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Dr. S. S. SATEVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA. OCTOBER, 1881 



N A. HIESTAND, Publisher, 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Death of President Garfield, - . - . 14.t 



The Crops of 18S1, 145 



International Cotton Exposition, Atlanta, Ga., 145 



Pockliugton Grape, 14<) 



About Frosts, 146 



Excerpts, 140 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



Peacock Moth, 147 



Corn Aphis, 147 



Honey Locust, 148 



Lima-Bean Enemy, 148 



ENTOMOLOGICAL. 



The Corn- Worm, 148 



The Elm Tree Worm, 149 



Buggy Peas, 149 



Insects on Fruit Trees, 149 



Remedies Against Injurious Insects, - - - 149 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Bone Spavin. Dv. Treacy, - - - - 150 



SELECTIONS. 



Revised Fruit-List, 150 



Breeding and Value of Butter Cows, - - Ifil 

 On the Timber Line of High Mountains, - - 152 

 Delicious Strawberries, ----- 15.3 

 The Atlanta Cotton Exposition, - - - 154 



The Coming Tree, 1.54 



'• The Com!nK Tree." 

 Pennsylvania's Untilled Acres, - - - - 155 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultu- 

 ral Society, ...... 155 



Crop Reporls— What Is the Best Method of Keep- 

 iiiB .Seed Com?— Wlmt is the Best Method of 

 Keeping .\pplos for Winter and Spring Use? 



The Poultry Society, 156 



Reports— Seoring the Birds— New Mcmbei^Spe- 

 cial I>rcmiuiu8-General Remarks. 



Linnsean Society, 156 



Uonatioiisto Museum— Library— New Business— 



AGRICULTURE. 

 Blount's White Prolific Corn, . - . .157 



Secure Good Seed, 1,57 



How to Distribute Manure, - - - - 1.58 



Shade in Pastures, 158 



HORTICULTURE. , 



Care of Fruit Trees, 158 



A Giant Grape Vine I53 



To Propagate the Currant, - - - - 158 

 Remove the Dead Limbs, . . . .158 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Household Hints, 158 



Coal Ashes, 158 



Glucose, 158 



Weather Wisdom, - - - - - 1.58 



How to Make Beefsteak Tender, - . - 1.59 



LIVE STOCK. 



About Pigs, 1.59 



Calves, 159 



Working Brood Mares, - . - . . 159 



Brittle Hoofs, 159 



POULTRY. 



Large Flocks of Fowls, 159 



Poultry Notes, - 159 



Literary and Personal, 159 



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