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EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL TOUR AND SURI
VEY\
Several gentlemen interested in the
advancement of agricultural science and
f; ^tiMtyfovement, and of rural education,
have proposed to Mr. Henry Colrnan, late
Commissioner of Agricultural Survey of
Massachusetts, to visit Europe for those
objects. The plan is for him to spend a
year in England, in the examination of
the Husbandry and Rural Economy of
that country : and a year on the continenf,
in the examination of Frenc^, FletnSwiss,
and German Husbandry, and
,4 ^Specially the Agricultural or Manual
1 Labor Schools and the Experimental
Farms. >
t It is thought that such an examination, J
as yet never undertaken by an American, !
might, if well conducted, essentially con- I
duce to the advancement of agricultural
knowledge and improvement m this country,
and especially serve the cause of rural.and
practical education, which is now
exciting great interest throughout the
United States. The general plan of the
survey will conform to Mr. Colruan's Survey
of the Agriculture of Massachusetts.
Tt is proposed to publish his reports in
successive numbers. The first number
is expected to appear hy the first of Jan?arv,
1843, and sooner if practicable^
The rest of the numbers will follower'
convenient succession, at intofvtfl.s of
two or three months. /
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her, to sunscri i)crs. vfciiiicmcM ? iiu .
scribe, are understood as subscribing for
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or, otherwise, one dollar on the delivery
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delivery of the second number; one on
the delivery of the fifth number ; one on
the delivery of the seventh number; and
one on the delivery of the ninth number,
should the work be extended to ten num.bcrs.
Mr. Colman will leave for Europe as
soon as the subscription will warrant the
undertaking.
i An early return is respectfully requested
x>f gentlemen to whom this is sent, ad.
dressed to Henry Colman, Rochester,
N, Y.; to Little & Brown, Boston, Mass.;
or to Luther Tucker, Cultivator Office,
Albany, N. Y.
It will be seen from the above adver|
tisement, that the subscriber contemplates
a tour in Europe for agricultural inquiry
f and observation. This enterprise has Ween
commenced under the encouragement of
sonic of the most distinguished friends
f- and advocates of agricultural improve.
I ment in the country; and with a strong |
conviction on his own part, after giving
* * mature consideration, that
Igr IO II UIC in"
lift in no manner coultl he, in his humble
sphere, render so essential a service to
l&^^he groat cause which lie has so long had
| a^h^art, the cause of an improved husl
bandry, and the enlargement of the com[.
forts and the elevation of the character
I and condition of the rural classes.
\ He has had the greatest satisfaction in
jf finding so cheerful and liberal a co-opeI
ration in his enterprise, not merely of
I personal friends, but of gentlemen in va
rious parts of the country, upon whose
| kindness he had no claim, from an avowed
I conviction of the great utility of the un[
dertaking if it can be well executed.?
The Massachusetts Society for promoting
agriculture, with that signal liberality
and intelligence by which their measures
k have always been directed, have subscribed
"far one hundred copies of the Reports,
intendiog them for distribution in
^v^ricultural premiums, or otherwise. The
WrSjL??slrr County Agricultural Society
kLL ?*^N^h ut*U t s, which may justly claim
of a pattern society in it>
! zeal^fT the practical wisdom of its men
surVtor agricultural improvement, hav<
impropriated two hundred dollars from it
funds for the same object. The Esse:
County Agricultural Society, Mass.
have, us in the former case, distinctly
and emphatically approved the object by
their resolutions, and added the more sub
stantial encouragement of a subscriptior
for twenty.five copies, with the exprcs.
sion of their regret that, on account ol
recent drafts upon their funds, they were
unable to do more. The Berkshire Agricultural
Society in Massachusetts, at an
informal meeting of the Board of Trustees,
have likewise pledged their liberal
co-operation, which will he confirmed at
their regular meeting. The Ontario Agricultural
Society, N. Y... besides passing
resolutions highly commendatory of the
project, have followed in the footsteps of
the Worcester Agricultural Society.?
