CONTENTS OF VOLUME EIGHT. 



A Plea for the Chicken-hawk, 7 

 Abortion of Cows, 8 

 All Hail ! Centennial Tear, 9 

 A Birds-Eye View of the Build- 

 ing and Grounds, 10 

 A new Industry, 14 

 Agricult'l Lile iu Missouri, 10 

 An Open Winter, 19 

 Arrival of Birds in 1S75, 29 

 An. Meeting in Doylestown, 26 

 All about Fruit-Grnwiuff and 



General Horticulture, 26 

 Address by the Pres dent, 26 

 Annual Address of Master Ja&i 

 McSparran,of Fulton Grange 

 No. 66, L'5 

 Artichokes, 33 

 A Good Investment, 35 

 Ancient Gardening, 35 

 Apples and their Varieties, 38 

 An Essay-Hints to Farmers, i'i 

 A Return to Economy, 46 

 Applying Manures, 47 

 A Large Poultry Yard, 48 

 A Profitable Experiment, 48 

 A Nut for the Botanists to 



Crack, .57 

 An. and Biennial Flowers, 58 

 An Acre, 62 

 Ammonia as a Cure ior Snake 



Bites, 63 

 A full Tobacco Vocabulary, 04 

 American Tobacco, 68 

 American Fruits, 68 

 Adaptinir Means to Ends, 70 

 A Wrinkle for Young People, 74 

 Advantage of Drainage, 79 

 A Simple Microscope, 79 

 Ans. to Corresp'ts, 85, 101, 115 

 A Pair of Texas Travelers, 85 

 About Flies, 86 



A Complete Remedy for To- 

 bacco Fly, 86 

 About Grasses, 87 

 About Cheese, 95 

 Ashes for Crops, 95 

 Application of Lime, 96 

 A Hen, 96 



A Fact for Farmers, 96 

 An Enemy of Potato Beetle, 102 

 A Valuable Discovery, 104 

 Adamstown & Billingfelt, 105 

 Artificial Tobacco, 106 

 Apples, 106 

 A Fragment, 106 

 A Cure for Colds in Head, 112 

 A new Pest, 113 

 A new Enemy in Corn Crop, 114 

 A Strange Fish, 115 

 American Lunar Moth, 115 

 Advance of Pear Blight, 116 

 About Mushrooms, 12? 

