, 1861-02-07

that the main thing is, to have Soo1 SOUND
flesh to operate on. We have shown what
causes produce most of the bad hams. And
now, when We come to the last and simplest
part, we find it most difficult to give uni.
versal rule. The following is predicated
upon personal Cxpcrence-nothing more
Next day after Strengthening, in good tight
vessel that will not leak brine, commence
sailing down the hams, using salt with lib
eral hand; shoulders next then sides. In
fortnight, make pickle strong enough to
bear up an egg. Pour on till the whole is
completely covered, and see that it is Kept
covered for four weeks. Then take it up;
lay it on board bench; when thoroughly
drained oil, take black ground pepper, ami
Tub it well into every piece Of meat you
want to smoke. Hang up and smoke with
green hickory, sugar maple, or beech wood,
and without any intermission, till the pieces
are sufficiently smoked. Have ready for
each ham and shoulder bag made Of CON
mon muslin. Put them on. Bind tightly
Just above the shank. A brick or stone
smokehouse will be damp, and you must
remove your meat as soon as the smoking
is over, to some dry, airy place, and there
hang it up. We have seen meat cured in
this way remain good the whole year around
without being preyed upon by mould, bugs, or
worms. But let the main object be, to cure
the hogs, aud the hams will be all right.
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FRsT AeRIcuLTURAL ScHooL.-The NeW
/ ARsricdR CyeLOpGdia states Us a historical
fact, that the first agricultural school was es-
tablshed in 1890, near Berne, in Switzerland,
by Emanuel Won Fellenburg; that it is to
his " illustrious example and enthusiastic la.
burs that the civilized world owes the pres.
ent advanced state Of agricultural informa.
tion. The benevolent enterprise Of Fellen.
burg was due to the impulse given to his
mind in early youth by his mother, a lady
Of enlarged sympathy, active religious prin.
ciple, and intellectual ability"
And yet the ungrateful world for which
Fellenburg labOred ground out his very
heart while he lived, with obstacles, opposi-
tiOn and Misrepresentation; just as It had
done by PestalOzzi, and Milton, and Galileo |;
and just as it still does by every earnest
thinker and conscientious innovater IN be-
half Of the progress Of his kind.
GARDEN WALKs.--The ground is now too
hard frozen for digging, but we have sea.
sonable hint to offer. Save all your coal
ashes. For garden walks, no other material
Is so good. Early next spring dig out o
walk or alley to the depth Of ten inches.
Fill up with the ashes, and roll with hand
roller or, pack by spatting with o shovel
Il will be drain to the path and to the ad.
joining beds. In the weltest weather these
walks are in good condition If only few
rods be made each year, the whole garden will
soon be finished and afterwards the walks
can be top-dressed every spring, and rolled
Do not waste the coal ashes.
HRAvEs.-Who has not read, heard, or
practised, some remedy for heaves In horses
We have no new cure to ofer-pnly sug-
gestion. Horses aie apt to be afflicted with
hcaves In winter, and not In summer. Why
Is this In summer they have green pas.
lures in winter, dry feed. Oats and hay
hay and oats is not this enough to produce
heAves Give moist feed--carrots are in.
comparable. II this treatment will not in
every case arrest the complaint, 1t will act
as preventive. q e lsaa - ..a1 sah
Dshlias may be planted out to the best
advantage, 80 some Of our gardeners assure
us, from the 10th to the 10Th Of. June. Ma
nurs well, planting preferably tubersto the
current years propagating. Have firm
stake ready, 70 which to tie as needs be /;
and use the knife freely, keeping the plant
low, and cutting out half or three-fourths of
the buds as fast as they appear. ata,s !.