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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



A New Inse cticirtc, --.... 17 



Western National Fair, 17 



About Graham Bread, ----- 18 



Candlemas, --------18 



The day that Brings the Oroundbog Out. 



Florida Manufactures, ----- 18 



The State Board of Agriculture, - - - 19 



Coming Evente for 1880, - - - - 19 



ESSAYS. 



Domestic Progress — C. L. ITimsecker, - - 19 



Errors of Great Meu in Respect to Agriculture, 



Preserving Food for Stock — Jos. F. Witmer,- 21 



Can we Plant too Many Fruit Trees-C T. ii^oj:, - 21 



An Im ortaut Era iu Fruit Growing — The Granary 



of the World — The Cauuing Business — The Profit 



of Fruit Growing — Market Cannot be t>ver8tocked 



— What was Done in Berks — The Effect of Pre- 



mituQS — The Progress Made iu Fruit Growing — 



A Profitable Branch of busiuesa — The Uses to 



Which Fruit can be put. 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Farm-life vs. Town-life— £■., - - - - 23 



What Fertilizer Shall we Use— ^. B. A., • 23 



Letter from North Carolina — M. R., - - 24 



SELECTIONS. 



The Economy of a Garden, - ... 24 



Popular Breeds for Pork and Lard, - - 24 



American Cheese in England, - - - - 35 



The Making and Preservation of Manure, - lo 



The Menhaden Fishery. ----- 25 



Comparative Value of Foods, - - - 26 



STATE ORGANIZATIONS. 



Annual Meeting of the Fruit Growers, - - 26 



Semi-Annual Convention of the Millers'Association 2G 

 Evening Session. 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Society, .--..--^7 



Large Trees- Fruit Growing on City Lota— Domestic 

 Progress — Discussions— Does the Stock have any 

 Influence on the Graft— Ref«rred Questions. 

 Poultry Association, ------ 28 



Fulton Farmers' Club, 28 



Linnsean Society, -------28 



Additions to the Library— Paper* Bea«— Soientific 



Miscellany. 



AGRICULTURE. 

 A Good Farm Stockfood, - - . . og 

 Bone Dust, -.---...29 

 Forest Leaves for Stable and Yard, - . 29 

 Wonders of Broom Corn, - - - - - 29 



HORTICULTURE. 

 Spring Cultivation of Strawberries, - . 29 



A New Nut, -.28 



Don't Crowd the Fruit Trees, - . - 29 

 Plant Apple Trees, 26 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Polishing Furniture, 29 



Bloody Milk, 29 



Measuring the Height of a Tree, - - - 30 



Treatment of Frozen Plants, - - - - 30 



To Preserve Shingles, ----- 30 



Ventilation of Bed Rooms, - - - - 30 



Tar for Warts, ---..- 30 

 HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Mince Meat, 30 



Custard Pic, 30 



Lemon Pie, --.-----30 



Apple Jellj, 30 



Pound Cake, - . --.-.' SO 



Boston Jumbles, ----- . 30 



Rice Pudding Boiled, 30 



Almond Pastry, ------ 30 



Call's Liver Broiled, --...- 30 



Potato Pie, 30 



Pearl Barley Pudding, 30 



Pistachio Diplomatic Pudding, - - - 30 



Hickory Nut Macaroons, - . . - . 30 



Plain Pastry, 30 



LIVE STOCK. 



Teething in the Horse— Wolf Teeth, - - 30 



Ventilating Stables, 30 



Fattening Sheep, ------ 31 



Catarrh in Sheep, ..-..- 31 



Bonner's Horses, .---.. 31 



tNTOMOLOGICAL. 



The War on Insects, ----- 31 



How to Gel rid of the Pests, - - - - 31 



Lice on Cattle, ------ 31 



Destruction of Weevil, - - - - - 31 



POULTRY. 



Poultry Interest of America, - - - 31 



Pickings From the Poultry Yard, - . - 31 



Roup with Pigeons, ----- 31 



Rearing and Value of Ducks, - - - - 32 



Literary and Personal, 32 



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