Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-11-24

i For preserving for family use, IN the
spring, before any flies make their ap-
pearance, slice your hams and shoulders
as for cooking, and having provided a
crock, or crooks, and quantity of
melted lard, dip slice of ham in the
melted lard aBd layit in a crock then
treat another slice in the same manner,
and so on till the crock is full Now fill
up with melted lard, noticing that the
meat is all covered. When. cold, tie on
the cover and set away in the cellar. 1t
will keep, we dare say, for a generation,
certainly for year, Just as sweet and as
fresh and tender as Ii was the day it
was put dowL and by washing the lard
we'll in warm water. that will be found
not TO be injured for almost any pur-
pose. LUVTrrvsa ut.
HORSE STABLES. is a fault With
most stables that they are built for men
rather than for horses. Z We wish to
point out two common errors into
which not few builders are liable to
fall in constructing stables. especially
those upon farms. The first is IN hav-
ing the doors and upper floor so low as
they generally are. On account of
these low doors horses instinctiYely
learn to fear them. They are, also,
among the most frequent causes of poll
evil The horse, when passing through
them, is either surprised by something
it beholds outside the building, or
checked by the voice or gesture of the
person leading him, when up goes the
head and crash comes the poll against
the beam of the doorway. A violent
deep-seated abcess follows. Low hay
floors also produce the same trouble. q
The sudden elevation of the head is,
in the horse, expressive of very unex-
peeted emotion. This effect is always
noticed whenever yon enter the stable
rapidly or at an unusual hour A sud-
den noise will also cause the~same up
ward motion OF the head. With low
stables an. injury to the horse is almost
invariably sure to follow, 4s.,,-asse
Again, the easiest position in which
the horse can stand, Is when the hind
feet are do biggest pOftions of the
body, or when the flooring of the1stalli
slants in exactly the opposite direction
to what IT does III most stables. This
is the other error In constructing sta
bles to which We alluded. Horses at
liberty in a pasture invariably stand,
when at ease, with their hind feet ele-
waited somewhat, and il is almost a
wonder that builders of stables rave
not improved upon this fact before, and
adapted floors tO tue, wants Of the
horse. The moisture from the horse.
if the floor slanted toward the forward
feet, would help to keep the forward
feet moist, cool and healthy, whereas
they are now generally hot, full of fe-
yer, and require wishing with cool
soap suds at least once a day, in order
to be kept in a 1t q thy condition. This
Is not all. Where the floor slants back
the horse not unfre4ueLtly attempts
to ease the heavy strain upon the fi-x
or tendons of the hind legs by hang
ing ba upon the halter. The pres
sure upon the seat of the poll stops
natural circulation, and in time it de
velOps itself into a deep seated abscess
We shonld like to see the stable in
which the two errors IN building we
have pointed out did not occur.
PRESERVING PORK. When pork is
properly cut up, in pieces of the same
width, having first thrown away all the
old brine, throw in a layer OF salt upon
the bottom of the barrel, and pack the
pork upon its side, filling IN the space
between with dry salt, when one layer
is complete throw on salt; and pack
down another, and so on till the pork
Is all packed; cover up the barrel, and
let it be. The salt will extract the blood
and other fermentiblejuices from the
meat After few days, say week,
remove the pork and throw away the
bloody matter Re-pack the pork as
before, with dry salt, and fill up with
brine that is saturated, and it is better
made cold than hot, pnt weight on
the upper layer, and you need have no
further concern about it.
HORSE Baths. In Dr.. TruIps Her
aid gof Health We read: Baths for
horses have been so thoroughly tested
that their use is becoming quite COM
mon. Tattersallg tho greatest horse
owner in London, who furnishes the
best of horses for lords and mobiles to
drive, and who figures largely at the
Derby races, treats his horses to the
Turkish bath, and In this way cures
them of the very few diseases to which,
withthe- wise. hygiene of his stables,
they are Subject Drugs find little
place where such care is given"