The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-06
TIMELY INFORMATION.

Answers 90 Pertinent Questions Put by
Farmers.
Please givo ms u reliable recipe for
picking pork. What proportion of salt
| pctre and sugar or syrup to gallons OF
brine should be- used and how many times
should the brine he boiled? Ed w. Smith,
Monday. Texas.
The proper management of the hams Is
the most important point In handling
pork. They should be packed In a clean,
sweet casl, and covered with brine rnade
as follows; Fer every hundred pounds OF
| meat dissolve nine pounds oc salt, three
| ounces of saltpetlc, three pounds of
brown sugar and one ounce OF blcarbon-
ate Of soda In six gallons Of water. The
saitpetre should bo dissolved ia warm
water. but the Pickle must be cold be-
fore pouring on. TIE meat must be COW
cred and weighted to keep 1t under.
Largo hama should remain In pickle for
six weeks tfor small ones and bacon four
weeks ~ suffcienD, when they are ready
for smoldug. Shoulders and bacon should
be treated In the snmc fashion. For dry
curing rub the fcshy part of the ham
with powdered saltpctro 80 give it a rcd
color: then mix n pound OF fine salt with
IL pound OF brown sugar and rub every
part of the hams for three days. AS the
moisture ooaea from the meat lay II In
pans and pour over the meat as the salt
and sugar nro rubbed on. In from two to
four weeks, according TO the size OF tho
ham, IT win be ready for smoking. Mo-
asses Ia sometimes used instead OF tho
sugar
Can you give mo a remedy for lump
inv b.. SaiHdo. Texas
X. j. Stephens OF Jessup. La, says:
"Fhe long sought remedy for lump jaw or
lump. | think. has been found. l cured
case Of II. the first case that / have ever
known to be positively cured. Ilere it is:
Take tincture OF iodine and coal oil. one
half each mix and apply with swnb every
other day for two weeks, after which time
the quantity of iodine can be lessened 70
one-fourth. he sure 10 wet all parts In
famed. | also cured horse of istulo with
aamo remedy only put one-fourth iodine
with addition OF one-half ounce onmphor
TO one PIN bottle OF the mixture, 1t Will
kill tho tumor"
Please tell me how TO make Irish potato
yeast. Farmers WIFE, Wharton. Texas.
rakc six or eight large potatoes, peel
aud boil In half II gallon of water; when
soft. wash thoroughly and put back In
some water, put IN some kind of leaven
10 make rise. chicken this with meal to
the consistency OF corn bread, and set In
a warm place TO rise: then add n little
more meal. so you can make into cakes.
barn. How can ] destroy them without
using poison2 G,P.k.. Navasota, Texas.
Prominent among tho ways specified
for destroying or keeping rats In check,
apart from dogs and ferrcts. yet without
the use OF poison. are the following.
l, Mix some fine plaster of Paris with
an equal quantity of Hour. put the mix
turo In the place infested with the vcr-
min, ard put a vessel full of water be-
side It. The rats will dcvour the mixture
and then drink; whereupon the plaster,
brought into contact with the water.
win become solid. and, like stone In
their stomachs. VIII cause death.
g when house Is infested by rats.
which refuse to uibble Mt wasted cheese
and tho usual bats. II few drops of the
highly scented oil or rhodium poured on
the bottom OF a cage trap will always
attract before morning. Where trap
baited with all manner Of edible had failed
TO attract even a single rat. the oil OF
rhodium caused 1t to be completely crowd
ed night after night.
.. CorlSs cut as thin as waters, roasted
or slowed In grease and placed In their
tracks. or dried sponge In small pieces
fried or dipped In honey with u little oil
OF rhod.um. or bird lime. laid In their
haunts, win stick to their fur and cause
their departure. il live rat be caught
and well rubbed with tar and train oil
and afterwards put to escape In the holes
Of others. they Will disappear.
4. Cover common barrel with stiff,
stout paper, tying the edge around the