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SIITGLE OOFIES 10 CEHTS. 



To •ulnerilwrf out of \ (t-l OR 

 Itie county. ( lipl.^Cj 



Prof. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, FEBRUARY 15, 1878. 



LINNSUS BATHVOW, Publisher. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Clubbing, 17 



Special Premiums for 1878, - - - - - 17 



Correction, --------17 



Driving Away Rats, - . - . - 17 



George Stinton & Co., art publishers, . - 17 

 The Weather, ------- 17 



Home Experssions, ------ 17 



February — Kitchen-Garden Calendar, - - - 17 



Lancaster County Publications, - - - 18 



A County Well Supplied Willi Home Reading Matter. 



Queries and Answers, ----- 18 



The Peach Bark-Louse, 18 



The Luinbard Plum, ----- 19 



Thoroughbred Short-IIorns, - - - - 19 



Revu of January Numbei' — Von IhnnboU^ - 19 



Pruning and Training our Grapeviues-jD. SmeycJi, 20 



The Ditauy— /. Stmiffo; ----- •il 



Alioiil the Ice Around Uitany. 



Half-Way Plowing—/. ».,---- 22 



Harrowing \Vhe.il — EfTects of Neglect. 



Around the Farm. No. 5 — linralist, - - - 23 



Poultrj-Keeping — '1 obacco Plant Beds, 



The Coming Tomato— "Echoff," - - - 23 

 Planting Trees for Timber and Fuel— .4. H. E., 23 

 Hoeing'Whcat— y. A'. Banta, - - - - 24 

 The Past, Present and Future of Dairying, - 24 

 Dark Brahma Fowls, - - ■ - - - - 25 

 How -Fruit-Crowing May be Made a Source of 

 Profit by Farmers — By Junus Cuhkr, - - 25 

 I. If Poisible, Sflect Your Location Near the Best 

 Markets. — z Select Such Fruits, and Such Varie- 

 ties of '1 hem. as are Adapted to Your Marlcet. — }. 

 Select Such Fruits and Such Varieties of 'I hem as 

 are Adapted to Your Climate and Soil. — ■4. If Possi- 

 ble, Have a Variety. — 5. Plant Other Crops Among 

 Your Yo\ing Frviit Until tlte Latter Shall Need All 

 the Ground. — 6. Carry on Fruit-Growing Systemati- 

 cally and Vigorously as You Can. — 7. Market Y'our 

 Fruit in the Best Condition. — 8. Preserve in a Fresh 

 State, or as Nearly so as Possible, the Fruit for 

 \Vhich a Market Cannot be Found Immediately. — 



9. Transportation Companies Can Do Much Toward 

 Securing the Object of Which We .Are Speaking.^ 



10. 1 here Are Related L)epartnients of Labor 

 Which May be Made to Swell One's Receipts. 



Our Paris Letter, ------ 26 



Our Local Organizations, - - - - 27 



Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Society — Election of Members — 

 Reports of Special Committees— Condition of the 

 Crops — Reading of Essays — Questions for Discus- 

 sion — Referred Questions — New Business. 

 Tobacco Growers' Association, - - - - 28 



»Thc Crop Reports — Applicaticn of Lime to Land — 

 The Manure Question — Election of Officers — Fine 

 Tobacco. 

 The Linnnean Society, ... - - 29 

 Historical Collection — Library — Paper Read — New 

 Business. 



AGRICULTURAL. 

 The Value of Hen Manure, .... 30 

 Raising Cloverseed, ----.. 80 

 What a Big County We Live In, - - - SO 



Agricultural Notes, 30 



HORTICULTURAL. 

 Pruning During Winter, ----- 30 

 Pruning Fruit Trees, ----- 30 



Forcing Asparagus, ----- . 30 



More Large Trees, - 30 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Oatmeal as an Article of Diet, ... 30 

 Airing Beds, --. ....30 



Keep Borax in the House, .... 30 



Household Recipes, - . . . ... 30 



LIVE STOCK. 

 Controlling Horn Growth, .... .31 



Good Stock, - - 31 



Give Us a Breed of Walking Horses, 

 A Morse's Petition to His Master, 

 Vermont Wool Growers' Association, 

 Elizabeth Stock Farms, . - - 



POULTRY. 

 In-Breeding of Poultry, - . . 

 Fowl Feeding in Cold Weather, 

 How to Manage, - - . - 

 Sore Eyes in Poultry, - - - 

 Literary and Personal, - - - 



31 

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