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Several gentlemen interested in the
mdnmoement of agricultural science and
im pro foment, and of rural education,
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-v It is thought that such an examination,
-as yet never undertaken by an American,
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Mr. Caiman will leave for Europe as
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wdnhkisg.
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of gentlemen to whom this is sunt, addrasssd
to Henry Colman, Rochester,
If. Y.j to Little da Brown, Beaton, Mass.;
or to Luther Tucker, Cultivator Office,
Albany, If# Y.
Yt will be seen from the above adver.
fakement, that the subscriber contemplates
a tour in Europe for agricultural inquiry
and observation. This enterprise has been
commenced under the encouragement of
H>ma of the most distinguished friends
and advocates of agricultural improve.
men! ?* the country ; end with a strong
conviction on hie own part, after giving
Co it the moet mature consideration, that
no manner could ho, in his humble
sphere, render so essential a service to
the great cause which lie has so long had
heart, tho cause of an improved husbandry,
and the enlargement of the coin.
Torts and the elevation of the character
end condition of the rural classes.
He Km had the greatest satisfaction in
Hading so cheerful and liberal aco.operation
in his enterprise, not merely of
^personal friends, but of gentlemen in va.
rious parte of tho country, upon whose
kindness he had no claim, from an avowed
Conviction of tho great utility of the un.
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The Massachusetts Society for promoting
grieuHurr, with that signal liberality
and intelligence hy which thoir measures
-hare always been directed, have sub.
etrilied for one hundred copies of the Repotts,
intending them for distribution in
agricultural premiums, or otherwise. The
Worcester County Agricultural Society
of Massachusetts, which mny justly claim
the character of a pattern society in its
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zeal and the practical wisdom of its measures
for agricultural improvement* have
appropriated two hundred dollars from its
funds for the same object. The Essex
County Agricultural Society* Mass.*
have* as in the former case, distinctly
and emphatically approved the object by
tlioir resolutions* and added the more substantial
encouragement of a subscription
for twenty-five copies* with the exprcssion
of their regret that* on nccOurit of
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,
hare likewise pledged their liberal
co-operation, which will be 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
the country before rfrhich the subject has,
as yet, been brought.
A single public 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 lieaven seems to have blessed with
wealth only that he might do good with
it, has made a subscription for one hundred
copies. Another individual, equally
distinguished through a long life for his
public spirit, has q^ibscribed for fifty
copies. Thirteen individuals have subscribed
for taenty-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 project; and embraces
many of the best names in the country.
The subscriber would do great injustice
to hiaown grateful feelings, if he did not
acknowledge in those subscriptions, much
of personal kindness and confidence, testimonials
of regard and good will which
he cannot tow highly estimate ; but at
the same time, he is equally hnppy in
knowing that nothing of this sort would
have been done, were not the object itself
r i i_ ? - i - wi* -
in ncHnowiwugca punuc utility.
It may be said lhat English or Europe,
an agriculture cannot be adapted to our
condition. A difference in climate, in
soil, in tho price of, or facility of procuring
labor, and in various circumstances
which are obvious, must, of course, materially
affect the agriculture of eneh country};
hut, at the snmo time, there isuet be
much that is goneral which is equally applicable
to both. In countries where the
agricultural art has l>een carried to so
great a degree of perfection as in England
and some parts of the continent,
thero must be a great deal to be learned,
which cannot fail to be highly instructive
and useful. If it be said that this csn be
learned from books, wo can only reply
that it is books upon this subject, which
we design to put into the hands of our
farmerii; and with this difference i The
accounts wo have had of foreign sgriculture
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 husbnndry,
that many things would escape
notice or not be deemed worthy of observation,
and yet in themselves quite important,
which would at once strike the
notice of a stranger ; and it is our object
to ennlllfl (Ha tm?r;i?nn r.- 1 - -
UIM1CI IU |U()K Ul
foreign agriculture with American eyes.
