ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM-SINGLE 



CENTS. 



Entered hC the Po>«t iktlice hi LiiiicAster a» 

 Second *'I«nm Matter. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



The Grange 4U 



St. Patrick's Day and Bee Pasture 49 



Charcoal as a Food 50 



"Pear-TrcK Blight." SO 



The Peach Scab .51 



In Memorium 51 



Excerpts 51 



The President's Address 53 



Pifieren* f'ln.asesof Formers — Value of Fiirm T^nnds 

 'ihe tlrc-aluery System— Things to be Ciuariied 

 Af^aiiist — Inlelligent Discussion Deiuandcci — Val- 

 ue of .\RTi<'Ullural Societies. 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



The Balance of Trade Delusion .55 



SELECTIONS. 



Fruit Culture — Favorilo Varieties iu Berks 56 



Forests, Floods and Droughts 57 



Onion Culture — Seeds and Sets .58 



Requisite to Success with Onion*'. 

 Worth Preserving 58 



Table of Legal Weights 68 



Quantity per Agre. 

 Herschell's Weather Table ." 58 



For ForetKlMiiij the W allicr Througllout all the 

 Lunations of Each Year, Forevei . 



Harvest Dates of the World 59 



Birds on the Farna 59 



Clover as a Fertilizer 59 



^ Clover as a Fertilizer — Clover as a Shade. 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society 60 



^ Crop ^Ke|iorts— Short Papers— Harly Pasturing for 

 Crtlllc -Specimens Exhibited, 



Poultry Association 60 



I iThe OKI Society Disbands and a New One is Ory^aii- 

 g]inizc<i— oniccr* Klected. 



The Fulton Farmer's Club 00 



Asking and Answering: Questio.s — The Aflernoon 

 Session. 

 Linnacan Society 61 



AGRICULTURE. 



An Early Crop of Peas 61 



The Seed Test 61 



American Agriculture 61 



HORTICULTURE. 



Fruit Budsof the Peach 62 



Vegetable Seeds 62 



Chemical Elements in Plants 63 



Cucumbers 62 



Lettuce 62 



Parsley 62 



Radishes 63 



Early Potates 62 



Grafting the Common Cherry Tree 62 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES 



Prune Whip ^^ 



Cream Cookies ^ 



Ginger Puffs •^■- 



A Breakfast Dish ''^ 



Cup Pudding ^'^ 



Lobster Patties ''f 



Venison Patties ^^ 



Prepairing Currants "■' 



Broiled Sweet Potatoes ^^ 



Fruit Pudding 63 



French Pancakes • '"' 



Shrimp Salad ^'i 



Pickled Tongue '"'3 



Rice Bread 63 



The Holstein Breeders "53 



LIVE STOCK. 



A Thick Straw Bed for Breeding Sows 63 



Horses 63 



Cows 63 



Sheep 63 



Swine 63 



POULTRY. 



The Dust Bath 03 



The Secret of liaising Turkeys 63 



Poultry 64 



Hens Bvisy 04 



Chicken Notes M 



Literary and Personal 0-1 



CIDER 



PRESSES! Ek%Ul%l%: 



BOOMER & BOSCHERT PRESS CO. 



SVKACISE, N. Y. 

 or 21Ul''ultuD(>t., New York. 



ap-lt 



BEST MARKET PEAR 



IM A< II.IMIM.I'EAK, Al'l'LK, 



Ql l.N< K iiuao.bL-rtrrLn; .'jOHnrls 



mHuU 



STRAWBERRIES 



!S2 y-T lOOO. Eosi'bcrhcH.Hlacli. 

 b'Tiii-a, Currants, ;;u sorts of grapes. 

 LoictAt cajiji priff 6. ISend fur Catalogue 

 J. 8. COLLI>'»,Maort»(awn,>l.4. 



npl-:!t 



Improved Caljoon Broadcast Seed Sower 



Sows all kinds of Grain and Grass Seed. Does as 

 much work as five men can do by hand. Docs belter 

 work than can be done by any otlier means whatever. 

 Worth its cost every year. VVili last many years. 

 Nobody can aflbrd to sow grass seed or grain by 

 hand. Price only ?6.00. 



