02TF DOLLAR PEH ANNUJil.-SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. S. S. RATHVON, Editor. 



CONTENTS 0M[HI8 NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Egg Culture in Krance 97 



Gapes lu Chickcus 97 



Entomolotrical Notes S7 



DircftioiiM for SpndinK Insects, 

 Kitchen Garden for July Qg 



Qiu^lity an<l Vitality of Seeds, 

 How to Kill Wheat Moth 98 



Keniedies for the Army Worm — Melons — Bugs — 

 Coal-Tar — Inseet l*ow<Ier. 



Our Local Crops 98 



Destroyinij Weevil 99 



Effects of Baking on Flour 99 



Phosphoric Acid in Plants 99 



A Mare's Nest 100 



Excerpts 100 



Thrae Wonders 100 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



The Uses of Pruning 102 



Balance of Trade 102 



SELECTIONS. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture 103 



To the Manufacturer of Sufjar from Sorghum, 

 Beets and other Sur-Producing Plants in the 

 United States — Sugar Beets — Other Sugar-Pro- 

 ducing Plants. 

 The Happy Granger 103 



Underdraining 104 



Profe.ssor .). M. ^I'Bryde in .lournal of American 

 Agricultural — Silo and Knsilage. 



Education for Farmers 104 



Success in Farming 1(M 



Importance of Rotation and Clover and Grass 



Crops. 



The Department of Agriculture 105 



Fancy Butter 106 



All about Poultry 106 



Talks About Fruit 107 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society 107 



; Crop Reporti— Shall we Have a Fair ? No— The 



Immigration Question — Grain and Fruit E.\hibi- 



ted. 



The Poultry Society 108 



Gapes in Chicks— How Do They Get There? 



Llnnaean Society 109 



AGRICULTURE. 



Green Crops 108 



Loading Hay 108 



Manure Under Cover 103 



Plaster 108 



The Largest Land Owner on the Contineot 108 



Best Pasture Grass 109 



Pacific Coast Wheat Items 109 



HORTICULTURE. 



Summer Grays Prunning 109 



The Care and Pruning of Peach Trees 109 



The Delaware Peach Crop 109 



Strawberry Beds 109 



QulncejCulture 109 



LANCASTER. PA. JULY. 1882. 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Deep Apple Pie '■'^ 



Pan-dowdy HO 



Fjied Apples H" 



Apple Toast HO 



Apple and Bread Pudding HO 



Racket Club Pudding HO 



Jelly Pudding HO 



Cheese Crusts HO 



Pumpkin Pie HO 



Plain Mince Pie HO 



Welsh Rare Bit HO 



Omelette HO 



Chicken aud Green Peas UO 



Bean Soup 



Codfish 



Broiled Birds i 



Sago and Wine 



Beef Juice 



Wine .Jelly HO 



Toast HO 



Barley Water - HO 



EgE-and Wine HO 



Milk Punch HO 



LIVE STOCK. 



Spoiling a Young Horse 110 



The Pig in AErriculture UO 



Sheep Kaisiug in Dakota ......Ill 



Treatment of the Cow HI 



POULTRY. 



Floors for Poultry Houses HI 



Fowl Fattening Ill 



Onions for Chicken Cholera Ill 



Crammintr Poultry Ill 



Wild Chickens.... lU 



Good Matching Ill 



Literary and Personal Ill 



JOHN A. HIESTAICD, Publisher 



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MARBLEHEAD 



Early Sweet Corn 



Is the most protitablf of all, beeaiisc it matures before 

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