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THELAiSICASTER FARMER. 



[November, 1882. 



tation with some one near at hand can learn much 

 -more than one wlio knows nothing of his situation 

 can inform him. A few generai hints, however, may 

 also be given. 



For aspect, the glazed front should face the east 

 and south. This affords you the sun's rays from the 

 earliest morning, to late afternoon, as a rule, and it 

 is the early hours of sunlight and warmth that fowls 

 mostly covet in winter and chilly spring time. 

 The glazing should be entire upon one or two sides 

 of the house, whatever may be its size or length. 

 If the sashes are tightly placed, it is amply protec- 

 tive as a wall upon these two warm sides, while the 

 cost is no more than ceiling or battens, and clap 

 boardins. The birds will enjoy both the light and 

 the warmlli thus aflbrded them ; and if the other 

 two walls are banked up, or are made impervious to 

 wind and weather by a double boarding (lour inches 

 between the inner and outer walls), packed to the 

 eaves with straw daubed with coal tar to keep off 

 vermin, you may thus have a cheap, comfortable 

 house that your early spring chickens will thrive 

 in, and your adult birds will appreciate from De- 

 cember to April. 



Literary and Personal. 



Stock and Poultry Index.— This is a neat lU 

 page octavo monthly, devoted exclusively to the 

 breeding and management of stock and poultry, and 

 filled with the choicest matter for every one inter- 

 ested in its specialties. It is not merely a magazine 

 ef advertisements, but coutains 1.5 pages of good 

 reading matter pertaining to slock and poultry. As 

 its advertising patronage increases, extra pages will 

 be added. No. 3, vol. 1, of this spicy little journal 

 has found its way to our table, and although entirely 

 unpretentious, and lacking the embelisbments of 

 more pieteutious publications, we find it solid and 

 sensible. Only 50 cents a jear with clever pre- 

 miums. Address Stock and Poultry IndeXj Waynes- 

 burg, Greene county, Pa., Lock Box 16. — TV. E. 

 Eobiiuon, Publisher and Editor. 



Thoroughbred Stock Journal.— A demifolio 

 of 10 pages, only two of which are advertisements, 

 Published by the L. S. P. Co., Philadelphia, Pa. U. 

 S. I. Hunt, proprietor ; W. S. Webster and Joseph 

 Barbiere, editors ; at ?1. 50 per annum; single copies 

 15 cents. Good material, good print, and good il- 

 lustrations. This is an entirely new enterprise in 

 Pennsylvania stock journalism, the copy before us 

 being vol. 1, No. 1, October, 18^2. The contents of 

 this number, although in the main able and appro- 

 priate, yet it contains three lengthy papers on sub- 

 jects foreign to stock-breeJing, or any other subject 

 relating thereto, which perhaps may be acceptable 

 to many readers. These are "Egypt — pas" and 

 present" — "The Christian Religion," by Col. Robert 

 G. Ingersoll, and a "Reply," by Hon. Jeremiah S. 

 Black. Ingersoll's statements, arguments and de- 

 nials, are only a rehash of the "stufiT" we met with 

 and read lifty years ago, only they do not seem to 

 possess the same ability, for he certainly can have 

 but a limited knowledge of the contents of the Old 

 and New Testaments, or he would not make the as- 

 sertions he does. In our opinion, if be does not live 

 to see the day to regret these utterances, it will be 

 for want of opportunity. 



Of course, .Mr. Black had to meet Col. Ingersoll 

 on his own plane— the merely natural plane— for he 

 does not recognize the Christian's God, the inspira- 

 tion of the Scriptures, nor the existence of the spir- 

 itual world ; still, in our view, and we^ think in any 

 rational or common-sense view, Mr. Black utterly 

 vautiuislied him. Mr. B. is however, not a theolo- 

 gian, and does not seem to possess a knowledge of 

 the more advanced views of the present day on that 

 subject, or he might have made some things more 

 clear upon which he confessed himself uninformed. 

