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Dr. S. S. RATHVON, Editor, 



;0H17 A. IIIECTAND, Publisher. 



Entered itt tbe Poi>t OOice nt Lancaster ns 

 ^eeoiKl t"!nsH IWnttor. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Dried Fruit, 49 



Death of Jacob Stauffer, ----- 49 



" Blocciing Kansas," ..---. 49 



LoDit-Legged CentipeJe, ----- 50 



Agricultural Department, - - - - - 50 



Another Peach Tree Enemy, - - - - 50 



Garberia, 50 



An Uuuor Conferred upon a LancaRter County Bo- 

 tanist. 



A New Myriapod, 51 



Hair Worms, .-...-. 51 



A Muniticent Gift, 51 



A Good Egg', - 51 



Pennsylvania Fruit Growers' Society, - - 51 

 Commilteew lor 1!?81. 



ESSAYS. 

 Chemistry of Soils — Dr. C. A. Greene, - - 52 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 DangheafWLiquor — A.S.K.,- - - - 52 

 Using Absorbents — Ex}i«rinieut8 with Frriilizors. 

 SELECTIONS. 

 Practical Hints for April, - - - - - 53 

 Ort^Iiard an 1 Nursery — Fruit Garden — Flower Gar- 

 dene and Lawiis. 



Have You a Strawberry Bed? - - - - 54 



Fencing and Fences, ------ 54 



Iron aii<l Wood Posts t.'ompared — Non-Destructible, 

 Nou-t'oinbustible Wocdeii Posts — An ImportJiDt 

 Point in Favor of Wire Fences — Specific Loss and 

 Gain. 



Pleuro-Pneumonia, ------ 55 



Sugar— A Great Problem Solved, - - - 55 



The Question of Fruit of Culture, - - - 6(5 



The Olive — Pickiiifi; Fruit— Dcsti ucti n of Foreuts 



— A Theory for Failures in Fruit Crops — Insects 



— Preserving Cider — Fruit vs. Tobacco Growing. 



Resources of the South, - - ... 56 



Flowers and Perfumes, . - - - - 68 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society, ------- 5s 



Crop Keports— The Fair— Reading of Essays- Root 

 Crops— Does it Pay to Cut Fodder for Stock ? — 

 Miscellancoua Busniess — Quetitli.ns for Discus- 

 sion. 



Poultry Association, 69 



Members Present — Election of New Members— Dis- 

 cussions — Reports on this SiU'iiig's Success — l{e- 

 porf of Auditing Coiniuiitee — Miscellaneous. 



Fulton Farmers' Club, 60 



The Linnxan's Tribute, 60 



The Society's Respect to the Late Jacob Staoffer. 

 ENTOMOLOGICAL. 



Flowers and Insects, 60 



Destroyers of Carpets, ----- 61 



The Chinchbug, 61 



Entomological Notes, ----- 61 



Small Borer in Apple Twig — Worms on Cotton- 

 w od — Ailanthus tiilkwonu in Missouri. 



AGRICULTURE. 



Agricultural Items, -..--- 61 



The Grain Blockade, ijl 



HORTICULTURE. 



The Best Location for Fruit Trees, - - - 62 



The Best Fruit to Plant, ----- 62 



Selecting Seed Potatoes, 62 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



What Every House Needs, - - - - 62 



Have Clean Beds, 63 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Veal Pie, 62 



Gravies, ---..--. 62 



Beef Like Game, 62 



Scrambled Eggs with Dried Beef, - - - 62 



French Karebit, 62 



Stewed Chicken, - - 62 



Stewed Beef, 62 



Savory Eggs, --..-.-63 



Scrambled Eggs with Cheese, - - - - 63 



Scalloped Fish, 63 



Baked Fish, 03 



To Spice a Hound of Corned Beef, - - - 63 



Egg Soup, 63 



Scotch Oatmeal Cakes, ----- 63 



Baked Calf's Heiid, 6.1 



Potted Beef, 63 



Beef Cakes, 63 



MUk Rolls, 63 



Cheese Fritters, 63 



LIVE STOCK. 



Abortion iu Cows — The "Probable" Cause of It, 63 



The Villager's Pig— How to Keep It, - - 63 



Feeding Bran, . 63 



Robert Bonner's Large Sale of Fine Blooded 



Stock, 64 



Black Leg in Calves, .----- 64 



Breed Kather than Purchase, - - - - 64 



Keeping Old Sheep, (U 



A Horse's Foot, - - - . . 64 



Kentucky Mules, ------ 64 



Literary and Personal, ----- 64 



21 10 $25 PER TOfi SMI 



in your Fertilizers by using 



"POWELL'S PREPARED CHEMICALS." 



Why pay 835 to 8*5 for your fertilizere when 

 813 to $15 will bay jou 



"POWELL'S CHEMICALS" 



For Ono ton Corn, Oat«, Potato or Tobncco 

 Fertilizer, equal to Ibu bent high-priced Phosphate in 

 the market. Seutl for *'FoweirN Uook. Of l-'ornin- 



laN/' with directions for mixing, nearly CiiiJ names of n-U- 

 ublH P^'uuRjlvauiu farmere usiug them tho past seasou, 

 teetimonialB, etc. 



EDWARD J. EVAKS k Co.. 

 Mar-3mJ General AK<^Dts, York, Pa. 



Hfy anwtttl Cufnlogue nf V^g'tabl* and Floterr 

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 BO far. thiit should it j.rove otherwise, / toill rffilt the order 

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 Bcores of other vet^'etiibles, I invito the r.atroij:igo of ali who 

 are anxious to hace their need dircctty from tbe yroircr^ /re^h, 

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New Vegetables a specialty. 



JAMES J. H. GHEGORY, 

 dec-flm] Marblehe.^d, MaH. 



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GREAT IMMlORATIOy YEAR. 



ThouBandrt are f^oinjj West, and ihe majority " 



S£TTL£ IN NEBRASKA! 



AU Eiatoru Farmern, when roraing West are | leased 

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BnrliuEtoii & Missonri Riyer Railroad Laiils. 



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