OITE DOLLAR PER ANNUM-SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. S. S. RATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA., AUGUST, 1879. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher. 



CONTENTS O^HIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



•The New Departure, ------ 11! 



Couetilmiuu— By-Laws— Special Resolutioue. 



• State. Agricultural Exhibition, . . - H^ 

 , Palliser's American Cottage Home, - ■ - IK 



.The Tobacco Fly, - 114 



.Our Local Exhibition, ----- 114 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



. Peach Beetle, ------- n; 



^Cultivated vs. Uncultivated Wheat, - - - IIJ 

 Coveutry Famere iu Laucaeter county. 



. White Grub Worms, IIJ 



•Red Rust, lie 



• Larvae of Saturnia lo, lie 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



• Magnolia Glauca— Small Magnolia, - - - lie 

 'More Moonshine, 116 



SELECTIONS. 



•Artificial Fertilizers, 117 



The New Law Regulating Their Sale— License Re- 

 quired lo Sell Thcra— Costs of Analyzing to be 

 Paid by the Manufacturers— Amount of Lioenso 

 to be Paid by Manufacturers- Penalties for Non- 

 Comiiliance— Wko Shall Make the Analysis- 

 What is tolieDonewitb the Money— What isMeant 

 by "Comme.-cial fertilizers"'— When the Law be- 

 comes Operative. 



• Tobacco Culture in Lancaster County, - - 117 



Its Culture in the Olden Tune— The Tobacco County 

 of the World— Qualities of the Weed— What 

 Fashion has Done — Preparing the Plant Beds — 

 Setting out the Plants— Requires Constant Atten- 

 tion-Time of Ripening— Cutting and Housing— 

 The Tobacco Barns- Who buys the Product- 

 Extent of the Crop— The Yield in Pounds and 

 Dollars- Amount Consumed at Home— Lancaster 

 County's Segar Industry- Is theCrop Exhausting? 



• The Black Bass, U9 



Practical Hints on Fish and Fishing— Second only 

 to the Sahnon and Larger Trout— Tlie Spawning 

 Season— Protecting their Progeny— Proper Bait 

 and Tackle— How to Hook Them. 

 •The British Wheat Fields of the Northwest, - 120 

 .Butter Factory Organized, - - - - 120 

 , July Report of the Department of Agriculture- 

 Corn, Potatoes, and Tobacco, - - - 120 

 ^Valuable hints to Farmers, . - . . 121 



• Cutting away our Forrests, - . . . 121 



• The Common Elder, 122 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 •■ Agricultural and Horticultural Society, - - 122 

 The County Fair— Crop Reports- "Siould the 

 Partridge be domesticated ?"—Geueral Discus- 

 sion-Special Intercourse — Miscellaneous— On 

 Exhibition. 

 . The Lancaster County Poultry Association, - 123 



Oufluished Business- Referred yuestions. 

 I Warwick Farmers' Club, ■ 



A New Question. 

 . Linnaeau Society, --.... 123 

 . The Beekeepers' .Association, - - - - i;4 

 Putting Empty Combs Between Brood- Getting the 

 Bees to work la the Honey Boxes. 

 • A County Fair, ---... X24 

 The Board ofjManagerB of the Lancaster Conntv 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society Fix upon 

 Time and Place for Holding It— Committees Ap- 

 pointed— Committees. 



. Poultry Association, 124 



Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Society 

 at Litiz. •' 



AGRICULTURE. 

 Weeds and Hay Fever, 

 Cutting and Curing Hay, 

 Utilizing Night Soil, - - - - 

 A New Wheat, - - . . . 

 ,1s Clover a Fertilizer, 

 About Corn, ----.. 

 The Best time to Cut Wheat, - 



HORTICULTURE. 

 Bags for Protecting Grapes, 

 Cultivate More Turnips, 

 Fertilizers and Fruit Trees, 

 Setting Out Strawberries, 

 Growing the Crab Apple. - 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Advantages of Staying in Bed, - 

 Have a Fish Fond if You Can, 

 Blackberry Wiue, .... 

 How to Deal with Rats, - - - - 



Fruit Jams, 



Duchesse Potatoes, - - - - . 

 A Delicious Vegetable Soup, 

 Elderberry Wine, - - . - . 

 HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 

 Green Sage, - . . - . 



123 



To keep Potatoes from Rotting, 



To Preserve cut Flowers, - 



To Expel Foul Air from a Well, - - - 126 



To Stain Wood, -.--.. 120 



To keep Seeds from Mice, - - - - - 1 26 



Tomato Stew, - - r26 



Stewed Cabbage, ------ 126 



Meat Cheese, ------- 126 



To make Better Pure in Flavor, - - - 126 



To Cleanse a Rubber Piano Cover,- - - 126 



To Wash Stockings, - l'J6 



To Bake Buckwheat and other Gridle Cakes, 1'2C 



To Bake Eggs, 126 



Cranberry Jelly, ------ \-2e, 



Baked Indian Budding, . . - - . I'^r, 



To Preserve Flowers, - - - - - 126 



Waffles, - 126 



NORBECK & MILEY, 



PRACTICAL 



kmm Builders, 



126 



LIVE STOCK. 



Pigs, - 127 



.Raising Pigs, 127 



. Feeding Dry Cows, 127 



Sheep and Wool 127 



Fattening Calves, --.-.. 127 



The Sheep Range, ------ 127 



The Mad Itch In Cattle, 127 



POULTRY. 



The Mother of the Chicken, - - - - 127 



The Migratory Quail, ----- 127 



Animal Food, ----..- 127 



Prolts of the Barnyard and Coop, - - 127 



Turkeys, ---..-.. 127 



■A White Duck that Lays Black Eggs, - - 128 



Onions for Fowls, ------ 128 



Destruction of Lice on Fowls, - - - 128 



Literary and Personal, 128 



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