SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
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planter does not avail himself of this knowledge. At least 
one-fourth of the pen should be ready for slaughter about 
the first of December, when there is almost invariably a 
cold spell of weather. In killing a portion of our pork at ( 
this time, we gain, beside a portion of corn, an increased i 
length of lime for smoking and drying it, and tkorou^k ^ 
dnjing is, in my opinion, one of the secrets of making 
good bacon. 
I shall not undertake to give you the details of rny : 
method of making bacon, for recipes for this purpose are | 
as common and as various as toothache remedies. In its es- 
sential particulars it does not differ from that usually 
adopted in this region of the State. I will briefly state one | 
or two particulars in which 1 depart from the usual ' 
method. After killing, if the weather is very cold I cut ' 
up and salt away as soon as I conveniently can. if there : 
is the least doubt in relation to the proper temperature of | 
the atmosphere, I suffer the hogs to remain suspended on ; 
the poles during the night. My opinion is that they; 
will more readily become cold suspended in the ojien air | 
than when cut up and spread in the smoke house, especi- j 
ally if an inci.sion is made the whole length of the back 
with a knife. Ifcut up and spread outside of the smoke 
house, the pieces absorb too much moisture This prac- 
tice of suspending the hog from a pole is very common in 
a colder climate than ours, and where rny reason for it 
will not hold good. There, it is said that v/ben the hog ; 
is suspended in a warm state its fluids in -.icULing become ; 
more equally distributed and an inordinate accumulation j 
is prevented. 1 do not wish you to understand me as 
assuming this as a principle of animal physiology or as ; 
being prepared to defend it. j 
In making bacon, I attach no little importance to i 
thorough drying, and very often when rny bacon is not; 
sufficiently dry suffer many of the warm days of February , 
and Man h to pass before the shoulders and hams are 
packed away. The sides are not disturbed in the smoke < 
house after they are hung up until we use them, do pre- ; 
vent injury from the fly, when my joints are taken down, 
I have strong hickory ashes heaO'd in a pot or oven situ 
ated conveniently to the smoke liou.'iC and with a small 
paddle the heaterl ashes are applied to every ham and 
shoulder. The object is to de.stroy any egg v/fiicb may 
have been deposited by the fly duiing the sunny days of 
February or IVIarch. It is true that this can be as easily 
accomplished by immersing the joints in boiling water, but 
I have a strong objection to the wetting efl’ect of this pro | 
cess. In packing away rny hams and shoulders, 1 u.se un- . 
leached ashes and have sustained but little injury from the | 
decomposing effect of the alkali. I liave never used sugar ' 
or molasses in manufacturing bacon. They impart an 
unnatural flavor to the ham which to my taste is not so 
delicious as the natural flavor, and 1 am sure that a well 
cured, well cooked, juicy hum made w’iihout the agency | 
of any foreign ingredient except salt, is equal to and more 
grateful to my taste than any sugar cured ham which has ' 
ever been served up at the Astor House or St. Nicholas. , 
I consider it good policy to avoid the necessity if po.s- i 
sible of using the nev/ crop bacon until about the first of: 
March, and 1 usually weigh out old bacon to my negroes j 
up to that time. There are two advantages in this plan : : 
we are not forced to mete out our new crop of bacon in a i 
green and uncured state, and in the event of an insuffici- ^ 
ent supply of pork arising from a short crop of corn or j 
any other casualty the old bacon on hand may nrlake up ' 
the deficiency and give another and probably a more pro- j 
pitious year to recover what we have lost in corn or stock < 
hogs. BRADEURy. 
Braddfury Hall, Pikeco., Ga., 1 
All Subscriptions to the Souihern CuUivalor begin 
with the January number. 
SliueitistiiiEiits. 
THE HES'l’ FOllTABL CIDKR .MILL AM) I'KESS 
IN THE WORLD. 
\I ''K ;vic now inaniifar-tuniif^ K KA ( '.SKJt’K CKI.HIJRATKI) 
tV i'A'I'KNT I'oin’Aiii.K (;iiJi;ii miij, am> i'iiksh, 
wliicli Jia.s Ijfccu t/n atly iiiijnovofl kiik-o l.-iKt sca.ion, an<) i« now 
offered lo tfie j)iit)lie vvitJi full conlidr;nee, as bennj' Ijeyond all doubt 
the ino.st eoinplete and (dlVctivfi mill in iihe. 
'I'liiti eelebr.'ited mill, wliieh ha.s attracted ho miicli attention, not 
leK« for itH novelty an<l Rimplicity than for itH threat eHici<‘ney, io 
offered to tlie public upon itH r>wn meritu, wbieb are of the bitjbest 
cliaracti!)'. DnriiiK tbe past two mraHons w<t have bad liundredRof 
oppojtunilieK of ti^htintj tlu; superiority oftliin admirable tnill, and 
in every Instanee it lian t<iveti e.ntin^ Hatidaeiion to jmri'hanerH. It 
is believed to b<‘ far nupijrior in < tf(;etive)ierH and diiraluiity to any 
tbim,' of tbe kind in tbe mark«d. It can be woi ked by a couple of 
men to the extent of ci^dit or ten barndK per day. 
t>ue of ith principal feature iH tbe arram^ement of tbe Kecipro- 
eatiug- I'iRtonK, which by tbeir alternate action, (an ojiration at 
once Hirnple and beautiful) tbe apple« are irrcbistibly retained 
ai<ai/iHt tlie revolving teeth till they are torn into a fine pulp. In 
ottier portable maebineh they areohen cut into aiiinU piee(;8, which 
ofeourne will not ho readily jtart with the juiee wlien Mibje<;ted to 
preHsure. 'I'lie preHs attuclied to the nwliine ih caj^atde of per 
forming a preHiSure equal to ten tona. 