D. LANDKETH it SONS, 



Sole Agents, Phila. 



(tj/?Oa wet-k in your owu town. Tei-ras aud $-5 outfit free 

 ipOOAddrese H. Hallett & Co., PortlaQd, Maine. 



J.lQ-lyr* 



HOW WE HAVE ALWAYS 



TESTED SEEDS. 



FROM SMALL TICSTS HKtiAN IN I7K4 THIS PRAC- 

 TICE HAS KXTKNUEU TO ACUKS. 



OrR trial j^rouiui cmhracvs the entire isl of vCKCta- 

 ble.s from A to Z; not ne siinijile ol eaeh. l>ut eoin|iara- 

 tive lists of soinetiiiics two Immlred of each .soit. Sam- 

 ples of our own, M;iniples from the counters and seed 

 litsts of Anierie.m Seed .Mer<'hant'*. samples Irom Cana- 

 da, Knjiiland. Kranee, Holland. Gen?. any, Italy and 

 other more remote pans of the world, all elassified, 

 rany«d side by side. 



ICacli family of ve^;etables {ilanted the same day and 

 under precis' !y the !<ame eireiimMances, e teli tr al dis- 

 tinguished by"a lubel l>earin(jr .Hpecitie numbers; these 

 recordedina book, Ki\'i>i« ^'i^te of planlinn nnd ongin 

 of t-aniple. 



The books of reeord are volumes of pr.ietieal observa- 

 tion, an<i may be seen '.n the ,"fHee staekeil away, ex- 

 tending' fiir bafk into the yenrs, ready at all times to tes- 

 tify to the merits or <lemerits of ever.. vcKelable known 

 to the tratle. 



Al conditions and disturbing: causes are taken into ac- 

 eount. and in this case the whole history ol the jjrowth 

 and cliaracterisiicsof the idiint are discovered by, means 

 of the comparative method, We Know t' e history and 

 quality o' what we sell. The t isl ground is at once a 

 "samjtle room, " a " rcKisler " of kinds t>f stuck, a '* la- 

 boratory." a record of kmdssold, with dates and partic- 

 ulars 



Landreth's Rural Register and Almanac, 



Contai-in;,' full catuloKue of LANDKKTH'S riELE- 

 BRATED GAUDEN. FIELD AND FL(t\VKR SEKDS, 

 with direetiuns tor cu turc. in Knglish ami German; also, 

 catalogue of INi'LEMENTS XD TOOL-, free of 

 cliarge. 



*^Pricc lists wholesale ond re ail.furnlslied upon ap- 

 plicitlion. Lanclieth's Sards ure i sea[ed paekaKCs with 

 name and full directi»ms for culture. * rices low. 



D. LANDRETH & SONS, 



No«. 21 and i;.3 TcH TH ."^IXTTH STREET. 



[Ret >veen .Miirkel and Cbestnu' ,! 



And Souitiwest Corner Delaware ^venueiind Arch %t., 



I'HII-ADELRHIA. 



mar— ly 



PHILIP SCHUM. SON & CO.. 



38 aud 40 West King Stret-t. 



We keeji oa liand of oar owu m:'nufaclMi<*, 



(JIILTS, COVERLETS, 



COUXTERPAJi'ES, CARPETS, 



Bureau aud Tidy Covers. L:idieB' Furui^Uiug Goods, No- 

 tions, etc. 



Parijculnrntteution puid to customer Rag Citri>et) ftnd 

 Bcowering uud dyeinifof all kiude. 



PHILIP SCHUM, SON & CO.. 



Nov-ly l,.i!ic;i8ter, Pa 



REID'S .. 



CREAMERY 



il.« VIS JllUN l.llOB 



BUTTER.^ 



SIMPLEST AND BEST. 



BUHER WORKER 



n.,*i r.ir..rii».- antic.. 



I'owxr Workere, Butler rnnfc- 



er,«, Shil•l'm^^ B"X<-.-. •■tc. 



DOC POWERS, . 



Wrttf for lUn^lr'it-ir.r.t' jue.^ 



A. H.REID, 



25 S. 16th Street, Phila, Pa. i 



jan-3m] 



