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Dr. S. S. SATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA. MARCH, 1882. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher. 



Entered nt the FosI 4>fliee at I.«»iBettster as 

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Our Apology, - - 33 



"Our Winged Friends," 33 



Eitcben Garden for March, . - . - 33 



Wliy not Write for the Farmer ? - - - - 33 



The Bane and Antidote, ----- 34 

 Death frum Wild Animals in India— Snake De- 

 stroyers. 



"Revised Fruit List," 34 



Eating Before Sleeping, ----- 35 



How Long are We to Live, ----- C6 

 The Extreme Limit of Human Life— Weak 

 Lungs. 



The Will and the Deed, 37 



Excerpts, ------- -37 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 Forestry. -------- 38 



Strawberries, ------- 39 



Practical Poultry Notes, ----- 39 



Domestic Hints, ------- 39 



Practical Kecipes, ------ 39 



ESSAYS. 

 The Growth and Consumption of Timber Trees 

 in America, -------40 



"Our Winged Friends, 41 



Seedling Fruits, 44 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultu- 

 ral Society, 45 



Crop Reports -Apples, Loc;il vs. Foreign Ke. 

 marl^s— Is Sub-^ioiling Ueneticial ?— Can AVe 

 Dispense with Division Fences i»n F(.ruis? — 

 Reinarlcs -Wlien is tlie best Time to Sow 

 Clover Seed?— More About Apples. 



Poultry Society, ii, 



Fulton Farmers' Club, ----- 47 



Liuiiajan Society, ---->.- 47 

 Twentietli Anniversary of the Founding of the 

 Society Museum — Library Historical— Anni- 

 versary — Science Gossip- Ilifctory of the Socie- 

 ety. 

 Literary and Personal, . . - - - 4S 



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