THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



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florii'ulluiv, li.id on ixliibitioii at llio mcetinc: of the 

 Horticiiliunil Society, a scTiosorilowers and li'avos to 

 ilhislralc tlio cliansi' liy cultiirc. No. 1, to lie-in with 

 the orijriiial lliiwcr dl'tjiat tiriirlit, \nirr, ilccp crimson 

 rcil species calleil " (iencral druiit," llowcrs larffc, 

 leaves Willi the oriliiiary zonale or dark central riii^' 

 (con.stantly present in these species and varietie.'s) ol' 

 moderate size. The sei'dinir, No. 3, was rather darker 

 in llie color, smaller, and the leaves reduced in size. 

 No. :!, also a seedlim; from No. 'i, color yood. Mower 

 rather less, Imt leaves much larirer in diameter. No. 

 4, color of llower lietwecn a rosi' and oraiiin', leaf 

 nearly as larire as in No. H, lloin- full size. No. ."i, a 

 seedliii!; from No. 4, color oraiiL'e red, leaves much 

 reduced in size — evidc'nily retnrnintr to its orisrinal 

 type of I'lliiri/oiiinin //i^ii/i'o/i, introduced in l.SOd. 

 Flowers were then I'... inch in diameter, of a brick- 

 re*! color, ite., just what No. .5 is In its rcirular lin- 

 eairc from No. 1, (iencral (irant, so lirilliantly red. 

 IIow came it so? lint whence arises color, or the 

 chanire of the rellectin:; anirles of liirht i Nay, what 

 does'even the s;reat Tyndall teach us in the matter of 

 (living us linht, on the nature (d' litjlit and floral 

 colors? No doidtt then* is a law of forces designed by 

 creative wisdom to act just so — nndersiu^h conditions 

 — anil perhai'S it is onr business to find tliem out, if 

 we wish to act by knowledge; yet a blind i>igcantinil 

 tlie acorn. So we often stundile upon a truth, and 

 produce results that astonish ns, if they do not edify. 

 So gardeners jiotter around, and often bring about a 

 grand change, bid for want of knowledge how tojjre- 

 'eerve it or iinjirove it, they "go back on us," and 

 ehow how little we know. 



I'uoF. Katiivon- exhibited a very fine specimen of 

 the hmoii, grown by Mrs. C. O. Herr, of Crcsswcll, 

 Manor townshij), Laiieaster county. 



TOI'II'S FOK niSCUSSIOX AT NK.XT MEETING. 



1. What is the best method of jncreasing the fer- 

 tility of the soij ; 



3. What system of farming is best adapted to Lan- 

 caster county ? 



."i. What variety of corn is most |irofltable to grow, 

 and what is tlie best method of cultivating it ? 



The .Society adjourned to meet on Monday the third 

 of May, at one o'clock, p. m., sharp. 



THE FARM AND THE DAIRY. 



The Lancaster Park Association. 



At the late amnial meeting of the etoi-kholders of 

 the Lancaster Park Association, a large proportion 

 of the stock was represented either in person, or by 

 proxy. Mr. Robert A. Evans was called to preside 

 over the meeting, and Messrs. H. '/,. Khoads and John 

 T. Mctioniglc, to act as secretaries. The report of 

 the board was read detailing its operations for the 

 past year,, showing that the reeeijits from all sources 

 had been $7,()W).:!1, and the expenses ?7, 410.74, 

 leaving a balance of S'i4li.l'i3 after paying all the 

 exi>enses, one year's interest, on the mortgage, insur- 

 ance, taxes, t'te. The floating debts of the association, 

 at the time when the board came into olHee, have 

 been fnndeil by loan for which a ."iccond mortgage has 

 been given \ipon the property of the ass(iciation, and 

 I'rom the proceeds ot" which all these debts have been 

 paid otf, and a balance of :?:H..V.I remains on hand. 

 ()u motion of J. L. Steinmetz, esq., the board was 

 instructed to make an eflort to secure the holding of 

 the next state fair in this city, and failing in this, to 

 liold a general county fair. An election for directors 

 for the ensuing year was thi'n held, and resulted in 

 the choice of the following gentlemen : liobert A. 

 Evans, II. Z. Klioads, .Jos. K. IJoycr, A. C. Kepler, 

 C. Kine Baer, tk'o. Youtz, John II. .Miller, Levi Sen- 

 senig, Sanniel Jetleries, Jas. Stewart, and L. Knapp. 