Bat many improvements are now going
on, in England in particular, of the high,
eat 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 Great Britain actually doubled by im. |
proved modos of culture. What can ho
more important than to know precisely
and fully what theso modes can lie?
The quality of the dairy products of
England, and of some parts of the dffhti.
nent, are universally admitted to bo much
superior to our own in general, and in
most markets in tho world, they command
a higher price. It must be a grrnt gain,
if by any exact information to be obtained
abroad, our dairy produce, as most certainly
can l?o done, can be brought into
an equal competition with others. The
new Tariff laws of England, now pro?
?
r/ ->...? to upnn ivngush ports to mnny of!
our agricultural products, especially in J
the nrticles of cured provisions, it is obviously
of high importance tolcnrn precisely
in what form they may bo best sent in.
to their markets, since the success of such i
ft
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lW. SOUTH-CAROLINA,
r:?> ) o.'i u]/)|)iVill>9 t-'i li j ,
shipments must materially depend on this
circumstance.
The production of sijk in this country
is destined to l>et or. is capnblo of bo- ,
coming a most important and profitable
lirupch of rural industry. It if ohviously
of great moment to learn tlio whole
courao of treatment of the worms and the
management of the filature? in Countries
where (he nrt .has.been longest pursued
and carried to a high degree of perfection.
> ? *. 4iW
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
the pdironngo of the Government "in
France, and; w believe, in pemo other
States of Eurfi?<5, ^ey have been
established on a liberal iSCfl!? the
course of education pursued is highly -,CI*
entific and enlarged. If for no other objoct
than to ascertain with exactness and
detail, the condition and success of these
establishments, the subscriber feels that
in his mission he may render a most valuable
service to the country.- . /
But were nothing else gained than the
drawing of public attontion to these subjects,
and stimulating and encouraging
that awakened zeal in the cause of agricultural
improvement, which is now rife
throughout the country, und consequent,
ly quickening our own efforts for our own
progress, no small benefit to the individual
ond public must accrue.
The subscriber might much enlarge
upon this subject, but he would not task
too severely the indulgence of his render*.
The expenses of the enterprise being
of necessity very great, it is indisponsable
that lie should procure a Urge subscription.
Sufficient subscriptions havo
not yet been made perfectly to secure the
expenses ; but the confident expectation
of completing such a number, warrants
the subscriber in snying that he designs
to leave in the coming spring. In the
mean time, he respectfully asks of those
personal friends and the friends of agriculture,
throughout the country, disposed
to favor the project, t> transmit their
nnmcs to him at an early date. Postmasters
are at liberty to do this free of
expenso; and any individual procuring a
number of names and becoming responsible
for their payment, shall receive a
very liberal coinmissipn.
The amount of a subscription it is obvious,
when it is considered that there
will be two or three years to pay it in, is
very small. It may be four?it may bo
five dollars, according to the numl>er,pf
the reports issued in the course of that
time. No advance is desired where the
undersigned is not known to tlio individual
making a subscription; or where for
any reason there is a reluctance in mnking
such advance. The reports will be sent
to all the large cities, where there are
subscribers, und 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.
OCT" The subscriber 1ms already the
promise from many friends, of letters-of
introduction to their friends in England
or on the continent; and he begs leave
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
wny assist its objects, or otherwise render
him any office of tivility or kindness.
His objects being wholly public, he will
anxiously avail himself of every advantage
and facility of intercourse and observation
with intelligent and respectablo
persons abroad.
HENRY COLMAN.
Rochester, Jan. 2, 184"*.
V ALU It OF rLASTBR.
The subjoined extract fiorn a commanication,
which appeared in the last Mas.
sachusetts Ploughman, speaks in just
torinsof the valuo of Plaster as a manure,
and as tho experience of tho writer accords
in results with our own, we give it
insortion.?Am. Farmer.
