Middletown transcript., 1871-11-25
From he 7aiiahas,es FioriSian.
How to Cure Meat in Warm Weather,

MiDpLrrowa. DrL. Aug II, ISL
DEAR FLoalpIAN In order that
may not pass entirely out Of the minds Of
my flordian friends, purpose 10 prcsru,
myself before them occasionally. aud Us
the sirit moves in youg columns, when
| have. or think have, anything to say
Tn lhi- occasion, ! intend t. uyoil those
subjects, the discussion OF which gives
rise TO the excitement Of anger, aud 10
coniinc mysrllio question y lieh is more
useful and praetical, as j, is viewed by The
masses.
As class, there are ~ people rs con
scrvalivc in their habits of thought aud
action az farmers AMI planters Every
Juggcstou which involves change in The
plan Of their NJ r1lions, or in the charac-
ter Of implements used, is received hy
them with suspicion aud disrusl, and, ia
almost every instance, is treated with
neglect. rs ruls, theoretical ideas are
treated With seorn aud book farming with
meta 'c contempt consequently. the num-
b,r ot Investigators aud rNp5rimcntcrs
Of men Of enterprise IN iha, delightful, IN
dependent aud highly honorel profession
is smail, and progression in the science
and art of agriculture, very slow
The truth which lies at tho bottom Of
what have said is not, | am aware, Hat.
tnriug 70 the pride Of those noble aud
generous mel who compose the largest
aud most valuable class Of the populations
uf our country, who boa, Of the antiquity
and responsibility Of ;heir occupation,
which las been houored hy einciunaius.
Washington aud others Of the world
heroes but il is indispu,able. ncycrhc.
less. Nor i It's application limited to
the tcnaely with which, rs il class, they
hold on to tic old manner of preparing
the soil and lhe implements employed in
and mode Of tiliug or cnlirating the
crops In every department Of firm work.
from the least 10 The most important, We
lind farmers elngng with unrrasonng
pertinaciiy to the customs of their fathers
In illustration oil this truth. will refer
10 the scorniul aud disrespec,ial treatment
with which the idea of curing bacon Ly
injecting BRINE into Tie di9od frsnis of n,
hog, when first suggested, was received,
and the total neglect by which the tact,
when repeatedly demonstrated through
series of years, was permitted 10 b. swal-
lowed in oblivion. When my lamcutcd
friend. Lewis LsConlc, late of Liberty
county, Ga first. in 1919, conceived and
promulgated the idea, he, and for in
dorsiug it as feasible aud advising him to
make the experiment, where the subjects
Of sport aud ridieulc even in that glorious
old community where there is as large "a
share of education aud refinement us IN
any other under the sun. | can never
forget the feeling of triumph experienced,
when, n few years later, was told By II
gentleman who, in 40, said he would en-,
all the hogs raw. brist!es. hoofs and all.
that LeCGg,e aud | would ever cure by
suoh II ridiculous process. that he had
eaten us delicious meat at Mr.. l.eContc's
table, cured by his own plan. MS he had
ever tasted BY repeated experiments,
Mr.. Lrconie determined the exact proper
tons of salt, nitre, sugar. spices. &c. To
be used in the solution; aud. before he
died. in '52, he had reduced the process
to perfection, so that for cconony in the
use of materials, expedition aud certainty,
rifhom regard 10 temperature. it was in
comparably superior TO any other then or
since known.
Notwithstanding this wonderful and
eminen,ly useful discovery was SO clearly
demonstrated aud so successfully en-
ploycd by Mr.. LeContc. first in the try
ing winter Of 1880, when wagon loads
Of meat were hauled into the fields rs n
fertilizer, being unit for any other pur-
pose. and for several years after. as we'll
us could get information there was not
another man in that county who ever
made use Of the knowledge. And when.
in 1856, l published history Of the dis.
covcry in tho Fiorieiian, and described