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SAVINGr BAC^.'^ HAM5--THE SKIPPER FLY. 
EniToaa Socjthp.rn Cultivator— I see in theFehruary 
number of the CnUivoJ.or a. recipe for saving Bacon Hams 
from the skipper fly without canvass, by one of your Texas 
correspondent. 
For the benefit ofsaid correspondent and all others who 
may feel disposed to adopt his plan, I will give you one 
much better : 
After your hams have taken salt a sufflcient length of 
time, hang up in the usual way and smoke thoroughly 
for from 10 to 14 days. Then prepare a box of size pro 
portioned to the quantity of meat ; cover the bottom with 
a thin layer of meal bran, upon whicli place as many 
hams (flcsli upl as can be done without touching. After 
this is done, all up with bran nntd you get a level surface; 
then another layer of iiams, and so on I learne-1 this, 
^lessrs. Editors, of my " sour krout ” neighbors 
here in Texas, and nothing hut the belief that it is prefer- 
able to any mode now in use has induced me to offer it. 
Have a top to fit well on the box with hinges, &c., and 
I assure you that instead of having to throw away about 
half oi the best meat in order to get clear of rust, ashes, 
rat beds, &c , &c., you will find it precisely in the con- 
dition in which you left it when packing away, 
I wa.s a reader, Messrs Editors, of the SouUicrn Cnilti- 
(while under the parental rool in Georgia) fiom its 
advent until 181)1. Ouedollar has seived to renew its 
visit to me even out here in the “Far West.” I sliall ex- 
tend this inducemen' annually, and as an atonement for 
past neglect, I will soon forward you list of new subscri- 
bers. Yours tndy, E. A. Harris. 
Brenham^ Texn^, Murk. IS.bfl, 
TAKE THE SOUTHERN “CULTIVATOR!” 
Editors Southern Cui.tivator — Iherewith hand you 
one doll ir, for which be so good as to continue to send me’ 
the C<dtiva!or. There is no paper that I am in the habit 
of realing ihit I read witli more interest than the CiUli- 
V Uor. It is to the CvLtimdnr that I am greatly indebted, 
for nay improvement that I hive made in agriculture, and 
(hat I have made improvement from reading it T have not 
the least doiilit. I would be glad to see it in the hands of 
every one of my neighbors. Alas, however, there are too 
many of them that do not believe in “ Book Farming ” I 
frequently ask them if they do not learn something from 
each other about firming every time that they meet? 
They tell me “yes.” I then ask them, why not learn still 
more, through the CuUivalor, from those who are f ir more 
intelligent, and lietter planters than ^weare? They tell 
•tte, “Oh, there are a great many wno write for the papers 
at know nothing about fuming.” I tell them, that there 
is no planter who is not capable of imparting some in- 
etruction It is hard to make th' m believe this, and here 
i stop. You may consider me a steady subscriber. 
Very respectfully yours, W, E. M. 
MaysvilU,S. C., 18.50. 
BLIND STAGGERS m HORSES, ETC. 
Editors Southrrn Cultivator — I have been a sub- 
scriber to your valuable journal for several years and have 
found a great many valu ilile articles in it, and think 1 
tiave henefitted therefrom; and. by the bye, have conclud- 
ed to have a small say myself But, to be minute, in 1853, 
f think, in the month of June, I had several horses afflicted 
v,ith what was termed by most of tny neiglibors, Blind 
Staggers 1 administered a remedy, the recipe for wliich 
I gut fr »m your jnuriial, anil succeeded in saving three, 
Iiiosing tme Of the three saved 1 have now one, in rela- 
tion tit winch [ would like for some of your many readers 
or contributors to give me some information. Up to the 
< 1(116 of ills attack his sight had always been good, then 
nine years old, though it was. several months before he 
recovered ; it was my opinion and also that of others that 
he was as sound as ever ; but in a short time his eyes be- 
came inflamed and very much swollen, and he became 
entirely blind and remained so about two weeks, when 
his sight returned, his eyes looking as well as ever. In 
al)Out eight weeks they relapsed to the same condition 
and remained so about the same length of time as before, 
when he recovered his sight in one — outof the other helms 
never since seen. But what is mysterious about it is: 
every six or eight weeks his sight fails him entirely; these 
spells last six to eight days, when his sight returns in one 
eye. During his blindness, both eyes turn white and run 
water, and when he can see only with one they both look 
the same. Possessing his sight, he is a valual le animal. 
.Any information very thankfully received. Would it do 
to l)reak the ball of the one the sight of which has not re- 
turned ? But, for fear I may be imposing on your patience 
I v/ill close. Very respectfully, Essex. 
Columbia county' Ga., 1856. 
P. S. — I think if “M. S.” and “Sam” will keep less 
cattle and feed better, they will be spared the trouble of 
administering any remedy for the Hollow Horn. 
CURE FOR STAGGERS IN HORSES. 
Editors Southern’ Cultivator — 1 have received the 
December number for 1855, and not feeling disposed to 
do without the Cultivator^ I enclose you one dollar for 
another year's subscription to your valuable p'aper, so 
please commence the year. 
I noticed in the Cnliivator an article on Staggers in 
Horses, and, always feeling an interest in that noble ani- 
mal, I will give you a remedy that has never failed in 
Mississippi, when applied in time, which is as follows' — 
On the first symptoms of the Staggers, take 2 ounces of 
good English calomel and make three doses of it and mix 
with molasses; pull out his tongue and, with a spoon, 
put it as far down as possible; in one hour, the same, 
and one hour more, the same; and in one hour after the 
calomel, give him one pint of castor oil and one pint of 
whiskey mixed and bleed freely at the nostrils from the 
start, and if anything will cure, this will. I never saw it 
fail. I remain yours respectfully, 
Lewis Y, Folsom. 
Gainesville, Hancnck rnwhi. M'ss , 1 856. 
DISTEMPER IN HORSES. 
Editors Southern Cultivator — I conclude to send 
you a remedy for Distemper in Horses, and should yo« 
think it of sufficient importance, you can give it a place 
in your valuable journal ; — Take 3 pounds of tobacco; put 
it into a not, or some other vessel, and add 1 gallon of 
water; boil down to the consktency of syrup. Whem 
cool bathe the horse three times a day, commencing at 
the throat down the neck, breast and forelegs. Two«r 
three days will effect the cure of the worst cases. 
J. R. A 
Scratching Pole! — It is related of the Rev. Sydney 
Smith that when on his farm, each cow and calf, and 
horse and pig, were in turn visited, and fed and patted, 
and all seemed to welcome him ; he cared for their com- 
forts as he cared for the comforts of every living being 
around him He used to sav, “I for all cheap luxuries, 
even for animals; now all animals have a passion for 
scratching their hack bones; they break down your gate# 
and palings to effect this. Look! there is my universal 
scratcher, a sharp edged pole, resting on a high and low 
post, adapted to every height, from a horse to a lamb. 
Even the Edinburgh Reviewer can take his turn; yott 
have no idea how popular it is. I have not had a gate 
broken since I put it up. I have it in my all fields.*' 
