ONE DOLLAR FEB ANNUM -SUTGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA., FEBRUARY, 1879. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, PuHisher, 



CONTENTS OFJHIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



• New Subscribers, ---... 



. As Others See Us, ----- . 

 -More About Eel6, -.--.. 



• Flowers, .--.-.-. 

 . Peach Bark Louec, --.... 

 . Farm Life vs. Professional Life, ... 



' Christinas Rose, ---... 



. Correction, - - 



ESSAYS. 

 . Our Orchards, ..... 

 Tobacco— Its Culture— Its Use and Its Effects as a 



Narcotic 



tiug 



On Tobai 



-PIu 



-Prepa 



-Wo-i 



Vltiou — Tojjplng 



Stripling and Sortiug— CouclusJon. 

 ♦Fence Mating on the Farm, .... 

 . One Year's Experiment With Fowls, 

 . Diseases of the Pear, ..... 



• Modern Fruit Houses, ..... 

 , Culture and Training of the Vine, 



• Liquid Manure, 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 . Cattle of Lancaster County, Or Eastern Penn- 

 sylvania .-.-.-.. 

 .Texas Cattle, 



Lell. 



of 



Samuol Houston, Debcribiug 



Texas Cattle. 



« Polled Cattle, - . - - v - - 2;: 

 .Bitter-Swect, - - .. - . ,j . . 2;- 



• The Balance of Trade, 2.'; 



• More Alx)ut Cattle, -..-.. 24 



• Fifty Years Ago vs. The Present Day, . . 2^ 

 . Fertilizers and Formulas, - - - - 25 



STATE SOCIETIES. 

 . State Fruit Growers' Society, - - - - ".'i 



• State Millers' Association, - . . . ag 



The Next Place of Meeting. 20 



^ SELECTIONS. 



.The Grain and Fruit Crops of 1H78, . . . 2C 

 The Corn Crop— The 0am Crop— Tne Barley Crop— 

 The Eye Crop— Potato Crop— The Ilay Crop— 

 Borghom- The Tobacco Crop— Friiit Growth. 2T 



'Ammonia in the Air, ----- 27 

 OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



• Agricultural and Horticultural Society, - - 27 



Hev. J. Coldor's Lecture on Agriculture— Intensive 

 Farming— Tlie Location of Farms— A Home Mar- 

 lOBt— Educated Farmers.-The Fair Question- 

 Charter Wanted— The Amount of Slock— Profit 

 of Raising Fowls- The CurcnUo— Orapee- Bills— 

 Prize Essays. 

 . Tobacco Growers' Association, - - - 83 

 . Poultry Association, 28 



• Warwick Farmers' Club, 28 



" Fulton Farmers' Club, 29 



Linntean Society 29 



Historical Division— Papers Re ad— Additions to the 



AGRICULTURE. 



The Greatest of all Grains, .... 29 



The Late Summer Seeding of Grass, - - 29 



The Ruta Baga, 29 



Corn in Drills, ---.... 29 



HORTICULTURE. 

 Bay Your Trees at Home, 



•The Albemarle Apples, 

 ^Pruning Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 



, Winter Peaches, .... 

 FLORICULTURE. 



• Growing Ivy in Rooms, - . - 



. Flower Pots, ..... 



.Flowers for the Table, 



.Srailax, ...... 



•Growing Fusehais in Baskets, 



•.\mpelopi8 Victchii, ... 

 I Window Plants, . - - . 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



.Evening's Milk Richest, 



.What is Castile Soap, 

 VVatci--Proof Boots, .... 



.Ammonia in the Household, 



I. To Preserve Potatoes from the Rot, 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 

 Earache, ...... 



To Bake Eggs, . - - . . 

 ., Frosted Feet, 



, Color for Wicker Baskets, 



Cranberries, ..... 



Ginger Cookies, . . . . . 



Sweet Omelet, . . . . - 



'Tapioca Cream, . . . . • 



To Lessen Friction for Furniture, 



The Sleep for Children, 



Chocolate Cake, .... 



Wafers, ...... 



Orange Cake, - . - - - 



Sour .Milk Cheese, .... 

 I Miiice Pics, .-.--. 



LIVE STOCK. 

 , Winter Management of Sheep, 

 .Weaning Calves, . . . - 

 .What Stock Needs, . . - . 



Imported Cattle, . . . - 



POULTRY. 

 The Poultry Association, 

 Langshan, ...... 



Tar in the Chicken House, 

 Selecting Breeding Turkeys, 

 Treatment for Cholera, . - - 

 Literary and Personal, 



NORBECK SMILEY, 



PRACTICAL 



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m & CO'S OLD ST.UFI. 



Corner of Duke and Vine Streets, 



LANCASTER, PA. 



THE LATE.ST IMPROVED 



SIDE-BAR BUGGIES, 



PHOTONS, 



Carriages, Etc. 



Prices to Suit the Times. 



RErAIHING iiioiii|.tlv attcudea to. All work 

 giuinint.^il. 



VALUASIP f^fFf?BMAT!ON K'u 



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