ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM-SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Z Dr. S. S. RATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. JUNE, 1879. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher. 



CONTENTS OMHIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 

 .Large Farmiiifj a Precarious Businees, - 



• Southward, Ho I vs. Westward, Hoi - - - 

 . The Belastoma Grandis, - . . . - 



, The Law of Newspapers, - - - - - 

 .Wonders will Never Cease, - - - - 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 

 .TJrcdine Fungus, -.-... 

 . Corn-Plant Weevil, . . . . . 

 . Information about Land for $150 per Acre, 

 ^Conotelus vs. C. Obscurus, - . . - 

 , Compound Grape Gall, . - . - . 

 ENTOMOLOGICAL. 



• Flies, --------- 



• Grain Silvanus, - - - - . . 



. Peach Tree Borers, ------ 



CONTRIBUTIONS. ' 

 . Communication— C Elvin Huupt, - - - 

 . Correspondence — J. W., - 



• Letter from North Carolina— J/. R., 

 , Cypripedum Acaule— /. titanffer, - 



• Moonshine— .A Seeker After Truth, - 



< Bee Labor— Wm. /.7^[/(e, - - . - 



• A Word More— y. 1'., - - - - - 



SELECTIONS. 



• Promise of the Crops, ----- 



• The Americans' Advantage, - - - - 



Vi by Our Wheat Cau be Soid in England Cheat.er 

 than EngbHh Growth. 

 . Plcuro-Pneumonia, ------ 



Its Symptomn, Trfalment, Cauees and DeveloiJ- 



Tobacco Culture in Pennsylvania, - 

 Employment it Indirectly Afifordfi Women. 

 •The Evidences of Success, . - - - 

 A Champion Wheat Field, ----- 



Influence of Forests on Climate, - - - 

 • History of Celluloid, ------ 



McKlustry's Great Orchard, - - - - 



Tuirty Thousand Fiuit TreCB, 1,600 Vinea, andC.OOO 



..Rose Legends, - 



40zone, -------.. 



' OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



' Agricultural and Horticultural Society, 



• Poultry Association, 



New Busiueee— Regular DibcubbIous. 



• The Beekeepers' Association, - - - - 



C'ouauioii ...! iiii- Ueib— Uysentery in Bees— Virgin 

 guc-eut— UusiuesB lor Next Meeting— Introducing 



•/ Fulton Farmers' Club, - - - - - 

 , LInusean Society, --.-..- 

 HlBtorical— Library— Papers Read. 

 AGRICULTURE. 



• Plowing in Crops as Manure, - - - - 

 . Farming on a Large Scale, - - . . 



. The First Employment of Guano, - - - 



• The Future of American Farming, 



< Home-Made Fertilizers 



• Tfll Wheat Crop— Favorable Reports of the Pros- 



pects in the Northwest, - . - . 



Waste in New En<;laiid Farming, 



HORTICULTURE. 

 About Potatoes, . - - - - 

 Fruit-Growing in England, - - - 



• Treatment of Spring-Planted Trees, - 

 i Origin of the Apple, - - - - 

 , Pruning Evergreens, - - - - 



• Poisoned by Mushrooms, - - - 

 . Wood Ashes For Peach Trees, - 

 iCord-Wood in an Acre, - - - - 

 , Gooseberries and Currants, 

 .Mulching Newly Planted Trees, 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



, Some Interesting Facts Concerning Bread 



-How to Make Sauce and Croquettes, 

 Cooking Potatoes, - - . - 

 Hints to Housekeepers, - - - - 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 

 Irish Stew, ------ 



Apple Dumpling, - - - - - 



Milk Soup, .---.- 

 Maccaroni and Cheese, - - - 

 To Boil Potatoes, - - - . . 

 To Make Pulf Paste, - - - - 



Turkish Soup, - . - . - 

 Amber Pudding, - - . - . 



Fish Cakes, ------- 94 



^Dressed Boiled Fish, ------ 94 



• Fillet of Beef and Dutch Sauce, - - - 94 

 Charlotte Kusse, ------- 94 



, Welcome-Guest Pudding, - - - - 94 

 . Potato Croquets, ------- 95 



• Trussed Fowl, - - - - - - 95 



Terrapin, -------- 95 



LIVE STOCK. 

 The Cliilllngham Wild Cattle, - - - - 95 



Watering Horses, ----- 95 



Sale of Short-Horns, ------ 95 



APIARY. 

 Swarming of Bees, ------ 95 



Honey in the Boston Market, - - - - 96 



POULTRY. 

 To Break Up Sitting Hens, - - - - 96 



Non-Hatching, ------- 96 



An Economical Feed-Trough, - - - 96 

 A Cheap Poultry-House, ----- 96 



Vermin, -------- go 



Literary and Personal, - - - - - 96 



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NORBHCK&iVIILEY, 



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