Q 'V<aQr» I To lobMribers in 

 O. 1 Ceil ■( Iho oonnty. 



SINGLE OOFZES 10 CE2TTS. 



To ratwcrlbcn out of ) d; ■( O Q 

 ibrcouuty. ( >pl.^t-> 



Trot S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER. JANUARY 15, 1878. 



UNN^US BATHVOW. PubUiW. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Our Tenth Volume, ---...] 



Do Bcfo Keally Destroy Fruit, - - - 1 

 Pergonal, -.---•--l 



Special Premiums for 1878, - - - . 2 



About Mosquitoes, --..-- 2 



Only a Farmer, .-•-.. 2 



The Horued Owl, -.--.. 2 

 Programme of .Meetlnp of the Pennsylvania 



Board of Agriculture, ----- 3 

 Breeding Stock — She.*p HuKbandry — Fruit Grow- 

 iug by Faruiera — Barriyiirrt Miinure. 



About Bate, ..--.-- 3 

 A RemaikiiLle B:it CaTe ju Bexar County, Texas. 



January, - 3 



Kiu:heu-Gitr(len Calendar. 



Standard of ExulU'nic of Berk»hire Swine, - 4 

 Adojited by (be Auiericau Berkshire APBOciBtiou. 



.Iapaue«e Persimmon or Date Plum, - - 4 



Mysteries of a Cold Air Spring, - - - 4 

 Interesting Dt-scriiition of the Martie Township 

 Cave — Scientilic TLeories Concerning It. 



Answer to a Correspondent, - - - - .") 



PodisrceofSliort-IIorued Bull Javeline, 23526, - .5 

 Clul)bing, ------- -5 



AddrcRS, ....... 5 



Care of Domestic Animals, - . . . fj 



Communication, ------ 6 



Kvivu of a fu ArticI fl in the Dec. No. 



Ttie Ilelianec Kasplierry, 7 



Essay on JLinurc, ------ 7 



J. B."(i., et. al., vs. Italian Bees, - - - 8 



Chemical Ferlilizers, . . - . - i) 



."pceialtic* in Farming, ----- 9 



Cliolcra jVmong Fowls, - . - - \o 

 (iuinea Fowls, -------10 



Our Local Organizations, - - - - 11 



J*rt)ceediijgB of t!io J,anoaster County Agricnltnral 



and Ht'rtirulniral Society — A Little Spice by 



tlic Way — Senator Muninia. 



Tobacco Groweis' Association, - - - - 11 

 Croii Kejiorts — TltilizingToliacco Stalks — Lime on 

 Tobacco Land— Tobacco iu Bulk — Bills Paid — 

 Business for Next Meeting. 



The Liunican Society, ----- 12 



Papers Read. 



AGRICULTURAL, 



Agricultural Outlook, ------ l.T 



A Portable Fence, ------ 13 



Pulverizing Manure. ------ 13 



Cost of 11 Bushel of Wheat, - - - - 13 



Improving Wheat, ....-- 13 



HORTICULTURAL. 



Cultivation of the Lilac, ----- 13 



New Vegetables, ------ 13 



Suggestions About Plants, - - - - 14 



Sowing Flower Seeds, ------ 14 



Bury the Rubbish, 14 



Rust on Blackberries, ------ 14 



A Hint to (irape Growers, - - . . 14 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Scarlet Fever, ------- 14 



Useful nintt for Home, ... - 14 



Suggestive to Fault-Finder», . - . . 14 



Household Recipes, ----- 14 



LIVE STOCK. 



Sheep for Profit, .-.-.. 15 

 Animal Instinct, -------15 



Sheltering Cattle, ------ 15 



ENTOMOLOQICAL. 



Somethlni; About Insects, - - - - 15 



A New Household Pest, ----- 15 



CIrouuiventing the Turnip Beetle, - - - 15 



POULTRY. 