 A Model Dairy, 128 

 Arctic Wolverine, 132 

 About Potatoes, 133 

 Answers to Correspond'ts, 134 

 A Rare Bug, 134 

 Agricultural Papers, 138 

 A Long Furrow, 142 

 Apples at the Centennial, 143 

 A little every Day, 144 

 A Neglected Apple, 145 

 American Coot, 148 

 A Bit of Penn'a History, 149 

 Artificial Fertilizers, 1.50 

 Amer. Grapes and Wine, 153 

 An Exhibit at Centennial, 156 

 Agricultural Miscellany, 157 

 A Cheap Carpet, 100 

 Applied Science, 160 

 Ants Destroy Caterpillars, 161 

 A Word for the Snake, 164 

 A Flat Seed-Beetle, 164 

 Amateur Farmers, 170 

 A Wholesome Drink, 175 

 A Good Word lor the Hog, 175 

 Autumn Care of the Lawns, 175 

 American Poultry, iii 

 Adoration, 97 



Agric'l and Hort'l Soc'y, 99 

 Adulterated Clover Seed, 12 

 About Plant'g Forest Trees, 31 



Ans. by George Geddes, 139 



Agricultural Hall, 184 



Arab Horse Maxims, 191 



Agriculture & Horticulture, 192 



Bermuda Grass Growing in 

 Favor, 15 



Black Cochins, 17 



Best Varieties of Apples, 37,76 



Bay Windows for Winter 

 Flowers, 37 



Bee-Keeking for Farmers, 45 



Borrowed Plumes, 45 



Bees and Bee -hives, .59 



Best Variety of Apple Trees 

 for Planting, 60 



Brown Tree Borer, 60 



Brittle Hoofs, 64 



Biting the Nails, 80 



Be Sociable with Y'ngCatt!e,95 



Bees on a Small Scale, 96 



Buckwheat as Poultry Food,96 



Bureau of Agriculture, iii 



Barn Yard Manure and Chem- 

 ical Fertilizer, 107 



Berries for Birds, 111 



Boys, do Something, 111 



Bitter Butter, 119 



Black Hamburg8,135 



Boiling Eggs, 136 



Bat Guano, 158 



Beets for Cows, 159 



Benefits Derived from Read- 

 ing Newspapers and Maga- 

 zines, 167 



Bread Sponge, 175 



Beets for Cows, iii 



Breeding Horses, 13 



Breeding Asses, 12 



Breeding Sheep, 12 



Breeding Swine, 12 



Baltimore Oriole, 21 



Buckwheat as Poultry Food ,96 



Benson & Burpee's Second 

 Queen of Yorkshire, 165 



Buckwheat Cakes, 180 



Beefsteaks and Pies, 184 



Butter Culture, 185 



Best Food for Swine, 191 



Corn Culture, -5 



Cultivation of the Cherry, 28 



Currants and Gooseberries, i;9 



Celery, 163, 31 



Corn Starch Cake, 32 

 Care of Lambs, 48 

 Correctivesin Feed'gPoul'y,48 

 Culture of Asparagus, 55 

 Cultivat on of Wheat, 60 

 Condition of the Crops, 61 

 Care of Hogs, 63 

 Care of Horses, 63 

 Controlling Bulls, 64 

 Cooking by Cold, 64 

 Cabbages (BraesicaOleracea), 



82, 66 

 Choice Ever-Bloom'g Roses, 71 

 Choice Vegetable Crops, 72 

 Commercial Value of Hen Ma- 

 nure, 73 



Condition of Crops, 75 

 Cutting & Curing Tobacco, 79 

 Calla Lilies, 79 

 Care of Fowls, 80 

 Cauliflower, 82 

 Care of Canary Birds, 93 

 Culture of the Yam, 94 

 Convenient Barns, 94 

 Cutting off Lower Liaib», 96 

 Confession, 97 

 Crop Returns for June, 108 

 Castile Soap and its Counter- 

 felts, 109 

 Chinese Agriculture, 119 

 Cheese, I:;7 

 Climatology, 136 

 Christian Laconics, 143 

 Covering Manure, 144 

 Centennial Biscuits, 157 

 Centennial Snake Story, 162 

 Centennial Apples, 162 

 Care of Young Orchards, 164 

 Cleaning Window-Glass, 174 

 Corn Cribs, 174 



Chemistry of the Fattening 



Process, 175 

 Corn Cakes, 180 

 Canada Frult-G rowers. Re- 

 port, ill 

 Cabbages — Sourkrout, 180 

 Chester White Swine, 181 

 Crossing for Improvement of 



Common Sheep, 190 

 Collection of Pigeons, 191 