'In passing through Pennsylvania,
which I frequently did, I hoard much said
of tho benefits of Plaster of Paris ; n great
many of the farmers, I was told, would
como fifty miles to Philadelphia, in tho
time of Inst war, and give twenty dollars
per ton for Plaster, and let their mnnure
go down the stream rather than to be at
the trouble to cart it on their Innds. I do
a e -
not spent* 01 iiiim a* approving of it, for I
think ovcry farmer ought to malton* much
manure lis possible. I was told the way
the Dutch farmers used it there wm to I
aow clovor and put one or two bushels of
plaster to the acre and plough in the crop
and sow wheat. I was informed in Bal.
timoro thnt a great donl of land on the
eastern shore of Maryland which had
been worn out by rnising tobacco and
corn had boon reclaimed by the use of
plaster. Having got my ideas mo rniscd,
the first thing I did after I got a piece of
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s 07 til t< U<i1! iii' " in ??;; > !,
Tuesday, February,
land was (o try it, and in thro* weeks a
art?i 1 applied it. On examination I fl
thought aa the Queen of Sheb* did when t
she visited King Solomon, the half had o
not been told mo;" it was npptied to n
piece of loamy soil which had recently a
been laid down and one efrop of hay cut a
from it. eav half a too in :
the first examination after the plaster was 1
applied there was three times es much as v
where thoro was none. A part of this t
piece of land has been kept for a pasture g
ever since ond never has been ploughed, t
and I think I can safely say there is hot p
another piccoof land in town that produ- ti
ces more feed, it has frequently bcon *
plastored since, and occasionally ashes ii
have boon applied ns a top-dressing.? r
The manure the cattle have dropped has t!
every year been gathered up and put into l!
tho manure heap, so that it has no other n
dressing but plaster and ashes except the
urine from the cattle. i
Well, being so well plcasod with the ti
roault of thissmnU experiment I tried it a n
large scale on my farm with as favorable e
results. On mr.ny places three bushels of -J
poster would mako more grass grow than I
twenty iCtda of manure. I fenced off v
nine acres thai had been* fed very close v
by sheep for a numhor of years; this was p
the highest part where the sliccp bad gen- u
erally lain through the nights; this was t<
plastered at the rate of three bushels to p
the acre; the next season it pastured d
from May to September twelve cows, Rt h
the rate of three-fourths of an acre to n ti
Cow, and they had as much feed as they ri
could oat. and on a great part of it we ii
could havo mowed a good crop in hay ii
timo. c
From this time.pooplo began to use
plaster considerably, and found n very <
great benefit from it; many of the old pas- I'
tures whicli were covered over with moss v
were converted into beautiful fields of clo- h
ver ; but strange to tell, just on the eve v
when our pastures began to ho clothed v
with a beautiful verdure and our farms f
bid fair to produco double what they were f
wont to do, there was a story got up by r
some gossip whicli spread like wild-fire, >
that this plaster which had produced such ?
wonderful effects was not what it was f
cracked up to bo; that it would ruin Iho |
land if we continued to use it; if it did 1
not happen in our day it would in our 1
children*'; that it would run our land all t
out and our children would become beg. b
gars. Now ns this story, hko other bug. i>
beard, has had its day, I lind they aro be- v
ginnirtg very moderately to use it again, r
I hope that no farmer will rest satisfied t
unfit be has given it a fair trial; the *
expense is very trifling ; at present I bo. \
lievo it enn be bought for two dollars per ?>
ton ; that it won't cost more than twenty^ t
five cents per bushel, three bushels per f
acre, which is a groat plenty; that the f
expense of immuring an acre is seventy, d
five cents, which will pay but a small |Mirt c
of tho cxponso 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 ho applied ; and the only way I r
know of is to try it. On some land it will I
do no good I nin confident. I had n t
large piece of plain on my farm, on which *
I could not see the least benefit from it; i
this was a deep black loam and rather I
moist ; ns soon ns I went from this plain, I
over nil "the bills it worked wonders. i
Yours with resj>cct,
Rex;. Wkerlrr. <
Farminghatn, Jan. 2d. 1843. ?
