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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[February, 1882. 



Sweet Macaroni.— Break up a quarter of a 

 pound of the best macaroni into small lengths, and 

 boil it in two quarts of water with a large pinch of 

 salt, until perfectly tender ; drain away the water, 

 add to the macaroni into the stew pan a cupful of 

 milk and a quarter of a pound of sitted lump sugar, 

 and keep shaking over the fire until the milk is ab- 

 sorbea ; add any flavoring, serve. Stewed fruit may 

 be served with the macaroni. 



Oatmeal Pudding. -Mix two ounces of fine 

 Scotch oatmeal in a quarter of a pint of milk; add to 

 it a pint of Ijoiling milk ; sweeten to taste, and stir 

 over the Are for ten minutes ; then put in two ounces 

 of sifted bread crumbs; stir until the mixture is 

 stiflf, then add one ounce of shred suet and one or 

 two well-beaten eggs; add a little lemon flavoring 

 or greated nutmeg. Put the pudding into a buttered 

 dish and bake s owly for an hour. 



Wholesale Congress.— Healthy piecrust is 

 made of thin, sweet cream and flour, with a little 

 salt. Don't knead, Bake in a quick oven. Another 

 way is, sift a quart or two of flour in a pan. Stir in 

 the centre a little salt and half a teaspoonful of soda 

 well pulverized. Put in the hole a cup of soft (not 

 liquid) la.d,or butter and lard mixed ; stir it thor- 

 oughly with the flour ; next add two scant cups of 

 good sour milk or buttermilk. Stir all qnickly with 

 the flour in such a way that you need hardly touch 

 it with your hands till you can roll it out. Bake 

 quick, this will make three or four pies. 



Stewed Apples and Rice.— Feel good baking 

 apples, take out the cores with a scoop, so as not to 

 injure the shape of the apples; put ttiem in a deep 

 bakiug-dish an^' pour over them a syrup made by 

 boiling sugar in the proportion of one pound to a pint 

 of water; put a little piece of shred lemon inside 

 of each apple and let them bake very slowly until 

 done, but not in the least broken. If the syruf isthin, 

 boil it until it is thick enough ; takeout the lemon 

 peel, and put a littlejam inside each apple, and be- 

 tween them little heaps of well boiled rice. This 

 dish may he served either hot or cold. 



Literary and Personal. 



The AMaRicAN Bee Journal — This oldest and 

 ablest paperdevoted exclusively to progressive bee cul 

 ture, published in the country, is now issued in a royal 

 octavo form, weekly, at .?L'.00 a year, by Thomas C. 

 Newman, editor and proprietor, No. 974 West Madi- 

 son street, Chicago, Illinois. This is a far better and 

 more couveinient form than that of a quarto, in 

 which it was issued in 1881. Indeed, having been 

 published as an 'octavo for seventeen years, the 

 wisdom of changing to a quarto for a single year, 

 seems to have been questionable, and now returning 

 to nearly the uriginal form is a concession that the 

 departure was not a wise one. But, whatever its 

 form may have been, its suhstanee is, and always has 

 been, of the highest apieultural order, and we don't 

 see how anyone' who makes bee keeping a specialty, 

 can aflbrd to do without it. 



The Western Plow.man, (not " ploughman " 

 but /iloirmaii.) . A brand new agricultural royal 

 quarto of 16 pages, published by John H. Porter— J' 

 W. Ware Editor— monthly, at Moline, Illinois, at 

 the very low price oi fifty cents a year, (with a pre 

 miuni worth a dollar). No. 1, vol. 1, of this "baby 

 elephant," has found its way to our .lanctuin, and we 

 confess we are prepossessed in its favor ; for, being 

 " devoted to the interests of the home, the farm and 

 the family," it makes place for healthy literature in 

 general, as well as farming and domestic affairs. 

