ONE DOLLAR PEH ANNUM.-SHTGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. OCTOBER, 1880. 



.OHK A. HIESTAND, Publisher. 



Sntered al tlie l^oNt Oflice at IjUiicaNloi* hm 

 Mecoiid 4'laNN Miittor. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Our Liile Fair, - H.5 



Under Tribute, ---.... 145 

 National Bee-Keepers' Convention, - - 145 



Carolina Corn- Worm, 146 



Tobacco Pests— No. 3, -^ - - - - 145 

 Another Lot Rfceived — The Traiieforinatiou— Au 

 Old Acqiiaiutatjce with a New Face — Not a Dainty 

 Feeder — .\ Ked*-euiing Quality of Cosmopulitan — 

 Other Eiienites of the ToUaoco Plant — An Instal- 

 ment ot Wire WoruiH Heceivtftl — What They Ave 

 and Do— Remedies for These Pests. 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



The Loug-Stinged Ichneumon, - - - - 146 



Answer to J. H. P., 147 



Answer to J. H., 147 



Answer to H. G. D., 147 



COMMUNICATIONS. 

 Kansas Fair and Travels to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains— P. ,S'.7?d«(, - - . - . - 147 

 The Fair. 



SELECTIONS. 

 New Karly Peaches, - - - - - 148 



Hints for October Work, 149 



Top-Dreseing — Weeds in Grass Laud — Potatoes — 

 Roots— Coin Fodder — Fodder Corn — Plowing for 

 SpriugCroi'8 — Ridge Plowing— Water — Buildings. 



Governor Hoyt's Speech at the Opening of the 



Slate Fair, - - 149 



Strawberry Culture — Fall Planting, - - - l.'JO 

 The Wheat Crop for 1880-1881, - - - 150 

 Pomology, -------- 151 



For Our Friut-Growing Beaders— Onr Revised 

 Fruit List. 



Watering Plan's in Pots, - . . - 151 



The Wheat Cro|), 162 



Apples, Apple .Juice, Cider, Vinegar, - - 153 



Blight of Fruit Trees, 152 



Absorbents for Stable Manures, - - - 152 



Light Upon Light, - 153 



Severely Dry Times, 153 



The Willows at St. Helena, - - . - 153 



Tobacco, - 153 



"Nameloc" on the Peunsylvanla Crop. 



A Great Apple Jack Crop, . . . . 154 



How a Famous Cheese is Made, - - - 154 



Management of Cream, 154 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society, - - . ... - 154 



Report of Committee — Crop Reports— Certificates — 

 Award of Premiums. 



Poultry Association, 155 



Linnaean Society, ------ 155 



MuseBm— Library — Historical— Papers B«ad. 



AGRICULTURE. 



Sorghum as s Forage Crop, . . - - 156 



Harvesting Broom-Corn, - . . . 151; 



Sowing Wheat, 1.56 



Small Compost Heaps, 1.51) 



American Tobacco, 1.56 



Amount of Seed, --..-. 156 



Liquid Manure, -.--.-- 1.56 



Hen Manure, - 157 



Oats with Wheat, - - - - - - 157 



HORTICULTURE. 



Raising New Peaches, ----- 157 



Apple Culture, 157 



Keeping Celery, - 157 



How to Harvest Apples, ----- 1.57 



The Peach, 157 



Cultivation of Tea, 157 



The White Willow as a Hedge, - - - 1.57 



Enriching Orchards, 1.57 



Planting, 157 



Large Roots, ------- 1.57 



The Original Seckel Pear Tree, - - - 158 



Iron for Fruit Trees, 1.58 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



The New Way of Preserving, . - . 158 



Meat-Bread, - 1,58 



To Keep Apples In Winter, . . - . 1.58 



Simple .Method of Sharpening Razors, - - 1.5S 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Woodcock, 1.58 



Quince .Marmalade, ------ 158 



Beef Stew, 158 



Frigadel or Veal Loaf, 158 



Egg Plant Baked, ]58 



A "Handy" Application for Pain, - . - 158 



For Pickled Butter, 158 



Carotte au Pot, 158 



Beefsteak Omelette, ----- I5s 



Cinnamon Cookies, 158 



Fried Mush, 158 



Chotitleur au Gratin, --..-. 158 



The Ideal Sandwich, . - - - 1.58 



Celery Salad, 158 



Carottes a la Flamandc, - . - - 168 



Apples in .Jelly, ---..-. 159 



Painted Ladies, ------ 159 



French Mode of Cooking Beans, . - - 159 



Boiling Vegetables, 159 



Pot-Pie Crust, 159 



Minced Mutton with Poached Eggs, - - 159 



Scalloped Oysters, 1.59 



LIVE STOCK. 



More Wool Wanted, 158 



Grading Sheep, 159 



Hectic Fever in the Cow, - - - - 159 



Cattle at the Fair, 159 



Winter Care of Stock, 159 



Big Horses, - - 169 



Milking Three Times a Day, - - - - 159 



Shorthorn Cattle, 160 



Feed CaWes Liberally, 160 



The Yorkbhlie Swine, - - - - 160 



Keep Sheep, - - - • - - - - 160 



A Jersey Cow's Record, 160 



Lunch for the Team, 160 



Over-Big Horses a Mistake, - - - - 160 



Farm Notes, 160 



Literary and Personal 160 



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