Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1860-12-22

Receipt Toy Curing Beef and Pork.

This receipt. which orr yinatcd with
Ii, has now iE,I many years OF trial. and
we believe to he unsurpassed us Il pickle.
Nearly all Tie modern rccci pts which
have appeared in the different ayricul-
tural Journals, and worth anything, par
take in some instances almost idcnti-
cally, OF the ingredients and proportions
set forth in ours. which we first printed
some fifteen or eli "htecn years ago.
Some of the receipts latc!y published,
required large amount Of labor, and
are not to be recommended. At this
period in the season, when farmers and
others will soon be putting down their
winters and we may add, their next
years supply of meat, it may be OF SER
vice to republisIl the receipt, which is
us follows:
1 gallon of water,
J.! lbs of salt,
J Id. of brown sugar,
J or. of saltpetcr,
J OF. of potash.
In this ratio the pickle to be increased
to any quantity desired.
Let these be boiled together until all
the dirt from the salt and sugar rises to
the top and is skinned off. Then
throw the pickle into II large tub to cool,
and when cold, pour it over your beef
or pork, to remain tie usual time, say
from four to six weeks, according to
the size Of the pieces. and the kind of
meat. The met must be well covered
with the pickle, and It should not he
put down for at least two days after
killing, during which time it should be
slightly sprinl:led with powdered salt
petre.
Several of our friends have omitted
the boiling ofthe pickle, and found it to
answer equally as well. 1t will not,
however, answer q"fr 80 well.
by boiling the pickle, it is p"r:f"',
for the amount of dirt which is thrown
off by the operation, from the salt and
sugar, is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ia-
cDuph.
TIE COMPOST IIEAp.-Bcgin with
the arrival of the favorable weather to
gather material for compost. Don't
let Il particle OF matter, capable of being
converted into feed for plants, slip
through your fingers. Manure il the
favorable instrulnentalit.y by whose mys-
tic and occult operations, He divcrsiticth
the surface of the earth with the smil-
ing beauties of vegetation, and causes
the waste places thereof to bloom, and
tac desert to blossom as the rose.
"Give me q sutiicicncy of manurc,' $
said an elderly farmer to us, recently 6
and can work ont living in the
country, and from any soil.s
The merchant must have capital, the
mechanic must have instruction, mater
ials and tools and the farmer, whose
heritage is the broad fields and fertile
valleys of his "mothcr carth," must
have manure.
1t therefore bchoovcs every one to be
attentive to this grand point, and to
gather up the means of cnricling and
rendering fruitful the soil, the products
of which sustain his life.
No one who has not made the cXper-
imcnt will be able easily to appreciate
the Importance Of attending practically
and habitualy to the rule thus laid
down. Let every one, therefore, be
scdulous in his efforts, and our word
for it, he will never have occasion to
deprecate the results.
CHEAP APPARATUS FOR GIVING SALT
ToSBEEp.-''R. b" writes to the Boston
Cnltirator-"Last year l carried Il large
sugar hogshead, for which paid thirty
eight cents, into the field and laid it
upon the ground, making it fast, one
head having been. prcviously taken out,
was careful to smooth off all protru-
ding nails or rough substances liable
to pull the wool, then upon the inside
of the other head nailed by 8 box
to contain the salt, and the work was
complctcd-the whole costing, in
money and labor about fifty cents, and
so far as necessity is concerned, it an
swers very good purpose.
---.s.
APPLES FOR PoRK MAKING.-A wri-
ter in the Gcnescc Farmer writes on this
subject rs follows: "For swine nothing
equals an apple pie, either for relish OF
f,ttening power. The pig is not very
dainty about his pic, however. If you
merely cook the apples and stir in a
little bran, he won't refuse the dish ;
substitute shorts, or corn and cob-mcal
or ground oats or buckwhcat, and it
will suit his palate ard pile on the fat