 The material is of good quality and the imprint especi- 

 ally, agreeable to the inflrm of sight, being bold, 

 plain, and easily read. Its very title insinuates 

 economy, for it saves two letters in spelling and ob- 

 viates the likelihood of any foreigner pronouncing it 

 Plufman. The very paper to interest the house- 

 hold, and nelp to while away the weary nours of a 

 long and lonesome winter's day. It deserves to 

 prosper, and we think it will. 



The Home Economist, devoted to the interests of 

 social economy. " A guide to every department of 

 practical life," a beautiful folio, published monthly, 

 by F. S. Blanchard and Company— Luke Goodwin, 

 Editor— at Worcester, Mass., affiO cts. a yipar, with 

 ma.uy preminni inducements No. I, vol. 1, for Jan- 

 uary, 1882, received. It would be almost impossible 

 to determine the literary progress of the country, 

 from the rapid increase of publications alone. Low 

 subscriptions, conspicuous advertisements, and 

 showy premiums, are prominent factors in their 

 material success, whatever their real merits may be. 



The American Poultry Yard.- A weekly illus- 

 trated journal; devoted specially to the interests of 

 fowl breeders, fanciers, farmers, marketers and 

 dealers. H. H. Stoddard, publisher, Hartford, 

 Conn. 81.,50 a year. We can add nothing to the 

 merited reputation this journal has already attained, 

 and that reputation is built on character. A six 

 columned folio that onrjht to be patronized by all in- 

 telligent poultrymen of the country. Its illustrations 



are beautiful and significant, and its literary matter 

 unexceptionable. 



A General Index to the contents of fourteen 

 popular treatises on natural philosophy, for the use 

 of students, teachers, and artizans, by a Massachu- 

 setts teacher. Published by Ivison, Blakeman, 

 Taylor and Co., Chicago, 111. 108 royal 8 vo. Such 

 a work, extended to other subjects, would be inval- 

 uable to those residing in the vicinity of a good 

 public library, as it would obviate the necessity of 

 owning a large library themselves. 



Ward's Natural Science Bulletin, published 

 at Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Ruches- 

 er. New York. Price 50 cents per annum. This is 

 an illustrated quarto quarterly of 16 pages, 

 and being the presentation of Ward's Natural 

 History Establishment, it occupies an entirely new 

 field in Scientific literature. It is mainly devoted to 

 the exposition and advertisement of Ward's Com- 

 mercal Museum. No. 1 , vol. 2, of this rare journal is 

 now before us and in its leading editorial its publisher 

 says — "It will mainly contain original matter: articles 

 from various contributors on subjects connected with 

 their particular departments: observations on s[)eci 

 mens received at the aforesaid establishment, and 

 interesting notes from collecting naturalists in the 

 field." " There will be given from time to time many 

 useful hints on the collecting, preparation and care 

 of natural history specimens, and valuable receipts 

 for compounds necessary for the collector, and prac- 

 tical working naturalist." Perhaps many of our 

 readers are entirely ignorant of such an establishment 

 as Ward's, where they may obtain at all times any 

 thing in the "line" of natural history, from a 

 "needle to an anchor," or from a tiny chinchbug, 

 up to a gigantic elephant. Ward also deals exten- 

 sively in models of extinct animals, and in stuffed 

 specimens, in skeletons, craniums, Ac, &c. To any 

 one having the least taste for natural history and 

 practical Taxidermv, this journal is invaluable. 

 Prof. Ward himself has just recently returned from 

 Australia and other foreign climes, " bringing with 

 him mines of weahh;" much of which is entirely 

 new to the scientific world. Mammals, birds— their 

 nests and eggs— reptiles, crustaceans, mollusks, 

 shells, corals, ^ radiates, minerals, fossils, fishes, 

 weapons and implements, utensils, plants, &c., &c. 

 Prof. Ward also publishes a series of 17 catalogues ol 

 his specimens from 12 to 144 pp., ranging in price 

 from 10 cents to $1.35, in which are enumerated 

 what he has for sale, and the prices of the same. 

 H. A. Ward, No. 2 College Avenue, Rochester, New 

 York. 



