ONE DOLLAR FEE ANNTTM-SINOLE COPIES 10 CEITTS. 



Dr. S. S. RATHVON, Sditor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. MAY. 1881. 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Pig's Feet, -------- 77 



How Voltaire Cured the Decay of His. Stomach, 77 



Fences, .--.---- 77 



Oatmeal and Beef Tea, ----- 78 



Horseback Riding, ------ 78 



English and American Implements, - - - 78 



Cement for an Aquarium, - - - - 78 



Id Testing Eggs, - 78 



ToTake Woody Taste Out of a Pail, - - 78 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES 



Jelly Custard , 78 



Marlborough Pie, ------ 78 



Vermicelli Scup, 78 



Broiled Chicken, 78 



Snow Cakes, 78 



Light Pot Pie, 78 



Chicken Pudding, 78 



Putting Away Clothes, 78 



Spice Cakes, 78 



Orange Pie or Pudding, 78 



Canadian Jelly Cake,'- -. - - - - 78 



Rhubarb Tart, 78 



Barley Soup, ----... 78 



Sauced Herring, - - - . - . 78 



Royal Diplomatic Pudding, .... 78 



To Make Chocolate, 78 



How the Chinese Make Tea, - - - - 78 



Egg Dumplings, 79 



Cocoanut Pudding, -..-.. 79 



Baked Piefeerel, 79 



Chocolate Mange, 79 



LIVE STOCK. 



Care of Cattle in Warm Weather, . - - 79 



Raising Calves, - .79 



Treatment of Cows with Calf, - - - - 79 



Raising Camels in Nevada, . - - . 79 



The Value of Water for Cows. - - - - 79 



A Cow's Cud, -.-.-- 79 



Beef and .Mutton in England, - - - - 79 



Feeding, ----.-. 79 



POULTRY. 



Feeding for Eggs, ------ go 



Sail for Poultry, ------. 80 



Literary and Personal, - - - - . 80 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



A County Fair, - C,6 



A Meeting of Citi7.cn9 Called to Coiisider the Matti-T. 

 "Our Hellebore,"' - - - - - - 05 



To Avoid Insect Ravages, - - - . 66 



The Skunk, 67 



The Peach Crop, - - - - . - 68 

 QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



False Flax, - - - 68 



SELECTIONS. 

 Cultivating Spring Crops,- - - - , - 69 



Growing Barley— Corn I'lanting— Cultivation of Beets 

 —The Potato Crop. 

 Soiling Milk Cows, ------ 69 



Fodder Corn, ------- 69 



Ensilage, - 70 



A Peniisylvrtnia Farmer's Conclusioni*. 

 Castor Pomace as a fertilizer, - - - - 70 



To Make and Maintain a Lawn, - - - 71 



Origin of Fultz Wheat, ----- 71 



Tobacco Culture, ------- 71 



Uow to Grow the Coming Crop— Rich .SoiL Required 

 New Ground Iho Best^The Host Ixjcalities— .\ 

 Chanfie of Ground Desirable— Full and Spring 

 PlowiriR— Use of FertjIiMrs— Quantity of Manure- 

 Plowing the Land— The Proper Condition of the 

 Ground — Throwing up tlie Ridges — Distance Be- 

 tween the Rows and IMants. 

 Insanity of Farmers' Wives, - - - - 73 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County .Agricultural and Horticultu- 

 ral Society, ------- 74 



Members Present— Reports of Committees — Crop Re- 

 ports- How we are Poisoned— Is IaikI Improved 

 by Laying Many Years in Grass— What to .Substi- 

 tnle for a Failing Hay Crop. 

 The Poultry Society, ------ 75 



Election of N^w Members— New Business— Young 

 Chieks. 



The Liunsan Society, 75 



Museum— Library— Historicrtl Relics — Papers Read. 

 AGRICULTURE; 

 Encouraging Reports from All Over the Union, 75 

 Systematic Farming, - ----- 76 



Weeds, - - - 76 



Table Com, -------- 78 



Are Roots Worth Growing, . - - - 76 



Stumps, -----... 76 



The Wheat Crop.in Kansas, - - - . 76 



Some Items in Farm Economy, - - . 76 



HORTICULTURE 

 Flower Garden and Lawn, - - - - 76 



Magnum Bonura Potatoes, ----- 76 



Prepare for the Fruit Crop, - - - - 77 



Timely Notes of Seasonable Interest, - - 77 

 Raising Peas, ---... 77 



Manuring the Garden, ----- 77 



Raise Grapes, ----.-. 77 



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