 Dut then it might have had no weight at all with 

 that school of philosophy which acknowledges 

 nothing less tangible than " buckwheat cakes and 

 sausages." Poor Col. Ingersoll, in bis tirade 



against Christianity, he reminds ub of the " crone" 

 who shook her fist at the rear-guard of Bonaparte's 

 army, when he invaded Italy. " Tell your General," 

 said she, "I have a mean contemptible opinion of 

 him." The soldier replied, "I will madam; but 

 only think bow hard he'll take it." The compara- 

 tive relation between Robert G. Ingersoll and the 

 Christian religion " hath this extent, no more." 



CiTV AND Country.- An illustrated literary and 

 agricultural journal, 20 pages, monthly, at the very 

 low price of 50 cents per annum. No 10, Vol. 1. of 

 this paper is before us : it is the same in size as the 

 immediately preceding, but has about ten pages of 

 advertisements : but is more exelusively agricultural 

 and domestic, with a moderate sprinkling of general 

 literature, and notices of the general topics of the 

 day. Published by the City and Country Co., 

 Columbus, Ohio. Will C. Turner, editor and gen- 

 eral manager, A. W. Lincoln, associate. We don't 

 know another similar journal in the country that 

 contains so much, nor of a better quality, at so low a 

 price. We notice that it devotes at least one of its 

 large pages to matters relating tolphysical health, 

 through a regular physician of large experience, 

 which we deem a commendable feature. 



Department of Agricdlture. — Special report. 

 No. 46, on the condition of corn and cotton, of 

 spring wheat,'fruit6, etc., also freight rates of 

 transportation companies, August, 1.S82. No. 47, 

 climate, soil and agricultural capabilities of South 

 Carolina and Georgia, by J. C. Hemphill, Govern- 

 ment office, Washington, D. C, comprising jointly 

 120 pages octavo. The value of these bulletins, of 

 course, depends upon the value of the information 

 communicated to the Department from local report- 

 ers. The means are commendable, and the foun- 

 tain will be more and more useful ae the stream 

 flows from reliable and practical sources. The se- 

 verely criticised, and often much maligned depart- 

 ment, is certainly making an effort to impart infor- 

 mation to the agriculturists of the country, com 

 mensurate with its abilities. 



United States Eutomological Commission. — 

 Bulletin No. 7, Insects injurious to Forest and 

 Shade Trees, hy A. L. Packard, Jr., M. D. Thl9 

 bulletin bears the imprint 18S1, but it has only eome 

 into our poasession within the past two or tnree 



,veeks too late to notice it in our October issue. It 



is an octavo of 275 pages, uniform in size with pre- 

 ceding bulletins, and contains many appropriate il- 

 lustrations. We are indebted to the Department of 

 the Interior for a belated copy of the work for 

 which we are exceeedingly thankful. To protect 

 our forest trees from insect infestations is hardly 

 second in mportance to protecting them from the 

 (fell) destruction of the woodman's axe. Of course, 

 such a work cannot fall into the hands of everyone 

 in the country, who has an interest in forest and 

 shade trees, but it is safe to say that it will fall into 

 the hands of as many as are likdyto study it and 

 make a practical use of it. The insects destructive 

 to forest and shade trees are ''legion," and a de- 

 scription of each one in detail would involve a book 

 or books, too formidable for any ordinary man to 

 look into ; hence, in many instances only the tech 

 nical name is given, and this too, only because they 

 have not yet received a specific common name, and 

 perhaps never will. 



Ladies' Floral Cabinet, a Monthly Home Com- 

 panion. L. F. C. Publishing Co., 22 Vesey street. 

 New York. A beautifully illustrated quarto of SO 

 pages, with embellished tinted covers. The October 

 number (Vol. XI., No. 10.) of this handsome publi- 

 cation has been laid on our table, and in addition to 

 first-class material and superior mechanical execu- 

 tion, it contains that variety in its able literary con- 

 tents which relieves it from the monotony that distin- 

 guishes many journals devoted to a single specialty. 

 Any lady at all interested in floriculture, poetry, gar- 

 dening, horticulture, domestic economy, and general 

 literature, would find this journal an appropriate 

 vade mecum. 



Annual wholesale and retail list of the Ephrata 



Nursery and Green House. Fruit and ornamental 

 trees, grape vines, small fruits, etc. S. R. Hess and 

 Son, proprietors, 8 pp, 12 mo. 