The Southern Cultivator. — We have received 

 the January number of The SmUhern Cultivator and 

 Dixie Fa)'(7i«r, the oldest, as it is the best, agricul- 

 tural journal in the Southern States. It is now pub- 

 lished by Jas. P. Harrison & Co., of Atlanta. Dr. 

 W. L. Jones, for years the editor of this popular 

 journal, retains his position; Dr. J. S. Lawton is the 

 associate. Under this management, The Southern 

 CiiUviator will not only maintain its former high 

 standard, but, with the assistance of ample capital 

 and increased facilities, and contributions from the 

 most eminent and popular writers on agriculture in 

 this country, will attain a higher standing than ever. 



The number before us is a gem. No journal of its 

 kind can excel it in the value of its reading matter, 

 the beauty of its illustrations, and its adaptation to 

 the demands of Progressive Southern agriculture. 

 The illustrated title page is the finest of the kind we 

 have ever seen. The Southern Culliiiator and Dixie 

 Farmer should be read and studied by every farmer 

 and planter in the South. The terms, S1.50 a year, 

 with special rates for clubs, are remarkably low. 

 We advise our farmer friends to subscribe for it. 



The Arkansas Farmer.— " Non-partisan, non- 

 political, but devoted to the real interests of our 

 farmers." Little Rock, Arkaiisjs, January 15, 1~.82. 

 This is a seven columned folio (18 by 24) issued at 

 gl. 50 per year, weekly. The cojiy before us is No. 

 3, Vol. 1, and is, therefore, brand new; end, if it 

 continues as it has begun, and does not prove a suc- 

 cess, there must b« something agriculturally— if not 

 financially or socially— very "crooked" among the 

 fanners and artizans of Arkansas. Its general 

 makeup will average with the country folios of tlie 

 North, and its editorials, contributions and selections 

 are solid and instructive. We rejo.ce in its advent, 

 for it seems to presage " better days a coming" for 

 Arkauaiiw 



Repobt of the "Pennsylvania Fruit-Growers' 

 Society," prepared by its officers, 1^81. An octavo 

 of 69 pages, and contains the Constitution and By- 

 Laws of the Society, lists of offici'rs, committees, 

 life members, annual members, and proceedings of 

 the meeting held in Gettysburg in January of last 

 year. The report contains two splendid full-page 

 colored illustrations of the " Miner plum " and the 

 " Cumberland triumph strawberry," with " Hersh's 

 seedling," Strinestown pippin," apples, and the 

 Maxatawney grape, concluded by an index of con- 

 tents. Peculiarly situated as the society is, with the 

 State as its printer and publisher, " more is the 

 pity " that its reports only get into circulation about 



one year after the meeting of the society has ad- ■ 

 journed. 



The Southern Planter, devoted to agriculture, 

 hoi'ticulture, live stock and the household; a serai- 

 monthly quarto of 15 pages, in tinted covers, jiub- 

 lished by Rolfe S. Saunders, Kiclimond, Va., at S2 a 

 year. No. 1 of the i'M volume of this journal is 

 before us, and although it has arrived at a patri 

 archal age among the literary institutions of the 

 South, it seems to have lost none cf the vigor of its 

 you'h, for it -announces its intention to change, in 

 the near future, to a weekly, and ought to be sus- 

 tained. 



Journal of the Americuii Agrienltural Association 

 for July and October, 1881, published quarterly at 

 $2.00 per year, single copies, seventy-five cents. This 

 is a Hoyal octavo, in tinted and embellished paper 

 covers, containing 26! pages with 44 pages of adver- 

 tisements. Th s multiplied by two would swell the 

 volume to .524 paees annually of choice agricultural 

 literature, contributed by some of the most distin- 

 guished agricultural writers of the country. Profuse- 

 ly illustrated with fine engravings, diagrams and 

 "black-line charts, together with a mullitudeof statis 

 tics relating to the agricultural interests and resour- 

 ces of the country. 