From the Southern Planter. |
HUT A BACA. (
Messrs. Editors,?In my communica- '
tionon the culture of tho whito carrot, I 1
promised to give you my method of culti. !
fating, nnd the product of my field of 1
R ita Ilagns. 1
The picco you snw whon at my farm, 1
contained uhoul three and n half acres, '
nnd had lain in pasture a number of years; 1
it was carefully turnod over in the full of '
1840 ; and in the spring following, cross- '
ploughed and harrowed, nnd luid out in
furrown two nnd n halt* feet apart, nnd '
planted with pntnloes. The knolls, which I
incline more to sand, wcro manured with '
horn.shavings and hogs' bristles, one '
handful to each set. Twelve rows through '
the middlo were manured with salt mack- 1
crel, which were spoiled, half a fish toev- '
ery set. It was nn unfavorable season '
for potataes, n severe drought in the sum- '
mer having injured their growth. Tho J
rows manured with the salt fish, I noticed, '
stood tho drought much better than nny 1
other pnrt of the field ; vinos large and of
a dark healthy color, when tho others
were brown nnd shrivelled, and on digging 1
wo found them of a large and even sizo, 1
nnd of excellent quality, and the yield fur |
hotter than nny othor port of tho field. '
Last winter, I purchasod twenty-six 1
(wo horse loads of tho rufuso of a gluo factory,
consisting of lime, bones, wool, huir,
nnd pioccs of pelt, some of which had lain
for two or three years. To twenty loads ,
of this I added forty loads of yard manure, ,
and had it well mixed. In the spring it ]
was ploughed seven inches deep, and left |
until the middle of Juno, when tho nin.
mire was hauled on nnd evenly spread, |
which coverod ull except about throe- ,
quarters of an acre, on which was put six |
loads of tho factory refuse, without nny ,
yard manure. Tho pieco was then |
ploughed and harrowed, thoroughly mix- |
ing tho soil ami manure. It was then
thrown inlo ridges twenty (seven inches <
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part, (he seme as for (be carrots ; lop*
laltened with the roller, and seed depoai.
ad with (ho drill, (Boinent's,) on (he 18th
f June.
On (hat part of (he Aeld where (he yard
nanure was applied, the plants made their
ppearance on the "fourth day after sow*
rig, while on (hat part whore the refuse of
he glue factory was put, they showed
ory few plants until tho tenth dav, and
hen they were sickly in nppearanco, and
;rew so 4ardily thnt tho flea dovourod
hem about as fast as they made their opearanco.
In fuct, we were obliged to
ranaplant to All up vacancies, on tho
rholo three-quarters of an aero?showng
most conclusively that the ruta bagas
equire a quick and active manure to give
hem an early start to get them out of
he way of their greatest enemy, the lur
iip flen or beetle.
On the 18lh of July, the cultivator was
km lirrwonn 4litl lUWK, hiiu lllf) vruiu
hinned with tho hoe in the samo manner
s the carrots, leaving the plants from
ight to (en inches apart in the drills. In
lugust, the cultivator was again run
hrough them, nnd they were hoed at inter,
als when convenient. Nothing more
roa done to them until we commonrod
ulling in November. The crop meatred
2,355 bushels. I will here remark,
hat when the saII fish was used tho year
revious, it was strikingly visible, nt aomo
istnnce ; the tops being of a darker huo,
ligher, and more vigorous, and they coninnm!
oa il**a summAa "
nrwvw ??/ IISIUU^II IIIO BMUHIIOrf UIJU Vlfl
uising wo found them thicker nnd longer
a tho neck and smallor in Iho bulb, showng
that salt will increase the top at the
xponso of the bottom.
Tho greater part of the crop was stowed
n a collar?the remainder was put in
tcaps, in the field, for feeding my owes
when they have lambs in tho spring. The
icnps aro made in the following manner,
vhich I never know to foil, whon they
rere properly attended to. A trench six
bet wido, of any length rrquirod, and ono
oot deep, is dug in a dry situation, geno.
ally on a knoll ; tho roots are thrown
nto this tronch and piled up in tho form
if 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 wntor off, if any should reach it.?