The voting waseonilueted on the cumulative plan, 

 and 3,79.S votes were east. As there are only :^>3l 

 shares of stock, each entitled to eleven voles, or S,.5-il 

 in the aggregate, it will be seen that a large propor- 

 ti*>n of stock was rei)resented. 



The exhibit of the atl'airs of the association was, on 

 the whole, favorable, and \nider the disadvantageous 

 circumstances which attcinled its labors, more could 

 not have been reasonably exi)ected. 



Let them try to get the state fair, by all means. 



A Little Advice to Farmers. 



Help your wives in every way you can, trivial 

 though it may seem to you. For instance, keep an 

 extra pair of shoes or slippers in the bailor entry, 

 anti always reinendier to change your dirty boots 

 before entering her clean rooms. Then you may be 

 sure of a smile of welconn^, as no dirt will be left 

 after you for her to clean up. In the evening comb 

 yonrhairas carefully as you ever did in your courting 

 days. Put on a clean coat or ilrcssing-gown, ami 

 when you take your paper to read, do not read to 

 yourself and leave her to lonesome thfuights while 

 sewing and mending, but remember that she, too, has 

 been working haril all day, and is still working. 

 Ki'ad to her whatever interests you, so that her 

 interests and opinions may grow with yours, and that 

 she may c(nnprchend something besides love stories, 

 winch too many have read more than they should. 

 You will both l>e happier, and being a farmer's or 

 mechanic's wife will not be such a dreadtid tiresome 

 and lonely life as many girls have every reason" to 

 think it is — especially if he reads The Fak.mek. 



Successful Sale of Short-Horns. 



The Bclh'view herd, owned by William Stewart, of 

 Dixon, III., was recently sohl at auction. A large 

 mindicr of buyers were present, and eighty head 

 brought over ?3tl,(KH). The following is a list of the 

 highest ]irices ol" the day, with [lurchascrs: 



Lady of Itaeine, one of thi' lini'st .Miss Wilysonthis 

 continent, to Col. K. H. Austin, Sycamore, 111., $1,- 

 .''ilill. Miss Wily, of Helleview, her" calf, same, •*7(lll. 

 They arc hotli gram! animals. Lord \N'ily, another 

 id' Lady's calves, to A. Powers, Dixon, 111., ?1,4.SI). 

 Du<*hess Loinm, said to be one of the tinest Lomins, 

 went to Col. H. II. Austin, at ?1,!MK). Louan's Thorn- 

 dali', N. Cornell, Dwight, III., .?"(l(l. Bloom 13lh, J. 

 V>. L ah man, Praidvlin (irove, III., $;!('».'>. Karl Duchess, 

 M. McWilhams, Darlington, Wis., ?:;(H). Caroline, 

 II. F. Brown, Minneapolis, Minn., $.S1(). Moselle, I!. 

 It. .Austin. .Sycamore, HI., *43.5. Hazel (Jneen, said 

 to be one (d' the tinest show -cows in Aim'riea, $77.">, to 

 (ireene A: .Morton, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Donna Lee, 

 to William Chandlers, liochelle, Ill.,S:!2.'i. Boxy, to 

 Mr. Van Patten, Stewart, 111., .?:i.50. Klsie, to W. 

 Chambers, Koehelle, III., *41ll. Hannah, to Prince- 

 ton, Hawks iV: .Moore, Polo, III., ?47l). Violet 3d, to 

 William Chambers, Bochellc, 111., *4IM). Lily of the 

 Valley, to AVilliam (.'hanihers, Boselle, 111., i.'idO. 

 Josephine, to E. A. Snow, Dixon, 111., ?^:i3."i. Linlloa, 

 to T. Hughes, Meriden, III., ^KIO. Cold King, to T. 

 Hughes, Meriden, III., .*:ii«. Marv lltli, .?:!40, to W. 

 W. Tilton, Dixon, III. Mai'ia,to Leonidas C. Dement, 

 Dixon, 111., $:'>0d. Hope, to Col. Austin, Sveaniore, 

 III., $:!.■«. Tanv, to W. Chambers, liochelle. 111., 

 «!:i.5.5. Vi(det, to C. Dement, Dixon, III., -^-OO. Flo- 

 rence, $"(111. Duke of Thoriidale, to William Nael, 

 Paxton, III., S47.5. Champion of the West, to (ieorge 

 Dealand, Dixon, 111., #1,00(1. 



