OITE DOLLAR FEE ANITTTM.-SINGLE COFIES 10 CENTS 



Dr. S. S. RATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. JULY, 1880 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher. 



Eiiterol nt thr Pout Oflire at I^aiicaster as 

 .Ser4»iicl da^N flatter. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Our Domestic Progress, 97 



Our Local Fair, ------- 97 



Swallows as Farmers' Friends, - - - 97 



Scientific, -97 



Nutritive Value of Gra^B at Varioue Stages of 

 Growth — The Effect of Carbouic Acid in the Air 

 Upou Crops. 



New Fruit, - - - - - . - - 98 

 The Elm-Leaf Beetle, ------ 98 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



Water-Beetle, - - 98 



Chrysochus Auratus, - - - - - - 98 



ENTOMOLOGICAL. 



Protection Against Moths, - - - - 98 

 How the Army Worm was CircumYented iu 



Hartford Couuty, ------ 99 



How to Destroy Army Worms, - - - 99 

 A Reply from Secretary Edge, of the State 



Board of Agriculture, ----- 99 



What a Western JIan Knows About It, - 99 



To Destroy the Cabbage Worm, - - - 99 



Insects, -------- 100 



Pests Along the Sound, - , . - . 100 



ESSAYS. 

 Bats, ---.-.-. 100 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 Durable Fence Posts— J. £. (?., - - - 101 

 Observation and Exception — L. N. Z., - 101 



SELECTIONS. 

 Do Not Neglect Tour Wells, - - - - 102 

 Lightning and Trees, - . . - . 102 

 Essay on General Farming, - - - - 103 

 C.'<>llectiou of Fertiliziug Material — Stir It Up Oc- 

 casionally—The Treauucut of Auimals— Fertil- 

 izers. 



Pleuro-Pneumonia in this State, - - - 102 



The Disease Disappearing— Precautious at thePhila- 



(leIi>Uiu Stuck Yards — How the Slate Agent Went 



to Work— The Method and Cost in this Sla'e — 



Excellent Keeulte of itie Pluu — Misrepresentation. 



The Wiley Plow, ------ io:j 



The Coming Industry, ----- loi 



Black Walnut for England, - - - lOJ 



The Snail and Shell, ----- 103 



How the Oceans were Made, ... 104 



Good Words for the Skunk, - - . . 104 

 Animal Intelligence, - - - - ' - 104 



Boston Baked Beans, ----- 104 



Swine Industry, -..-.- 105 



Home Bred and Imported Jerseys, - 105 



Handling Sheep, ---.-. 106 



The Lumber Trade, IQg 



A Fierce Combat Between a Cat and a Rattle- 

 snake. 106 



»UR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society, -..-... 



Linnaean Society, - . - . . 



Museum— Library — MicioBcopical — Pftijers Read, 



AGRICULTURE. 

 Stone Boats, ------- 



Farm and Garden Notes, . . - - 

 Mixed Farming, - - - - . - 

 Preserving Timber, - . . - - 

 Experience with Canada Thistles, - - - 

 Destroying Weeds, - . - . - 

 Cullivatiou of Tobacco in Cuba, - - - 



HORTICULTURE. 

 Thinning Fruit, ------ 



Small Fruits, --.---. 

 Tomatoes, ---.-.- 

 Cultivating the Raspberry, . . - - 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Milk and Lime Water, - . . - 



Summer Drinks, ------ 



How to Cure Toothache, - - . - 

 The Home, ---.-.. 

 Odds and Ends, -.--.. 

 A Great Waste, ---... 

 Consumption Cured, ----- 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 

 To Preserve Carpets, - . . - - 

 To Keep Bread Moist, - . - . 



Oyster Pie, --..-.. 

 Soap, -----.--. 



To Tell Good Eggs, ----- 



Morlborough Pudding, - - - - .- 



Water Filter, ------ 



Lemon Ginger Cakes, - - . - . 

 Schislih, --.-.-. 

 Fish Fritters, ----'-. 



Indian Meal Pudding, - - - - 



To Clean Paint, ------ 



Baked Halibut, Creole Style, - - - - 



Omelet with Sardines, - - - - - 



Southern Jlode of Cooking Rice, - - - 

 Cucumber Catsup, ----- 



Brioche, -------- 



How to Cook Beans, ----- 



Lobster Murphy, ------ 



Lobster Soup, ------ 



Scotch Potato Scones, - - - - 



For Rats, .----__ 



Stock for Soup, ■ \ ■ I - - 

 Veal Curry, ------ 



Raspberry ani Currant Sponge, - 

 Gooseberry Fool, ----- 



Gooseberry Trifle, ------ 



LIVE STOCK. 

 Percherou Horses, 

 Feeding Horses — Sore Shoulders, - 

 First Year of Heifers, 



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Milk Fever, - - - . 



To Cure Foot Rot in Sheep, 



The Care of Sheep, 



The Horse's Punishment, 



Cattle on the Range, 



A Mare that Nursed a Calf, 



How Much will Keep a Horse, 



POULTRY. 

 Coops, - . - - - 

 Charcoal for Fowls, - 

 Fowls in Orchard.s, 

 Poultry Notes, - - - - 

 Remedies for Gapes in Fowls, 

 Care of Early Broods, 

 Literary and Personal, - 



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Srt'il for IHHOf rich iu engravings, from photograptia, of 

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 customers need nut writeforit I offer onn of the largest col- 

 lections of vegetable seed ever sent out hy any seed bouse 

 in America, a large ]>ort:un of which were grown on my six 

 seed farms. Full direciiotiA for cultivation on each jxuk- 

 tuie All seed warranted to he both /resit and trxie to nanu,' 

 BO far, that should it prove otherwise, / tcUl refill the order 

 gratU. The original Introducer of the Hubbard Hquasb, 

 Pliinney'a Melon, Mnrblehea<l CaV>bages, Mexican Corn, and 

 scores of other vegetables, I Invite the \ atronage of aU wito 

 arc anxious .'o hai:e their Kced directly /rvni the groxDcr^ fre«h^ 

 true, and of the very be^t utrain. 

 New Vegetables a specialty. 



J.\MES J. H. GREGORY, 

 dec-«m] Marblebe.id, Mass. 



1880 



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