The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-10-15
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.


WIZ n Coon Fsaxuye s-How is it that q man
should farm, to do the most credit to himself and his
landlord ! 1t is the general question that mus. De
considered A crop Of turnips, 9 herd OF cattle, or
sample Of seeds has made many q ones fame. ere
now; though, after all, these can only De Individual
items In the account 1t Is the uniform and metnod-
ial excellence Of q system that in the long run Will
be- the most likely to pay. To be sure, some have
vooed fortune, and wooed her well, too, by directing
their energies more particularly to one especial orancn
Of the pursuit Such, however, at best, can De Out
exceptioual- Their very success depends on there
being hut few others anywhere near an equality
With them. Whereas good cultivation, on q limited
area like ours, can never extend too generally; whiie'
where we are called on to fashion q model farmer,
We can only repeat that we should have him to mainly
depend on the thorough harmony Of his arrangements
Like an accomplished musician, or a real gentleman,
there should not be . note out OF place, or an orna-
nent but what was warranted by Its use ana why
not have q model farmers We have prize oxen, re-
uowned sheep and famous pigs Beyond these even,
despite the Aow CT riiicule with which it was so long
attempted to swamp the effort, we have still premiums
for good laborersL Each, in its several ways, mas
been found to answer. No man was ever yet the
worze for . little well merited distinction And we
believe that agriculture would suffer no harm from
having a few more Of her model men to point to-
Mark Lane Express
A SMALL HoRsE-The arguments may be all in
hvor of great size, but the facts are all the other way.
Large horses are more liable to stumble, to be lame
than those of middle size. They are clumsy and
cannot fill themselves so quick
Overvrown animals Of all descriptions are less use
full in most kinds of business, and such questions, we
suggest to the lovers Of overgrown animals, as the ioi.
lowing The largest of any class are an unnatural
sruvth. They have risen above the usual mark, and
Il costs more to keep them In that position, than It
would were they more on a level with their species:
Follow nature" is a rule not to be forgotten oy
farmers Large cows are not the best for milk
Large oxen are not the best for travelling Large
hogs are not the hogs that fatten best, and large hens
are not the best to lay eggs
Extremes are to be avoided. We want well formed
animals rather than such as have large bones Odd
Is it may seem to the theorist, short-legged animals
almost invariably prove to be better travellers than
any. Short-legged soldiers are better on a march,
and the officers say they endure hardships longer tnan
those of longer limbs
On choosing q horse take care by all means that
his hind legs are short If they are long and split
apart like a pair of diyiders, never inquire the price
Of the householder. Horses that are snug built are
not always fast travellers 1t is no easy matter to Sc
lect o horse that is perfect in all points Snug and
tough horses are not fast on the road. The fastest
trotters are not always made for very hard service
MEASURING LaSp-A surveyors chain is A poles,
or ~ feet divided into hundred links, or 792 inches
A square chain is 16 square poles, and 10 square
chains is an acre. Four roods are an acre, each con-
tanning 1,240 square yards, Of 34,1ol feet, or "a
yards % inches on each side. A pole Is 5 yards and
. half each way. An acre is 4,S4O square yards, or
50 yards I foot 81 inches each way, and three acres
or 40 yards and a half each way. A square mile,
l,fOO yaruS eacn way i IN acres, u mio UT
$50 yards each way, is leo acres;a quarter Of a mile,
440 yards each way, is a park or farm Of 40 acres;
and a furlong, or 220 yards each way, is 10 acres.
The above extract from Porter's Spirit, which has
been going the rounds, Is in some respects incorrect
A surveyors chain is 4 rods of 164 feet each, or 66
feet, or 1872 inches; in length the chain is divided
into 100 links. Ten square chains, or 16O square
poles or rods, or 4,S4O square yards, or A., $50 square
feet, make an acre 80 chains, O. 800 rods, or 1,I6O
yards, or $3.50 feet each way, make one square mile,
or section of land of $40 acres
CURING BACON WITHOUT SAoKE.3To smoke the best
bacon, fat your hogs early and fat them well. By
fattening early you make a great saving in food, and
well fattened pork Then kill as early as the weather
will allow, and salt rs soon as the animal heat is gone
with plenty of the purest salt, and about half an
ounce Of ~saltpetre to one hundred pounds Of pork.
As soon as the meat is sailed to your taste, which
viii generally be in about five weeks, take it out, and
il any has been covered with brine, let it drain a lit
tie. Then take black pepper, finely ground, and dust
on the hook end as much as VIII stick; then hang 1T
up in a good, clean, dry, airy place. If all this is
done as it shouid be, lit ought to be done now,) you
will have no further trouble with it, for by fly time
in spring, your bacon is so well cured on the outside,
that flies or bugs viii not disturb it
Curing bacon il like the Irishman' g mode of making
punch He said Put in the sugar, then I'll it up
with whisky, and every drop Of water You put in
after that spoils the punch" just so with curing
bacon, after following the directions given above,
every sdrop of smoke you put about it, spoils the
bacon-"-Canadiaa .AgricuLfnrist-