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Prof. S. S. KATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER JUNE 15, 1878. 



LIKNaUS RATHVON, Publisher. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



-ProB- 



Lancastcr County Cattle, - - - - 



The Robin Doonu-d to Death, - . . . 

 The Cultivation of Wheat, - - - - 



Lancaster County Farming, - - - - 



Haymaking, ------- 



How to Save Plums and Gooseberries, 



Two Hundred Thousand Bugs, - - - 



Queries and Answers, ------ 



Correspondence, ------ 



Horned Owl — About Corn. 

 Thin Out Your Fruit, - - - - - 



Apple Tree Borer, ------ 



The Game and Fish Law, as Passed by the Legis- 

 lature of 1S78, -.-.-. 

 Plymouth Rock Fowls, - - - - - 



Scurvy Legs in Fowls, - - - - - 



When is the Best Time to Harvest Wheat? - 

 Local Fruit Nomenclature, - - - - - 



Revu of May Number — Von HumboU, - 



The Tomato, ------- 



Rambling Thoughts Strung Together — A. B. K., i 

 CroakingR— What Must be Done — Argument Against 

 Taking Papers — How it Must bo Done— Crops in 

 Brag States — Cottou and Prolit — New Productions, 



Aroiind the Farm, No, 9, — liuralut, - 



Potato Beellee. 

 Lancaster County Tobacco, . - - 

 . The Crop Last Year — Its Ei'ent and Value- 

 pects of the 1S7S Plant, 

 A Simple Refrigerator, - . - - - 

 Black Snake-Root—/. Stanffer, 

 The Utilization of Waste Matters, 

 State Board of Agriculture, - - - - 

 Our Local Organizations, - - - - - 

 Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Socieiy— Crop Eeports — Place 

 of Meeting — Wheat Cultivation — Business for 

 Next Meeting, 



May Meeting of Fulton Farmers' Club, 

 Dinner and Inspecting the Host's Farm, 

 Reminders for June, . - - - 



AGRICULTURAL. 

 How to Use Fertilizers, 

 Hoeing Wheat, - - - - 



The Value of Hen Manure, - - - 

 Protecting Cornfields from Birds, - 

 Buckwheat, - - - - - 



Soot and Wire-Worms, . - - • 

 Manure for Tobacco, - - - - 



Mixed Paint, ------ 



HORTICULTURAL, 

 Thinning Out Fruit, - - - - 



Protecting Trees Against Worms, - 

 To Keep Cabbage, - - - - 



Flower Pots, ------ 



Is the Strawberry Wholesome, - 

 Success of an Exposed Orchard, - 

 The Egg-Plant, - - - - - 



A Hint to Geranium Growers, 

 A Mammoth Bunch of Grapes, - 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Selecting Meats, - . - - 

 The Uses of the Lemon, - - - 

 Cellars, ------ 



Work Baskets, - - - - - 



Houseliold Recipes, 



LIVE STOCK, 

 Raising Pork, - . - - - 

 Balking, - - - - - 



Arab Maxims for Horse-Keeping, 

 The Perfect Sheep-Dog, 

 Success in Breeding Fine Stock, 

 Curing a Sick Hog, - - - - 



The Keep of a Horse, - - - 

 Number of Stock, - - - - 



If Cows are Kept, - - - - 



POULTRY. 

 Oni:>ns for Poultry, - - - - 

 Number of Eggs tliat a Hen Can Lay, 

 Feeding for Eggs, - - - - 

 How to Keep Eggs Fresh, 

 Feed Fowls a Little and Often, 

 Cooked Food for Chickens, - - - 

 Grain for Poultry, - - - - 

 Good Setters, . . - . - 



ENTOMOLOGICAL. 



Habits of Curculio, . - _ . 

 Wire-Worms and Corn, - - - 

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