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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Our Greetine;8 for ISSC 



AmeniJe Honorable 



Excerpts 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



The Balance of Trade Controversy 



Persimmons 



ESSAYS. 



The Codling Moth 



Our Insect Friends 



SELECTIONS. 



The "James Vick Sttawberry" 



OriKi'iated by Samuel Miller — .V Snrpi-ise — Tlie 

 Points of Merit. 



The Best Season for Cutting Wood 



Early Tomato Plants 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society 



(Yirn uiul Cultivation — Choosing an Occupation 

 — Pennsylvania t>utch — The Subject of Cattle 

 IVwdcrs — (iucstions Continued — Kleclion of 

 Ollieers. 



The Fulton Farmers' Club 



Questions an<i .\nswers. 



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The Poultry Association 



AGRICULTURE. 



ClasBifieation of Soil 



Seeding to Clover 



Big Farms , 



Useful Hints from the Gcrmantown Telegraph. 

 HORTICULTURE. 



Buy Small Trees 



"Setting Trees" , 



Keeping Squashes 



Preparing Plant Beds 



Look to Last Tear's Grafts 



Manuring Trees 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



How to Tell Good Butter 



Something About Sassafras 



Curing Bacon , 



Cooking Beef 



The Medical Use of Eggs 



Putting Saws in Cutting Order 



Hard and Soft Water 



Cheshire Cheese 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Soup a I'ltalienne 



Breaded Mutton Chops— Baked 



Macaroni with Tomato Sauce 



Potato Puflf 



Corn Starch Hasty Pudding 



Coffee 



Boiled Beefsteaks 



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Cabbage salad ^^ 



Beef Sonp ^^ 



Browned Potatoes '^ 



Baked Beans '•' 



Apple and Tapioca Pudding 15 



Hard Sauce ^^ 



Scotch Broth ^^ 



Chickens Smothered with Oysters 15 



Mashed Potatoes '^ 



Stewed Tomatoes 1" 



Blanc Mange ^^ 



LIVE STOCK. 



Sheep Farming '° 



How to Feed Cornstalks 16 



Literary and Personal ^'^ 



T!\-ery Farmer Bhoukl 



■ ow that 8 cts. V'T 



,. hrl call be pavrd 



heat, and 3 eta. per 



Win riiisincrOirii, 2.5 ct-. iu ^^l 



lb. ou Cotton by th(i ii?e of a _._—.., 



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