September 1, 1909 
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fourteen days, Each day drain off all 
accumulated fluids. More care should be 
directed to rubbing the first two days 
after which it may be conducted more 
lightly. The sides are laid one on each 
other, and reversed every day. 
When the curing is completed, wash 
off the salt, &e , with warm water, and 
hang the side up to dry ina well-ventilated 
room. With favourable weather this will 
take from four to six days. 
The bacon is then hung in the smoke 
house. The fire place is outside the 
smoke-house, from which a flue com- 
Mmunicates with the centre of the floor, to 
reduce the temperature of the smoke as 
much as possible before reaching the 
bacon, It is a distinct advantage to 
smoke in a cool state. Native apple-tree 
and hardwood sawdust, or damp maize 
cobs, are useful to smoke with, and will 
improve the flavor. The smoking will 
take from four to five days. 
needed to determine when the flavor is 
sufficiently developed. 
‘Queensland Agricultural Journal.’ 
Judgment is 
Miscellaneous Items. 
One cause of serious loss to farmers is 
their want of care for farm machinery. 
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All vegetable matter, weeds, stubble, 
and such like, should be turned in, not 
burned off. 
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Corn, while it will grcw fairly well in 
an acid soil, is often benefited by a 
dressing of lime, 
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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
Anyone who plants and reaps crops 
knows that it is ruinous to the soil to 
keep on taking away without ever putting 
anything back. 
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Liming favors the growth and action 
of nitrifying and other desirable soil 
bacteria, as well as setting free hitherto 
nsoluble potash. 
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When selecting stallions for a district 
those who perform the task should know 
the class of mares in the district, and 
secure a horse to suit them. 
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The stables should be well ventilated 
and drained, using plenty of bedding. 
Sawdust or land plaster will readily 
absorb all of the liquid manure, 
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A lot of inferior grains and vegetables 
can be converted into a good profit by 
being fed to pigs, and, when dairying is 
carried on, pigs are an absolute necessity. 
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In the lucerne regions of America 
brood sows are fed exclusively on lucerne 
hay in winter, and pasture in summer 
time. Very little grain, or none what- 
ever, is fed. As a result the sows are 
always strong, vigorous, and healthy, 
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No horse can be kept in good condition 
if it be infected with worms, and al] 
horses are liable to be thus troubled at 
some time, both colts and older horses, 
These worms line the intestinal tract and 
sap the energy liberated by the food 
eaten, so that no amount of good care 
and feeding will fleshen a wormy horse. 
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Eucalyptus is said to be an excellent 
cure for influenza in horses. The method 
of application is to saturate a strip of 
soft cloth with the oil and tie it around 
the bit, 
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According to statements made recently 
by leading American manufacturers the 
farmer would not have to buy more than 
one half of his present stock of machinery- 
if he took proper care of it. 
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Because £20 will not buy the same 
stamp of horse now as it would 15 years 
ago does not prove that they have fallen 
offin quality. It merely establishes the 
fact that they have gone up in value. 
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_ When we produce a cereal crop and 
dispose of it, almost everything is taken 
away off the land, and we have to be 
continually replacing these things, while 
if we feed to stock we have the most of it 
returned to the land. 
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Brood sows should always have sufti- 
cient nutritious food to keep them in 
At farrowing time the 
sow should not be too fat, If she has. 
had plenty of exercise and is in fair con- 
dition she will be better prepared to care 
for her offspring. aS 
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The roots of maize, millets, and 
sorghums penetrate to a great depth for 
nourishment and moisture, hence the aim 
is to adopt deep cultivation in order to 
loosen the subsoils. A porous subsoil not 
good condition. 
_ only affords the roots an opportunity to 
develop, but also to provide storage for 
moisture. 
ARAB COFFEE 
DELICIOUS AROMA. 
