The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-08-25
AGRICULTURAL.
Curing Bacon withOat smos..
sal.s. -. -. = d.
Oh, the trou0ls folks have taken
u smoke ami sPOu tneir bacon"

u smoke ami sPOu tner bacon"
10 make the best bacon, tat your hogs early
anu la them well. BY fattenIng early you make
great saving IN iOod, and well fattened Dork
makes better bacon than lean pork. Then kin
As early as the weather Will allow, and salt as
soon as the animal aeat Is gone, with plenty OF
Ihe PuIest SAT-, and about a half ounce Of salt-
petre 10 one hundred pounds Of pork.
rs soon as the meat Is salted 70 your taste.
winch VII generally Dc in about i've weeks, taxi,
u out, and II am OF 1t has been covered with
ofne' let II dram a little. Then take good black
pepper, hnely ground aud dust on the flesh side.
anu on the hook end As much as Will stick then
nans nuP IN a good, clean, dry, airy place-if
al tnlS Is done asst should De ut ought to be done
now you will have no further trouble with II.
lor oy ny time IN the spnng your bacon Is 90 well
cuIed and dned on the outside that flies or bugs
Will not disturb 1t.
CunRg bacon Is like the Inshman's mode Of
making punch. He said, put IN the sugar, then
III up with whlslIey, and every drop Of water
you put IN after tina. spOils the punch Just 80
w1th cunng 6aconi after following the directions
given above every ''drop'' Of smoke you put about
II spolLs the bacon. ID. s.
From the American AEricultanst.l
The following n Of practical interest 10 far
meEs and landholdea:
CgTZIse GRASzAsD CsEIxs HAr.-This must
depends on he kinds OF gTass cultivated TIM
0thy ahofds nearly double the quantity Of utri-
ment, II cut after the seed has formed, instead
OF while in flower, and It Is then much more rel
Ished by horses and portion Of the stock. This
grass, therefore, should never be cut for them.
except when the seed Is formed The proper
nme Tor harvesting, Is between the milk and
dough state, when r. VIII nearly rpen after cut
ing. Orchard grass, on the otner hand, al
though possessing tsOSevenths more nutrtiye
value tor hay IN the seed, yet as it Is more ten
der, and much preferred by stock, when cut in
flower, and as It continues 70 grow rapidly AFTER
wards, should be always cut at that tune. Even
few days will make an important difference in
the value OF grass, when cut for hay. The kind
OF grass, and the stock TO which it Is to be fed,
cannot, therefore, be too closely noted, todetect
the precise moment when the grass viii best
subserVe the purpose Tor which II Is intended
Many farmers do Lot consider the scorchina
effects OF our clOudless June or July suns, and
the consequences Is, that hay is too much driod
IN tins country. Unless the grass be very thick
and heavy, II WIN generally cure sufficiently,
wnen exposed IN the swarth tor two days. When
shook OF stirred out, 1t should not remain In this
condition beyond the inst day, or il win thua
lose much ut ITS nutrtivs juices; nor should dew
or rain be permitted to fall upon il, unles. IN
coos q Is better, after partially drying, 70 az
pose Il for three OF four days in this way, and As
soon as properly CURED, place it under cover.
IL Is good Practice to salt hay when pat up, -
u Is thus secured agaiss.damagef from occasl0n-
al greenness; and there is no waste Of the salt
TO the cattle and the manure heaps.
Clover should be cut after having fully blos-
somed anu assumed brownish hue. By close
cutting, more forage Is secured, ana the clover
Afterwards spnngs up more RAPIDLY and evenly.
The swazth unless very heavy ought never 70 30
stirred open, but allowed 10 wilt on the top II
may then be carefully turned over, and when
thusparially cured, placed in high slender cocks,
and remain hn sufficiently dry to remove into
the barn Clover may be housed in a mach
sreener stale. by spreading evenly over Ir in the
now, nom ten to twenty quartz OF salt pes ton.
Some add a bushsl, bit this Is more than i.
either necessary Tor the clover, or judioious ior
the stock CONSUMING. II; a. the puEgattve edects
Of too much salt lndlce wastsfnl consuuption
Of the forage. A rnixtn1e Of altsu,Ats layen q
dry straw with the clover, by absorblng IL ices.
answers the same purpose, while it mafsrAlly
improves the hayor Of the shaw for foddsz.