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CONTENTS OF THIS N'^^-:R. 



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Money ! Money ! ! Money ! ! ! - 



Insect Pests, ------ 



The Cherry Crop, - - - - - 



Wheat Harvest, ------ 



Trial of a Self-Binder, - . - - 

 The Tobaoeo Horn-Worm, . - - - 

 The Lancaster Cherry, - - - - 



Poland China Hogs, - - - - - 



Reminder for July, . - - - 

 Correction, ------ 



Queries and Answers, - - - - 



Correspondence, - - - . - 



Brighton Grape, - - - - - 



Our Wheat Crop—//. -V. Engle, 

 The Depredations of Insects— JT. 3f. Engle. 

 Crop Keport — J^eter S. Heist, - - - 

 Setting a Plow— /. G., . - - . 

 The Honey-Bee— HV/i. /. Pylc, 

 Blackberry Causality — /. Stauffer, 

 Revu of June Number — Von HnmboU, - 

 Random Thoughts, No. 2.— A. B. K., - 



Improper Use of Paris Greeu— A Time to Plant— 

 Those Fniit-Euting Birds— Progressiveuess- 

 Mixing Varieties iu Cultivation. 

 England's Great Farm, ----- 10.5 



"luiliortaul Results to the M'orld of the .\gricultural 

 Experimeunts at RothamsteU. 

 The Millers' Convention, ----- 107 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural Society, - - - 107 

 Report of Committees— Reports of Standing Com- 

 mittees — New Businesy. 

 Linnsen Society, ------ 108 



Historical Collectious— To the Library— Papers 

 Read — Resohitions. 

 Meeting of Fulton Farmers' Club, - 



AGRICULTURAL. 

 Sowing Rye Among Corn, 

 Drilling Corn, - - - - - 



Chemical Fertilizers, - - - • 

 The Wheat Crop, - - - - 



A Wheat Crop Saved by Skunks, - 

 Grass Seed for Mowing Lands, - 

 Dressing Grass Laud with Fish Scraps, 

 Scientific Potato Culture, 



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How Superphosphate of Lime is Madelnefective, 109 

 Field Mulching, ------ 



Error iu Wheat Husbandry, - - - 

 Figs for Fattening Hogs, - - . . 



HORTICULTURAL. 

 Thinnig Fruit, - - . - ■ - 

 Restoring Old Trees, - - - - - 



Budding "Roses, ------ 



Cabbage Grubs, - - - - - 



Raspberries, ------- 



Wash for Fruit Trees, 



Setting Out Strawberries on Parry's System, 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Receipt for Making Currant Wine, 

 Cooking Potatoes, - - . . - 



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Lancaster Potato Fritters, 

 Aromatic Principles in Milk, 

 The Uses of a Microscope, - 

 Household Receipts, 



LIVE STOCK. 



Sheep and Soil, 



Whipping Horses, - - - 

 Method of Judging a Horse, 

 Fat Horses, . - . - 

 How to Choo.se a Good Cow, 

 Keep Horses Clean , 



POULTRY. 

 Late Hatched Chickens, - 

 Moscow Pigeons, - - - ■ 

 Condiments in Poultry Diet, 

 Ordinary Hens' Eggs, - - - 

 Oyster Shells for Laying Hens, 

 Literary and Personal, 



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Railway Threshing Machine proved Itself 

 the "Best at Centennial Trial," and was 

 the only Machine awarded a 



Centennial Medal 



AND CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, 



on both Horse Power and Thresher and Ck-aiier, nt the 

 Centennial Exhibition, as shown by OUlclal Heport, 

 which says : *'F<n- speriat fedtnrf.^ in the J'nwur to aecura 

 light runittng nndminivnim frtilinn. For the ingenious 

 form nr the Straw Shnker.i uhirh inxjire the proiMr 

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