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Dr. S. S. RATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA. MARCH, 1883. 



.OHN A. UIESTAl^D, Fublisher 



Enl>ere4l ^t the PoNt (^flire nt lyiiiiCiWHter ns 

 NeooiKl 4'lHNN Mtatter. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



The Canker-worm 



" Now is the Time." 



The Ground Hog 



Excerpts 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Apple Culture 



"And Found Wanting." 



Deep or Shallow Planting 



SELECTIONS. 



Artificial Ineuhatiou 



How Successful Experiiuents at Hamnionton, N. 

 J., were Contlucted. 



Conrad Bueher 



A New Fruit List 



Our County's Wealth 



Culture of Small Fruits, or Berries 



Bees on the Farm 



• Why Heavy Horses are Wanted 



Smuku House at Small cost 



Why a Kerosene Lamp Bursts 



Where to Economize 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultura 



Society 



Creameries — Inquiries on tlie .Suliject — K.\peri- 



ence of a Lanca-ster Dairyman — Tiie State Kair 



— The Questions of Fertilizers. 



Poultry Association 



Linnaean Society 



Donation to Afuscinii — Donations to the Library. 



AGRICULTURE. 



Treatment of Heavy Soli 



How to .Mulch 



Efl'ect of Cultivation 



The Muck and Peat Supply 



Increased Culture 



The Methods of Farming 



Tile Draining 



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HORTICULTURE. 



Seasonable Hints 



Parsnips and Salsify 



Fotato Sports 



A California Tree 



The Sweet Brier Hedge 



Sand in Garden Soil 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



To Cook Chicken 



Cranberry Sauce 



Turkey Gravy 



Cabbage Salad 



Veal Chops 



Beef Tea 



Baked Codfish 



Scalloped Halibut 



Meat' Balls 



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Browned Potatoes 4*5 



To Clean Silk *> 



Lemon and Orange Tincture 46 



Ducks Stewed with Ked Cabbage 46 



Tenderloin Steaks with Mushrooms 46 



Roast Duck with Watercresses 46 



To Make Tough Beef Tender 46 



Sweet Breakfast Muffins 46 



Force-Meat Balls 46 



Irish Stew 46 



Apple Pudding 46 



Cheese Frltteis 46 



Sliced Apple Pie _ 46 



Floating Island ... 46 



Flummery 46 



German Charlotte Russe 4li 



Lemon Pie 46 



Milk Rolls 47 



Fried Oysters 47 



Filet de Breuf Chateaubriand 47 



Spiced Corn Beef 47 



A Very Wholesome Family Soup 47 



Sponge Fritters 47 



Veal Stew 47 



LIVE STOCK. 



Comfortable Barns Save Food 47 



Success with Lambs 47 



Kindness to Stock 47 



Oil-CaUe for Young Stock 47 



CornFecding — Coarse or Fine 47 



Potatoes for Ilogs 47 



POULTRY. 



Raising Karly Chickc ns 4S 



Sunllowcr Seed for Poultry 48 



Warm the Water >■ 48 



Literary and Personal V^ 



CORN 3HELLERS AND SEPARATORS. 



OUAIN FANS, ROOT ( UTTKRS, 



(iKUBBlNO HOKS, FODDER CUTTERS, 

 PICKS and MATTOCKS, 



COOLEY CREAMERS, CHURNS, 

 BUTTER WORKERS & BUTTER PRINTERS, 

 BULL LEADERS, BULL RINGS, 



OX BALLS, COW MILKERS, 

 CALF WEANERS, f<c., etc., etc. 

 FOR SALE BY 



D. LANDRETH cfe SON'S, 

 Nos. 21 & 23 SOUTH SIXTH STREET, 



(Between >rarket and Chestnut), and S. W. 

 cor. of Pflaware Ave. and Arch St., 



PHILADELPHIA. 



HOW WE HAVE ALWAYS 



TESTED SEEDS. 



FROM SMALL TKSTS I11':<;AN LV ITM THIS PUAC- 

 TICE HAS EXTKNDKU TO ACKKS. 



OUR trial Krouiid einhra<'e8 the entire JHt of vepeta- 

 blew from A to Z; not nu sample ol each, lint compara- 

 tive lists of Koinelimes two liundre<l of each sort. Sam- 

 ples of our own, samples from the counterH and seed 

 lislfs ol Americ.tn Seed Merchants, saniplen from Cana- 

 da, tCn^land. Fr.iuce, Holland, Gerinany. Italy and 

 other more remote pans of the world, all clasMified, 

 rangeti side by !>ide. 



Eiieh family of veget4ible« planted the 8ame day and 

 under precis ly the same icircnmslances, e^ieli Itr al dis- 

 tinguished by a Irtbcl bearing «ijeeific numbers; th*-8€ 

 recorded ill a book, ^ving date of planting and origin 

 *»f rumple. 



The books of record are volumes of pnetical observa- 

 tion, and may be seen in the i'dlice Blacked away, ex- 

 tending far back into tlic years, ready at all times to tes- 

 tily to ihe nieriU* or <lemerit.s of ever^ ve^etabl e known 

 to tlie tru'ie. 



Al conditions and il'sturbing causes are tat^en into ao- 

 caunt. anil in tliis cju<c the wliole history o( the growth 

 and cliaracterisiies of the ul.m are discov-re I by; meauB 

 of the comparative method, \Vc Know t e history and 

 (lUality of what we sell. The t i-d groun<l is at imce a 

 "sample roout,"ii " register " of ki.tds ol stuck, a "la- 

 boratory," a record of kinds sold, with datcr^ and partic- 

 ulars 



Liiudretii's Rural Register aiitl Almanac, 



Containing full catalogue of LANDiJK TIIS i^ELE- 

 BKATKD (iAKDEN. KlKLl) AM>FI,<>\VKi{ SEKDS, 

 with tlircctiuns for on ture, in ICngli'^h and German; also, 

 catiilogue of INl'LEMENTS .^Nl> TOoL*, free of 

 charge. 



■^^ Price lists wholesale end re ail, furnished upon ap- 

 plicaiion. Landietli'-> ' ©--d^'arc i . sca[eil packages wilh 

 name and full directions for culture, i rices low. 



D. LANDRETH & SONS, 



Nos. 21 and lirrol'TM SIXTfll SrKF.KT. 



[Ret «een Maikelaud Cheslnu ,1 



And S.*uiliwest Corner l^ehiwar*? avenue and Arch St., 



hHlLADKLI'IlIA. 



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PHILIP SCHUM, SON & CO., 



38 and 40 West King Street. 

 We keep ou baud of our owu luauufactiire, 



QUILTS, COVERLETS, 



COUNTERPANES, CARPETS, 



Bureau and Tidy Covers. Liidiee' FurulBbing GoodB, No- 

 tions, etc. 



Par. icular uttcution p:iid to cusloiuer Kag Carpet, and 

 scowering and dyeing of uU liiude. 



PHILIP SOHUM, SON & CO.. 



Nov-ly h;iiic^Bter, Pa 



CREAMERY 



iHV us BlKls (.HOB 



BUTTER.. 



SIMPLEST AND BEST. 



BUHER WORKER 



Mil*! tHrrlln..iiiil ftnnt.|il. 'It. iil-*> 



I'ower Workers, Butter I'nnt- 



i.rs. Shipi'mir Bos..«. i-tc 



DOC POWERS. 



A. H. REID, 



26 S. I6th Street, Phila. Pa 

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