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Use 5 lbs. of this mixture to every 100 lbs. of meat; rub this well into all parts of the meat. Clean the floor of your cooler good, sprinkle some salt over the floor, and then pile your sides up, one on top of the other, put plenty of salt between each layer, the more salt the better.
Heavy sides should be pumped with the same solution of Victor Pure Food Brine (p. 12 ) or Shorthorn Preserver (p. 8 ), as used for hams, bacon and shoulders.
All dry salt meats should be at least three times repacked and resalted. Five days after first salting, shake all salt off and resalt the same way as the first salting and pile up the same as before. Do this again 10 days later, then 20 days later.
Light sides take from 35 to 40 days to cure.
Heavy sides take from 55 to 60 days to cure.
The temperature of coolers where pickled and dry salted meats are kept, should never be allowed to go below 36 degrees Fahrenheit, nor above 40 degrees. If coolers are kept below 36 degrees, meat will not cure in brine or take salt if dry salted.
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