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Dr. S. S. RATHVON. Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. JANUARY, 18«0 



JCHi: A. HIESTAND. Fublisher. 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL, 



"niippy New Year," ... - - 1 



I'ennsylvania Fruit Growers' Society, - - - 1 



A Worrl in Tiini', - - - - - - 1 



"Dairy Farming," - ..... i 



Coal Ashes and Tobacco, - - - . 2 



Poultry Exhibition, - - .... 2 



Meetintr of Hoard of Ag^ricultiire, - . 2 



The ComiuiT Stale Fair, - .... a 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



8hrinl<age ii) KilliiitrTTo^'s— .1. J?. A'., - - 2 



Prof. Blouiil's While Prolific Cnrn—Canper ffiller, S 



ESSAYS. 



Botany, - - - H 



Recent Advances in Arcliaeoloey, . - - 4 



SELECTIONS. 



The Lung Plague, ...... ,5 



Our Tobacco Crop, ...... 5 



Traits of Animals, ...... t; 



The New Era in Farming, - . - - - 6 



Figs, -.--..... 7 



Plum Pudding at Sea, --..._ 7 



Glue and (ilueing, .-..-. 7 



Bogus Havana Tobacco, 8 



A Card in the Interest of Quail, ... 8 



Are Aula Civilized, ------ 9 



The Profit of Farming, - - - - 9 



The Science of Agriculture, .... 9 



Height of Storms, 10 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultu- 

 ral Society, "..-... 10 



New Membem— Reports of t'ommiltees— The Presi- 

 dent'B A«MrOBS— Quei^tion!) for DKouRsion — Does 

 it Pay lo HaiBe Tnis lor Feucing?— UeiTeeenta- 

 tlve to tiic State Board of .\griciiltHrc— New 

 Bliplnene— Election of Officers. 

 Poultry Association, ..... n 



The Poultry Exhibition, U 



. The Entries. 



The .Judges' .\wanl of i'remiums, - . . 12 

 OhickB mid KovvIb— PiReoiis— TnrhoyB, OeeKe and 

 DuclCH — MiBccllaneoUB — Piguou Fly. 



Linna>an Society, - IS 



AdilitioiiB to the T.iliriiry — Historioal Section 



Papers Bead — Anoual Reports of OillcerB — Elec. 

 tloii of OHieeii.. 



AGRICULTURE. 



Seasonable Hints, . - - - 1:! 



Winter Walks About the Pr.niises, - - - 13 



Farm Food, -..--.. 13 



Pierre Lorillard's Farm, ----- 13 



Cuzco Corn I'rom Peru, - - . - .13 



Why Belgian Farming Pays, - - - - IS 



HORTICULTURE. 



The Best Time to Plant Trees, - . - - l.S 



The Baby Plant, -..-.. 14 



Unlucky Fruit-Growers, - - - - 14 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Timely Hints About Furnaces, - 

 Wearing Flannel, - . - 

 Glue for Polislicd Steel, 

 A Wasteful Interest Paid hy Farmers, - 

 Fruit in Cellars, - - - - 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 

 Lemon Cake, 



Baker's Gingerbread, -...-- 14 



Brine for Corn Beef, 



Suet Pudding, .... 



Indian Meal Pancakes, 



.^|i|j|e Duinplinirs, Boiled, - 



Ciirnnieal Miillins, . 



Yeast Uumplings, ... 



Currant Pudding, I'hiin, - 



Delicate Cake, . . . - 



Fish Pie, 



Relief for Croup, . 



Dried Peach Pudding, 



White Mountain Cake, 



Lemon Pic, .... 



Pennsylvania Sponge Cake, 



A Superior Ointlett, 



Pum[)kin Pie, . . - - 



LIVE STOCK. 



Horseshoeing .\gain, • 

 Banish Every Dairy Pauper, - 

 Plain Talk About Stock, 

 Cattle on the Plains, 

 Had to Give a Pig Medicine, 



POULTRY. 

 Look After Your Hen Houses, 

 About Roosters, 

 Egg-Eating by Pullets, . 

 Quarantine New Slock, 

 Tender Poultry, - - - 

 Pedigree of Homers, - 

 Don't Cilve Preventives, - 

 Literary and Personal, 



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