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LANCASTER, PA., OCTOBER 15, 1878. 



LINNSIUS RATHVON, PuWisher. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER, 



14,5 

 145 

 145 

 146 

 146 

 146 

 146 

 147 



An Appeal, ------ 



Acknowletl^ment, - _ - _ _ 

 English Sparrows, - - - - - 



Derivation of Common Names, - - - 



The Sulky Plow, 



Reminder for October, - - - - 

 Sugar from Cornstalks, - - - 

 Amber Sugar Cane, - - - . 



HiDuesota'B Experience — An Industry Worth the 

 Attention of LanciiBter County Farmers. 

 A Snake in His Eye, ------ 147 



Red Bietigheimer, ------ 148 



Best Watch Made in America, - - - - 148 



Uublueed European EndorBemeut of the Lancaster 

 Watch. 



Scientific, ----- - - 148 



How Plants Provide for the Future, - - - 148 



Waterloo Peach, ------ 149 



Black-Root and the Myriapods, - - - - 149 



Cornstalks vs. Sorghum, - - - - 149 



Answers to Correspondents, - . . - 150 



European Shipments from Philadelphia, - 150 



Chronological History of Tobacco, - - - 151 



Around the Farm, No. 12 — Snralist, - - 151 



Large Flowering Spurge — /. Ntauffcr, - - 151 



Lime as a Fertilizer — J. B. Garter, - - 151 



•Letter from Iowa— TV. //. «., - - - - 1.52 



Random Thoughts, No. 5— A. B. K., - - 152 



Wheat from India — Tea Raising— Our Government 



Against the Farmers — How Many tjeeds Grow. 



ParisXetter, - 153 



The Comparative Exhaustive Power of the CereaU 154 



The Wool Product of the World, - - - 155 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural Society, - - - 1.55 

 Should Public Roails be Improved— Are County 

 Fairs Beneficial to Farmers and Fruit Growers- 

 New Business— Report of the Fruit Committee — 

 Mr. Engle's Proposition. 



Tobacco Growers' Association, - . . 157 

 Crop Reports— Renting a Boom— Shall we Disband— 

 Reading of Essays. 

 Linnsean Society, ------ 158 



Donations to the Library — Papers Read — Scientific 

 Miscellany and Gossip. 



AGRICULTURAL. 

 Storing Potatoes, - . - - - 



The Wagons, - 



Farm Items, .--..- 



HORTICULTURAL. 

 How to Make a Lawn, - - - - 



Putting Away Winter Cabbage, - 

 The CoSfee Tree In California, 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Household Receipts, - - - - 



LIVE STOCK. 

 Acreage Required for a Cow, - - - 

 The Management of Horses, 

 Raising Colts, ------ 



The Guernsey Cattle, .... 



158 

 1.5S 

 158 



1.58 

 1.58 

 158 



159 



159 

 159 

 159 

 159 



POULTRY. 

 Hen Hints, ------ 



Care of Poultry, ------ 



Charcoal for Fowls, - - - - 



DAIRY. 

 Dairy Products, ------ 



Packing Butter, ----- 



Bad Season for Dairy Farmer in Scotland, 



ENTOMOLOGICAL. 

 The Hessian Fly in Wheat, - 

 Literary and Personal, - - - 



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