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Dr. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. DECEMBER, 1879. 



jCHN h. HIESTAND. Fub'.ijher. 



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CONTENTS OFJTHIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 

 To Our Pat 10118, ..---- 



Analysis of the Farmer, - . - - - 

 Special Notice, .-.-.- 

 Our Contributors, ------ 



Condensed Truth, ------ 



The Incubator, ------- 



How to Hatch Ctiickeus wilhoin Hens. 

 Meteorological Contrast, 



tJupreceileute<lI> Cold Weatlur Tliroiigbont Europf 

 Scientific Nomenclature, - - . - - 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 

 Aphids Persica, ------ 



Aphids, ------.. 



Cicada Septendecim, - - . - . 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 A Christmas Greeting, - - . - - 

 Cisterns, -----.. 



SELECTIONS. 

 Wool Manufacturers and Sheep Husbandry, 



Our Grain Capacity, 



Geese— And Something About Them, 

 Remedy for Diphtheria, . - - . 



Oatmeal, - 



Ice-Houses, ------- 



The Duty of Our Farmers, - . - . 

 The Intelligent Farmer, - - . - 

 How to Cook Cheese, . - - . . 

 Whisky— Revenue List of the States, - 

 Coffee— A Coffee-flcid in Brazil, 

 AVashing Fowls, ------ 



How to Keep Fowls, - 



The Grain Crop, ------ 



Comparative Value of Woods, - . - 



Statistical, - - - . . - - - , i 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultu- 

 ral Society, ----.. i 



Crop Reports— High Farming— Dairj FaimIng— 

 Slock KaiBiLg— Slate Agricultural Society— BuBi- 

 uege for Next Meetlug. 

 Poultry Association, ------ i 



MeuiberB Preseut— The Catalogue— Election of Kew 



.Members — Filling a Vacancy — Securing an Idch- 



bator— EgKS Wanted— Misoellulieous. 



Special Meeting of Poultry AsBociation, - - 1 



Linnseau Society, ----.. i 



Additious to the Library — Hiatorical Collectious 



PaperB Read. 



AGRICULTURE. 

 The Origin of Wheat In America, - - 1 

 A Senator's View of Farming, - - - i 

 Depth of Sowing M'heat, - - - - ] 



Wheat and Oats, ...... i 



Feeding Mowing Lands, - . - . 1 



Plowing by Electricity, ----- i 



About Corn and Wheat, - - - . i 

 Rolling After Sowing Wheat Fields, - - 1 



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HORTICULTURK. 



Principles of Pruning, 

 Fruit Exports of the United States, - 

 Fastening Zinc Labels on Trees, 

 Cleaning Fruit Trees, - - - ■ 

 Manuring Fruit Trees, 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Chickens to Boil, . . - . 

 Fried Chicken, . - - - . 

 Roasted Chicken or Fowl. 

 Roast Duck, - - - . - 

 Our Receipt for Curing Meat, 

 Cough Mixture, . ■ - . 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES 

 Pie Paste, ------ 



Ufeful Accomplishment, 



Cleaning Tinware, - - - - 



Rice Pudding, - litO 



Indian Meal Pancakes, ----- 190 

 Beefsteak Omelette, ----- 190 



Cream Muffins, - - 190 



Delicate Cake, ------ 190 



Japanned Ware, .--.-• 190 

 Sooty Chimneys Cured, - - - - 190 



Lemon Pies, - - - - 



Chicken Cheese, - 



Mince Pies, - - - - 



To Cure Hams, - 

 Oat-Meal Pudding, - 

 Pumpkin Pudding, 

 Tea Biscuit, - - - - 



Orange Pudding, - 



LIVE STOCK. 

 •hoosing Stock for the Farm, - 

 Feeding Cows, - - - - 



Mixed Foods, - - - - 



A Few Suggestions to Horse Trail 



Hay as Food for Hogs, 



Cracked Heels, - - - - 



Unhorning Calves, - 



APIARY. 

 Dysentery as a Bee Disease, 

 How Far Bees will go for Honey, 

 Profitable Bees, 

 Wonderful Feats with Bees, 



POULTRY. 

 Fattening Turkeys, - - - 

 Poultry Interests of America, 

 Poultry Breeding, - • - 

 Pure-Bred and Common Fowls, - - ■ 19. 

 Feeding Troughs for Poultry, - - - - 192 



Eggs for Winter Use, - - - - - 192 



Literary and Personal, . . - . - 19^ 



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