Thomas Jefferson's Farm Book, page 78

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Communication: TJs_FarmBook
SOURCE INFORMATION
Author Thomas Jefferson
Document Type Communication: TJs_FarmBook
Date 1772-1826
Place of Origin Monticello
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V. Provisions.

100.℔ of green pork makes 88.℔ pickled do or 75 ℔ of bacon.

green pork when made into bacon loses one fourth. C. H. Harrison.

herrings cost 18d a hundred, pickled & barreled, on Patowmack. 2 are a ration.

1.℔ of salt is necessary for curing every 10.℔ of pork for bacon. but another opinion is that a bushel of salt (of the weight of wheat) will cure 1000.℔ of bacon, which is 1.℔ salt to 16.℔ pork, or 7½℔ to a hog of 120.℔ nett, say 1. gallon to a hog of 125.℔

1. quart of salt saturates 1. gallon of water. per mrs. D. M. Randolph.

Manuscript (Massachusetts Historical Society, Thomas Jefferson’s Farm Book, page 78). Scan available online here.