Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-10-03
The far,t1 aud fireside.
cIIRING REEF WITHOUT SALT.

Our system of curing meat makes it un-
healthy and distasteful Why do we salt
bones3 Were they extracted, one-third the
salt would suffice, the meat so cured would
lose little of its nutriment, besides gaining in
value. Twothirds of the smoking might be
dispensed with, and one cause of indigesti-
bility greatly essened. Modern mechanical
skill can surely contrive tool to disbone a
ham, and let the salt have equal access in
side and outside. The thick skin might be
removed with equal benefit. Custom may re-
quire the shape of the ham as important, but
this objection would give way before the
great superiority of the meat. Farmers
would find profit in it for their own house
bold A boned turkey is always attractive.
When raised far from market, turkey boned
and slightly salted and smoked, would find
ready sale at a remunerative price. The
Mexicans cure beef without salt The first
operation is to unbone it. Then it is cut into
narrow strips and exposed to the sun till a
superficial crust is formed to exclude the air.
A slight smoking keeps insects away. 1t is
usually kept in sacks in dry place, and time
does not injure it. It is now suggested that
great improvement can be made in curing
all meats without salt, by some adaptation of
the Alden fruit dryer. We have seen beef
and mutton shredded into small ribbands,
two inches thick, and passed through an AL
den dryer and slightly smoked till stronger
outer crust was formed. The cured meat was
served to sailors on voyage to the Sand.
wich Islands and back, and was esteemed a
great luxury compared with the best salted
mess beef Some that was brought back to
San Francisco satisfied the experimenters
that this mode of curing meat is destined to
come into general use.-Bah;more Sum-
SCIENTIFIC PATCH1NG.-In these hard times
many families have to resort to "patching"
the old clothes, at least for everyday wear,
and it is we'll to know how to do it deftly and
neatly. A Massachusetts, woman, writing to
the New York Evening Post, gives the follow
ing sensible hints on the subject:
I shall begin with the perhaps original
axiom that patch must be rectangular. A
round or "crooked" one will inevitably thrust
itself into notice, as it is impossible to match
the threads. Then patch sh,uld never be
"laid on" but always "set in." To this end
first cut away carefully, by thread, all that is
IN the least worn, and turn back and paste
down an even seam all around. The corners
may be slashed slightly in diagonal direc-
ton to keep them square. Then to this open.
ing fit the patch exactly, with the edges turn
ed and basted and sew it in "over and over"
on the wrong side with thread of the precise
shade and very fine, sewing alternate op
posite sides to avoid trouble with the corners.
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ners of the patch itself should be cut out at:
ter sewing, and little fine darning added to
keep them secure. Now slightly dampen
and press on the wrong side, and you have a
piece of mending which cannot be seen few
feet away.
Figures and striped goods must of course
be carefully matched heavy woolen fabrics,
such as men and boys wear, need not have
seams turned, the clean cut edge being strong
enough to hold.