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Prof. S. S. EATEVON, E^tor. 



LANCASTER MAY 15 1878. 



LINN5;US HATHVON, Publisher. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



ClnbbinK, - 65 



About Potatoes, ------- 65 



An Aged Apple, ------ 65 



Attraction Extraordinary, ----- 65 



About May, ------ - 65 



The Cat-Bird, ------- 6fi 



Somethine About Eels, ----- 66 



Queries and Answers, ----- 67 



Correspondence, ------ 67 



Late Planted Peachblows, - - - . 6K 



Revu of April Number, ----- 68 



The Mennonite lirass-Burner, - - - - 60 



PropoKating by Natural Selection, - - - 70 



Around the" Farm— No. 8, - - - - - 70 



Eureka Tree and Post Hole Digger, - - 71 



Garden Vegetables, ------ 71 



Letter from Iowa, ------ 71 



How Can Poultry be .Made Profitable to the 



Farmer? ------ 71 



The Improving of Varieties of Farm Crop<, - 7.3 



The Dairy Situation, ----- 74 



The State Millers' Association, - - - - 75 



Its Wholeaome iDfluence and Power — Incalculable 



Value iu Protection — Features of the AsHocia- 



tlou— The Officers. 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricul- 

 - tural and Horticultural Society, - - - 75 

 Best Time to Cut Graes for Hay — The Place of Meet- 

 lug— The Visit to Groff's Farm— The Bee-Keep- 

 ers- Business for Next Meeting. 



Tobacco Growers' Association, - - - - 76 

 Report of Visitiug Committee — Reports on Crops — 

 For Geueral Di8CUf*siou — Deferred Questions — 

 New Busiuess. 



Bee-Keepers' Association, - - - - 77 

 Reports — Questious Discussed. 



Linnsean Society, ------ 78 



Donations to the Museum — To the Library — Papers 

 Read — Scientific Miscellany— New Busiuess — Con- 

 tributions for Stock at $5 a Share. 

 AGRICULTURAL. 

 Corn Growing, ------ 78 



How to Plow, -------78 



Pop Corn as a Leading Crop, - - - 78 



HORTICULTURAL. 



The Culture of Cantaloupes, - - - 78 



Excessive Stimulation of Strawberries, - - 78 



Care of Young Fruit Trees, - - - . 78 



How to Make Trees Fruit Early, - - . 78 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Things Useful to Know, ----- 79 



Household Hints, ------ 79 



Potato Salad, ------- 79 



Flat Irons, ------- 79 



Renovating Black Silk, ----- 79 



How to Banish Rats, - - - - - 79 



LIVE STOCK. 



Percentage of Cream and Butter, - - - 79 



To Relieve Choked Cattle, ----- 79 



Hints for Horse Owners, - - ' - - Jp 



Exterminating Lice, ------ 79 



Heaves, -------- 79 



POULTRY. 



Hens That Eat Eggs, " ' • " " P 

 Leghorn Fowls, -------79 



Cooked Meat for Fowls, 79 



Charcoal for Poultry, ------ 79 



A 8502 Rooster, ------ 79 



Tarred Paper for Poultry Houses, - - - 79 



Literary and Personal, ----- 80 



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