The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-07-21
farm 9otss.
HOG CHOLERA.

This disease is strictly contagious.
1t may be carried not only by af.
fected animals but by droppings,
litter or streams in which they wal
low. Other animals, large and small,
as cats and dogs, may spread it, so
that the only safety for any infected
neighborhood is for the time to abol-
ish all swine, and after proper disin-
lection of all affected quarters, give
time for nature to clear upthe neigh
borhOOd.
HUBBARD sQUAsHEs AMONG POTATOES.
Western farmers have taken to
growing Hubbard squashes among
hoed crops, and find them more
profitable than the old-fashioned
pumpkin, and quite as reliable. They
require, Or at least will pay, for some
extra manuring and watering in a
dry time. One of the advantages of
growing Hubbard squashes with
field crops is that many hills escape
any visitation from the bugs.
COWS FOR MILK.
1t is a curious fact, and one that
has led to much disappointment in
breeding for the dairy, that milk
and butter production is most com
monty transmitted through the
male line. This is the time when
cows should be bred to have them
in full flow of milk next spring, and
if@the COW herself is a good one breed
to a bull that comes Of equally good
strain, and the heifer calves will
probably be valuable for the dairy.
AFTERMATH OF TIMOTHY.
The second growth of timothy, or
aftermath, does 10 get enough size
to warrant cutting, nor would it be
advisable if it did. 1t is, however,
very important in keeping the grass
from being run out. Timothy grass
has a bulb just at the surface, and the
roots are mostly struggling and near
the top of the ground. 1t is not liza
BILE to be thrown out by frost as
clover is, but it needs protection as
much from the burning sun of sum-
mer as from the frosts of winter.
EASEMENTS NOT SUITABLE FOR HORSES.
While basement barns have many
advantages for wintering stock
warmly, they are not adapted to
keeping horses in 1t is
very difficult to get them ventilated
as they should be, and the ammonia
always rising from horse manure
and urine is injurious to the health,
and especially to the eyes. 1t is tor
ture to horses that have worked
hard during the day to be put into
unventilated, bad smelling quarters
at night. The fact that the under
ground stable is unfit induces many
farmers to urn horses out to pas
ture at night, which for teams at
work is scarcely less cruel than
keeping them in poorly ventilated
stables.
SOWING HUNGARIAN Las ON Sol
The advice is often given to pillow up
scotland, often that which has borne
poor hay crop, and then SOW Hun
garian with the expectation of get
ting a full crop of that. The expecta-
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grass needs rich soil, and as the seed
is small it requires a finer and mel
lower seed bed than can be got on
the sod plowed in or after midsum-
mer. If warm, moist weather comes
after the sod is turned it can be
easily got in better condition for
fodder corr than for Hungarian, and
the corn, if it is advanced enough to
tassel before frost, will make greater
amount of more valuable fodder than
the Hungarian.
ENs1LAeE IS H MAIN RELIANCE.
Our extreme northwestern terri
tory on the Pacific, including parts
ofWashington Territory and Alaska,
has a very moist climate. So much
rain falls while forage crops are be-
ing gathered that they can only be
saved by ensilaging. Here, as the
air is excluded, the water is less
Objectionable. Gov. Swineford of
Alaska reports that by using ensil-
age in winter large numbers of cat
tie may be kept, as the summer for
age is excellent. The difficulty has
been in getting it dry so as to keep
for food in winter, but with ensilage
pits, which can be built more cheaply
than barns. this difficulty can he