 Corn Cribs, ill 

 Death of the Apple Tree 



Borer, 5 

 Dress Orchard Trees, 8 

 Details of the Live Stock De- 

 partment, 10 

 Dogs, 11 

 Domestic Economy, 14, 93,127, 



159, 174 

 Dominique Fowls, 16 

 Destroying the Bark Lou9e, 28 

 Different Modes of Pruning, 36 

 Discussion on Forest Trees, 



Rain Fall, etc., 43 

 Dairy House Ventilation, 44 

 Dried Potatoes, 46 

 Dorkings, 49 



Dew — Eepec'y Honey-Dew, 49 

 Don't Chop with a Poor Axe,63 

 Decorating Flower Gardens, 70 

 Destroying Weeds, 158, 78 

 Don't Use the Hatch or Saw ,79 

 Dry Buckwheat Flour, 79 

 Death of a Famous Horse, 79 

 Dottlngs from Leoline, 149, 87 

 Drum Stick Asparagus, 93 

 Dish Wash'g without Soap, 128 

 Decay of the Trees in Hyde 



Park, 129 

 Draining Orchards, 143 

 Deranged by the bite of a 



Hog, 144 

 Domestic Hints, 149 

 Directions for Calclmining, 160 

 Deficient Ingred'ts of Soils,169 

 Dairy vs. Creamery, 176 

 Ducks, 176 



Dottings from Leoline, 180 

 Domestic Economy, 189 

 Experimenting with Sheep, 11 

 Educating Horses, 1.5- 

 Experiments made at the Ex- 

 perimental F'rm,WestGrove, 

 Chester co.. Pa., 25 

 Election of Officers, 28, 27 

 Evergreens, 29 

 Economy vs. Hard Times, 30 

 European Artichoke, 33 

 Economical Feed'g of Stock, 60 

 Everlasting Fence Post, 64 

 East'n and West'n Wheat, 64 

 Economy, Efficiency, Safety, 69 

 Early Tomatoes, 79 



Elder Bushes, 87 



Egg Custard, 87 



Expenses, 90 



Experience with Bees, 110 



Economy, 112 



Elm Tree Leaf Beetle, 131 



Edible Mushrooms, 149 



Eating too Much, 174 



Exhibition Notes, 184 



Eggs, ISO 



Fat and Draught Cattle, 11 



Fat Sheep, 11 



Fat Swine, 11 



Fish, 11 



Farming and Stock Raising on 

 Continent of Europe, 11, 60, 

 75, 91, 108, 155, 172 



Fruit & Veget's by weight, 14 



Fruit Trees from the North, 28 



Failure of the Beet Crop In 

 France, 42 



Forest Trees and Rain Fall, 43 



Farmers' Sons and Daughters 

 Must Work, 46 



Floral Speculation, 52 



Farm Mortgages, 52 



Fish Culture, 55 



Feeding Poultry, 62 



Farm Accounts, 73 



Fruit Culture In Lancaster 



City, 71 

 Farm'g in Contln'l Europe, 78 

 Farmers' Fruit Cake, tO 

 Fried Potatoes, S7 

 From Over the Pond, 89 

 Fairy Rings " in pastures 



green," 105 

 Farmers and the Centen'l, 109 

 Food for Young Pigs, 110 

 Fire Blight, 116 

 French Cooking, 117 

 Feed for Young Fowls, 135 

 Fine Peaches, 1.36 

 From North Carolina, 142 

 Fertilizers for Grass, 144 

 Fishbone in the Throat, 144 

 Facts About Birds, 152 

 Forestry, 16S 

 Fru t as a Medicine, 171 

 Feeding Animals, 172 

 Fine Pumpkin Pies, 174 

 Fall or Spring Planting, 176 

 Farming Without Stable Ma- 

 nure or Stock, 176 

 Facts of Natural History — 



No. 8, 21 

 Farmers' Club Notes, 187 

 Fence Corners, III 

 General Miscellany, 15, 31, 47, 



61,77,93 

 General Reports and Letters ,26 

 Grapes, 29 



General Arrangements, 90 

 Good Thing about Rye, 95 

 General Miscellany, 109, 127, 



143, 175 

 Gun Barrel Buddlne, 110 

 Good Farm Roads, 112 

 Graham Gems, 128 

 Grape Phylloxera, 130 

 Germination of Seeds, 164 

 Good Tillage, 170 

 Good Wives, 174 

 Goose Berry, The 178 

 Green Fields of the Moon, 187 

 History and Objects of the Or- 

 der of Patrons of Husband- 

 ry, 14 

 Househ'd Recipes, 15, 46, 64, 93 

 "Homes without Hands," 2l 

 Humming Birds, 37, 22 