These are all the agricultural societies in
D ?
the country before which the subject has,
as vet. been brought.
J ' o
A single pul)Iic spirited individual in
the county of Seneca, Judge Sackett, has
made himself personally responsible for
one hundred copies of the Reports, for
that society and county. Another individual,
near Boston, whose patronage of
every good enterprise-is well known, and
whom Heaven seems to have blessed with
wealth only that he might do good '.vith
it, has made a subscription for one bundred
copies. Another individual, equally
distinguished through a long life for his
public spirit, has subscribed for fifty
copies. Thirteen individuals have subscribed
for twenty-five copies each ; five,
for ten each ; and many for five and lesser
numbers. Indeed, the subscription has
scarcely been presented to an individual
who has refused his aid, or hesitated as
to the utility of the pioject; and embraces
many of the best names in the country.
The subscriber would do great injustice
to his own grateful feelings, if he did not
acknowledge in these subscriptions, much
of personal kindness and confidence, testimonials
of regard and good will which
be cannot too highly estimate ; nut at
the same time, he is equally happy in
knowing^^^ttothing 0f this sort would
[t a not the object itself
<#f^knowfedged public utility.
It may be said that English or European
agriculture- cannot be adapted to our
condition. A difference in climate, in
soil) in itic price ui, ur hiciim^ hi pitjv.ui>
ing labor, and in various circumstances
which are obvious, must, of course, materially
affect the agriculture of each country!;
but, at the same time, there must be
much that is general which is equally applicable
to both. In countries where the
agricultural art has been carried to so
great a degree of perfection as in England
and some parts of the continent,
there must be a great deal to be learned,
which cannot fail to be highly instructive
and useful. If it be said that this can be
learned from books, we can only reply
that it is books upon this subject, which
we design to put into the hands of our
farmers; and with this difference : The
accounts we have had of foreign agriculture
have been, in most instances,
from foreigners themselves. In such
cases, it is to be expected, from their long
familiarity with their own course of husbandry,
that many things would escape
notice or not be deemed worthy of obscr
vation, and yet in themselves quite important,
which would at once strike the
notice of a stranger; and it is our object
to enable the American farmer to look at
foreign agriculture with American eyes.
But many improvements are now going
on, in England in particular, of the highest
importance, in some respects vastly
reducing the expenses of cultivation ; in
some, more than doubling the crops.?
The process of sub-soil ploughing and
under-ground draining, the practice of
irrigation, the introduction of a variety
of new manures?manures of a portable,
concentrated, and most active character,
are matters exciting great attention, and
of which, besides the information obtained
from foreign agricultural periodicals,
much more is doubtless to be learnt from
personal inquiry and observation. The
product of wheat has been in many parts
of Cireat Britain actually doubled by improved
modes of culture. What can he
more important than to know precisely
and fully what these modes can he?
The quality of the dairy products ol
England, and of some parts of the conti.
ncnt, are universally admitted to he much
superior to our own in general, and in
ronrLrnfc ill tllO World. tllOV COinmaiK!
V/0? ... ? - - 9 - J
a higher price. It must be a great gain
if by any exact information to be obtaincr
abroad, our dairy produce, as most cer
tainlv can be dor.p, can be brought int<
an equal competition with others. Tlx
1 new Tariff laws of England, now pro
' posing to open English ports to many o
oiir agricultural products, especially it
the articles of cured provisions, it is obvi
oiisly of high importance to learn precise
i lv in what form they may be best sent in
; to their market?, since the succes?of sue!
J
A
2
-J shipments must materially depend on this
e ! circumstance.
s The production of silk in this country
t is destined to he, or is capable of he,
coining a most important and profitable
' branch of rural industry. It is obvious.
r ly of great moment to learn the whole i
- course of treatment of the worms and the
i management of the filatures in countries ;
where*the ?rt has been longest pursued)
f and carried to a high degree of perfeci
i tion.
