AND HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 



PUBLISHED BY JOSEPH BRECK & CO., NO. 52 NORTH MARKET STREET, (AonicoLTHRAL Wabbhouse.) 



XXII.] 



BOSTON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1843. 



tNO. 25. 



N . E. FARMER. 



OTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



E Silk Question Settled. The testimony 

 Due Humlred ami Fifty Witnesse.s. Report 

 bo I'roceccliiifjs of the National Convention 

 5ilk; Growers and Mnniifucturers. held in New 

 k, Oct. L^ih, 1843. PuWished under the di- 

 tion of the American Institute." 



r New Englanders hecanie so disgusted will) 

 suit of the .silk mania, by which many of 

 were more or less injuriously affected, that it 

 sidercd out of place to say a word in com- 

 ation of the business. It is thought by the 

 ; generally, that the silk question was Settled 

 jefore the meeting of the convention, but not, 

 Ifer, in the sense understood by the gentlemen 

 It on that occasion, who have made this able 

 iteresting report. 



!: have in this work a large mass of evidence, 

 ng that the silk business may be a profitable 

 nportant one to the country. The gentlemen 

 ;ave their testimony were not speculators, 

 extravagant ideas of the business, but who 

 for many years been engaged in raising and 

 facturing silk, and from actual e.xperiment, 

 d to their own satisfaction, that it may be suc- 

 jUy pursued. 



is work lies upon our table for a more critical 

 ination, an ! hereafter some of the interesting 

 Is will be presented to our readers. 



.ddbess before the Essex Agricultural Society, 

 pt. 27, 1843 .' by Hon. Leverett Saltonstall. 

 B have given this able and interesting address 

 ty perusal, and are so highly gratified with it, 

 we shall publish it entire, for the benefit of all 

 arming friends and those who are interested 

 eir prosperity. 



IE Poetry OF Love. This is a small work, 

 d by Rufus W. Griswold, and published by 

 d, Kendall & Lincoln. 



IE Young Communicant — an aid to the right 

 rstanding and spiritual improveiricnt of the 

 's Supper. Published by Gould, Kendall & 

 oln. This, with the last named work, are 

 I volumes, neatly bound, of an interesting 

 icter. 



e are very nmch obliged to our friend, the 

 ;or, for his valuable hints in relation to the ar- 

 " Apple Poison," as well as for his account 

 ■e|)aring his soil for the crop of corn. Both his 

 lea shall have a place in our next. Physicians 

 e country have it in their power to communi- 

 mucli valuable information for the benefit of 

 ■eomanry, as they are continually among them, 

 liave opportunity to observe their various ope- 

 ns, and generally have land of their own to 

 :rimenton. Will not others of the profession 

 w the e.\aniiile of" A. G." 



HINTS TO FARMERS. 



The following practical hints to farmers are ex- 

 tracted from an address delivered in 1818, before 

 the fllassachusetts Agricultural Society, by .losiah 

 Qniney : 



Great profits in agriculture can only result from 

 great improvements of the soil. 



In agriculture, and almost in that art alone, " it 

 is the liberal hand that maketh rich ." 



Liberality in providing utensils, is the saving of 

 both time and labor. The more perfect the instru- 

 inents, the more profitable are they. 



So, also, is it with working cattle, and his stock. 

 The most perfect in their kinds are ever the most 

 profitable. 



Liberality in good barns and warm shelters is 

 the source of health, strength and comfort to the 

 animals ; causes them to thrive on less food, and 

 secures from danger all sorts of garnered crops. 



Liberality in the provision of food for domestic 

 animals, is the source of flesh, muscle and manure. 



Liberality to the earth, in seed, culture, and com- 

 post, is the source of its bounty. 



Thus it is in agricidture, as in every part of crea- 

 tion, a wise and paternal Providence has insepera- 

 hly connected our duty with oar happiness. 



In cultivating the earth, the condition of man's 

 success is his industry upon it. 



In raising domestic animals, the condition of his 

 success is, kindness and benevolence to them. 



In making the jjroductiveness of the earth depend 

 upon the diligence and wisdom of the cultivator, 

 the Universal Father has inseperably connected 

 tlie fertility of his creation with the strongest intel- 

 lectual inducements, and the highest moral motives. 