The above includes the most of the sales, except a 

 few old cows, and young male and female calves, 

 which sold at from .?"l)0 to S12-5. Few more success- 

 ful sales have been madt^ in America, everything con- 

 sidered, and it gives a glorious prosi)ect to tlie great 

 sliort-horn future. 



FARM AND DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Valuable Milk Cows. 



The Chambersliurg liepoaitonj claims that Dr. Ed- 

 mund Culberlson, President of tht^ First National 

 Bank of that place, has the mo.st valuable cow in the 

 county, if not in that section of tlie .State. This cow 

 had a line bull calf, aliout four weeks ago, and since 

 tliat time has been giving large quantities of milk, 

 the average being XfP^; lbs per day. The cream from 

 this cow was preserved for one week, and on being 

 churned yielded the large amount of seventeen and a 

 quarter pounds of btitter. This is an unusually large 

 yield. The butter is of a rich yellow color, and is 

 very sujK'rior in quality. The cow is an Aldi'mcy, 

 and was imported from the island of .Terscy, by Mr. 

 William .Massey, of Philadeliihia. Dr. Culberlson 

 bouglit her from Mr. Massey when she was liftecn 

 months oBl, for *300. Slie now has her third calf and 

 is a tine animal. We mention these facts for the ben- 

 efit of farmers wdio are interested in im|iroving their 

 stock, as they know it costs no more tfi keep a thor- 

 ough bred animal of any kind than it does one of an 

 inferior breed . 



A. F. Boas, of Reading, recently imrehased (luern- 

 sey stock from K. W. Coleman's heirs, at Cornwall, 

 Lebanon county. He has since reported tliat he Inul 

 a yield of 1.5 poimds of a No. 1 butler in one week 

 from one of the cows. This speaks well for that breed 

 of Cattle. 



Henuy Geist, of Point township, Northumberland 

 county, iirodueed from three cows, of ordinary grade, 

 in thirteen weeks, between December 4th and Febru- 

 ary 37th, last past, theexiraordinary amount of3il2'.i 

 pounds of butter, or about I wenty-one pounds per week 



Setting and Skimming Cream. 

 Cream rises because of theeomparatively liglit spe- 

 cific gravity of the butter globules. Tlie cream ar- 

 ranges itself upon the surface according to the size of 

 the globules, tin' largest globules being at or near the 

 top. Cream is, therefore, an uneven product, rising 

 in layt'rs. Eatdi layer is ditlerent, and prtiduces adil- 

 ferent r|nality of butter, and one layer is better for but- 

 ter-making than another. The cream rising first is 

 the richest, proiluces the best Imtter, and churns 

 ipiickest. The second skimiidng is poorer for manu- 

 facture, and the third may be worthless for firsl-( lass 

 butter. Hence, in practice, a dairynnin may obtain 

 too much butter from his milk, the increase in <pian- 

 tity not suHiciently compensating for the deerea.se in 

 quality, brought about by the (diuniing of globules 

 which should have been left in the liullermilk. Dr. 

 Sturtevant argues that the value of a cow or a'breed 

 cajuiot be determined by the percentage of cream in 

 her milk, as milk yicdding but ten per cent, of cream 

 may furnish nioi-i' butter than that yielding thirty per 

 cent. He sugges's that shallow selling would prolia- 

 bly yield the most butter, and deep setting that of 

 best quality. 



A Dollar spent for Tht^ Lancaxtfr Fanner is money 

 well invested. It will "pay" — ask your neighbor to 

 try it. 



The Nutrition of Oatmeal. 



Liclilg lias shown tliat oatmeal Is almost as nutri- 

 tious as the very best English beef, and that it Is 

 richer than wheaten bread ill the elements that go to 

 form bone and muscle. Prof. Forbes, of Edinburgh, 

 during sonic twenty years, measured the breadth and 

 height, and also testei! the strength of both the arms 

 and loins of the students in the university — a very 

 numerous class — and of various uatioinilitles, drawn , 

 to Edinburg by the fame of his tea<-hing. He found 

 that in height, breadth of chest and shoulders, and 

 the strength of arms and loins, the Belgians were at 

 the bottom of the list ; a littli' above them the French ; 

 very much higher, the English ; and highest of all, 

 the Scotch and Scoth-Irish from Ulster, who, like the 

 natives of Scotland, are fed. In their early years, with 

 at least one meal a day of gofid milk and oatmeal 

 pcirridge. .Speakiiigof oatmeal, an exchange reniiirks 

 that a very good ilrink is made by putting alMiut two 

 spoonsful of the meal Into a tumbler of water. The 

 Western hunters and trappers c<(nsider it the U'st of 

 drinks, as it is at once nourishing, unsliinulating, and 

 satisfying. It is jHipular in the Brooklyn navy-yard, 

 two and a half pounds of oatmeal being put Into a 

 pail of moderately co(d water. It is much better than 

 any of tin* ordinary mixtures of vinegar and inobuises 

 with water, which farmers use in the haying or har- 

 vest field. 



