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Dr. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER. PA. FEBRUARY, 1883. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, PuMisher 



Entered nt tlic Po.st 4>llice at LaiicANter as 

 .Sec'oiKl 4'laKS Matter. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Slate and County Fair 17 



Wiggineania 17 



The Fultz Wheat 17 



Balance of Trade 18 



The James Vick Strawberry 18 



Snow Fleas 18 



State Agricultural and Horticultural Societies.... 19 

 State AKriciiUural Society— The Horticulturists — 

 The State Horticultural Society —Apple-Orch- 

 ards — Where to Phitit One. 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Grape Culture 20 



Weighed in the Balance 20 



Hybridising Fruits 21 



Lime vs. Modern Fertilizers 22 



Deep or Shal ow Planting 22 



Fultz Wheat 22 



The Facts About the Fultz, 



SELECTIONS. 



Tobacco Crowing 3.S 



How It Has Enriched our County — The Beginning 

 — The Crop in lyancastet County — CuUi%'atiori1of 

 the Crops — Varieties, Prices and Profits — lui- 

 uiense l*rofits Realized — Cost of Growing To- 

 bacco — Does it Exhaust the Soil ? — Tobacco 

 Barns and Their Cost — Lancaster County's Pro- 

 duet — Tobacco Warehouees — Business on " Re- 

 ecivinti " Bays. 



Fancaster County Vaeine Farm 85 



Only (Jrain-Fed Stock Used. 



The Snow Flea Appears 2.5 



A I'Uif^rue of Siberian Wastes Brought Here. 



Pipes Made from Potatoes 26 



Training a Horse to Back and to Lead 26 



Observations on Crib Biting 26 



Deep Cultivation 27 



Care of Horses 27 



The Collie Dog •.:7 



A Tame Woodchuck 28 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society 28 



E<'ports of the Committees — The Condition of 

 Crops — Lecture Postponed — Cattle Feeding — 

 Should Creamerie-s be Established in This Coun- 

 ty — The Fair Question. 



The Poultryman 29 



lU'ports of Ofhcers— Liquidating the Debt — Elec- 

 tion of Ofticers. 



Octoraro Farmers 29 



Inspecting tlie Farm — The Benefits of Experience 

 — Potato Growing, 



Linna)an Society 29 



Donation to the Museum — Additions to the Libra- 

 ry — Kiection of Ofticers — Reports of Curators — 

 Committee Appointed. 



The Fulton Farmers' Club 30 



Qticslions and Answers. 



AGRICULTURE. 



A Two Story Milking- Stool 30 



Small Farms 30 



Bone Meal Manure 30 



Two Crops of Potatoes in One Season 31 



Relative Values of Different Woods 31 



Ventilators for Corncribs '^^ 



For Farm Boys to Learn 31 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Minute Biscuit "'^ 



Baked Eggs 31 



Baked Wheat 31 



Very Palatable 31 



Ink 31 



Pickled Chickens ^1 



Confectionery 31 



Pigeons with Little Peas 31 



Graham Pudding 31 



Rice Cakes 31 



To Cook Potatoes 31 



A Luncheon Menu 31 



The Farm 31 



Literary and Personal 32 



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