100 lb Ham
      3 oz Salt peter
      1 pt Salt, kosher
    1/2 lb Brown sugar
      1 x  *also:
      2 pt Salt
    1/8 lb Pepper
 
  *** The "recipe" specifies ham from corn-fed hogs, and "fine salt
  (best quality)". Since kosher salt is commonly available today, and
  contains no iodine, I changed the ingredients to specify it.
  Mix thoroughly the salt peter, 1 pint salt and brown sugar and rub
  over the hams and let stand for 24 hours. Then rub the meat with the
  pepper and part of the remaining salt. Let stand for 5 days and then
  rub meat again with fine salt. Set aside for 30 days, hang the meat up
  and brush off the salt. Have hams smoked at a good smoke house,
  smoking them for 10 days with wood. When finished, rub entire ham with
  red pepper, wrap carefully in brown paper and then in muslin bags and
  hang up with the hock down. Hams prepared in this manner will keep
  indefinitely, and flavor and quality improve with time.