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Dr. S. S. KATHVOH, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA. OCTOBER, 1882 



JOHN A. HIESTAND. Publisher 



Kiit<^re<l at tli<- I'OMt Oflico nt I.anc-itMtcr as 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



The Stanwicli Nectarine 145 



Luscious Grapes 1-15 



Somethiut; about "Hair- Worms" and Eels 145 



Kilclicii Garden for October 14li 



How not to apply Stable Maimrc. 



Necropliore 146 



Seedlinsr Peach \ 1411 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



The Value of Clover on Land 147 



The Leaves 147 



Save the Peach Stones 447 



SELECTIONS. 



Fighting; the Phylloxera in Europe 147 



Protectiiifr Plants duJing Winter 148 



Self Dependence 148 



Tbl Preservation of Forests from wanton De- 

 struction, and tree planting 143 



A Univer.^iii Minu of \VeaIlli — \Var Against Trees 

 aiul Its Itltreet.s— C'alliuj^ a Hail — Forests in the 

 Territttries — Forestry Laws — .Imiicioiis Thin- 

 ning — A C'oniinissioner of W<jo(ls aiul Forest — 

 Tree Planting — Planting Trees iin Pniilie Kuatl- 

 sides — Tree Planting on Farms — .Stony *_JrountI 

 — -\ Forestry Commissioner — 'flic Dominion. 



Cultivation of Peppers 150 



How to Bottle Wine 1.50 



Practical Forestry Illustrated 151 



Summer 1.52 



.\utiMiin — >Vinter — .Spring. 



How to Keep Houses Healthy 152 



The Coining Fence 1.52 



The Trade in Nuts 1.53 



Work and Leisure 153 



Stable Cleaning 1.5,'? 



Worthless Dogs 1.5:5 



The Black Walnut 153 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society 154 



Cro]) Reports — The Vatne of Clover Land — Shonld 

 Th^-re be Less Kenning'.' — lla.v as a Fertilizer — 

 Going to the York Fair — The Xcxt Meeting — 

 Fruit Keport 



The Poultry Association 1.55 



Fulton Farmers' Club 1.55 



Questions aiivl Answers — Crops — Literary Exer- 

 cises. 



Linnajan Society 15l> 



AGRICULTURE. 



Wheat Growing 13(; 



An Excellent Fertilizer 1.5tj 



How to Keinovc Stumps 15C 



The Telephone on the Farm 1.56 



Octagonal Barns 156 



HORTICULTURE. 



York Imperial Apple 1.57 



Keeping Apples 1.57 



Apple Notes 1.57 



Root Pruning 157 



The Cherry and Apple 157 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES 



Chow, Chow 157 



Stutfed Tomatoes ^^^ 



Pancakes ^'" 



Rissole Soup ^" 



Lamb Chops ■' 15~ 



Potato Mound 1^''' 



Ladies' .Cabbage l'""^ 



Damson Tart, l'^^ 



Potato Porridge 1'"'^ 



Roasted Sweetbreads IS'' 



Boil and Blanch the Sweetbreads IS'^ 



Potato Croiiuettcs 1^^ 



Rice Pudding Cold 158 



Breakfast Cakes 158 



Cream Nectar 15S 



Potatoes au Maitre d'Holel 158 



Stewfd Tomatoes and Onion 158 



Stewed Pears with liiee 158 



Ox-Cheek Soup 158 



Stewed Calfs' Hearts 158 



Apple Soullle Pudding 158 



LIVE STOCK. 



Raising a Colt 1-58 



Hints on Raising Stock 158 



Swine Raising— A Different System Desirable 1-58 



More Fretiuently Milking ^ 1.5S 



Jersey Cows and their Records 1.58 



Facts About Horses 151) 



Overloading Cows' Stomachs 1.50 



Quarantined Cattle 159 



APIARY. 



Some loforination At out the Queen Bee 1.59 



Twelve Facts for Beginners 1.59 



A System for Wintering ; 1.59 



Preparing for Winter 159 



POULTRY. 



Guinea Hens 160 



Care of Fowls 160 



Ducks . 



.160 



Which is the More Profitable 160 



Fatteninff Turkeys 160 



Farm and Workshop Notes 160 



Literary and Personal 160 



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