1 Much discussion has been had in our
agricultural conventions, on the subject
of establishing Experimental Farms and
Agricultural or Manual Labor Schools.
As yet, no such establishments can be
said to exist among us but in a limited or
very qualified degree. In Europe they
have existed for some time; and under
I the patronage of the Government in
France, and, we believe, in seme other
States of Europe, they have been
established on a liberal scale; and the
course of education pursued is highly sci!
entific and enlarged. If for no other object
than to ascertain with exactness and
! detail, the condition and success of these
J establishments, the subscriber feels that
! in his mission he may render a most valuI
able service to the country.
But were nothing else gained than the
drawing of public attention to these subjects,
and stimulating and encouraging
that awakened zeal in the cause of agricultural
improvement, which is now rife
throughout the country, and consequently
quickening our own efforts for our own
.progress, no smail benefit to the individual
and public must accrue.
The subscriber might much enlarge
upon this subject, but he would not task
too severely the indulgence of his readers.
The expenses of the enterprise be|
ing of necessity very great, it is indi.spen'
I-1 ? ..U I ,1 im.aai1ha ft 1 ft oi.Ia
SHUIK inai lit; aiKiuiu |IIUV.UIC a iaigc au>/scription.
Sufficient subscriptions have
not yet been made perfectly to secure the
expenses; but the confident expectation
of completing such a number, warrants
the subscriber in saying that he designs
to leave in the coming spring. In the
mean time, he respectfully asks of those
perAal friends and the friends of agri- ,
culture, throughout the country, disposed ,
to favor the project, tj transmit their j
nnmcs to him at aiT~earry~tlaier *1
masters are at lil>erty to do this free of j
expense; and any individual procuring a j
number of names and becoming respon- 1
sihle for their payment, sl^all receive a 1
very liberal commission.
The amount of a subscription it is oh- 1
vious, when it is considered that there 1
will he two or three years to pay it in, is ~
very small. It may four?it may be
five dollars, according to the number of
the reports issued in the course of that |
time. No advance is desired where the
undersigned is not known to the individual
making a subscription ; or where for
any reason there is a reluctance in making
such advance. The reports will he sent
to all the large cities, where there are
subscribers, and delivered without charge,
unless where ordered to be sent by mail.
After the first of March ensuing, the subscriber
may be addressed by mail or otherwise
at Boston, Massachusetts.
0^7" The subscriber has already the I
promise from many friends, of letters of
! introduction to their friends in England
j or on the continent; and he hegs leave
j to say) that he shall feel himself particularly
honored and obliged by any letters
of introduction to any gentleman who
would welcome his mission or in any
way assist its objects, or otherwise render
him any office of civility or kindness.
' IIis objects being wholly public, he will
anxiously avail himself of every advan1
tage and facility of intercourse and observation
with intelligent and respectable
persons abroad.
HENRY COLMAX.
Rochester, Jan. 2, 1843.
VALUE OF PLASTER.
I The subjoined extract fiorn a communication,
which appeared in the last Massachusetts
Ploughman, speaks in just
terms of the value of Plaster as a manure,
and as the experience of the writer ac- \
cords in results with our own, we give it
. insertion.?Am. Farmer.
''In passing through Pennsylvania, !
which I frequently did, I heard much said
! pf the benefits of Plaster of Paris ; a great
?' many of the farmers, I was told, would
come fifty miles to Philadelphia, in the
time of last war, and give twenty dollars
i per ton for Plaster, and let their manure
i go down the stream rather than to be at
I the trouble to cart it on their lands. I do
* ' 1.??. n AnnAHinrr r\ C if Cr\r T
, noi SpUcllV (11 11113 ?!? a|;|jiuiiii^ ui ii( ivi *.
| think every farmer ought to make as much
manure us possible. I was told the way
} the Dutch farmers used it there was to
, : sow clover and put one or two bushels of
plaster to the acre and plough in the crop
and sow wheat. I was informed in Baltimore
that a great deal of land on the
1 eastern shore of Maryland which had
* been worn out by raising tobacco and
" corn had been reclaimed by the use of
plaster. Having got my ideas so raised,
h the first thing I did after I got a piece of
?' *- * a
j land was to try it, and in throe weeks j
aftei I applied it. On examination I i
: thought as the Queen of Shoba did when
i she visited King Solomon, ' the half had !
