Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1878-07-11
AGRICULTURAL.
ROVING IA RWERS.

better place to 60. Their farms are
always for sale" and thew dream OF
luxuriant lands in some other parts OF
the country, which can be bought "for
song where they imagine they
would be more prosperous and enjoy
life better than where they now reside.
Many Of these men who own mort
gagged farms; and for such men to de-
sire to remove where they can own a
free farm, though it be far away, is
but natural manifestation to better
ones condition which tho human
mind cannot resist. But whore can
these men 60, after selling their farms
and be contented That is a serious
question which no man can answer of
his own knowledge. Suppose they
can sell out and command a thousand
or fifteen hundred dollars after pay
ing all their debts, and then start for
"the vest" Kansas, Missouri, Iowa,
or some other state. Fifty acres OF
land, with comfortable house or
log cabin on it, can be bought for from
So to $40 per acre. The land is all
right, as good as "lies out OF doors;
but, alas, for the surroundings. Neigh
bors are scarce, society" is a myth
and the poor frail housewife who fol.
lows her husband without murmur,
pines for her friends. The children
have to 60 two or three miles to
school, and in the winter season they
cannot attend much of the time on &C.
count of storms. Churches are few
ana far between, and the people are
generally mixture of various nations
and the result Of all is, that many an
eastern farmer who goes west is UNI
happy and wishes himself back on
his old homestead So if one goes
south, or anywhere, he Will not find
things Just to his mind. If one thing
is better than the old place another is
worse and taking all things into con,
sideration, but few farmers change
their residence, who are able to make
living on the old place, that better
themselves by removing to a distant
state. One may obtain rich lands at
low price where there is no market
for what he grows; and he may set
into an unhealthy locality, and soon
he may bury his wife and children,
and what then? A gloomy world for
him.
CURING MEAT.-Our system Of salt-
ing meat makes it unhealthy and dis
tasteful. Why do we salt bones ?
We're they extracted, one third the
salt would suffice, and meat so cured
would lose little Of its nutriment, be.
sides gaining in value. Two-thirds Of
the smoking might be dispensed with
and one cause of indigestibility great
ly lessened. Modern mechanical skill
can surely contrive tool to disbone
a ham, and let the salt have equal ac-
cess inside and outside. The thick
skin might be removed with equa!
benefit. Custom may claim the shape
Of the ham as important, but this Oh.
lection would give way before the
great superiority Of the meat. Far
mcrs would find profit in it for their
own household. a boned turkey is
always attractive. When raised far
from market a turkey bonel and
slightly sailed and smoked would find
ready sale at remunerative price.
The Mexicaus cure beef without
salt. The first operation is to unbone
it. Then it is cut into narrow strips
and exposed to the sun till super
fetal crust is formed to exclude the
air. A slight smoking keeps away
insects. 1t is usually kept in sacks,
in dry place, and time does not in
.Jure it. 1t is now suggested that
great improvement can be made in
curing all meats without salt, by some
adoption of the Alden fruit drier.-
We have seen beef and mutton shred.
,del into broad ribbands, two inches
thick, and passed through an Alden
,drier and slightly smoked till a strong
outer crust was formed. The cured
meat was served to the sailors on
voyage to the Sandwich Islands and
back and was esteemed a great luxury
compared with the best sailed mess
beef Some that was brought back to
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