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CONTENTS 0F_THI8 NUMBER. - 



EDITORIAL. 

 The Rallroids ami the People, . - - 33 

 The Mammoth Pearl, ------ 34 



©apt. Eads' Ship Railway, - - - - .^4 



" Butter aud Cheese anfl I," - - - - 3t 



Ensilage, -------- f!5 



The Sources of Springs, ----- 36 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



The Elm Tree Beetle, •'16 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 Items for the Farmer— -Tl'm. 7. /"y^c, -. - - 36 

 Double A pple— irm././'y(<', - - - - 36 



The Two Catapals 36 



ESSAYS. 



Tobacco Culture— How to Grow our Next Crop, 5'i 



Good Seed— The 8eed Bed— Burning the Seed 



Bed— Spronling the Seed. 



Do Bees Puncture Grape, and if so, How ? - 3S 



Fruit Crops in Pennsylvania, - - - - 3! 



The I.«rse Apple Orop— Selection of Varieties of 

 Apples— Most. Profit.%ble Varieties of Pears- 

 Fire Blight, the Greilt ICnemy— Danger of Over- 

 stocking the .Mnrkel— The Peach and itsi Ene- 

 mies— <;herries, tininccs and Pluma— Stmw- 

 bcrrie.s and Other Small Fruits. 

 Corn Cnlture, ------- 4( 



Peach Buds and Peaches, ----- 41 



. Nitrogenous Elements of Plant Foo(l, - - 4S 

 OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Asricultural and Horticul- • 

 tural Society, - - ' - - - - 4-' 



The State Horticultural College— Lecturers Invi- 

 ted—Crop Reports- A Chester County Sale, the 



The Poultry Society, 



Discussions at the March Meeting- New Business 

 — <iiiestion8 for Consideration- The Stolen 

 Pigeons— <iiieslion.s for Discussion. 



The Beekeeprs' Association, .... 



Fnllou Farmers' Club, 



Llnnsean Society, 



Museum- Donations to the Library— Hiatorloal— 

 Prfiwrs Head— New Members. 

 State Fruit-Growers' Association, 

 AGRICULTURE. 



Weight and Measure, - 



Bone-dust and Wood-ashes, . . . - 

 Why We Shall Never Starve, . - - - 

 KiUing Canada Thistles, . . - . 



Suggestions of and for the Season, - 



HORTICULTURE. 

 Garden Fruits - Getting Ready for the Coming 

 Season, ---...-- 



Cultivating Orchards, - - - - - 



Hot Beds and Cold Frames, 



Work in the Orchard Now, - - - ■ 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES 

 To Clean Kriniue and Minever Skins, 

 To Ucmove Ink Stains from Priming Books, 

 Barley Soup, ------ 



Game Soup (Clear), . - - . 



Oatmeal and Beef Tea, - - - - 



Sauced Uerrinjis, - . - - - 



Entree, 



Snow Pudding, 



Caudle, ------- 



Fig Pudding, - • - - - - 



Potato Cakes for Breakfast, 



Chocolate Mange, - - - - - 



Fried Herring, ------ 



Omellette SouHee, - - - - 



Stuffed Potatoes, - . - - - 



LIVE STOCK. 

 Beef and Mutton in England, - 

 The Rearing of Calves, 

 Suffering of the Cattle on the Plains, - 

 Literary and Personal, - - - - 



(-(Mli.Berlisbire Baauty Cab- 



bago. Amber Cream S-woot Corn, !.• 



[ENDERSON'S 



COMBINED C.\TALO0UE OP 



SEEDS - 

 PLANTS 



Will be Mailed Free to all who apply oy 

 Letter. 

 Our i:xpcriniental GronndH In 

 I wlilrb wc test «>ur Vcsetablo and 

 I Flower Seeds arcmostcoin|ilotc; 

 land onr Grccniioiises lorPlanit* 

 l(eovcrin2 3 acres in eiass), arc 

 ItUo largest In Aiucriea. ^ 



IPETER HENDERSON & CO. 



35 Corllandt Street, New York. 



NieH0LS,SHEPARD8cG0 



YIBRATOR 



THRESHERS, 



Traction and Plain Engines 



and Horse- Powers. 



ModtCorapIctoThrcuhrrFnctory J Established 

 Inlbc World. i 1848 



\l') YEARS nr... without chOT^o oi nun.o. 

 %3 M^ manoKt'incnt, or location, io " frac* Mjt tht 

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SAWINU Wfil't tAbf. 



Our nfw portable Monnrr-h T,l~Ii(nin|; Sawing 

 Machine rivals all mhjr,. »,io c».h >. il bcRivcn 

 to two men who can saw r\s />ft ^nd faty in the old 

 way. as one boy 16 years ol-i cr^n with ihii machine, 

 rculars sent Free. Agents wanted. 



traHunsa eav co., 



163 Ranilolph St , Chieaco, lU. 



STEAM-POWER SEPARATORS ,«nd 

 Complete Stcain Oi:Ifitso/«w/<JilM»<jiia"'i<a>. 

 Tinut Traction £ii«rinc8 and Plain Ensuies 



ever seen in the American market 



A mvUilurfo of •ptrial /Voture* and intprovtmmU 

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 lUm and malcriah not ilrcamed of by olher^mallcrB. 



Four Blzea of SciisratoR". from 6 to 1 



12 borxe 



1 Blyles 



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' Horw-Powen. 



7k(\(\ AAA Feet of Selected I umber 

 ,OUU,UUU (from Ihrn to MX yeura ■• r-.lrird) 



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