Sarth is now thrown on by digging a
ronch around the heap, beginning at the
lofiom and going around until the whole
9 covered. Tho earth will press the straw
vhich prevents its running through to tho
oots. A coat of ten or twelve inches in
his climato is sufficient fur our common
vinters. The trench will prevont the
vater from getting into the heap. There
9 more danger of getting tho covering too
hick than too thin. I have suffered more
rom heat than fro9t. After the earth is
tut on, it should be carefully clapped
Inwn with lh? ?n?<l? ? ??
-- .... ?|>??v, m nuiHu 11 more
ifToctually Hhod the rains. After a few
lays I take a crowbar and thrust it in the
op ulong the ridge down into-tlro honp,
to matter if it breaks noma of the roots,
ind open holes about three feet npnrt, to
et the gas or vapor oflT, which is genora.
cd by a partial fermentation. A flat
(tone, raised a litllo, on one edge set up
in inch or two, or a wisp of straw may
ic put into the holes to prevent tho rnin
rom getting in, which completes the work
or the winter.
With me the ruta baga is a valuable
:rop.?They afford the greatest quantity
)f food, for my stock, from an acre, while
they seem to oxhaust tho land los9 and
less and leave it in the best possible conJition
for a succeeding crop. It is too rich
for oats, but well cnlculatcd for barley,
and clover seed always " takes" well,
iown with it. I feed them to my cattle,
ihcep, liocs, f boiled. 1 and ?
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my horses. For calves Ihe first winter,
llicy are very valuable, keeping their
!>owels open and loose ; they will grow
ind thrive without running too much to
fat; their coats smooth and glossy, and
:ontinuc to grow through tho winter, and
1 S? to grass" in fine condition, by which
Ihey gain at least *ix months in their
;rowth over those wintered in the too
:oinmon and ordinary way. Heifers winlered
in the abovo manner will answer to
;oino in at two years old. 1 have one
no v in my yard that will not be two yoars
?Id until Janunry next; she had a calf
ast March, and has been milked ever
smco, and I cannot perceive that her
growth has been retarded in consequence,
ind she is now as large as common throe
year olds,
C. N. RKMKXT.
There is a simplicity, perspicuity, minuteness,
and oxactness in Mr. Bomcnt's
reports of agricultural experiments, worthy
the imitation of nil those who would assist
in the collection and dissemination of agricultural
facts.
OXFORD SAUSAUK*.
Tho following recipe for making (ho
colebrntod Oxford Sausages, so much doudernted
by the lovers of good anting in
England, in from a late English publican
lion :
Ingredients.?Ono pound and n hnlf of
pig meat cut from tho griskins without
any akin, and n half a pound of vcnl. Ono
pound and a half of hoof auot, tho yolk*
and whites of fivo eggs. A dessert spoonful
of sifted sngc, after being well dried.
Popper and salt to (nsto.
To make the above into Sausages.?
L'hop the meat into small pieces and then
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pound it together in a marble mortar till it
la abort and tender. (
Chop the suet very ffno, and when, the
egg* are well beaten together, after tU
white apecka are taken out, pour the tiqu?<l
over the pounded meat and choppedauot,
well kneading it together with a clean
hand, throwing in tho sifted sage, and pep.
per nnd salt from a coarsiah pepper box /
during the operation, so as to lot theiti .impregnate
the whole mass without being
predominant in any part of it.
Press the whole when well mixed to.
gcther into a wide mouthod jar, and kpep
it from the air in a cold place.
Roll tho sausages on a flour hoard and
use very little groftse in (Vying them, na
they will bo fnt enough to Try thomselvos
with tho aid of ft fry ing pan.
So. Planter.
LINK AMD MARSH MVP.
I From tho American Farmer.
