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Dr. S. S. HATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA. DECEMBER, 1881. 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



To our Patrons and the People, . - - 1 



A Study of Various Sources of Sugar, - - 1 



A Relic, - - - ^ 



Spontaneous Forests, 1 



Nutritive Valuation of Animal Food, - - t 



A Curious Beetle, " 1 



" Which Brings the Most Money !" - - - 1 



"Written for the Farm and Garden," - - 1 



Strategy Versus Strength, 1 



Excerpts, ..-----1 

 QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



How Do Eels Breed ? - - . - - 1 

 Rliifrating Habits of Eels— Their Return to the 



Youthful Experlencc-'Naturalists Still 



Puzzled— No Eel Eggs Ever Found— Their 



Power of AdajitBtion. 

 Bruchus, -.-.--- 183 



Bean Weevil, ------- 183 



Piping Mosquitoes, - 184 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 The Perslmmou, ------ 184 



SELECTIONS. 

 The Great Grain Speculation , or "Craze," of 18S1, 1S4 

 Proper Culture of Potatoes, - - - - 184 



Thick and Thin Seeding of Wheat, - - - 185 



Artificial Millj,, 185 



A Half Million in Horses, ----- 185 

 Flecks, or "White Caps," in Cream, - - 186 

 Barbed Wire for Fencing, - - - - - 18(i 

 New York Wool Market, ----- ISti 

 How the French Manage, . . - - 187 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Agricultural and Horticultural Society, - - 187 



The Sanitary Condition of Farmers' Houses In 



Winter— What is the Best Time to Apply Ma- 



Poultry Association, 

 Fulton Farmers' Club, 

 Exhibits-Questions i 



AGRICULTURE. 

 The Great Grain States, - 

 Broom Corn Seed, - - • - 

 Lime in Agriculture, - 

 New Seed Wheat Necessary, - 

 Notes on Indian Corn, 



HORTICULTURE. 

 Bitter Rot in Apples, 

 Sheltering Tender Plants, - 



Apple Picking, 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES 

 Apple Compote, ... - 



How Fish Should be Fried, - 



Fm- Pudding, - 

 Scotch Hotch-l'olch, 

 Scotch Barley Broth 

 Children's Pudding, 

 Cream Cakes, - 

 Chicken with Okra, 

 Soda Cake, 



LIVE STOCK. 

 Garget in Cows, 

 "Doctoring" Farm Animals, 

 Overfeeding with Hay, - 

 Fattening Hogs, 

 Signs of a Good Cow, - 

 A Prolific Mule, 

 Catarrh in Sheep, - 

 KHling Lice on Stock, 

 The Shropshire Sheep, - 

 Sulphur for Sheep, - - - 

 POULTRY. 

 Care of Chickens, - 

 Fattening for Market, 

 Effect of Food on Eggs, - 

 Scaly Legs, "- - - - 

 Hen Lice and Kerosene, - 

 Litcrarv :uh1 rcib.uuil, - 



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