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 O- ^ Kiidl ^ tho couuty. 



SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS 



To RUbflcribern out of ) ct 1 Q C3 

 tUo county. f 4>l.<iCJ 



Prof, S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER MARCH 15 1878. 



UNNJEUS EATHVON, Publisher. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Clubbing, ....--- .33 



Hard Times, - 33 



Odor V6. Color, ...... 33 



Wheu is the Proper Time to Sow Clover-Seed? 33 



Philadelphia Poudrette, . - ... 34 



Notice Extraordinary, 34 



Kitchen-Garden Calendar for March, - - 34 



Penneylvania State Board of Agriculture, - 34 



Correspondence, ...... 34 



Apollo, ---...-- 3.5 



Honey Bees and Fruit Once More, - - - 35 



Curious Story of a Bee. 



Lancaster Park Directors, .... 36 



Commercial Fertilizers, ..... 36 



Keport of Fruit Committee, .... 36 



Kummer Applea — Autumn Apples — Winter Apples 

 — Pears — Peiiches — Grapes — Strawberries — Kasp- 

 berries — Blackberries. 



Query and Answer, - - - - . - 36 



Vinegar from Sugar Beets, ... - 36 



A Large Horse-Kadish, ..... 36 



BroNvn Leghorns, -..--- 37 



Pedigroe. 



Tobacco Farming, -...-. 37 



When Should it Be Cut ?— How Should it be Handled 

 When Cut 1— Housing Tobacco — Stripping lo- 

 bacco — Assorting Tobacco. 

 The "Short-Palmed Mole-Cricket," or "California 



Potato Cricket," 38 



Visiting Committee, . .... 38 



Manures and Soil Fertilizers, ... 38 



Pennsylvania Apples for Export, . . - 39 



About Dark Brahmas, - . - - - 40 



Grafting, . . - 40 



More About Horned Owls, . - . . 41 



Black Hellebore, 41 



Times and Seasons, ..... 41 



Revu of the February Number, - - . 42 



Fruit — What Varieties to Grow, - - - 42 



Around the Farm.— No. 6, ... - 42 

 Sweet Potato Plant— Fire Wood— Farmers' Homes, 



The Tobacco Fever, . - - - . 43 



Fertilizers and Manures — Their Application to 



Corn Crops, --..-.- 43 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Proceedings of tiie Lancaster County Agricultural 



and Horticultural Society, . ■ - 44 



Keport of Special Committees — Crop Ueports— Re- 

 port of Fruit Committee — Deferred Business — 

 Election of Members — Bills Bead — Busiuess for 

 Next Meeting— For General Discussion. 



Tobacco Growers' Association, - - - 45 



Beporfs of Special Committees — Reportson Crops — 

 Keading of Essays — Referred Questions — The 

 French Exposition — Referred Questions — For 

 General Discussion. 



Linnsan Society, --...- 47 



Additions to the Library — Papers read. 



Tobacco Culture, - 47 



Kuising 1 obacco Plants — Open Air Plants. 



Views of a Connecticut Tobacco Grower, - 47 



Pennsylvania Leaf Tobacco, . - - - 48 



How to Use Bones as a Fertilizer, - - 48 



Literary and Personal ,----- 48 



we otter lor Spring of 18TS, the largest and most complete 

 stock in the U. S., of 



Friiil Tre«'s, Standard and Dwarf. 



4>rnaiiieiitiil TreeNairKlirubN, deciduous & evergreen 



KoHi'S a specialty — all the huest sorts. 



Ureeii A Mint lloiiHe I'lants.includingbest Novelties 



Descriptive and Illustrated priced Catalogues sent pre- 

 paid to customers, l'ri*t»; to othei's, on receipt of stamps, 

 as follows : 



No. I. Fruits, with colored pl:ite, I5e.; plain, lOo. 



No. 2. Oraraeutal Trees, colored plate, 23e.: plain, 15c. 



No. 3. Greenhouse, Freo. No. 4. Wholesale, Free. 



No. 5. Rose Catalogue for 1S78, Frre, 



t2'~ Small parcels forwarded by mail when desired. 

