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RATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. FEBRUARY, 1881. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL, 

 ids, - - 



•Caged .Soiin 

 Seventeen Year Locust, - 



A Grceii-llouse Product!. 

 Forests in Pennsylvania, ■ 

 The Late Poultry Show, 

 "Ault Barrieks," 

 "The Stone Age," 



A Double Apple Preserved in Alcohol, - 



The Timber Question, 



Its Effect Upon Our Social Enconomies, and the 

 Inlcgrlty of Our Sea.sons— The Cause of Drouths 

 —Where our Forests are Going. 



Bxcerpts, 



-The New Holland Clarion, 



The Freezing of Insects, 



Pennsylvania Agricultural Society, - 



Officers Elected, 



Mcehiinics' Library Association— Berks County 

 Agricultural mid Horticultural Society. 

 ENTOMOLOGICAL. 

 Seventeen Tear Locusts, - . - . . 

 The Corn Cut-Worm, - ' - 



Enemies of Spiders, 



An Ant Story, 



Queries and Answers, 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Shelter-Belts— TKancict, 



Bees and Grapes— If. .ff. /S<o«<, - 



Potato Culture— C, 



ESSAYS. • 



"Ex-Libris," 



About Apples, 



SELECTIONS. 



A Patent Rat-Trap, 



The Sluifular Effect the Beating of Drums had 

 on a Nest, of Itodents. 



Cold Winters, 



The Winter of 1779-80— The Cold Friday of 

 February 7, 1S07. 



Why we use Quick Lime Upon the Land, - 



American Agriculture, 



A Valuable Table, - s - - - - 

 A Remarkable Year, - - - - . 



New Process in Milling, 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County AKricultural and Uorticul- 



tural Society, 



Crop Reports— Insects— The ;Horsc— Apple Cul- 

 ture—What arc the Relative Value of Wheat 

 Bran and Corn for Feed?— Fallen Apples- 

 Cultivation of Corn- The Agricultural College 

 —Report of Committee. 

 Poultry Association, ----.. 

 Reports of Otlicers- Treasurer's ' Report— New 

 Business— New Members— Question for Dis- 

 cussion. 



Fulton Farmers' Club, 



Questions and Answers— Interesting Exhibits- 

 Result of an Ejiperiment— Literary Exercise. 



1 Society, 



) the Muscuii 



-I-il 



New Busin 



AGRICULTURE. 

 More Corn to the Acre, - 

 Manuring Lawns, .... 



Danger in the " Silos," - 

 Accumulation of Manure in Stables, - 

 The Finest of the Wheat, 

 Salt in Sowing, . - - - . 



HORTICULTURE. 

 Foreign Pears and Apples, 

 What is Good Grape Cultare ? - 

 Cultivating the Cherry Tree, - 

 The Best Time for Grafting Trees, - 



FLORICULTURE. 



House Plants, 



The Feathery Acacias in Bloom, 

 To Color Roses, .... 



Tuberoses, 



Propagating Fuchsias, 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 How to Cook a Turkey, ... 

 Useful Remedies, - . - . . 

 Brightening Tinware, - - - - 

 Varnished Work, . . . . . 

 HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 

 Fruit Jumbles, . . - - . 

 Cranberry Sauce, . - . - . 

 Snowball Pudding, - - - . 

 Calves'Foot Jelly of 1780, - 

 Feather Cake, . . . - . 



White Cake, - 



Mayonuaise, - - - - . ' 

 Charlotte Russe, - . - - - 

 To Renovate Black Goods, - 

 Lcbster Patties, - - . - - 



POULTRY. 

 More Eggs, --.--. 

 Lice on Chickens, .... 

 Raising Ducks for Profit, - 

 Literary and Personal, . - - . 



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