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Dr. S. S. RATHVON, Editor. 



Eiit^ered Ht the Post 4>ttii'e nt l^uiicaster as 

 Siec*oufl I'laNN Matter. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



The Proposed New Department of Agriculture 81 



Increase of our Crops 81 



Potash in Plants 8 



Kitchen Gartlen for June 81 



Exports of Cheese 82 



Exports of Butt«r— Exports of Oleo-mar^arine 

 — Marketing Farm Products. 



The Conestoga Flying Fish 82 



Pyrethrum Koseum 82 



Venor Predicts a Bad Summer 83 



Caddice Flies 84 



An Insect that walla itself up. 



Eggs 84 



Our Crops 84 



Excerpts 84 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 Comparative value of farms between now and 



Fifty years ago 86 



Fictitous Value — Good Crops — Good Governinenta 

 — TariO's, etc. 



On WheatCrops 86 



ESSAYS. 

 Insects and some of their relations to thevegeta- 



table Kingdom 80 



SELECTIONS. 



The Benevolent Sunflower 89 



Our Timber Lands 90 



Roots and how to grow them 91 



Composition and Value of Koot Crops. 



Green Manures 29 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society 92 



New Members Elected — Crop Reports — Pruning: 

 Apple Trees — Wlieu to Cut Grass — \Viiite-ni.irke<i 

 Tobacco — Yellow Liicau — Double Peaches — 

 — Books for the Library. 



The Poultry Society 93 



Linnsean Society 93 



April Meeting— .May Meeting. 



AGRICULTURE. 



Rotation of Crops 94 



Manure Made UuderCover 94 



Exportsof Breadstuffs 94 



Corn Culture in Gardens 94 



HORTICULTURE. 



An Abundant Apple Crop 94 



What Kills Fruit Trees 94 



Early Turnips 94 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Beefsteak Rools 95 



Devilled Ham 95 



Yankee Plum Pudding 95 



French Beefsteak 95 



Squash Pie 95 



Delightful Pudding 95 



To Make Tough Meat Tender 95 



LANCASTER, PA. JUNE, 1882. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher 



Cabbage Salad »•' 



Scallopped Oysters ^^ 



Roast Shouldcrof Veal ^^ 



Western Cookies '^ 



Fairy Apple ^^ 



LIVE STOCK. 



Improving the stock on the farm 95 



Keepupthe Flow of Milk 95 



Care of Dairy Vessels , ^^ 



Raise the Good Cows Heifer Calf 95 



POULTRY. 



One Variety 95 



Treatment of Young Ducks 9fi 



A Profitable Hennery 96 



Literary and Personal 96 



SILK-WORM EGGS. 



Amateur Silk-growers cnn be atipplied with superior 

 silk-worm egg«, oii^rcasonable ttrnis, by applying.iinmc- 

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tSH^S L^^HP iK^^F 



,T»Jt 1882 



Will b« tn>il»4 rail to kH appllckBU, ksd tiicnitAmtn witbvat 

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Jan-4m 



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LIGHT BRAHMA EGGS 



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J. JE.\KI.\N- Xl'KKERY, 

 S-2-79 \VIXON.\, llU IMHIANA CO., OHIO. 



MARBLEHEAD 



£arly Siveet Corn 



Is the mot^t prolitiihtv (d" nil, lu-cause it mature.'' hefore 

 any other kind, giving fMrniers complete control of the 

 early market. I warrant it to be at lea.st a week earlier 

 than Minnej^ola, NarraKanscll or Crosby, and deeide4lly 

 earlier than Dolly Dutton, Tom Thumb or Karly Hoyn- 

 ton. Of Hize of Minne*«>ta, and very Hweet. The original 

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 cents; per quart, 70 cents; per peck, by cxi>res», 53.00. 

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JAMES J. H. GREGORY, 

 apr-3t Marblehcad, Maas. 



