The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

820. Take an old hogshead, stop up all the crevices, and fix a place to

put a cross-stick near the bottom, to hang the articles to be smoked on. Next, in the side, cut a hole near the top, to introduce an iron pan filled with sawdust and small pieces of green wood. Having turned the tub upside down, hang the articles upon the cross-stick, introduce the iron pan in the opening, and place a piece of red-hot iron in the pan, cover it with sawdust, and all will be complete. Let a large ham remain 40 hours, and keep up a good smoke. TO CURE BACON OR HAMS IN THE DEVONSHIRE WAY.