 Address, 



ELLWANGER & BARRY. Rochester, N. Y. 



10-J.3m] 



!50]VEZ3i'xzx3Nr<3- 3xn:"\;^. 



THE SMOKER'S PET. 



Good Live Agents Wanted Everywhere, 

 Novelty Dealers and the Trade sup- 

 plied at reduced rates. 



Address all orders to the sole manufacturers, 



C. B. THOMPSOI^ 



Bridg^eport, < oniioi'tiout. 



The merits of this invention are at once appreciated by 

 every Smoker; as by using this article (tvhich is us liRht 

 and portable as a cigar) all smokers can use the best tobacco 

 at less thau one-tenth the expense of a poor cigar, diepeue- 

 ing entirely with the cumbrous and unsightly pipes. 



DIEEL'TIONS FOR USE. 



Remove the mouth piece and piston, till the tube half ful 

 of smokine tobacco, insert the piston and mouth piece, and 

 liKht as you would an ordinary cigar. Samijle by mail, 30 

 cents. 



By Mall $1.50 Per Doz. By Express $12.00 Per Gross. 



DIRECTIONS FOR CLEANING. 

 Clean the Interior Parts with ;i damp Rag 

 when they become foul. 

 10-2-lm 



THE THREE POTATOES. 



E.4RI.Y OHIO.— Earlier than Early Rose. Ranked 

 by general consent, in earlinese, yield and quality combined 

 at the head of all the early potatoes. 



mjRBAXK.— Medium late; a prodigious cropper; 

 flesh remarkably white ; quality excellent. 



OUXmORK.— A splendid late sort. A greater cropper 

 than the Peerless, which it resembles in form, while far 

 better in quality. 



Each, per Barrel, $4.00; per Bushel, $2.00; per Peck, 

 75 cents. 



My Illustrated Seed Catalogue FBERto all applicants. 



JAMES J H. GREfcJORT, 



10-3-2m] aiarblebead, Masfl, 



TREES! TREES!! TREES I! I 



Smoketown Nursery, 



tNmoketown, fjancnnter <'o.. Pa. 



(Bird-in-Hand, 1". O.) 



Buy trees grown Id this county, and suited to this soil 

 and climate. A flue stock of 



APPI.E, PEACH, 



PEAR, t'llERRT, PI.m. 



APKM or, SrUAR MAPLE, 

 Silver Blaple, Norway .Maple, 



GKEEN TREES of every deBcrii>tion. ORAPE VINE 

 and SMALL FUUIT.S of all kinds. A large lot of 



YELLOW LOCUST. 



SMOKFTOWX NVRKERY is situated on the ol. 

 Philadeliiliia Road, five miles east of LanciBler and on^ 

 mile wfst of Bird-in-Hand. 



Trees may be obtained at the nursery, or at tho tree 

 wagon iu Centre Square, on Market Mornings (Wednesday 

 and Saturday), 



Orders by mail promptly attended to and trees delivered 

 in Lancaster, free of charge. 



LOUIS C. 



llird-lli-Uaiid P. O., 



LYTE, 



Lancaster co., 



THE LATEST INVENTION. 



THE VICTOR 



NUTMEG GRATER, 



A Domestic Jewel that will last a life-time. 



NEEDS NO REFERENCES. 



Does a way with the Inconveniences 

 connected with other Qraters. ^j 



Its construction comiiends itself to the public, and all 

 the leading Kitchen Furnishing Houses speak of it in the 

 highest terms. 



IT IS IX FA<'T THE 



Most Simple, Most Dur^ible, and Most Re- 

 liable invention ever offered to the 

 public. 



PRICE 25 CENTS. 



Directions— Take the grater in (he left hand, palm 

 towards you, with your third lluger through the handle 

 ]>lace the thumb on the spring-lever, remove the feeder and 

 insert the uut. 



Price to Agents $1.75 Per Dozen. 



GooU I^jvc Ai^entN Wnntoil Everywbere. 



All orders should be addressed to 



M;triuf;iptnrer'8 Sole Ayent, 



Also Dealer & Maiif'r. of Patent No?eltles, &c. 



BRIDGEWATKR CONN. 



