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LANCASTER, PA. JANUARY. 1882. 



JOHN A. EIESTANI/, Publisher. 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 

 Our Fourteenth Volume, . - - - - 



The Moose-Deer 109 Years Ago, - . - - 



Killekink, - - ' - 



The Value of Suow, ------ 



Kitchen Garden for January, - - - - 



Winter Blooming, 



"Aid and Comfort," . - - . . 



How Do Eels Breed ?-.---- 



Excerpts, -------- 



Miscellaneous— Economical— Moral Economy- 

 Domestic Economy. 

 Our Responsibility, ------ 



Edible Fungi, ------- 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 Hybridising Fruits .and Flowers, - - - 



Persimmons, ------- 



SELECTIONS. 

 Farming About the Kocky Mountains, 

 "Go to the Ant," ------ 



A Great Southern Farmer, - - - - - 



Lime as a Preservative, - - - - - 



Oue Square Acre, ------ 



Yards in a Mile, ------ 



WheatCropof the United States, 

 A Plain and Easy Way of Curing Hams, 

 The Part which Worms Play in Nature, - 

 Spare the Tree, ------ 



Let the Frost Help You, - - - - - 



Tobacco Review— The Old Year and the New One 



C'oiisuinplion in 1881— Stock on Hand on .lunuliry 



1, 1882 -The t'rop of 1881 and Visiljle Supply— 



Receipts in 1.881— Sales Each Mimth— Remarks 



Prices — Quotations January 1, 1881. 



Berks County Agricultural Society, 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultu- 

 ral Society, ------ 



Crop Rei>ortfl — Election of Ofticers — '*C'an the 

 Grain (irower Dispen.4e with Nitrogenous Fer- 

 tilizers?" 

 The State Grange, --'--- 

 Wednesday's Proceedings — The Proceedings on 

 Thurs<lay. 



Poultry Association, . - - - 



Trensurers's Report— Election of Officers- Mis- 

 cellaneous Husiness. 



Linnaeaii Society, ------ 



Library— Papers Read— Elections— New Business, 



AGRICULTURE. 



Look After the Implements, - . . - 



Do Your Own Repairing, - - - - - 



Ensilage Solus, 



Bad Seed,- ------- 



HORTICULTURE. 

 Rosebushes, ..-.--- 



Pears, -------- 



Xotes on Orchard and Garden Work, 



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Making Butter, - - - ' ' 

 How to Make Tea and Cotfoe, - 

 Butter Easily Spoiled, - - - 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 

 Light Gingerbread, - - - - 

 Cocoanut Cake, - . - - ■ 



Chocolate Cake, - - " - 

 Rock Cake, ' - 



Gingerbread, - . - - 

 English Buns, - - - - - 

 Almond Cake, - - - - 



Milk Biscuit, 



Soft Gingerbread, 



Doughnuts, - . - - - 



Raisiu Pie, - - - - - 



Corn Bread, . - - - - 



Cocoanut Pudding, 



Baked Soup for Invalids, 



Baked Indian Pudding, 



LIVE STOCK. 



The Care of Cows, - - - 



Charcoal for Sick Animals, 

 Hints About Horses, 

 Hay for Swine, . - - - 

 Warts on Horses, . . - - 

 The Horse Shoe and its Application, 

 Literary and Personal, 

 Board of Agriculture, 



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