.
! not been told moit was applied to a
! nippo (if t/ia mo/?il udiicli lind ,o/ion(lir i
I IWUKI T OV/II TT II IV I I IIUU I tlyVH I' V
| been laid down and one crop of hay cut
I from it, say half a ton to the acre. On
the first examination after the plaster was
applied there was three times as much as
where there was none. A part of this
piece of land has been kept fur a pasture
ever since and never has been ploughed,
and I think I can safely say there is not
another piece of land in town that produces
more feed, it has frequently been
plastered since, and occasionally ashes
h$ve been applied as a top-dressing.?
The manure the cattle have dropped has
every year been gathered up and put into
the manure heap, so that it has no other i
dressing but plaster and ashes except the
urine from the cattle. i
Well, being so well pleased with the I
result of this small experiment I tried it a J
large scaie on my farm with as favorable <
results. On many places three bushels of .
plaster would make more grass grow than I
twenty loads of manure. I fenced off ^
nine acres that had been fed very close 1
ivtr oUa/il\ f*r\? n nn rv* I\r* w /?T ?*aa O. 1/1 i f
ii j i wi a uuiiHst;! i j v5i no j 1111 uaa }
the highest part where the sheep had gen- t
enlly lain through the nights; this was t
plastered at the rate of three bushels to \
the acre; the next season it pastured (
from May to September twelve cows, at 1
the rate of three-fourths of an acre to a t
cow, and they had as much feed as they r
could eat. and on a great part of it we i
could have mowed a good crop in hay i
time.
From this time people began to use
plaster considerably, and found a very ?
great benefit from it; many of the old pas- 1
tures which were covered over with moss *
were converted into beautiful fields of clo- I
vcr ; but strange to tell, just on the eve *
when our pastures began to be clothed *
with a beautiful verdure and our farms f
bid fair to produce double what they were f
wont to do, there was a story got up by r
some gossip which spread like wild-fire, ?
that this plaster which had produced such c
wonderful effects was not what it was I"
craeked ug to he ; that it would ruin the P
land if we continued to use it; if it did t
not happen in our day it would in our i
childrens'; that it would run our land all I
L:ut and our children would become beg- b
^ars. Now as this story, like other hug- u
SeaTS, fiflsTiad" its day, 1 find they are be- v
ginning very moderately to use it again, r
Utopc that no farmer will rest satisfied t
until he has given it a fair trial; the v
expense is very trifling ; at present I be- v
lievc it can be bought for two dollars per i:
ton ; that it won't cost more than twenty- t
five cents per bushel, three bushels per f
I I 1 1 I 1? ll L . t _
acre, which is a great picniy ; mai iihj y
expense of manuring an acre is seventy- ci
five cents, which will pay but a small part c
of the expense of carting.on any other c
kind of manure if you had it given to you. t
Wherever the plaster will do any good it r
ought to be applied ; and the only way I s
know of is to try it. On some land it will I
do no good I am confident. I had a t
large piece of plain on my farm, on which s
I could not see the least benefit from it; t
this was a deep black loam and rather I
moist; as soon as I went from this plain, f
over nil the hills it worked wonders. f
Yours with respect",
Bknj. Wheeler. <
Farmingham, Jan. 2d, 1843. <
I
From the Southern Planter. ]
ruta baga. <
Messrs. Editors,?In my communication
on the culture of the white enrrot, I
promised to give you my method of culti- !
voting, and the product of my field of !
Riita Bagas.
