ONE DOLLAR PEE ANNUM -SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. S. S. SATHVOH, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. APRIL, 1881. 



-CKN A. EIESTAND, Pablislier. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Ensilage, - - - 



That's'what All Should be Doing, 

 A Grape Discussion, ..---. 

 A Claim tlmi the Hudson ami Prciittesiire Ideiit 



ScicntiSc ConjuijaUon of the Alligator, - 

 The Magum Boiuim, . - - . . 

 Hot Water for Insects, . - . , . 

 The Seventeen-Year Cicada, - . - - 



F.vlsely Ciilleit "Seveiiteen-Year Locust." 

 Venuor's Latest Weather Prediction, 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



Reply to W. 11. S 



The "Sack- Worm," 



ESSAYS. 

 How we arc Poisoned, - . . . - 



Pruning Trees, 



SELECTIONS. 

 Arrareek Farm, ---... 



The New Method of Feeding Cattle. 

 Tobacco Culture, No. L', - - - - - 

 Open Air Beds Preferable— Care of the .Seed 

 Bed— f'anvas-Covered Beds— Insect Pesta — 

 How to Kill Them— Grow EiiouBh of Plants. 

 The Uses of Lime in Farming, - 

 Tree Trimming, - . . . - 

 About Orchard Grass, 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultu 

 ral Society, - - . - - . 

 Crop Report,-)— Iron I*>rites as a Fertilizer— The 

 Colopa Spisiosu— Bueiiiesa for Next Meeting. 

 March Meeting of Fulton Farmers, - 



Question— Discua.*»ion. 

 April Meeting of Fulton Farmers, - - . 

 Questions .\»ked and Answered- Entertained 

 the HoMt^Papera Kejui — An Interesting Essay- 

 Literary. 

 The LinnssaD Society, - - - . 



AGRICULTURE. 

 About Limestone and Lime as Fertilizers, 



Green Manuring, 



The Management of Liquid Fertilizers, - 

 Cornstalks as Maniue, . . . . 



Cabbage, ------ 



HORTICULTURE. 

 The Cow Pea, ---..- 

 The Pomeffranate, - . . . 

 To Cut Sods, -.-... 

 A Difficulty with Shrubberies, - 

 Onions, ------- 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Butter Salt, 



Fading, 



Take Care of the Matches, - 



Drying Potatoes, 



Know How to Cook a Turnip, 



Sand Bag in a Sick Room, 



How to Wash Clothes Withou' 



Chocolate, - - - - - - - 



To Remove Glass Stoppers, - - - - 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES 



Fig Padding, 



Whip Sauce for Above, . - - . - 

 Horseradish Sauce, ------ 



Kedgeree, - ' - 



Rice au Jus, ------- 



Stuffed Potatoes, 



Veal with Temato Sauce, - - - - 



Beef Tea lor Children, - - - - 



Oeufs a I'Orauge, ------ 



Mayoimaise Dressing for Salad, 

 Pish-Pash of Mutton, - - - 

 .Mayonnaise of Fish, - . . - - 

 Danish Pudding, ------- 



Snow Pudding, ------ 



Clam Chowder, ------- 



Crow's Nest, -..-.. 



Potted .Meat, ------- 



Poor Man's Sweet Cake, _ - 

 Potato Salad, - - - - 



To Remove Ink Stains from Printed Bonks, 

 Baked Corn Meal Puddinir, - - - - 



California Pudding, - 



LIVE STOCK. 

 Attention to Swine, - . . - . 

 Hereford Cattle, - - • 

 WhyCatt.le and other Stock Die toward Spring, 

 Literary and Personal, - ' - 



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