42 SQUASHES, HOW TO GROW THEM, ETC. 



miles from the coast, as to bring squashes up to 40 and 

 50 dollars the ton, when at the sea side the crop was as 

 large as usual, having received but little or no injury. 



SQUASHES FOR STOCK. 



When a large quantity of squashes is stored, there 

 will always be more or less of waste. If in a large town, 

 many of the spotted squashes can be most profitably 

 handled by cutting out the decayed portion, and market- 

 ing the squash at a reduced price. It has been my practice 

 for years to dispose of many of my defective squashes in 

 this way, and I would state, as a very fair index of the 

 comparative popularity of the Autumnal Marrow, Turban, 

 and Hubbard squashes, in a community where they have 

 all been grown for years, and are well known, that the 

 sales of my market-man would average, late in the fall 

 and in early winter, ten pounds of Hubbard and Turban 

 to one pound of the Marrow, though he offered the Mar- 

 row at one-third the price of the Hubbard and Turban. 

 After many trials I have found it next to impossible to 

 dispose of the Marrow, while having a stock of Hubbard 

 and Turban, hence have adopted the plan of feeding the 

 former to my stock. 



I have fed principally to horned cattle and pigs. The 

 squashes should first have the seed removed, as these tend 

 to dry uj:> milch-cows, or, if fed to pigs, to cause them to 

 urinate very freely. The Marrow should be fed to horned 

 stock either in quite large pieces, or in pieces about three 

 inches square, to prevent choking — for, if made much 

 smaller, the cattle are more liable to choke. The Hub- 

 bard should always be cut into pieces three inches square, 

 as the shell and curve of large pieces combined, are too 

 much for the cattle to manage. 



If squashes are plenty, they may be fed very liberally, 

 a bushel and more a day for each head ; the only danger 



