1871] 



NEW ENGLAlsT) FAR]MER. 



85 



in the hexagon or octagon pattern. The out- 

 side may be painted and sanded. The cost 

 would be about S2G00. 



We will soon give the plans by which this 



Flan of First Floor. 



house, by a slight variation of the inner par- 

 titions, can be made quite convenient for two 

 small families. It will be understood with 

 this, as with all other plans which we publish, 

 that the estmiatcd cost is what would be the 

 expense of building in or near a city, where 

 the builder had every thing to buy and full 

 prices to pay for labor. Where a man can 

 furnish lumber, or other material himself, and 

 is carpenter or mason enough to do a portion 

 of the work with his own hands, the expense 

 will be correspondingly reduced. 



nately made its appearance in this country-, 

 and farmers everywhere, more particularly 

 upon the lines of through cattle trailic, should 

 be on tlieir guard, and upon the first indica- 

 tion of disease showing any of its symptoms, 

 immediate information should be gi\en 

 to the proper authorities, that measures 

 may be at once taken to prevent its 

 spread. The disease is highly conta- 

 gious, not only by contact with diseased 

 animals, but also by contact with the 

 discharges from the sores, and the con- 

 tagion may be conveyed by the matter 

 adhering to the clothes (especially the 

 shoes) of persons attending dijeased an- 

 imals, ami also by the matter in the dung 

 and litter c>f animals ; on which account 

 there is special danger from the manure 

 or dirt thrown out of cattle cars at sta- 

 tions or in motion. The disease is also 

 readily and frecjuently (perhaps most 

 frequently) ct)nnnunicatcd by the dis- 

 charges dr()p{)cd upon the highways by 

 sick cattle driven over them, and for this 

 reason tlie first precaution to be taken 

 is to prevent the moving of cattle at- 

 tacked by the disease. The disease 

 sometimes affects the udders of cows, and 

 during its course (whether symptoms of its 

 affectmg the udder or not appear) the milk 

 should not be used as human food or given to 

 any animals. 



The disease is spreading to an alarming ex- 

 tent in some parts of New York and in Con- 

 necticut. Over one thousand cases are re- 

 ported in Dutchess county, and in Queens 

 county on Long Island it has made its ajipear- 

 ance among the cows kejit for furnishing milk 

 for New York city. We believe, however, 

 by prudent and active measures, it may be 

 controlled, and think no groundless fears 

 should possess the minds of our farmers. 

 We have great faith in the sul[)hurous 

 fumigation alluded to by Mr. Goodale 

 last week, and we hope our readers will 

 not forget the remedy. — Maine Fanner. 



Plan 0/ Second Floor. 



THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE. 



This disease, which, though not generally 

 directly fatal, often jiroduces death by secon- 

 dary action or its influence on other morbid 

 symptoms, has, during tiie past year, caused 

 great anxiety and loss of property in Great 

 Britain and on the Continent. It has unfortu- 



MusTY 0.\TS. — A South Carolina cor- 

 respondent, after reporting the loss of 

 a horse, supposed to result from eating 

 musty oats, says: — "I am certain more 

 horses die in the South from eating dam- 

 aged oats than from all other causes. 

 As the oats are cut rather green, and 

 often with many green weeds among them, 

 it Is very difficuU to keep them from molding 

 more or less in the centre. Many animals 

 die from this cause, which are supposed to 

 have had blind staggers, as in the case of 

 mine. Another horse died recently near me 

 in the same way, after being fed on oafs mostly 

 sound, but some of the bundles musty in the 

 middle." — Md. Farmer, 