The piece you saw when at my farm,
contained about three and a half acres, '
and had lain in pasture a number of years; :
it was carefully turned over in the fall of <
1840 ; and in the spring following, cross- (
ploughed and harrowed, and laid out in
fnrrows two nnd a half feet apart, and
planted with potatoes. The knolls, which i
incline more to sand, were manured with '
horn-shavings and hogs' bristles, one
handful to each set. Twelve rows through 1
the middle were manured with salt mack
orcl, which were spoiled, half a fish to cv.
ery set. It was an unfavorable season
for potataes, a severe drought in the summer
having injured their growth. The
rows manurcj^with the salt fish, I noticed,
stood the drought much better than any
other part of the field ; vines large and of
a dark healthy color, when the others
were brown and shrivelled, and on digging
we found them of a large and even size,
and of excellent quality, and the yield far
t hotter than any other part of the field,
j Last winter, I purchased twenty-six
; two horse loads of the refuse of a glue factory,
consisting of lime, bones, wool, hair,
and pieces of pelt, some of which had lain
j for two or three years. To twenty loads
of this I added forty loads of yard manure,
anil had it well mixed. In the spring it
was ploughed seven inches dpep, and left
until the middle of June, when the ma.
nure was hauled on and evenly spread,
t nil rvppnt nhoilt three- I
X iltwil V. KJ \*% \J" >11 i
1 .
: quarters of an acre, on winch was put six
; toads of the factory refuse, without any
yard manure. The piece was then
ploughed and harrowed, thoroughly mix.
' ing the soil and manure. It was then
i thrown into ridges twenty-feeveu inches
apart, the same as for the carrots; fops
flattened with the roller, nnd seed denosf.!
I
ted with the drill, (Bemcnt's,) on the 18th
of June. <
On that part of the field where the yard i *
manure was applied, the plants made their <
appearance on the fourth day after sow. \
ing, while on that part where the refuse of I
the glue fnctory was put, they'showed f
very few plants until the tenth dav, and (i
then they were sickly in appearance, and p
grew so tardily that the flea devoured p
them about as fast as they made their appearance.
In fact, we were obliged to g
transplant to fill up vacancies, on the il
whole three-quarters of an acre?showing
most conclusively that the ruta bagas u
require a quick and active manure to give tl
them an early 9tart to get them out of ?
the way of their greatest enemy, the tur
nip flea or beetle.
On the 18th of July, the cultivator was
*
run between the rows, and they were
thinned with the hoe in the same manner
is the carrots, leaving the plants from
eight to ten inches apart in the drills. In i ^
\ugust, the cultivator was again run 1
hrough them, and thev were hoed at inter- i
rata when convenient. Nothing more ^
-vas done to them until we commenced ^
julling in November. The crop meas- ^
ired 2,355 bushels. I will here remark,
hat when the salt fish was used the year
)revious, it was strikingly visible, at some ^
listance ; the tops being of a darker hue, oj
ligher, and more vigorous, and they con- ^
inued 60 through the summer, and on ^
aising we found them thicker and longer
n the neck and smaller in the bulb, show. _
Cf
ng that salt will increase the top at the sxpense
of the bottom. .
The greater part of the cr3p was stowed ^
n a cellar?the remainder was pat in
leaps, in the field, for feeding my ewes j"
vhen they have lambs in the spring. The CJ
leaps are made in the following maimer;
vhich I never knew to fail, when they ^
vere properly attended to. A trench six
eet wide, of any length required, and one ~
oot deep, is dug in a dry situation, geneally
on a knoll; the root?*are thrown ^
nto this trench and piled up in the form
f a roof. A coat of straight straw of
rom eight to ten inches in thickness, is
iut on in such a position as to conduct
he water off, if any should reach it.?
