American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . uiug corn cobs, then hang in a dark, dry place, of even temperature,using as desired until about the first of ilay; then I smoke the pieces again for a day or two,wrap in newspapers, and hang in cotton bags made for the purpose, into which the meat isslipped, the end tied up, and the whole hung in a dry cellar. Mr. H. Stewart says: To preserve bacon or hams, they may be packed in a commonpine packing case or dry goods box, first laying in a bed of the sweetest hay; that with som
American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments . uiug corn cobs, then hang in a dark, dry place, of even temperature,using as desired until about the first of ilay; then I smoke the pieces again for a day or two,wrap in newspapers, and hang in cotton bags made for the purpose, into which the meat isslipped, the end tied up, and the whole hung in a dry cellar. Mr. H. Stewart says: To preserve bacon or hams, they may be packed in a commonpine packing case or dry goods box, first laying in a bed of the sweetest hay; that with somesweet vernal grass in it is the best; each piece of meat is then wrapped separately in the hayand packed closely, with ha) between the pieces; a thick layer is placed on the top, and thebox is closed and kept in a dry, dark closet. This is better than papering and canvasing. The smoking should be dorfe a little each day, and no heat produced—only enough todry the meat thoroughly. If the meat is dry it will never mould while kept iu a dry warmplace, and it will improve in flavor for almost any length of SKELETON OF THE HOG. Names op the Bones.—4—Cervical vertebra;. B, 5—Dorsal vertebra?. C—Lumbar )—Sacrum. E, i^Coccygeal bones. F, i^—Ribs, tf—Costal cartilages. £?—Scapula. /—Hume-rus. K, ^—Radius, i^—Ulna. Jf—Carpus, or knee. 1. ScapboiJ. 2. Semi-lunar. 3. Cunei-form. 4. Trapezium. 5. Trapezoid. 6. Os magnum. 7. Unciform. 8. Pisiform, N, JSf—Large metacarpal, or cannon. 0—Small metacarpal. P, P—Sesamoid bones. Q, Q -Pbalanges. suffraginis, or pastern bone. 2. Os coronie. 3. Os pedis. .R—Pelvis. (Fore-leg of pig. Pha-langes 1, 2, 3). 1. Ilium. 2. Pubis. 3. Ischium. 5^Femur. T—Patella. T—Tibia. U—Fib-ula, IF—Hock. 1. Os calcis. 2. Astragulus. 3. Cuneiform magnum. 4. Cuneiform Cuneiform parvum. 6. Cuboid. 3, 6. Cubo cuneiform. J—Large metatarsal. (Ilind-Ieg ofpig. Phalanges 1, 2, 3). T-Small metatarsal.
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