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unjustly discriminated against the character of the solar salt 

 of the State of New York, an order was issued by Secretary 

 Conrad, directing that 300 barrels of pork should be pack- 

 ed in New York with salt of both descriptions, in equal quan- 

 tities, for the purpose of testing, by actual and thorough ex- 

 periment, the comparative merits of the two kinds. The 

 agent of the Onondaga manufacturers, N. Eandall, Esq., was 

 apprised of this order, and the pork was put up in his pres- 

 ence, in New York, city, in November, 1851. The hogs were 

 of the best quality, fattened in the river counties near the 

 city ; each hog was split in two, and one half packed with 

 Onondaga and the other with Turk's Island salt. The barrels 

 were distinguished by numbers ; those containing Onondaga 

 salt receiving the odd number, and those with Turk's Island 

 the even number. 



Six barrels of this pork were sent to each of the different 

 military posts along the seaboard, and at the south and west ; 

 and in the year following a lot was shipped to California. 

 Instructions were given to the commanding officers of the 

 several posts to have two barrels of pork inspected in each of 

 the three succeeding years, by a regularly organized board of 

 survey, the results to be "reported to the department at 

 Washington. 



ABSTEACT OF EEPOETS. 



Trial made upon two barrels of Pork, (packed as above stated^) 

 at Fort Trumbull, Connecticut, August 24, 1852. 



No. 31 (Onondaga salt); Color The fat portions of a 

 clean white color, the lean, of a clean dark red ; Hardness 

 The meat of both the fat and lean very hard and firm; 

 Sweetness Yery sweet and very sound ; Loss in boiling 17 J 

 Ibs. boiled 1| hours, weighed l3| Ibs.; Quality after boiling 

 Was firm and hard, same color as before, and of good taste ; 

 Weight 201% Ibs. 



^ No. 32 (Turks Island,); Color The fat portions of a clean, 

 fine, white color ; lean do. clear bright red color ; Hardness 

 No. 32 not as hard and firm as that of No. 31 ; Sweet- 

 ness Yery sweet and sound ; Loss in boiling 17 J Ibs. boil- 

 ed as in No. 31, weighed 13| Ibs.; Quality after boiling << 

 Soft and liable to run, but had the same color and the taste 

 was good ; Weight \ 98f Ibs. 



Conditions the same in both barrels. 



