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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



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meaniiij; that the seed may liave beoii carried 

 thither by a bird ; at all events, that it was 

 purely accidental. Notliiiig is known ol' its 

 origin lieyond this apiiarenlly siioiitaneous 

 production of it ; but the whole society united 

 in their approval of its line size and color, hut 

 more especially of its super-excellent (piality. 

 No fruit of the kind luid come under tlie 

 observation or e.xperienc'e of any of the mem- 

 bers that excelled it. As we iiitend to pub- 

 lish an illustrated description of tin; tree, the 

 foliaj^e and the fruit, we neetl now only say 

 that the berry is large, red in color, and the 

 pulp very juicy and luscious to the taste, and 

 we hope to see it extensively cultivated, as it 

 deserves to be. 



far above tlie average, yet tlicrc is room for 

 iniprovenienl in many herds. — W. Atlcc Bur- 

 2JU, rialailelphia. 



POLAND CHINA HOGS. 

 Poland Chinas, like the Chester Whites, are 

 a native breed of swine, and being jiroduced 

 by careful and judicious selection from a 

 number of crosses of foreign blood they are 

 now so developed that they claim a front rank 

 among all our breeds of swine. They are ex- 

 tremely popular in the West and South, where 

 they are extensively bred for market, while in 

 the East thej- already have many admirers 

 and arc gaining friends every year. Many 

 hogs of this lirecd were inclined to be coarse 

 and large boned, but by careful selection of 



REMINDER FOR JULY. 



In TiiK MiiiDi.K Statics, this, like June, 

 is a month of labor in the garden. Weeds are 

 in raiiid growth, jilants are to set out, seeds 

 saved, and various matti^rs require attention. 

 Heans, i)lantfor succession. I5ects, the Long 

 Blood and Sugar; also Mangold Wurzel may 

 be planted for stock, as late as first of .Inly. 

 .June is, however, much better. Heets, for 

 late Winter and Spring use, may now be 

 sown. Cabbage, i)lant. The Winter sorts of 

 Cabbage should now be planted out ; where 

 many are to l)c transplanted it is i)ro|)er to 

 await a suitable time— a heavy rain or showery 

 weather ; l)ut in a small garden Cabbages 

 may be transplanted almost at any season, 

 by earful watering, and, if need be, shading. 

 Celery, plant. Endive, sow. Peas, a few may 

 be sown; they seldom do well at this season. 

 Turnips, sow. — LandrctlVs Bu. Baj. 



General Suogestions. — The " heated 

 term" is upon us with its activities, affluence 

 of vegetation, and possibilities of acute illness. 

 Now the plainest food, with an abundance of 

 good fruit, fresh from the bushes ami tree.s, 



flies, and not keep out tlie fresh air and sun- 

 shine. ]{ud your frHil trees; allow no vines 

 or fruit trees to overbear. Use the liosc vig- 

 orously; allow no weeds to go to seed. 



Don't drink ice-water. It is injurious. Tlio 

 cook who pours water upon her tire while slie 

 is getting dinner, knows that the potatoes in 

 tlie pot will-stop boiling, and the meat in the 

 oven will not be lit for food. The .same re- 

 sults from deluging the stomach with ice-' 

 water. The (irocess of digchtion will be ar- 

 rested, and will not be resumed until th(^ water 

 is raised to the temperature re(piired to carry 

 it on again. 



CORRECTION. 



Office OF Pen'n'a Boahu of Aiiiirri-LTURE, } 

 IlAKUiHiiuiKi, I'A., July 3rd, 1878. S 

 Editor Lanmxtcr Farmer: In a recent num- 

 ber of The Pausiek, in the reimrt of the ac- 

 tion on the fence law, at tiie late meeting of 

 our Board, I am reported as having said : 

 "The value of the fences in this State amounts 

 to over STi),l)(J0,0OO, and that it reciuired a 

 dollar's worth of fence to keep a dollar's 

 worth of stock in idaee." This is an error of 

 S!l0U,tJ00,OO0. AVhat I did say was this : 