Sarth is now thrown on by digging a m
rench around the heap, beginning at the se
?*? .1 ! j iu? ...i.i.. i
luiiuiu unu uruwuu umii tut; vjhuic aj
9 covered. The earth will press the sj.raw nt
ttucirp re vents Tfs runriinjflhreugh to the 8C
oots. A coat of ten or twelve inches; in vc
his chmaff Vs sqfficicnt for our common el
vinters. The^french will prevent the a
vater from getting into the heap. There w
s more danger of getting the covering too th
hick than too thin. I have suffered more
rom heat than fro9t. After the earth is th
>ut on, it should be carefully clapped dr
lown with the spade, to make it more su
effectually shed the rains. After a few bl
lays I take a crowbar and thrust it in the ar
op along the ridge down into the heap, it*
)o matter if it breaks some of the roots,
ind open holes about three feet apart, to th
et the gas or vapor off, whiclTis genera. d<
ed by- a partial fermentation. A flat til
itone, raised a little, on one edge set up al
in inch or twq, or a wisp of straw may w
>e put into thcholes to prevent the rain at
rom getting in, which completes the work bt
or the winter. tu
With me the ruta baga is a valuable re
:rop.?They afford the greatest quantity
if food, for my stock, from an acre, while bi
they seem to exhaust the land less and b<
less and leave it in the best possible con- n
Jition for a succeeding crop. It is too j-ich tf
for oats, but well calculated for barley, tl
and clover seed always " takes'* well, hi
sown with it. I feed them to my cattle, s<
sheep, hogs, (boiled,) and occasionally to tl
my horses. For calves the first winter, tc
they are very valuable, keeping their tl
bowels open and loose ; they will grow aj
and thrive without running too much to j si
r? . tUnir nnslo amnnlh onr) nrlnUV. find S<
lUt ) liiLil i/U(?vo oiiivuiu umu | .
continue to grow through the winter, and o
14 S? to grass" >n ^"6 condition, by which p
they gain at least six months in their
growth over those wintered in the too-'
common and ordinary way. Heifers win- j
tcred in the above nsmner will answer to
come in at two year^ old. I have one ^
no.v in my yard that will not be two years
old until January next; she had a calf
last March, and has been milked ever ^
0 G
since, and I cannot perceive that her t
growth-has been retarded in consequence,
and she is now as large as common three ^
year olds. ,
C. N. Bkmrnt.
There is a simplicity, perspicuity, min- ^
uteress, and exactness in Mr. Bement's
reports of agricultural experiments, worthy
the imitation of all those who would assist \
in the collection and dissemination of agricultural
facts.
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OXFORD SAUSAGKS. ^ j
The following recipe for
celebrated Oxford Sausages, so
siderated by the lovers of good eatuffiHH
England, is from a
Ingrcdienif\-?\jui * UB"' W'n"fc>
pig meat cut from thesa' '^UU |
any skin, and a half a pound of veaL j
pound and a half of bfibf suet, the y*' /K
and whites of five eggs. A dessert spoofed J
ful of sifted sage, after being well.dried. J
Pepper and salt to taste. / .. . y,r
To make the above into Sausages,-r-;!
Chop the meal into small pieces and then *4
0
pound it together in a marble mortar till R
w short arrd fender.
Chop the suet very fine, and when ffor
sggs are well beaten together, after the
white specks are taken out, poor the liquid
>ver the pounded meat and chapped suet,
veil kneading it together with a cfetm
tand, throwing rr> the sifted sage, and pep- _
>er and salt from a coarsish pepper box
luring the operation, so as to fet them rnv
>regnate the whcrfc mast without being
iredominant in any part of it.
Press the whole when well mixed toother
into a wide mouthed jar, and keep
I from tho air in a cold place.
Roll the sausages on a flour boardamf
se very little, grease in frying them, as
r>ey will be fat enough to fry tiwaMetvefli
rflh the aid of a frying pom.
. Planter r
LIME AND MARSH MUtf.
From the American Farmer.
