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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 

 Jersey Marl, - . . - - 



The Drouth, 



Some of its BleH^ings. 

 An Ungathercd Harvest, - 

 " The Sugar-Beet," . . . . 



Beet Sugar in Canada. 

 Our Primitive Forests, . - - . 

 Sugar-Beet Flea Beetle, - 



Excerpts, • - 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 

 Destructive Owls, . . . . 

 Colorado Potato Beetle, - . - . 



A Worm, 



The Spectre Insect, .... 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 Noxious Weeds. L. S. It., 



ESSAYS. 



A Library Pest, 



SELECTIONS. 

 An Bast Donegal Dairy, - 



The Peach Curl Fungus, 136 



TheDiscovery of Silk, 130 



Tobacco Culture, - - . . . .136 

 The Test of Ripeness-When to Cut Tobacco— 

 Wlien Not to Cut Tobacco— How to Cut To- 

 bacco—Putting It on the Laths — The Tobacco 

 Wagon- The Tobacco Scaflbld— Conclusion. 



Forestry, 138 



What Has Been Done in the United States— Some 

 Valuable Trees— "What Kinds are Best 

 Grown '.'"—Can the Cultivation of Timber l>e 

 Maiie Profitable?- Is Timber Growiin; Profit- 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultu- 

 ral Society, 139 



Select .Seed Corn-The Kietler Pear— The Fruit 

 Committee— Members Elected— Unclaimed Pre- 

 miums — Question for Discussion. 



The Poultry Society, 141 



Fulton Farmers' Club, 141 



Linnaean Society, 141 



Uonationa to Museum— Historical— Natural His. 



lor.v — Mineralogy — Donations from other 



Sources— Library— New and Deferrol Business. 



AGRICULTURE. 



Suggestions of and for the Season, - - 142 



Plowing and Pulverizing, - . . . 142 



. HORTICULTURE. 

 Preserving Grapes for Winter, ' . 

 Two Good Pears, 



The Fruit Garden, 



Early Frosts in the Garden, .... 14.'! 

 DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Preserving Eggs, - 1*3 



The Corn Crib, 143 



Storing and Keeping Potatoes , . - - 143 

 How the French Workman Lives, - - - 143 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 

 Sweet Pickles, ..---- 143 



Celery Fritters, - - - - - - - 143 



Sago Pudding, ...... 143 



Smothered Chicken, 



Chow-chow, -..--- 

 Pan Dowdy, .-..-. 

 Custard Souffle, . . . - . 

 Hominy Griddle Cakes, - - . . 

 Breaded Eggs, - . . - . 

 Gingerbread Loaf, . . . - . 



LIVE STOCK. 

 Garget: Its Causes, Symptoms and Cure, 

 How to Feed Pigs and What to Feed Them 

 The Feeding Value of Cornfodder, 

 Literary and Personal, - - - - 



- 143 



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