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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[Jannary, 1S83, 



Add the soaked gelatine and sugar; stir for ten 

 minutes over tlie fire, and strain through a thin 

 muslin bag into a mold wet with cold water. Flavor 

 and set in a cold place to form. To loosen it, dip 

 the mold for one instant in hot water; detach the 

 surface from the sides by a light pressure of the 

 fingers, and reverse over a glass or china dish. 

 Serve with onwdercd sugar and cream. 



Live Stock. 



Sheep Farming. 

 Dairy farming is more difflcult and laborious than 

 sheep farming. Sheep culture has many advan- 

 tages over cattle-raising, as also over dairying. 

 There is a necessity of sheep husbandry for meat 

 production. The rapid increase of population, the 

 scarcity and Increasing price of beef, the inferiority 

 of pork in heathfuluess and nutrition, tend to the in- 

 crease of mutton eating. And it is not the results 

 in the economy of meat and wool alone, we may 

 add, but from an economical standpoint in feeding 

 the soil; no factor in its wealth occupies a more 

 prominent position than sheep. Tliis has been test- 

 ed and will be found to be most valuable in its appli- 

 cation to all the economies of farm establishment 

 and development. 



How to Feed Cornstalks. 



The rearing and feeding of animals are receiving, 

 as tbey should, from farmers and herdsmen in all 

 parts of the country greater attention every year, 

 and especially is this true of dairymen, whose only 

 hope of gain rests in their obtaining paying yields 

 from their cows. Cornstalks enter largely into the 

 fall feed of dairy cows, and how to feed them is the 

 importani question. The common practice is to feed 

 them in the bundle, as but few farmers feel able or 

 willing to use a cutting-machine. This feeding in a 

 bundle without any preparation, I am fully satisfied, 

 is very wasteful, as not only are the butts left, but 

 frequently near the whole stalk. 



I have learned from experience that a little brine 

 sprinkled upon stalks once every day before feeding 

 is of material advantage in many respects. The 

 weak brine will cause the cows to consume nearly 

 all, even when fed whole, the flow of milk increases, 

 the condition of the cows improves, and they show 

 greater contentment. Especially is this last ren.ark 

 true on cold, windy and rainy days. I find it much 

 better, as a general rule, when it can be done, to feed 

 salt on food instead of feeding it alone. lu no case 

 should more than one day be permitted to pass with- 

 out brining the morning's feed. The brine should 

 not be strong, only enough to furnish sufficient salt 

 to the cows. Of course the cows should have access 

 to plenty of water: this brine food will cause them 

 to drink more and thus increase the flow of milk. 

 Let my brothers try this and they will hereafter 

 place a greater value on cornstalks. 



Literary and personal. 



Wide Awake. — Anillustrated .Magazine for young 

 folks. Published by Lothrop & Co., Boston, Mass. 

 A square actavo, in embellished paper covers. The 

 Christmas number of this publicatiou, which reached 

 our table too late for notice in our December number, 

 is certainly the best of its kind in the country, and is 

 adapted to all conditions, from childhood to old age. 

 Indeed, it is very probable that as many of the aged 

 will receive instruction fiom it as of the young. In 

 perusing its pages the old and the middle-aged can 

 live over again the better part of their youthful days, 

 without the obtrusion of those "worser" parts, 

 •which every progressive soul would gladly have ex- 

 punged from memory. Although there is a great 

 deal of trashy juvenile literature in the world, and 

 liberally patronized too, Wide ^icaie cannot be legit- 

 imately included in that category — its tone is moral, 

 plain, and practical. 



Babyland, by the same publishing house, is a 

 more infantile production, and, like the preceding, is 

 gotten up lu the most perfect style of the printers' 

 and engravers' art. It is a fresh, innocent, and jubi- 

 lant younger sister. A few, at least, in the world, 

 are beginning to have a truer conception of baby- 



hood and youthhood than they had when we were a 

 baby and a boy. Babes and Boys and Girls, are 

 being approached with some regard to the funda- 

 mental manhood and womanhood, latent in the boy 

 or girl. The years between boyhood and manhood — 

 girlhood and womanhood — and even between man- 

 hood and old age — are comparatively so very short, 

 that the world certainly must indulge in many 

 regrets that the true relations between youth and age 

 had not been earlier apprehended. It is feared that 

 in our attitudes towards our ehildBen we are, or have 

 been, influenced more by our own personal ease, our 

 selfish aspirations, than by their ultimate good. 

