FARMERS' REGISTER— PORK AND BACON— WORMS IN PEACH TREES. 687 



izonfally and fiistening tlie. paper in place of the 

 top or bottom; they slionld be sinik an inch deep 

 in the suriiice of" the oarlh, and the crevices well 

 stopped vviili pntty. I trust that future conununi- 

 cations will enable nie to add inl()rination of a 

 much nnore valuable nature, on this intcrcsling- 

 subject, than is otlered to the public in the present 

 paper, my principal object being to give an im- 

 pulse to inquiries and experiment. 



From tlic Wilmington Democrnt. 



DIFFERENCE OF ^VEIGIIT AND AALUE IN 

 rORK AND BACON. * 



We are disposed to think that practical know- 

 ledge on thissLd)ject would be highly acceptable to 

 every intelligent farmer, especially when such 

 knowledge is derived from a source entitled to im- 

 plicit confidence. Dr. Wilson, of this county, 

 from whom we obtained the subject matter of this 

 article, assured us that he last season personally 

 attended the ^weighing, salting, &c. of the hogs 

 referred to below; and we have no do-abt that sim- 

 ilar experiments by other farmers will produce like 

 results. f 



The following is the weight of four tolerably fat 

 hogs about eighteen months old, after they were 

 killed and well cleaned — 



The 1st hog weighed 135 pounds. 

 2nd 140 



3rd 142 



4lh 154 



Total weight, 571 pounds. 



Hams of the four hogs weighed 128 ])ounds. 

 Shoulders, 147 



Middlings, 148 



423 pounds. 



Heads, feet, back bones, and leaf f^t, 148 pounds. 

 The hams, shoulders, and middlings were salt- 

 ed, and in lour weeks and three or four days, again 

 weighed: 



Hams, 125 pounds. 



Shoulders, 143 



Middlings, 143 



411 pounds. — Loss 12 lbs. 



They were next Avell washed, hung u[), and 

 emoked two months and two weeks, and again 

 weighed, after removing the adhering ashes. 



Hams, 110 pounds. 



Shoulders, 126 



Middlings, 126 



362 Ibs.-Additional loss 49 lbs. 



So the 571 pounds of pork gave 362 pounds of 

 bacon. Is it more profitable then to sell pork or 

 make bacon of it? Suppose, for example, the 

 Doctor had sold his pork at five dollars per hundred 

 pounds. 



671 Ibe. at $5 per 100 lbs.— $28.55. 



And suppose a speculator had bought, cured, 

 and sold it, say only at 10 ccnls per pound. 



This shows a dilFiM-ence in iiivor of making ba- 

 con, amounting to 87 65 Irom 571 lbs. of j ork. 

 Perhaj s you'll say, "there/s tlie expense of salt- 

 ing, smoking, interest, Sic. which you would not 

 have taken into the account." \Vhat! have you 

 already forgot that we also omitted to say any 

 thing about the heads, feet, back bones, and leaf 

 fat, whi('h weighed 148 pounds? And were not 

 these ampl}^ sufficient to defray all the expenses 

 attending the cu'iiig of the bacon? Another may 

 hint that the publishing of such experiments will 

 bring the consumers about our ears. Don't let 

 ihem be alarmed— there's no occasion. Rather 

 let them consult the matter and determine whe- 

 ther it vv'ould not always be to their advantage to 

 purchase a supply of [)ork at Christmas to fur- 

 nish a sufficiency of bacon throughout the ensuing 

 year. Our farmers are generally too much preju- 

 diced against what is called book farming, to [no- 

 fit by newspaper publications. We frequently 

 quote weightier matters under agricultural heads, 

 but they are usually passed over in such a tnanner 

 that we are under no apprehensions that this arti- 

 cle will induce any farmer to believe and act as 

 though selling his pork were not saving his bacon. 



From tlie Farmer and Gardener. 

 TO PRESERVE PEACH TREES FROM WORaiS. 



I have been a constant reader of the American 

 Farmer from the time of its first publication, and 

 frequently referred to it, in hopes of finding an ef- 

 fectual remedy against the attack of the worm on 

 peach trees. 1 found at different times a number 

 of publications upon the subject, and believe have 

 tried the greater part of the remedies therein pre- 

 scribed, without success. Finally, I concluded 

 that the old method of cutting the worm out with 

 a penknile, was the only one upon which any re- 

 liance could be placed, and have therefore been in 

 the constant habit of preserving my trees in that 

 way for years. I have, however, lately made an 

 experiment, which I have every reason to believe, 

 is quite as efiectual, and attended with much less 

 trouble. About a year ago, alter I had gone the 

 rounds, laid bare the roots, and cleared my trees 

 of the worm, I took some fine screenings of An- 

 thracite coal, and put about a quart or two to the 

 roots of each tree; this was done to about the one 

 half of my peach trees. Last fall I went round as 

 usual to cut out the vrorms; those trees which had 

 the Anthracite coal screenings about their roots, 

 were without a single exception, clear of worms, 

 the others had, as usual, a considerable number. 

 I immediately applied the coal to the whole of my 

 trees; and thus far, am well pleased with my pros- 

 pects of success. I propose contiiming the exper- 

 iment another year, afier which, I can speak with 

 more certainty upon the subject; but the circum- 

 stance that half of the trees upon which the 

 experiment was made, although situated precisely 

 like the others, having been found clear of worms, 

 when the others were fiill of them, is strong evi- 

 dence in my mind that the remedy will prove ef^ 

 Itictual. 



N. 



Orwigsburg, 25th Jan. 1835. 



