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Too much care can hardly be taken in packing pork so as to have it keep through the season.  The chief requisites are pure salt and freeing the meat from every taint of blood.  The pieces of pork should be packed as closely as possible.  After a few weeks if any scum rises on the surface of the brine it should be cleaned out and the brine boiled so that all impurities may be removed.  If pork is to be kept all summer twice boiling the brine may be necessary.  For some reason a barrel that has once held beef will never do for a pork barrel, though the rule may be reversed with impunity.

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One of the firm of Galbraith Brothers Janesville, Wis., is now in Scotland to make selection for an early spring importation of Clydesdales.  While making mention of this we may say that Messrs. Galbraith though disposing of twenty-one head of Clydesdales at the late sale in Chicago, have yet on hand an ample supply of superior horses of all ages from sucklings upward.  They will be pleased to receive a visit from intending purchasers of this class of stock, and from all interested in the breed.

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The first lot of Dr. W.A.  Pratt’s Holsteins, from quarantine, recently arrived at Elgin.  The Doctor informs us that the animals are in prime condition and choice in every respect.  He says he is preparing to open a ranch near Manhattan, Kansas, for the breeding of high grade Holsteins and Short-horns.  He will also keep on this ranch a choice herd of pure-bred Holsteins for supplying the growing Western demand for this very popular dairy stock.

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