The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-01-13
uhoIe Corn for turkeys and Hogs

whoIe Corn for Turkeys and Hogs.
Mr.. Thomas 3. Hazard, YauelGse,
r. /, has written a sprightly AMI
suggestive letter, in which be under
takes to explain why it is that Rhode
Island turkeys are worth in the Bos-
ton market three cents per pound
more than those from any other To-
caiity. The reason, according to.
this Authority, is that they are sup
piled. .suecially in the southern part
Of tb, STATE. with hard Indian corn
instead Of meal, barley, oats or o'h-
er food. and because they are picked
without being scalded in hot water,
and the inwsrds removed immediate
" There is almost Is much differ
euce. Nr. Il. asserts, in the bird pre-
pared in this way and one fed other
wise and dipped in hot water(to save
two minutes labor in pieking,) and
then left to swelter a week with ITS
linwards undrawn las is the case with
the most that are brought TO the New
York. Philadelphia and other mark
ets.( as there is between a woodeoek
and a crow. So, too, if the hog be
fed solely on hard corn aud water,
its meat will be as far superior to
that fatted on meal or other seft food
as real pure Orange county is to us
diTerv or swill milk. Why are Gin
cinnati hams so celebrated? Is their
s~uperiori,v owing to the method of
curing them. solely? BY no means,
but more to the quality Of the flesh,
which is made entirely from the jul
ces Of sweet, hard, wild nuts and un-
ground Indian corn.
Take a turkey that has a free.
wide range where grasshoppers are
plentv in their season, feed it well
with Indian corn aud sweet apples
only Gf the latter are handy until
December. shut it away from food
for twentv-four hours, then (handling
the sacred thing tenderly) tie a stout
cord around its legs and hang it to a
spike in the beam under your barn (;
let one artist hold its wings firmly IN
each hand. while another gently
bIeeds it at the throat; pick it dry
while warm. draw its inwards ditto,
let it hang in a cool place for a few
nights only. roast it before a bright,
hot wood fire. turning the spit often
10 keep the Juices from conges.ing on
The surface or elsewhere /; set it on a
table garnished, if your fancy or
nature will with woodcock, can
yas-back. rail and ortolan, and if you
once get a taste Of that turkey you
will let every other delieacy before
Won 90 to the dogs rather than desc
crate you palate with trash so inferi-
or to that king Of all game a corn fed,
dry dressed, well cooked, Rfoad Is
LAND turkey. 4 turkey like "Hype-
rion to a Satyr" is this to the vile
ltbing called by the same name found
in the New York and Philadelphia
markets-fatted on meal, bran, bar
lev. oats. potatoes and swill, parbolled
before its feathers are plueked, and
left for days perhaps weeks undrawn,
until the disgusting mass becomes
saturated with its W ordure and
rendered unfit for any stomach but
that Of q garbage eating Hottentot
Tor worm fed digger Indian.
So too. take a twelve months old
barrow, place him in a roomy, sunny
pen. keep him wholly on hard corn
and pure water, with occasionally a
little salt. until he is fat; kill and
dress him nicely, and salt the chimes
down with plenty of Turks Island
salt within thirty-six hours Of his ex-
il. and yoa will have pork to eat
with your capoa that is firm, trans,
parent, rosy, sweet and delicate, one
pound Of which would have been
prized more by Epicurus, or any 9th.
er man of gentle breeding, who ha;
a conscientious palate, than a thou
sand Of such soft, paiiid, iabby
: tainted, slushfed stuff as is otter
placed on the tables Of our first elias.
+ hotels and restaurants. So, again
, take the hams of such a hog, cure
: them well with blown salt and salt
/ peter, smoke them with clean, fresl
I corn cobs, and nothing else, letting
> them cool off nights until they attaiI
e the complexion Of a hazelnut, or on
of Titian's most characteristic por
traits a triAe subdued. Then boil i
/. slowly, and when thoroughly don,
. let it stand a night in the liquor, ant
you will have the only "taing 0
beauty" that is worthy to be eatel
off the same plate with your Rhod'
Island turkey, and equal to the hes
Westphalia, North Carolina, New
hold or Cincinnati bacon.