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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



97' 

 97 

 98 



A Better Civilization, - . - . 



Late Potato Planting, . . . . 



Trees Killed by Salt, .... 



The Elm Tree Beetle, - . - . . 98 



Reminder for July, --.-.- 98 



Unit«d Stales CommisBioner of Agrieulture, - 98 



Meeting of the American Pomological Soeiety, 98 



Explanation, --98 



Making; Wine from Native Grapee, - - 99 



The Seventeen Year Locusts, - - - - 99 



What is a Practical Farmer ? - - - 99 



Patrons of Husbandry, - .... 99 



Echoes from the Public Press, . - . 100 



Correspondence, 100 



• Queries and Answers, 101 



Crops in North Carolina. M. Richvine, • lOli 

 From Nebraska. Suiney A. Gnylor, ■ 102 

 Abies — Spruce Fir. -/. Stanfftr, - - - 102 

 Large Farms and Small Farms— Their Advanta- 

 ges and Disadvantages. A. S. Kise, - - 102 

 Practical Contributions from Leollne, - - 103 



The Horse. L. S. Reist, 10;o 



Thoroughbred >Southdo\vns, . - - . 104 



Legal Rates of Interest, - - - . 104 



Tobacco 104 



■ A iievr Pest for Tobacco Growere— Three Thou- 

 eftod Pouuds to the Acre — Tobacco in Berks. 



Cutting and Curing Tobacco, - - - 105 



Culture of Tobacco, - . . . . 105 



A few Practical Hints — Danger of Overdoing it 



— Shedding, Storing, &c. 



The Turnip Crop, 105 



The Origin of Prairies, . . - - . 105 

 Why they are not Encroached Upon by Border- 

 ing Woods. 



How to Keep Our Boys at Home, - - - 106 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Agricultural and Horticultural Society, . 106 



Tobacco Growers' Association, . . - . 107 



■ The Linnsan Society, - - - . . 108 

 The Duuatioue — Historical Collection — Library 

 — Papers Read. 



AGRICULTURAL. 



Report of Dqiartment of -Agriculture for June, 108 



A Farm Roller, 108 



Carting Out Manure, - . . - . 108 



Liquid Manure, ...... 108 



Cut the Weeds While Small, ... 108 



HORTICULTURAL. 



Blackberry Culture, 109 



Varieties of Celery, - - . - . 109 



Apples and the Way to Keep Them, - . 109 



American Fruit in Europe, ... 109 



Raspberries from Cuttings, .... 109 



Floating Melon Gardens, .... 109 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Household Receipts, 109 



A Milk Diet, 110 



Dried Eggs, 110 



To Make Butter Hard, 110 



Refrigerators and How to Make One, - - 110 



Kerosene Lamps, ...... no 



LIVE STOCK. 



Good Cows, 



The Royal Cow, 



A Good Mare, ..... 



Intelligence of Cows, .... 

 Black Teeth in Hogs, .... 

 Keep Horses Feet Clean, .... 



110 

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 110 

 110 

 110 

 110 



THE APIARY. 



How to Begin Bee Keeping, - . - . Ill 



Italian and Native Be«s, .... Ill 



Beeswax, -.--..-. Ill 



Extracted Honey, Ill 



THE POULTRY YARD. 



Effects of Cold Storms on Poultry, - . Ill 



Vermin on Poultry, -.-.-. Ill 



Purification of Hen Houses, - - 111 



All Styles of Chicken Coops, - ... 112 



Red Pepper and Poultry, - . ' - - 112 



Turkeys, 112 



Catching Hawks, ..... 112 



Soft Eggs, .-.-... 112 



Dead Shot on Poultry Lice, ... 112 



Supply your Chickens with Milk, ... 112 



Literary and Personal, - - - - 112 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



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