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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 

 State and County Fairs of 18S2 129 



Kitchen Garden for September 129 



.Seed Puri/iasing a Matter of Confidenea. 



Insect Migrations 129 



The Wheat Crop of 1882 130 



Luck Good Management Manure. 

 Tobbcco Worms — Curious Facts Concerning them 130 



Excerpts 132 



QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 



The Royal Horned Caterpillar 133 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Gapes in Poultry 133 



Shallow Cultivation 133 



Not the Tariff Question US 



The Eel— Its Habit and Growth 133 



SELECTIONS. 



A Grand Haryest 134 



Occupation and Longevity- 134 



The War in Egypt 135 



The Climate in different parts of the Union 135 



Pure and Wholesome 135 



Temperature and Rainfall 136 



BaJn Yard Manures 136 



Preserving Fence Posts 136 



Some Wheat Statistics 136 



Importance of Having a Good Queen 137 



Draining of Land 137 



The Practical and the Scientific in Agriculture 138 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County' Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society 138 



Crop Reports — Selecting andBreeding Dairy Stock 

 —The (Question Discussed — How to Secure 

 Better Meetings — Cutting Corn Fodder for Feed 

 — Streaks in Rutlcr — How to Sow Timothy Seed 

 — The Best Variety of Wheat — Following Corn 

 with Wlieal — Forestry — Fruits on Exhibitiou — 

 Berfcs County Fair. 



ThePotiltry Society 140 



State Board of Agriculture 140 



Fulton Farmers' Club 140 



Articles Exhibited— Address of Welcome — Seth L. 

 Kinscy — "Manual Labor and How it May be En- 

 couraged." 



AGRICULTURE. 



Pasture Grasses 141 



Experiments with Green Manuring 141 



Wheat Raising 142 



What of the Future as Regards Grain 142 



What Manure Loses by Heating 142 



Good Crops in Alabama 142 



Magnesia for Wheat 142 



HORTICULTURE. 



Keeping Grapes Fresh 142 



Beneficial Effect of Mulching on Berrice 142 



Taking in Fall Flowers 142 



Save the Peachstoncj 1*^ 



A Hint for Window Gardening 1*3 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



143 



Fig Pudding 



To Whiten Scorched Linen 1*3 



To Cook Turnips 1*^ 



Almond Cake 1*3 



Pan Dowdy l*^ 



Smothered Chieken 1*3 



Pumpkin Pie 1*^ 



Sheep's-Head Soup 1*3 



Pickled Onions 1*3 



Lemon Pudding 1*5 



Ready-Made Glue 1*3 



Apple Jelly 1*3 



A Remedy for Diptheria 1*3 



Household Hints 1*3 



Health Hints 1*3 



Dry Curing Pork and Beef 143 



Stewed Corn 144 



Brown Sauce 144 



Boiled Sweet Corn 144 



Stewed Corn and Tomatoes 144 



LIVE STOCK. 



Improved Sheep 144 



Management of Pigs 144 



A New Cattle Disease 144 



Literary and Personal 144 



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