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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Turnips, (illustrated) 169 



Cashmere Goats, ji^ 



Save vour Poultry Dung, ''3 



How Many Times shall we Plow for Wheat 173 



Cidtivalion of Wheal in Pennsylvania, 1T4 



What does it cost to Produce a Bushel o( Com? 176 



Sheep-Killing Dogs, 17t; 



The L^nlil If: 



A Model Poultry House, 1 " 



To- Cure the Horn-Ail in Cattle, 177 



Extracts from Our Correspondence 178 



Ked Root 178 



Farming in Southern Illinois, 17S 



Will it Pay to Build Barus for Sheep? 178 



To Destroy Canada Thistles, 179 



Black Leg iii Cattle, 179 



New York Farmers' Club, 179 



Hemp Culture, 1^'* 



Kotes on Back Xumbers, 18" 



Animals in the Highway , I*'! 



Plowina; Under Greeh Crops for Manure, 1^1 



To Measure an Acre, , 181 



Feeding (irain Pays, 181 



Washing Sheep '8- 



Does Stock Require Salt? l**-^ 



■ HORTICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. 



Walks and Talks in the Garden— No. 2, 183 



Flaming Apple Trees,. ■ 187 



Tree Murder 18^ 



The Currant Worm 1^^ 



The Pest of the Apple Orchard, 1^^ 



Value of blackberries for Wine, ^89 



The >triped Bug, 189 



'•Walks and Talks in the Garden," 1^9 



Hoeing Onions, 18^ 



Miscellaneous Page 



Ladies' Page. 



Young People's Page 



190 

 191 

 192 



editor's tablb. 



Notes on the Weather,.. 



Farms fur Sale, . . . 



Ino.uiries and Answers,. 

 The Markets, 



19.S 



1P5 

 196 

 197 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Turnips, (thirteen figures). 1C9- IJl 



rnshmere Goats, (male and female) ii A i '2 



Cashrncre Goats, (male and female) 172, 173 



The Lentil, "J 



Washing Sheep in Australia J»- 



PiB.hing Fruit Trees, ( two figures) 



185 



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