TO CURE A PIG.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 653, 2 November 1909, Page 8

TO CURE A PIG.

£armer.''<—ln - reply ..to your in-, quiryi Bacon'shoald -bo killed.'-on -a cool day by, the .use , 1 -.of the'knife, orf. the -throat.--'"-After.'. ,blee tog,•:sdalding,. , .and-iscraping,-hang the car-\ cass up, cut down and removo entrniis.' inside, apd out, and leavo hanging till morning. Then cut off .the head, and cut the carcass down right .through , the backbone., Each side ls .then laid on a bench to be .further 4ivided : as may. bo required. ■ Tho sido- may :,be'cured ,in one fieco'or :aivided:into ham, shoulder, -and'.side/ n. homo-cunng, iise llb. of saltjietro to 3cwt.- of pig.',.. Bub well.in., Rub woll all over withisalt and then-lay - tho meat.in a tnb. and cover witji fino: salt.-(Turn twice , a week. ■ After three weekß hang- up'to dt'y till used. ".Tho: same'perlbd is needed with brine,' which'should contain c-nough salt to canso a potato to float. ■ Bacoh' well :cured .will keep a.good maiiy :monthsi""but tho' timo-vaYies according, to - conditions' under which it is-kept.-'Pig skins, to-.be preserved, need to bs unbarred and dressed in the samoway .:as 'other i'skihs,- and ; stre.t6he'd''ctightly .:t6* dry 1 CODLTN (MOTH IN' APPLBS •- AND -PEARS.—A' certain, :remedy-.-is: Swifffl- ArienateZ.of Lead. ; ■ Spray . after, petals of blossoms - fall. Continue at - intervals throughout the Season.-