to consider it beneath our 
notice. Poverty teaches us many wholesome lessons; and 
if supported with child-like docility and faith in Him who 
appoints for us our “ portion of meat,” as well as “ the 
bounds of our habitation," will invariably prove a blessing in 
disguise. Many tastes, many prejudices, many fine and 
foolish notions will be exposed, or uprooted, or subdued; and 
in every instance we shall find ourselves wiser or happier j 
than we were before. Even if we only feel that, instead of 
worsted-work and crotchet we are doing a useful work in our 
daily existence, we shall benefit in no small degree, and feel 
more real satisfaction in ourselves. Our hands may not 
perhaps be quite so delicate, but our minds will be kept from 
many cogitations that do us no good ; and will be busy about 
useful things at least, if not refined ones. We shall prepare 
and relish many simples that in richer days would have been 
thrown aside, or considered unfit for the table of gentility; 