'i'he Arrangemmitri for J'reaHing have greatly imj)roved and 
utengfhened, the jieceKsity for handling tlie jiumice, ia entire obvi 
at<;d. 'i lie tuba Ixmeath tlie grinding apparatua reeeive the pulp 
as it fails from the mill. Tlue e tulia are then ahoved beimath 
the jn-eas, thua aaving not only the loaa of time, l>ut the wa.ale ot 
labor. 
Jn point of uovfdty, himplic,ity,durabili(y,effectiveneaa and cbeaji 
neaa, Krauaer’a mill atauda unrivalled it la adapted to band or 
hoi’ae povvi'r, ia made in a atyle of workman.aliij> and of a quality 
of material, alfogetluir auju rior to any mill everoflered the jiublie 
It ia warradted to work well. 
We, lie refore, confidently aak (be attention ol farmera and 
othera to tliia mill, believing that it ia just tbe article for the timea, 
and di'cidedly the beat .and eluiapeat in the market. 
All ordera aeeomjianied Ijy (lie caah, or good l'liila,de)j;bia refer 
eneea, will meet with jirompt attention. 'I'lioae ordering aliould be 
very expludf, in tbeir direef lona for abijiping. I'rh-e, 
I'AHCJIALI.MOKKJJS &, Co., 
Manufaeturera and Ilealera in Agrieultura! 
and llortieultural Inqdementa, Seeda, Ae., 
fs. K. Comer ISev<mtli ami Marketb-ata,, 
Sejit.'ib — Pbiiadelpbia, 
'10 FLAN'I ERS! 
ll’^ASillll /.CW I'A'l'KX'r .'.(.ItICl'I/ri KAI. IM 
J'lf(.»V J.il I ‘.'1 iS -are unqueatiouably tlie greatest adianee 
in the adaptation oi lal; or saving ma< liin< ry to iIk; jirodiietlon ot 
eotton that lia; been made me*- tbe invention of the ;Saw (Uti. 
'J'MC CO'J 'i ON ,sM> Ct>K.N I’LA, 1 Clt pertorma the enliie 
Ojieration of jdanting witii one hand ami one mule ten a<-re.', a day 
Jt reducea the ridge, no matl< r lu/w rough or eloddy, to a amootb 
oval aui face ; ojiena the drill to any desirable dejjtb. equally in. 
aoft or hard ground ; depoaife- the ai ed in any deairable qiianlily, 
ail the heed taking position in line at the same dejuh, and therefore 
coming up at th<j aame time ; cloaca the drill ami aliglitly eom- 
pre^::a the aurfaee, leaving it free from clods, not liable to be un- 
covered or ca>vered deeper bylrard rains, and aceuriug a pcrfixt 
stand in thedryesi weather, 
'i'llJO HCJ'Ai'ER tiur.a offand aerapea both fti.doiof a row at oncf., 
chopping it out into bunebea, or marking the ground at uniform dla 
tancea to guide the lioea in cutting out. It ia opi-rated with caae 
fiy one liami and two mulea over from cdglit to ten aerea a day, do 
ingat one trip and two tuniinga what ia now <lone with four tripa 
and eight turninga. ltdoea with one hand and two muJea what 
now requires four hands, four implenienta, and four mulea, in u 
manner superior Ui aimilar work done in the uau.al way. 
'I ll E HI i.J.KR, operated by one liami and two mulea, moulds 
both htdeH oj a row at oncK, gra<luating to any deairable depth the 
dirt jdaced around the young planta, ao that all are dirted, noiK'. 
covered up, and the aurface of tiie row left free from eloda. '1 heae 
mardiinea are made moatly of iron and the im^st workmanlike 
manner, and will last indefinitely. Reing aimple and not liable to 
get out of repair, the jdantation bLacksmith can keep them in rc 
pair, Thoae whodeaire U> have them for next seaaon ahould order 
immediately, aa m/ne will be made except to order. 
Ivice of RlanUif -J.'iO, Scraper Hiller cfW, eaah on delivery 
They will be shipped t<i any river ;>ort or landing, the c^maignee 
paying freight. The whole crop of wrn and wAtou can be |>lanted 
— aeraped and moulded wita theae mjmhines with one-half the force 
now required. 
^^;fertf> Co!. J. J, R. White, Dr. Woodbury, Judge J>. 
Jonea, Jamea R. ^f’Rlley, Joseph Audrewa, John Carrott, D. Jfow 
wn, E R Rundell, of VazooCity; A. M J^ayne, Craria<la ; J, J>. 
Stewart, Jackaon ; Ibealdent 'I hornUm, Sltaron College, Madiron, 
county. 
HtaU: and county righta for sale. Addresa, 
Dli. A. W. WASHRl.TCV, 
Yazoo City. Mi»». 
Vazc>r> City, July ‘J. IRiif;. 8ept.V>— ill* 
GRADE CASHMERE Gf)A'i8. 
I 7 OR HA LB, a few half blood Rt.’CKS at each. Addresa 
^ [Nov5!>— tfj K. RETEKS, Atlanta, Ga. 