 Even in impressing our undoubted authority, there is 

 more in the manner of asserting it than in the 

 authority itself in order to insure its effectivity. The 

 juvenile publications seem to be on that track, or 

 nearly so, and hence they deserve the patronage of 

 the public. The germs of manhood are embryotic in 

 the bosom of the boy — do not desecrate it, but foster 

 and develop it. 



AGBrcuLTUHAL REVIEW, and Journal of the 

 "American Agricultural Association," terms §3.00 

 a year. Edited by .Joseph H. Reall, and published 

 quarterly by the Agricultural Review Co. New York 

 and Chicago. This is a square octavo of 121 pages 

 of valuable letter press, and S3 pages of illustrated 

 " ds." relating to Agricultural and domestic affairs. 

 Our readers m.iy form some idea of the work, as a 

 whole, but certainly a very indeflnite idea of details, 

 from the following list of papers published in No. 4, 

 volume 2. A grand section of country ; The Storrs' 

 Agricultural School; English calf rearing; Carp 

 Culture; Short-horn Cattle; Protection ; Free 

 Trade; Blue Hill farm; Notes on parasitic fungi; 

 Mineral constituents of plant growth ; Apple pomace 

 for ensilage; Seel grain — oats; What advantage 

 does an American boy possess ? Some of the advan- 

 tages of Dairy farming; the objects and interpreta- 

 tion of Soil analyses; besides interesting and in- 

 structive matter relating to the Editor s and publish 

 er's departments. It also contains a list of the offi- 

 cers and committees of the American Agricultural 

 Association; An indexof contents, etc., etc. In an- 

 other column of this number of the P'akmer will be 

 found a paper on the "Orange rust of Blackberry," 

 by Brof. T. J. Burrow, extracted from the work 

 under review. 



La.vdketh's Rural Register, ai«3 Catalogue 

 for 1S83— published annually for gratiutous distribu 

 tion — an octavo of over 100 pages, and beautifully 

 embellished covers, its cartoons of Bloomsdale Seed 

 .•■arm, with 100 other illustrations of improved vege- 

 tables, including magnificent colored pictures of 

 three first class letter A. onions, its list of seeds, 

 and many other items relative thereto, makes this a 

 useful little publication to have on hand, and to 

 refer to as occasion requires. 



The Young Scientist for January 1883 (vol. 6. 

 No 1.) a practical journal of Home Arts, has reach- 

 ed our table, and is welcomed there. This an 8 vo. of 

 no pages, with 13 advertising pages finely executed 

 aud illustrated, on flue calendered paper. Published 

 monthly, 49 Maiden Laue, New York, at the exceed- 

 ing low price of $1.00 per annum. 



Rules aud Premium list of the Lancaster County 

 Poultry Association, from which we are informed 

 that the 4th annual exhibition will be held in Excel- 

 sior Hall, East King street on January 11, 12, lo, 15, 

 16 and 17 1S83. 



Report op the State Horticultural Asso- 

 ciation of Pennsylvania (formerly Pennsylvania 

 Fruit erowers' Society), for 18S2. Prepared by its 

 olflcers, and printed by the State printer and binder, 

 Harrisburg, Pa. This is an octavo o1' 80 pages, and 

 an index of contents. Contains the Constitution of 

 the Association, the By-laws, list of OtBcers for 

 1882, Standing Committees, i-ife Members, Honorary 

 Members, and Annual .Members. Two full-page 

 colored illustrations ofthe"8eekeI Pear " and the 

 "Triumph Cumberland Cherry." Also two full- 

 page uncolored illustrations of " Pyle's Red Winter " 

 and " York Stripes " apples, and all the addressee, 



essays, discussions, reports, etc., of the Chambers- 

 burg meeting in January, 1882. The work is very 

 creditably executed, and the contents useful and 

 interesting. We received a copy of this report just 

 eleven months after the meeting was held, and pro- 

 bably nobody else received it any sooner. This is 

 absolutely " too bad ; " such a report ought to 

 appear within two or three mouths after the annual 

 sessions of the association. Perhaps if it was printed 

 under different auspices things might be different. 