 Hybridization of Fruits, 27 

 Hurtful Reading, 32 

 Home that is Home, 36 

 How to Raise Oats Cheaply, 41 

 Hospitals for Horses, Cattle 



and Pigs, 42 

 How Butter is Tainted, 46 

 How to Use Corn Starch, 46 

 How to Get Eggs in Winter, 48 

 Honey Dew, 72, 67, 49 

 Hygrometrical Diary at Phila- 

 delphia, for March, 1876, 51 

 How I Raised my Tomatoes, 58 

 Harrowing Wheat In Spring, 61 

 How to Take Care of Lawns, 61 

 Hints about Meat, 63 

 Hold'g on for Higher Prices, 63 

 Hollow Horn, 64 

 Hay-Making In Norway, 64 

 How to Make an Omelet, 64 

 Houdans, 65 

 Honey-Ants Again, 66 

 " Holstein" Cattle, 74 

 How to Prevent Robbing, 77 

 Hints for the Season, 78 

 How to Pour Tea, 79 

 Hyacinths in Glasses, 80 

 How to get rid of Rose Slugs, 84 

 Horned Frogs, 85 

 How to Stack Grain, 88 

 How to 3ee the Great Exhibi- 

 tion, 80 

 How to Spend a Week Profit- 

 ably, £0 

 Horse Radish Sauce, 93 

 Have Faith In your Business, 93 

 How to Grow Them, 94 

 How Plants Feed on Ammo- 

 nia, 95 

 SarnesslQg Colts, 96 



Heaves in Horses, 90 

 Historical Sketch of Lancas- 

 ter, 98 

 Hygrometrical Diary at Phila- 

 delphia, for June, 1776, 103 

 Hints for New Beginners in 



Rural Life, 106 

 How to Keep your wife's 



Love, 109 

 Hold'g on for Higher Prices,lll 

 Hunger, 111 

 How to Keep Eggs, 113 

 How to Make Old Horses ap- 

 pear Well, 112 

 Horse Management, 112 

 Hereditary Influences, 121 

 Household Recipes, 128, 175 

 How to Get Along, 128 

 How to Test Fungi, 136 

 How Weeds are Propagated, 144 

 Holland Pippin, 145 

 "How to Keep the Boys on the 



Farm," 146 

 Heroic Farming, 155 

 How to Dispose of Our Corn 



Crop, 156 

 How to preserve Cut Flow's, 159 

 How do You Make Cider 



Wine » 160 

 How to Keep Bouq's Fresh, 174 

 Hard Soap, 174 

 Harrowing, 174 

 How to Manage Cuttings, 176 

 Hens That Don't Set, 176 

 History of Lanc. Farmek,177 

 History of the"Three Earls, "ill 

 Horticultural Hall, 184 

 How to Cure Seed Leaf 



Tobacco, 1«5 

 How Cider is Made, 186 

 Home and Happiness, 187 

 Household Recipes, 1^9 

 How to- Clean Marble Top 



Furniture, 190 

 How to Utilize a Dead 



Horse, 192 

 Horticultural Notes, 192 

 Is a Change of Seed Neces- 

 sary ? 8 

 In the Production and Repar- 

 ation of Muscular Force, 12 

 Is Swine Flesh a Proper Food 



for Man ? 31 

 Influence of Food on the 



Mind, 32 



Interesting Essay and Reports 



of Practical Experiments, 44 



Insects and Insect Remedies 



One Hundred Years Ago, 



.53, 67 



Influence of Temperature Upon 



Milk and Butter, 60 

 Insecticides, 69 

 Insect Depredations, 69 

 International Importance, 80 

 Improv't of Grass Land, 91, 95 

 Insects Never Grow, 113 

 ImproT ng the Land "Inside 



the Fences," 1.7 

 Insect Vitality, 135 

 Improvement of Potatoes, 14S 

 Ignorance in Farming, 143 

 Iron and Gold, 143 

 Insect Tenacity, 164 

 Insect Powder, 167 

 Insect Longevty, 179 

 Josiah Hoopes on Yards and 



Lawns, '27 

 Jeru alem Arctichoke, 33 

 Jefl'erson's Ten Practical Rules 



of Life, 80 ' 



June Meet ng of the Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural So- 

 ciety, 92 

 Jonathan Dorwart's Fancy 



Poultry, 192 

 Keep the Feet Warm, 14 

 Keeping the Meals Waiting, 14 

 Keeping up the Fertility, 107 

 Keeping Milk and Butter In 



Cellars, l27 

 Keeping Eggs, 128, 174 