A gentleman distinguished for goodf
tid great qualities, tells us, that on ?
indy seil, he has found lime a powerful
frtilizer. A poor field put in corn?yield
0 bushels?followed by oats?crop light
-succeeded by wheat?yield not merer
lan the seed?limed, and next crop gavw j.
9 bushels to the acre. Experience has S
;ught him the great value tfmtr.h
specially when used in combination with*
small quantity of lime. Keeps a amatf
tree especially assigned to (he collectioit
F marsh mud, weeds, leaves, mould from
ic woods, dec., and is amply compeftoad
for it?cannot too highly recommend
ie use of marsh mud?has covered scv- ^
al acres with brushwood. The
ng effect very obvious, and thinks ptior
nd may be reclaimed by a covering of j
ushwood, very soeedily, and wiih-grtiit:
ionomy as to the labor and the resultsvery
careful to have all brush not large
lough for fire wood, even the pruning of 4
is orchards, reserved to be spread upon ]
te most exhausted portions of his land. ]
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From Miss Leslie's Magazine.
EMALE HEALTH AND BEAUTY. jj
By Mrs. A. Walker. %
COSMETICS AND CLEANLINESS.
Acids and Spirituous Compositions
Many of the pretended cosmetics sold
j general perfumers,'and by a great
iraber of ignorant persons who call theme
Ives chemists, are composed of acida 4
id spirits.; and veryUVeqnejitly they ye jJ
?thina Vvl? xinagaf- p/r(IS' of" kins
anted. Even enII <1* Cologne, ao much |
iunted and so ^nuch used, is (nothing J
sc than spirits of Wine distiHed through, fl
few unimportant aromatic herbs: honey V
ater, Hungary water, &c., are made i% Oj
e same way. ye
Vinegar and sprits do certainly clean ?
0 skin ; but th^|7Ccjwent use of .be? m
ics and contracts it. Hie delicate tin.
le of the cuticlp requires the imperceptt. H||
e unctuous moisture that nature exhales^jHH
td this the application of acids and spijr-HjH
1 destroys.
Astringent vinegars, especially those
at have been so much praised of
irive their property fiom a certain quaj^^^|
ty of alum, in a state of solution. Nq||Ml3fi
um possesses an astringent property?
hich produces great tensions of the skinjMjB
; first, it appears brilliant and po!ish0<M^H|
it it soon loses its elasticity, and j jU
ire or deeper wrinkles are the intilttjfflHP
:sult of the use of ibis saline substaflJj jgESj
Even soap, on account of the udbSBr^^l
ned alkali, which it contains, shouldM# jSjB
3 used to the skin, except when I
ot sufficient. The alkali dries and
TT *1 !_ !.
le nanus.now wrong mutt u u
le following recipe for improving; B^^JH
jauty :?"after the bands havei^Hfl^H
mped and rinsed, it is best, before
icm, to cover them again well witftjS^BJ^B
> rub the hands till a Isfher is
len to dry them without pttiBKflg^fiflH
;ain in the water: by thirVuMNmE^^^H
tin becomes very whil
>ft. It is needless to nyOttf
n the skin is but temporary
Metallic and Poisonous
These injuries are trifling
ith those which are produced
f metallic compositions, Jt isa|H^^^HB
le most deleterious suhstanotJ^^H^^^fl
3 the composstion of all
astes, and essences. "
ver seen^" says iIufcland,ift^^|^H^^B
ner mercury or leadj^d)icb^l^BH|HR^^^|
poisons.'Bpfjie
rhich some persons navetjkd^^H^B^E^^B
ood to employ for the pui?*8J?fl^^B^^Bfl
he marks of the sroall.pp* M|U^BB
ains corrosive subljTpatft
Wc arc told indeed
nd even white .ea</,
anger, if the |4a/[er
nixed be suificie/ljy w?H
lecemposed upon com!
he skin," an<r that
here a mixture of
J9\ yujp pddfi&i
&JSntiWD^r |HHH
In our days, hap^,
bitually use these
many females, wh< ajfj
or
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