Goodwin's Imrpoved B ok-Keeping and Bus- 

 iness Manual. Synopsis of contents, 32 pp, 16mo. 

 Premium List of the New Mexico Exposition and 

 driving Park Association. Second annual fair held 

 at the city of Albuquerque, September 18, 19, 20, 21, 

 22 and 23, lsS3. 48 pages, demi-octavo. This cata- 

 logue reached us too late to receive a notice either in 

 our September or October issues. It is a very 

 liberal one, and to far as we have been enabled to 

 learn, the fair was a complete success. 



Personal. — Notably among the superintendents 

 of departments, we observe the name of Dr. Wm. 

 T. Strachau, a natlv of Lancaster county, and for- 

 merly a resident of Lancaster city. The doctor is a 

 resident of New Albuquerque, is extensively engaged 

 in mining, and it was appropriate that he should 

 have been appointed superintendent of the mining 

 department. 



Farmer and Manufacturer. — A journal de- 

 voted to the farming and mannfaeturing interests of 

 the country, published by the Farmer and Manufac- 

 turing Company, Cleveland, Ohio, at .50 cents a year 

 in advance, postage included. Tne November num- 

 ber of this excellent publication has reached our 

 table, and it ought to be welcome anywhere in the 

 world, where the English language is spoken, and, 

 "you had better believe it." Among the multitudes 

 of "sorts and sizes" of journals now issued from the 

 printing press of the country, we are a little puzzled 

 as to whether we should style this a royal quarto or 

 a demi-folio — it is 10 by 20 — with four columns to 

 the page. In addition to farming, manufacturing, 

 domestic and polite literature, it also includes his- 

 tory, philosophy, poetry and fiction, but these are of 

 the most practical and instructive character, pos- 

 sessing just that brevity, diversity, and moral 

 quality, which go to make up the most interesting 

 and useful daily reading. If any of our patrons de 

 sire to try it, "just to see," we will furnish a copy of 

 the Lancaster Farmer, and the Farmer and Manu- 

 facturer, 2il%\. 25 a year, in advance, and have no 

 hesitation in assuring our readers that the arrange- 

 ment will be satisfactory to them. The material and 

 "make up" is equal to the average of our very best 

 serial publications. 



" Seed-Time and Harvest," which has for the 

 past three years been pubiished as a quarterly, has 

 now entered the field as a 24-paged monthly maga- 

 zine, and is filled to overflowing with notes and illus- 

 trations of the most popular new fruits, flowers and 

 vegetables of American origin. It has among its 

 contributors some of the best writers of the day upon 

 horticultural subjects. Every page is made inter- 

 esting and instructive. It is published at La Plume, 

 Lack'a Co., Pa., by Isaac F. Tillinghast, at the low 

 price of 50 cents per year. 



Mr. A. G. Tillinghast, a brother of its editor, re- 

 cently started on a trip across the continent to Cali- 

 fornia and thence up the coast to Washington terri- 

 tory. One of the attractions of Seed-Time and 

 Harvest for the next few months will be the publi- 

 cation of letters giving daily reports of the incidents 

 of this journey, which will prove very interesting to 

 every one who is interested in the subject of emigra- 

 tion, as he will let you know bow an emigrant is 

 treated, how fas^ he travels, what he sees and what 

 it costs him to see it. 



All the principal agricultural and horticultural 

 papers in the country are taken and read by the tH- 

 tor ot Seed-Time and Harvest, and he will endeavor 

 to give monthly under the head of " Notes and 

 Gleanings," all the new ideas of interest which may 

 spring up anywhere; thus its readers will for 50 

 cents per year get an epitome of the agricultural and 

 horticultural worlds. 



A noticeable feature of Seed-Time and Harvest is 

 the offer of its editor of $50 in gold to the person 

 who sends him the most perfect list of the different 

 words to be found in one number of the magazine, 

 having eight or more letters, and no letters repeated. 

 This exercise will be repeated in the January num- 

 ber and competition is free to all subscribers. Full 

 and precise rules will be given in the number con- 

 taining this offer. 



This excellent and most practical journal and the 

 Lancaster Farmer, will be furnished to subscrib- 

 ers at $1.25 a year. 