 The State government, like the Natioual govern- 

 ment, does not appear to accord as full a recognition 

 of its agricultural and other domestic organizations 

 as it ought. They seem to be only " hanging on the 

 ragged edges " of patriotism and patronage. The 

 people should be in possession of these reports about 

 the time they commence the season's work. Some 

 reform is needed. 



Di!PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. — Special Re- 

 port, No. 53. Report on. the Yield pee Acre of 

 Cotton, Corn, Potatoes, and other Field Crops, with 

 comparative products of Fruits ; also local freight 

 rates of transportation companies for November, 

 1882. 109 pages octavo. Contains a large amount 

 of useful statistical information on subjects relating 

 to crops in general. Printed in the usual Govern- 

 ment style on firm calendered paper. 



Green's Fruit Grower -A medium 8-page folio, 

 printed and published at Rochester, N. Y. Quar- 

 terly at 2.5 cents per year. Charles A. Green, editor. 

 Devoted to the orchard, garden and nursery. Plain 

 and practical. Circulation, 20,000 copies. Ought 

 to be pasrouized and read by every fruit grower in 

 the land. Occupies a sphere distinctly its own. * 



The Soldiers' Bulletin, a monthly journal, 

 devoted to the interests of soldiers and their heirs. 

 Published by Milo B. Stevens, Metropolitan Block, 

 Chicago, Illinois ; branch office, LeDroit Building, 

 Washington, D. C. Monthly at 50 cents a year. 

 This journal is about the size of " School Days," 

 somewhat inferior in its physical quality, but per- 

 haps intellectually superior. It contains much in- 

 teresting and edifying to the civilian, as well as the 

 soldier. 



Texas Siftings, is not only a capital budget of 

 fun, but it is also newsy, spicy, and instructive, and 

 is edited with more than ordinary ability. 8-page 

 folio, weekly, Austin, Texas, at §2.00 per year, in 

 advance. 



The Rat, a medium folio of 4 pag>s, published 

 monthly at .50 cents per annum. Parkesburg, Ches- 

 ter CO , Pa. Philadelphia office, No. 24 North 10th 

 street, where all business communications and ex- 

 changes must be addressed. This appears to be a 

 literary, business, aud general news paper, neat in 

 its make up, and healthful in its tone, with a leaning 

 towards the useful and the beautiful, and will com- 

 pare favorably with the country press anywhere. 



School Days for Boys and Girls. Published by 

 "School Days Publishing Co.," No. 17 Centre Square, 

 Lancaster, Pa. Terms .50 cents per year, in advance, 

 single copy 5 cents. A demifolio of 8 pages. 



The third number of this young monthly has been 

 laid on our table and there is a brightness about it 

 that must accord it a welcome everywhere. Its j 

 heading is illustrated centrally by a very good pic- I 

 ture of our High school building, for Boys. This fact, 

 together with the title itself, would naturally lead us 

 to conclude that. the advanced pupils of the High 

 schools would be contributors to its columns, and 

 we venture to suggest, if they are not, theij ought to 

 he, and they cannot identify themselves with its inte- 

 rests and its welfare too soon. So far as concerns its 

 material and typography, it can stand up with the 

 best paper published in Lancaster city. It is devoted 

 to literature, art, science, and general information 

 fort boys and girls, aud it makes a very creditable ef- 

 for to cater to their intellectual wants. Edited by 

 .1. A. Wolfersberger, an "old stager" in the Corps 

 Editorial, as well as in that of Publishers, and hence 

 ought to be a success; but whatever its ultimate out- 

 come may be, we greet it cordially and bid it " God 

 speed." 