Poultry and Egg Production, - - - - 1.5 



Give the Fowls' Pure Water, - . - . 15 



Something for Poultry Men, - - - - 15 



Cabbages for Fowls, - - . . . 1,'i 



Buckwheat, - - 15 



Feeding Young Chicks on Rice, ... 16 



Coal Ashes for Fowls, ----- 1(5 



Literary and Personal, ----- 16 



X878 



X878 



BARGi^lNS! BpCi^lNS!! 



In Winter Clolhlnfr Troni now nntil the 

 Oeioninij Nprinf; : either 



READY MADE, 



, and Centre Square, Lancaster, Fa. 



EDW. J. ZAHM, 



DBALKB IV 



AMERICAN AND FOREIGN 



WATCHES, 



SOLID SILVER & SILVER PLATED WARE. 

 CLOCKS, 



JEWELRY I TABLE CUTLERY. 



Solo A^ent for Iho Ainndel Tinted 



OR MADE PROMPTLY TO ORDER, OJrJ:lJ^..>'±i^^^J_,IZJO. 



ItrpairJTiR ptrictlv :i(trt|(]oil to 

 at the Ola ftaml vt 



RATHVON & FISHER, i»„«^*™'^°°^"'^''- 



NO, 101 NORTH QUEEN ST., 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Clotlis, Cassimers, Mlmj and Worsted fioofls 



in (V'airiil'Ic Htyk-n. 

 ALSO A GKNKKAI. LINE OF 



UNDERCL0THIN6&FURNI8H1N6 GOODS, 



as cheap as the cheapeBt and ae ^ood aa the best. 



M. HABERBUSH, 



MANUFACTURED OF 



Plain and Fine Harness, 



SAItltl.KN, 



COLLARS, WHIPS, FLY NETS. &c., 



AI.IJO DEALER IN 



TRUNKS, TRAVELING BAGS, 



Bur.vi.o i{(iBi;s. 

 Horse Covers, Lap-Rugs, Q-loves, &c., 



No. 30 Penn Square, 



9-I-lT I.ANCASTI.U. PA. 



> J'TT'fVf' / 



GRAND TRIUMPH IN HORTICULTURE. 



The cri.iwiiinK rcwnll <if ICiiihtt^u iieam of c;ire uiid lull — 



The CinilerellaniuM'oniinentiil S4rnwl*errieH 

 and Karly Frulllic uud ICvllaiirc Itaspbrrrien iB 



DOW uffered to tbe I'ublic ; Tewieil 5iine rei%ri». unti in 

 our judfcmeut the Four lleHt I'nylnfc .Hnrkei 

 Berries. 

 tW Oatalooue aud Tbicc List Fret. 



tilBSO^f A BENNETT. 

 Nurserymen and Fruit Grower*, Woodbury, N. J. 



Fifty pages— ytH)IliuBtralioue, with DeHcriptionrt of tlion- 

 Biiiids of the IjCf^t FiowprH and Vft/i-tftblps iu the world, nud 

 the tray to ^row thim—-Al for a. Two Cent postage Htamp. 

 l^riuled 111 (^ii^ruiiiu :,\ui l.titili^li, 



Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden, 50 cents io 

 I»ai rr rovcvi* ; in eietf.Mit cloth r-ners, Jlj'it. 



Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine.— :)-J)>affe*i fine 

 Illiislmtious, and ^.'olored I'Ulf in ivtry uiiniljer, I'lioe 

 fUW :i yvar • Five cojiee lor J.'.tiii. 



Adilri-bH, -TAMES VICK. KnrL'etor, N. Y. 



DOLLAR-AND-A-HALF FOR TEN GENTS. 



StoililnrtVx Mittticnt I.ihrart/. just jubliithed, 13 

 paRCB, full ei?,*', l>et«t ;imt nn»ff i-opular niUHit- for lOccutfl. 

 y^w ami Popalar SowiSy Jktncr aiui Injirn/tuftifal M%tMc, 

 OperaM, Jfymnn, etc., etf. For Bait* by nil newHjiupor deal- 

 er*:. rowlage *2 ct*ut«, to be sent in addition to alcove, if 

 ordere*! from tbd pnblifibeni. 



J. M. sTonnAitn & co., 



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