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FOUNDER OF CIVILIZATION'.'- WE&STeR 



Dr.^. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.; MARCH, 1880. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Fublisher. 



Entered at llie Post Ollico at I.ia<icaflier as 

 Spfond 4'Ihsn .>lat(<'r. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



"Too Scientific," 33 



Local Agricultural Fair, - - - - - 34 

 Obituary, ------- -34 



The Weatlicr, - - 34 



Graham Bread Agaiu, ----- 35 



The Chiuch Bug, 35 



Ground Hog Philosophy, - - - - 35 



Pennsylvania Fruit Growers, - - - - 30 



The Slate Fair, 3li 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



About Graham Bread— fi^. J/. £"., . . - 36 



What Fertilizer Shall we Use— .1. B. K., - 37 



SELECTIONS. 



Tobacco Culture, 37 



How our Growers Raise the Weed — Tobacco Prom 

 ttie Seea Bed to the Warehouse— A Practical 

 Essay — How to Raise Tobacco — Tlie Flaut Bed — 

 How to Grow 8troug Plauts — Preparation of 

 Ground — Setting out ttie Plants — Wiien to Top — 

 Enemies to be Guarded Against — Topping — Wtien 

 to Cut It — Hanging it iu the Barn — Stripping — 

 I'acblug — General Remarks. 



New Process of Butter aud Cheese Making, - 38 

 The Chatham Creamery, ----- 39 



Our Revised Fruit List, 39 



Standard Pears— Dwarf Pears— Apples— Peaclies — 



Grapes — Cuerries — Raspberries — ^Strawberries — 



CarrantB — Gooseberries — Blacl£ berries. 



Hints for March Work, 40 



Tne Fruit Garden. 



Country Road Making, .... - 40 



More About Sorghum Sugar, - - - - 41 



The Manufacture of Beet Sugar, - - - 41 



Result of the £xt>eriuent — How the Sugar is ot- 

 tained. 



Reclaiming Swampy Land, - . - - 41 



Transplanting of Trees, ----- 4;i 



Should we Abolish Oxen, ----- 42 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Society, -----.-42 



Crop KeportB — ReBOhitious of Respect — Apple Cul- 

 ture-Referred Questions— Clover Seed— Tne Next 

 Fair — Fruit on Exhibition — Mlscellaneoas Busi- 

 ness — Question for Diecussiou. 



Poultiy .Association, ------ 43 



Reports of Committees — Election of New Members 

 —Election ot Ofiicei s— How Early in t'je Season 

 Shall we set our Hens— Question for Discussion. 



Linnsean Society, ----- . 44 



AGRICULTURE. 



Sugar in America — Its Introduction, - - - 45 



About Rotten Manure, - . - - - 45 



Some Corn in Illinois, ---... 45 



Notes for the Farmer, - .... 45 

 Nitrate of Soda, --.-...45 



HORTICULTURE. 



Peas In Plenty, 45 



Peach Culture, 45 



Think About the Garden Now, ... 45 



What to put in the Garden, - - - - 40 

 Apples, ---.----4() 



DOMESTIC 'ECONOMY. 



Ventilation of Sleeping Rooms, - - - - 46 



How to Cook Codfish, 46 



Milk— What is It, 46 



Strange Taste in the Butter, - - - - 46 



To Cure Hams or Beef, ----- 46 



How to Cook Poultry, 46 



Extra Good Sausage, ------ 46 



To Boil a Ham, -...-. 46 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Apple Sauce, ------- 46 



Apple Pie, 46 



Baked Apples, 46 



Apple Dumplings, ------ 46 



Apple Custard, .-----. 47 



Apple Fritters, - 47 



Brown Betty, ------- 47 



Ox-tail Soup, -------47 



Pan-dowdy or Apple Slump, - - . - 47 



LIVE STOCK. 



Testing a Milch Cow, ----- 47 



How to Water Horses, ----- 47 



The Position of Windows in Horse Stables, - 47 



Bran for Cows, ------- 47 



POULTRY. 



Pure Bred or Common Fowls, - - . 47 



Chickeu Eutozooty, ------ 47 



Selling Eggs by Weight, 47 



Keep Pure Bred Fowls, 4S 



Feeding Poultry, ------ 48 



Milk for Fowls, - - 48 



Literary and Personal. ----- 48 



in your Fertilize) s by using 



"POWELL'S PREPARED CHEMICALS." 



Why pay <S3.> to $45 for your fertilizers wheu 

 $13 tu $15 will buy you 



"POWELL'S CHEMICALS" 



For Ono ton Corn, Oat*«, I*o(r1o or Ti»baoco 

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 the miirket. Seud for "PowoII'h ISook ol" l>'orina- 



laN,** with directions for mixing, nearly 5ilU uamea oi reli- 

 able PeuDBjlvuuia farmerB uBiiig them the paet Heasou, 

 teatixDOuials, etc. 



EDWABD J. EVANS h Co., 

 Mar-3m] Geueral Afienta, York, Pa. 



S£ND FOR 



On Concord Grapevines, Trannplanted Evergreens, Tulip, 

 Poplar, Linden Maple, etc. Tree Seedlings and Trees for 

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