AS corelating to the agricultural interests of the 

 country are those of the transportation of agricultu- 

 ral products; hence the question of "The Railroad 

 and The Farmer" is discussed in lengthy articles 

 by the Hon. L. E.Chittenden and the editor, Joseph 

 H. Reall, in which the latter criticises the former in 

 his paper, replying to a former paper by Mr. Atkin 

 son on the same-subject. Not having seen Mr. Atkin- 

 son's paper, and not having carefully read either Mr. 

 Chittenden's or tlieEJitor's, we refrain from express- 

 ing any sentiment at this time, any further than to 

 say that our symp.ithies are with the Farmer in all 

 the r; hts which legitimately belong to him, and es 

 pecially in those in which he is the victim of unjust 

 discrimination by Railroid comzianies. 



The Seed Annual, for 1882, of D. M. Ferrt & 

 Co., Detroit, Mich., has been laid upon our table, 

 and it is a perfect beauty in its line of operation. Its 

 illustrated and descriptive space is equivalent to at 

 least ISO pages, and, including the embellished cov- 

 ers, it has ten full pages colored lithograpic illustra 

 tions, embracing 72 figures of fruits, vegetables and 

 fiowers. It has also ten full page wood cuts, illus- 

 trating their seed stores in Detroit and Windsor, 

 Can.; views on their seed farm, packing hou.se, mail- 

 ing department, box factory, iV:c., itc, besides &ve 

 hundred and forty finely executed woodcuts, illustra- 

 ting fruits, fiowers, vines, ornamental plants, trees, 

 shrubbery, vegetable, gard-n implements, itc &c., 

 and is perhaps as good a work on practical "Garden 

 Botany," as any amateur needs. 



Inteknational Scientist's Directory, for 

 1881-2, by S. E. Cassino, Boston, Mass., containing 

 the names, special departments of science, &c.,&c., 

 of amateur and professional naturalists, chemists, 

 physicists, astronomers, Ac, &c., in America, 

 Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceanica. 12 mo. Over 

 400 pages. Paper $J.0O. Cloth $2..50. Published 

 December 1, 1881. This is undoubtedly the best 

 work of its kind ever issued from the pressof the 

 United States, or perhaps any where else in the 

 world, and no scientist shcml J be without it. No one 

 can form any conception of the labor it must have 

 required to collect the iiiforiiuition required in com- 

 piling such a work, without carefully examining its 

 pages. Address, S. E. Cassino, No. 32 Hawley St. 



The Oriental Casket, a repository of literary 

 gems; comprising poetry, tales, sketches, essays, 

 wit, wisdom, humor, itc-. from the world of litera- 

 ture, science and art . Edited by Emerson Bennett, 

 and published by L. Lum Smith, 912 Arch street, 

 Philadelphia, Pa,, at $2.00 per annum: issued month- 

 ly. This is truly " a paper for all times, all people, 

 and all places," and our chief regret is, that me, in- 

 dividually, have so little time to read it. The Feb- 

 ruary number (Vol. 1, No. 2), of this magnificent 

 journal has Imnored our table, and we find it all that 

 its title claims it to be; truly " a casket of gems," 

 cortriliuted by a score of distinguislied writers, b >th 

 American and foreign. The material and the typo- 

 graphical execution is equal to any published in the 

 Union at least, and its "orient pearls at random 

 strung" will be found appreciable by a diversity of 

 readers. It may be called (in size) a demi-folio, of 

 16 pages, or about the size of the Scientific American 

 (12 by Hi'..), clean and solid; no advertisement, no 

 gaudy type, and no illustrations; but is enveloped in 

 an eiiibellislied, tinted puper cover; and contains suf- 

 ficient literary matter to feed a whole household, 

 from Grandparents down to little Jo and Susey. If 

 there is no " vacancy" for it in the realm of litera- 

 ture, it looks vigorous enough to make one. Our 

 readers will observe that it is an entirely "new 

 broom;" and perhaps they could not do better than 

 help to make it an old one; hut if they are unable to 

 make up their minds, the 33 flattering editorial no- 

 tices on the second page of the cover, ought to con- 

 vey the necessary assiirance that they cannot go 

 wrong. 