 "The average of the whole fariri land of the 

 State (Pennsylvania) sliows that the fences 

 cost at the rate of $1,124.2.5 to each one 



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breeding stock they have been so improved 

 that now they can be procured nearly as line as 

 the Berkshire, with small bones, (compared 

 with size of Ijody), line skin, and ears so thin 

 that the light will shine through them. They 

 grow to very large size, and when well bred, 

 as we have just described, fully illustrate that 

 adage that while a " good little pig is good, 

 yet a good big pig is better." They are of 

 great length of body and easily fattened at 

 any age ; good mothers and free breeders. 

 In color they vary from almost solid black to 

 ■white, with a few black siilashes. The color 

 generally most approved is l)lack with white 

 splashes over the body, as shown in the ac- 

 companying flue illustration of a Poland 

 China boar. 



In concluding, we would only say that this 

 breed of hogs and the Chester Whites, both 

 being originated by American farmers, are 

 naturally well suited to our needs, and should 

 become so generally distributed as to drive all 

 mongrel, "hazel splitters," long-snouted, 

 long-lesged hogs out of the county. It is a 

 wonder to us liow some farmers can be so 

 "penny wise and pound foolish " as to longer 

 breed the ordinary pigs which are found in so 

 many sections of the countrj'. While the 

 swine of Lancaster and Chester counties are 



should be eaten. Vegetables arc coming in 

 freely, and are delicious if rightly served. To- 

 matoes and corn are now in order. Of all 

 the soups in the world, there is no better one 

 for this season than the simple "Potato .souji." 

 See " Ilygeian Home Cook Book " for recipes 

 of a cliaracter appropriate to the season. 

 Parsnips are delicious if stewed until slight- 

 ly browned and served in their own juices. 

 Parsnips v.s. pills for constipated bowels. If 

 the weather is opjiressively warm, a sponge 

 bath every morning will be found refreshing 

 and strengthening for the day's work. If the 

 baby have grijies or colic, put a warm wet 

 cloth, covered with a dry one, around its ab- 

 domen, and don't crowd its stomach. 



A word with reference to entertaining com- 

 pany. If you prefer the methods of hygiene, 

 and practice them in your family, don't be 

 ashamed to carry them into effect when you 

 have guests. Don't ])laj' an inconsistent, 

 false part liefore your children — otherwise yon 

 will be to blame for their errors and perversi- 

 ties in dietetics. 



What the parents cat, the children will 

 crave. Home life should be much out-of-door 

 life this month. Plan work as much as jiossi- 

 ble to be done out of doors. Have nettings 

 to doors and windows so as to keep out the 



hundred acres, or 9.55 rods at 81.15 per rod, 

 making the total fences of the State cost 8170,- 

 8:54,404, enclosing an area of 16,374,041 acres. 

 By the same data it would seem that our 

 JVationiiJ fences cost the country 81,747..54!t,- 

 'J'M. or that in round numbers the value of 

 our National live stock, the cost of our fences 

 and our interest-bearing National debt may 

 be represented liy nearly the same figures, or 

 in other words, it requires 6ne dollar's worth 

 of fence to keep one dollar's worth of farm 

 stock in its proper place. " — Respcctfidh/, Tlins. 

 J. Edijf, Secr'i/ I'tHnsylvaniU State Board of 

 Agricidiurc. 



QUERIES AND ANSWER. 



"Danaus Archippes." 

 To Master Willie F. Connell, corner of Lime 

 and Lemon streets, Lanca.stcr, Pa. The 

 beautiful green cylindrical object, with gold- 

 like .si)ots, which was sent to me for examina- 

 tion, is the chrysalis of the " Danaus archiji- 

 jK.s," a large reddish-brown butterfly, with 

 black body, feet, and antennic (or horns) and 

 many small white spots upon it. The cater- 

 pillars are greenish, and traver.sely striped 

 with l<lack, and have two penciled tufts of 

 black hair projecting from each end. They 