In putting the brutal world under his ilominion. 

 He has placed the happiness of which their nature 

 is susceptible, under the strong guarantee of man's 

 interest. 



Instead, therefore, of repining at his lot, let the 

 cultivator of the ground consider his as among the 

 hiirhest anil happiest of all human destinies, since 

 in relation to the earth, he is the object of heaven's 

 bounty ; and in relation to the inferior order of 

 creation, the almoner of Providence. 



CURING HAMS. 



Miss Leslie calls this a " fine Recipe for euring 

 four large hams." 



Mi.v together one pound of fine salt ; two pounds 

 of good brown siigor; and two ounces of saltpetre, 

 pounded fine. Then mix together a quarter of an 

 ounce of cloves, a (piarler of an ounce oT mace, 

 and half an ounce of nutmeg's, all powdered. Add 

 the spice to the salt, &c., mixing them thoroughly. 

 Then put them into a pot over a slow fire, and stir 

 them till they become very dry and hot, which 

 should be in about two minutes. Be careful not 

 to have the fire too quick, or to keep them loo long 

 over it, lest thej sugar should melt. Afterwards 



divide this mi.vlure into four equal parts, and rub 

 one of the portions, a little warm, on each of the 

 four hams, which shoiild previously be wiped quite 

 dry with a clean cloth. Next, lay the hams with 

 the rind down, in a clean salting tub, and keep 

 lliem thus six or seven days. At the end of that 

 time, take the hams out of the tub ; and to the 

 pickle that remain? in it, add two gallons of water, 

 stirring it well. Then pour the liquid into a fargo 

 pot. Next, stir in two quarts of molasses, and two 

 ounces more of saltpetre ; put the pot over the fire, 

 and boil and skim the liquid till it is perfectly 

 clear. Afterwards, let it stand to get quite cold. 

 Return your hams to the salting tub (first making 

 it very clean) pour the pickle over them, and let 

 them lie in it three, or four weeks. Then smoke 

 iheni eight days — with the shank or bone hanging 

 downwards. Corn-cobs make a good fire for smo- 

 king hams. • 



Hams should, previous to boiling, be soaked to 

 make them tender. 4 green or new ham, may be 

 put in soak early in the evening, and the water 

 changed about ten or eleven o'clock. One night's 

 soaking will he enough for it. An older ham 

 should soak twentyfonr hours ; and one two yeara 

 old will require soaking for two days and nights ; 

 always changing the water at intervals. A ham 

 weighing fifteen or twenty pounds should be boil- 

 ed six or seven hours, simmering slowly the first 

 hour. Take care to skim the pot well. 



When the hatn is done, strip off the skin, which 

 should be saved to skewer on again when the ham 

 is put away cold. This will prevent the cold ham 

 from becoming dry and hard. 



A cold ham that has not been cut, can be great- 

 ly improved by glazing it as follows : Have ready 

 a sufficiency of beaten yolk of egg, — and dipping 

 in a brush or a pen-feather, go all over the ham 

 with it. Then cover it with bread-crumbs grated 

 as finely as possible — and afterwards go over it 

 with cream. Finish by browning it in the oven of 

 a stove. This glazing is delicious. 



Cold boiled ham is better than raw for broiling 

 or frying. If raw ham is to be boiled or fried, 

 scald it several times to take out the salt which 

 otherwise will ooze I'ortli in cooking, and stand 

 upon the surface of the slices, tasting and looking 

 unpleasantly. When scalded, it should lie in each 

 hot water half an hour. 



There is, however, no process of curing that will 

 make good hams unless the pork is of the best 

 quality, and corn-fed. 



Where the leisure evening hour is employed by 

 a family in reading' the page of instruction, ihero 

 grows in the minds of the younger members, a love 

 (of home and knowledge incompatible with some of 

 the worst vices, and deserving of being ranked 

 with some of the highest virtues. 



Dr. Parker, of Columbus, Ohio, has a small na- 

 tive cow, which cost him only ,$10, that has given 

 from 8 to 12 quarts of milk per day constantly for 

 the last two years. 