A gentleman distinguished fur good
nnU great qualities, lolls us. that on *
sandy soil, ho has found limo powerful
fertilizer. A poor field put in corn?.yield
10 bushels?foliowod by oats?crop light
?succeeded by wheat?yield not nan
than the aoed?limed, and next crop gave
40 bushels to the acre. Experience has
(aught him the great value ? f m r h mud,
especially when used in combination with
a small quantity of limo. Keeps a small
force especially assigned to the collection
of marsh mud, weeds, leaves, mould from
tho woods, dec., and ia amply compsme.
tod for it?cannot too highly recommend
the use of marsh mud?has covored several
acres with brushtrood. The fertili.
zing effect very obvious, and thinks poor
land mny bo reclaimed by a covering of
brushwood, very spoedily, and with groat
economy as to tho labor and the results?
is very careful to have all brush not largo
enough for firo wood, oven the pruning of
hi* orchards, reserved to be spread upon
the most exhausted portions of his land.
From Mis* Leslie's Magazine., '
FEMALE HEALTH AND BEAUTY.
By Mrs. A. Walker.
COSMETICS AND CLEANLINESS.
Acids and Spirituous Compositions
Many of the pretended cosmetics sold
by general perfumers, and by i groat
number of ignorant persons who call thorn,
selves chemists, aro composed of quids
and spirits; and very frequently they ar#
nothing but vinegar or spirits of wine
scentod. Even eau de Cologne, so much
vaunted and so much usod, is nothing
else than spirits of wino distilled through
a few unimportant aromatic herbs: honey
water, Hungary water, <&c? are made in
the same way.
Vinegar and spirits do certainly clean
tho akin; but tho frequent use of them
j dries and contracts it. The delicate lis.
sue of the cuticle requires the impercepti.
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jam* uiwiuwu* moisture mil naturn exh?!ei;
and this the application of acids and spitits
destroys.
Astringent vinegars, especially thoso
that have been so much praised of lata,
derive their property fi ora a certain ouan *
tity of alum, in a stato of solution. Nov,*
alum possesses an astringent property
which products great tensions of the akin;
at first, it appears brilliant and polished;
hut it soon loses its elasticity, and premature
or deoper wrinkles are the infallible
result of the use of this saline aubsUne*.
Even soap, on account of tho nncombined
alkali, which it contains,should not
be usod to the skin, excopt when water is
not sufficient. The alkali dries and chape
the hands. How wrong then is it to giro
the following recipe for improving their
beauty :?" after the bands hero been
soaped and rinsed, it is best, beltoo drying
thorn, to cover them again wdl with soap,
to rub the hands till a lather is made, and
then to dry thorn without patting them
ogain in the water: by this means tho
skin bccomos very white and extremely
soft." It is needless to say that the effect
on tho skin is but temporary t the injury
pormnncnt.
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These injuries sro trifling Compared
with those which are produced hy the use
of metallic compositions. It is* fttct that
the most deleterious substances enter in*
to tho composstion of alt creams, powders,
pastos, and essences. 11 All thoaie I hare
over seen," says ftufcUnd, "contain either
mercury or lead, which ate two meat
I poworful poisons." The Composition
which some persons hare had the hardi*
hood to employ for the purpose of e(facing
the marks of the small.po*, actually con*
tains corrosive sublimato!
Wo aro told indeed that "iholalie oxides,
and oven white lend, rt*y be used without
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i uungnr, ii me piaster lit which they an
mixed bo suffici&Atty Wo 11 made not to be
decomposed upon cdfoing in contact with
the skin," and that "plasters in which
there is A mixture of oxide of lead and
other melalic oxides, are preparations com.
monly used in surgery." Surgical appli.
nations nro determined by the urgency of
the case, end nro of short duration : bat
the application of cosmetics is frequent,
01 almost pcrmnnont; and it in wall ascertained
that Ihcso poisonous substance*
enter through the pores into the circulating
fluids* in the same manner aa by the
stomach.
In our days, happily, few persona he.
hituaily uso these compositions. Still, too '
| mnny females, who nre troubluil with an
t oily or seuly skin, red spots, pimples, og