ONE DOLLAR PER AITITUI^.-SIITQLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. S. S. RATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. DECEMBER, 1880. 



.'OHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher. 



Enloi-cd at the Post Office nt I^aiicnster as 

 .Seeoiicl ClaKM Matter. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Our Holid.iy Greetings, - - . . - 177 



Our Contributors, ------ 177 



Thanks, 177 



Complimentary, .-.-.- 177 



Poultry Exhibition, 177 



Horned Fungus Eaters, ----- 178 



Honey Bees anO Grapes, 178 



The Codling Moth, 178 



Tobacco Pests— No. 5, 180 



The Most DaugerouB Peet — Not Alwuys Recoguized 

 — Developmeut of the Moth — Lite of the Hawk 

 Moth— MotUods Employed for its Destruction. 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



The Catalpa, - - 181 



Cat Lice, 181 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



ToTestEggB— Tl'ni. /. Pi/fe, - - - - 181 



Tobacco Stems vs. Fruit Trees — /. S. Garber, - 181 



Primeval Forest Trees — Warieick, - - 183 



ESSAYS. 



Essay on Wheat Culture, ----- 182 



SELECTIONS. 



Green Manuring, 183 



About Tobacco, ------- 183 



A Wonderful Jersey Cow, - . . . 184 

 The Proper Care of Live Stock and Poultry in 



Cold Weather, ------ 184 



The Demand for Our Wheat, - - - 1S4 



English and American Beef, - . - . 185 



Cold Weather, - 185 



Butter Making in Denmark and Sweden, - 185 



The Cost of a Pound of Butter, - . - - 185 



A Notable Pigeon Roost, ----- 185 



Do We Eat Too Much ? 180 



Champagne, - 1S6 



Propagating German Carp, - . - . ISG 



For the Farmer, ------ 1S6 



Our Game Food, 187 



Business Habits for Farmers, . - . . 187 



Jealousy of Birds, ------ 187 



International Potato Society, - - . . 187 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society, 187 



Poultry Association, ------ 188 



New BuBinees— Report of Eiecutive Cimmlttee— 

 Hall Keuted. 



Linniean Society, 188 



Douations to the Museum— Donations to the 

 Library — t'apers Kt-ad. 



AGRICULTURE. 



Some Items in Farm Economy, . - . 189 



Swamp Muck as a Fertilizer, . - - 189 



Seed Corn, 189 



The Wheat Crop oflSSO, - - - - 189 



Our Agricultural Progress, - - - - 189 



Weeds, 1*-'J 



Success in Wheat Growing, - - - - 189 



English and American Implements, - - 189 



HORTICULTURE. 



Orchard Products, 189 



Scabby Potatoes, 189 



When to Transplant, 189 



Enriching Orchards, 189 



Protecting Plants and Shrubs, - - - - 189 



Production of Basket Willow in Berks, - 190 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



How to Carve a Turkey, 190 



Setting the Table, 190 



Sauer Kraut, 190 



Girls, Go Marketing, 190 



Apple Custard Pie, 190 



Slaughtering Swine, 190 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Frying Oysters, 190 



Cooking Potatoes, ------ 190 



Hot Cakes, ------- 190 



To Bake Fish, 190 



For Stewing Oysters, 190 



French Rolls, 190 



Rice Bread, for Breakfast or Tea, - - - 190 



French Lip Salve, 190 



Camphor Ice, 190 



Wash to Cleanse the Hair and Scalp, - - 190 



Barber's Shampoo Mixture, . - . - 190 



Blonde or Flaxen Hair Dye, - . - - 190 



Golden Brown Hair Dye, 190 



To Cure Hams, 190 



To Cure Beef and Pork, 191 



To Keep Meat Fresh, 191 



Cheap Bay Kum, 191 



Imitation Bay Rum, ----- 191 



Jockey Club Bouquet, ----- 191 



Bouquet de Millefleurs, 191 



Bouquet de Rondeletia, ----- 191 

 LIVE STOCK. 



Bran for Cows, 191 



Epizooty, 191 



Sheep in Winter, 191 



Pcrcherons for Small Farms, - - - - 191 



Ewee for Breeding Early Lambs, - - - 191 



An Equine Monster, 191 



Fair Tests for Draft Horses, - - - - 191 



Draughts of Cold Air in Stables, - - - 191 



Norman Stallions for Illinoib, - . . IW 



How to Test Cows, 191 



A Remedy Against Worms in Pigs, - - 191 



Horseback Riding, 191 



POULTRY. 



Hen Lice and Kerosene, - - . - 19J 



Young Chickens and Insects, - - - - 192 



Does It Pay to Winter Turkeys, - - - 19- 



Eggs for Hatching, 191.' 



Literary and Personal, ----- 192 



My Annnal CatalwKnc of VpKratahle and 

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 apply. My old customers need not write for il. I offer 

 one of the largest collections of vegetable seed ever sent 

 out by any seod House iu Aiuerica, a hirge portion of whicli 

 were grown on my six seed farms. FvU dirfctiinw /or cul- 

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 /Tcah anil true to name ; so far, that should it jTOve other- 

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 of the Ilubbard Squash. Pbinuey's Melon, Maableliead Cab- 

 bages, Mexican Corn, and scores of other vegetables, I 

 invite the patronage of all who are anxioim to have their 

 need directly from the grower, /rc^/i, trtte, and of the very 

 hest strain, 



KEW VEGETABLES A SPECIAETY. 



JAMES J. H. GREGORY, 



Marblehead, Mats. 

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