168 THE FARMER'S 



hogshead, to send off in eight or ten days, or a 

 little longer, if required, with little less of weight. 



After the hacon is salted, it may lie in the salf- 

 house as described, until an order is received, 

 then immediately hang it up to dry. Henderson 

 fojiid this smoke-house to be a great saving, 'not 

 only in the expence and trouble of employing men 

 to cart and hang it through the country, but it did 

 not lose nearly so much by weight this process. 



In the disposal of bacon, whatever is shipped 

 for London market, or any other, both bacon and 

 hams, must be packed into a sugar hogshead, or 

 something similjCr, to hold about ten hundred 

 weight. Bacon can only be cured from the mid- 

 dle of Sf ptembc r, untill the middle of April. 



