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Dr. S. S. BATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER. PA., OCTOBER, 1879. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher. 



145 



CONTENTS OFJHIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 

 . The Weather, 



• Common Sense, ...... 



• Our Late Local Exhibition, .... 

 . Maple Coccus, - - . . . - 

 ^Thanks, 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 

 . Large Water-Beetle, 145 



• Spectre Insect, --..-.. 145 



COMMUNICATIONS. 

 - Letter From Missouri— .B. F. Wylde, - - 146 



•Introductory, - 146 



March to the Sea— J. WittJch. 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



.TheHepatica, or Liver Leaf— ,;■. .SfaHjTer, . 147 



SELECTIONS. 



• Lancaster County Cattle, - .... 148 



• Revised Fruit List, 148 



• Home and Export Tobacco Market, ... 149 



Seed leaf— Siiles— Quotations. 



• Sheep Husbandry in the United States, . 149 

 , Raising Horses in Texas, . - - - - 149 

 , Growth and Development of the West, - - 150 

 . Production and Keeping of Eggs, - . - 1.50 

 .Tobacco, ... .... 151 



• Essay on the Subject of Manuring Land and how 



to Apply it, ...... 1.51 



. Labor-Saving Implements, - . . . i.^i 

 .The Balance of Nature— Fish, .... 152 



^ Standard of the American Jersey Cattle Club, . 152 

 f Whole Acres of Perfume, .... 1,52 



, Altitudes in Pennsylvania, - - . -153 



»The Cattle Disease, 153 



■ Singular Discovery, ...... 153 



,A New Use for the Mullein, - . - . 1,53' 



< Juice of the Tomato Plant an Insecticide, - 153 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



• Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultu- 



ral Society, I53 



Report of Special CommitteeB— Crop ReportB— 

 Should C)rch,irdB be Cultivated— The New Society 

 — Fiirmiug iu the far West— Amendmeut to By- 

 l.aws— Bneiness for next Meeting- Fruits and 

 Flowers. 

 - The Poultry Association 

 Report of Committee—; 

 . Fulton Farmers' Club, . - - - . 154 

 Exhibit of Farm I'rodncts- Asking Questions- 

 Viewing the Farm— Afternoon Session- Literary. 



• The Linnsean Society, 155 



Historical Section — To the Library— Papers read, 

 AGRICULTURE. 



• Application of Manure, 155 



• Plowing Down Green Crops, . - . - 155 

 , Putting in the Wheat Crop, .... 155 

 t Smut in Grain, I55 



'*• Western farms Much Favored, - - - 156 



, CultijTtating Wheat in England, . . . 150 



■ , To Kiil^tael #nd Clean Gravel Walks, - 156 



• Fall Plow!^-;^'r Porn, 156 



' Business. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Growing the Fear, - - - . . . 156 



Small Fruits, 156 



Mulching Strawberries, ..... 1.50 



Distances for Grapes, - - - - - 1.50 



.Putting Away Potatoes, .... 1,57 



.Beet Sugar, - 157 



Apples — Picking and Keeping Them, . . 157 



Seedling Fruits, 157 



Olives in California, 157 



,To Prepare a Strawberry Bed, . - - - 157 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Extravagance of American Housekeepers, 

 ,A Geose, .---..- 



157 



Roast Goose— Green Goose, to Roast — Roast Ducks 

 —To Boil Ducks— Ducts Stewed with Red Cab- 

 bage — To Roast Geese and Ducks. 



. Proverbs iu Cookery, ..... 157 



. Facts About Flour, 158 



Chinese Cookery, 1.58 



A Cheap Ice House, --.... 158 

 HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



. To Polish Steel, ...... 158 



Salad Dressing, 158 



, Rancid Butter^ ...... 158 



To Destroy Aphides, 158 



Gumbo Soup, ....... 15S 



•Apple Omelette, 1.58 



CoB'ee Ice Cream, 158 



. Green Tomato Soy, 158 



Domestic Champagne, .... - 158 



, To Remove Rust from Steel, . . . - 158 



Petroleum, 158 



To Pickle Fruit, - 158 



Tomato Soup, 1, 158 



', Tomato Soup, 2, 158 



Beef Soup, 158 



Ice Cream with Eggs, 1.58 



, Squash Pie, -..--.. 158 



Rabbit Stew, 158 



Matelolte D'Anguilles, 1,58 



Mock Oysters, --..... 15s 



LIVE STOCK. 



•ows in Early Winter, ..... 15s 



Runaway Horses, ...... 1,59 



The Wild Cattle of Great Britain, . . 1,59 



The Cattle Belt, -...-. 159 



Swiss D.iirymen in California, . . . 1.59 



Hints for Horse Trainers, ..... 159 



Colic in Stock, 1.59 



How to make Cows give Milk, - . . .159 



Polling Cattle, ...... 159 



Salt for Stock, . - ... . _ -1,59 



To Tell a Horse's Age, 159 



POULTRY. 

 Hints to Poultry Breeders, 



Red Canary Birds, 



Chicken Cholera, .... 

 Young Fowls, - - . - 



Literary and Personal, 



159 



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