Now For House-Cleaning. 



Fi.OKA, in the fierinantown Tihqrnjih, thus dis- 

 courses on a topic of prevailing Interest at tliis season 

 of the year : The season will .soon be upon us to begin 

 the worrying but indispensable spring house-cleaning. 

 Strange to say — at least it will no doubt tie strange to 

 many of the masculine style — we housekeep<'rs do not 

 dread — or allow me to jiut in a somewhat out-of-the- 

 way wiird — we do not nhirl; this inevitable semi-annual 

 overturning and refurbishing of the domeslh' para- 

 phernalia. It has really a pleasure in it, in so far that 

 it precedes a brighter day for us, that is, u reclaimed, 

 renovated castle — for a Iiouse ix one's castle — and 

 therein lies the jileasurable anticipation, and smooths 

 away any rough edges which house-cleaning might 

 seem to have to some who give no assistance to It per- 

 sonally. 



It has been said, and very truly, that every husband 

 shoiih! be out of the lumse at least six hours daily, 

 as an ordinary rule. But he should be away a mck 

 during these (himestic ojierations, for then we should 

 avoid sour looks, <Toss remarks, grumbling at meals, 

 and complaints at the overturning of things generally. 

 Still, I don't mind this little " spatting." 1 just go 

 on as if I heard nothing, until the dondcile is as bright 

 as a new cent from garret to cellar, when I present 

 my jewels to my lord, anil demand an apology in view 

 of the charming picture iiresented, am! always get It. 



Parasites in Bird-Cages. 



Many a person has watched with anxiety and care 

 a i)et canary, goldfinch, or other tiny favorite evi- 

 dently in a state perturbation, plucking at himself 

 conlinually, his feathers standing all wrong, always 

 fidgetting aliout, and every way looking very seedy. 

 In vain is bis foml changed, and in vain is another 

 saucer of clean water always kejit in his cage, and all 

 that kindness can suggest for the little prisoner done; 

 but still all is of no use, he is no better — and why? 

 Iiecanse the cause of his wretcbcilness has not lu'cn 

 foiiiiil out, and until it is, other attempts are but vain. 

 If the owner of a pet in such dillieullies will take 

 down the cagi' and ea.st his or her eyes up to the roof 

 thereof, there will most likely be s«en a mass of stuff 

 looking as much like red rust as anything; and from 

 tlicnee comes the cause of the jwior liinl's uneasiness. 

 The red rust is nothing more nor less than myriailsof 

 parasites infesting the bini, and for which water is no 

 remedy. There is, however, a remedy, and one easily 

 procurable in a moment — fire. By proi uringa lighted 

 candle and holding it under every ]iarticle of the top 

 of the cage, till all ciianec of anything being left alive 

 Is gone, the remedy is eomplete. The pet will sixin 

 brighten up again after his " house-warming," and 

 will, in his cheerful and ileliglitful way, thank his 

 master or mistress over and over again for tills, 

 though slight, to him, imiKirtant assistance. 



About Housework and Help. 



It is the iioorcst of economy for a mother. If she can 

 atfonl to have help, to slave and fag herself out day 

 after day, besides working far into the night, for the 

 ]iurpose of saving cxiiense. True, as many mothers 

 say, "help is a nuisance," or, "I would rather my 

 work was half done than botlnr with a girl," etc. 

 But we must not be too partiiular. Heminiber, we 

 cannot lind perfcelion in any one, and while girls 

 cannot do just as well as you do, or as you think they 

 ought, they do the best lliey can. Sjieak pleasantly 

 fo them, aiid whinever they do right, do not fail to 

 sneak of it, and let thcin know that you appreciate 

 their etlorls to please. In fact the lady of the house 

 is not always an angel, and a gri'at deal deixnds 

 u|Kin the example she makes of herself. Poor help 



