The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-22

will do for drying, but the flavor AM
keeping qualities of the meat depeh,
greatly on the character OF the sinoh'
producing material. f.,
Damp and cloudy days are best fol
smoking as the meat absorbs the all
tiseptic properties OF the smoke oetIg T;
in damp than in dry weather, OAK
and hickory wood or chips ana corr Il
cobs are the best material 10 use "I 1
thew give fine color anu
tend to preserve the meat without I'M
parting an unpleasant flavor; as WILL
cedar, pine, persimmon, mulberry anu
other woods. Care should be Iaken
not to oversmoke or the meat Will be-
come dark dirty color ard its haVor
he impaired. A nall days smoking
three times a week for three or TOUR
weeks will generally be suthclent anu
will give the meat that bright yellow
ish color so much desired. Some keep
nm smoking till about the end Of
Nav. That is not essential, but rather
detrimental, as the meat becomes 100
dry and discolored and OF an oo]ec-
tionable strong flavor.
But for the ravages Of the skipper
it g hest to leave the meat hanging
where smoked till wanted for use, ouI
"a the dermestes, or skipper fly, never
fails to come in time, its mlschlel
must be guarded against. TO manage
this, the practicable way is TO PACK
the meat away in boxes, closed 30 as
to exclude the pestiferous bug. In
hacking meat, care should be taken to
prevent one piece from touching an
other. This may be done by a thick
LAYER OF shucks or dry wood ash, with
Stats to support each layer SO as to
allow an air space.
BLIND sTAGGERS.
A correspondent in the Dallas News
gives the following as n sure cure loT
blind staggers;
First get tin vessel, then take the
yelks of three eggs, three tablespoons
full of good vinegar, three OF good I've
soap and three Of turpentine; mix
well and warm to blood heat; then get
small stick and tie some soft cloth
on the end of it 80 it will not come OFT,
then swab out the nostrils with the
mixture. About the second or third
time press very hard on the swab and
it will pass above the eye, and when
you do this the corruption will come
out alter the swab in stream. dc
both nostrils this way and your horse
is all right. Keep him close for few
days.
EARLY CHICKENS.
Mr.. Chas. P. Raymond of Austin
one OF the most successful poultry
men in the South, is good authority
on everything pertaining to chickens
Writing to the Southern Horticul
tural Journal he says: The month o
January is Il splendid time in whicl
Is, hatch out q few bcoods OF chicks
Newly Matched chicks are less liabl
to disease when brought from TIL
shell during the months of Januar
and February than at any period {
the year. However, a little NOR
care is necessary in sheltering thel
from cold than when Matched late
in the season. If the hen is contine
ia warm, roomy coop and not a
, lowed to run at large with the chicl
until the latter are three or four weel
old very large per cent, ii not IL
en- tire brood, can be easily raised. III
coop should be so arranged that IL
chicks can pass out and in at plea
ure, and the hen, by beng confined
the co p, is always ready to hoy
them when they feel chilled, som
, thing she will not always do if allow
, to run at large with the brood.
The first four weeks, as rule, col
prises the critical period of the chicl
lie. They require regular attentl
> during this length of time, and
brought safely through it are qui
likely to reach maturity.
Ii at night they are allowed to
| lowered by the mother hen in cold
damp quarters they become more
. less chilled during the night, the Oh
q produces deah, and in few days til
+ become weak and die.
v EGG-EATING DOGS.
t Many dogs have gone to an eal
D grave or to the buzzards for
e great fondness for eggs.
|, The egg eating habit is not CO
r fined to any particular species of I
e canine race, but is acquired with eql
0 facility by the majestic New Foun
Il land as by the bench legged flee.
e cure the habit has been the desire a
J. dream OF many combined lover
e chicks and pups.
i 1t can be done, say DR.. Saunders,
+ the Southern Farm. His plan is
IS divide a heaping teaspoonful OF tart
d emetic in eight or ten doses. Bre
d off the end Of an egg, empty part
the contents and stir into the r
a mainder one of the doses of tart
u emetic.
a Contine the dog in a room, or
|, him, and give him the doctored es
y In an hour or two he will be trying
,, turn himself wrong side out. AS so
II as he is over the nausea, give him
e second egg, and a third if he W