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Entered at the Post 4»fli<>o nt LaiicaHter as 

 SeeoiKl t'litKN iflntler. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Weather Prophecies 65 



English Sparrows 65 



Pulverized Lime vs. Chicken Gapes i>5 



A County Fair 66 



Market Gardening 66 



Fruits, Vegetables and Flowers 66 



Saddleback-Moth 67 



Occupation of Animals 67 



Excerpts 68 



What is an Insect 70 



SELECTIONS. 

 The Potato Question 73 



Farm Notes 73 



Enemies of the Currant — Disea.ses Among Live- 

 stock — Field Mulching — Muck for Sandy Soils. 



Farm and Garden Ti 



The Peach Prospects— Horseshoeing at Exhibitons — 

 Tomatoes and Egg- Plants — Clear Up and Cleanse 

 Your Premises — Protect the Partridges. 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Society 75 



CropReports— Is there a Feasible Way to Avoid 

 Boarding Farm Hands? — Miscellaneous — Ques- 

 tions for Discussion. 



Poultry Association 75 



Octoraro Farmers 75 



Items Wortliy of Note — A Discussion. 



TheTucquan Club 76 



Linnaean Society 76 



AGRICULTURE. 



Potato Growing 76 



The Supremacy of Grass 76 



A Good Way to Cultivate a Small Patch of Po- 

 tatoes 76 



Tobacco Prevents Scale 77 



A New Cereal 77 



HORTICULTURE. 



Strawberries 77 



Currants 77 



Grapes 77 



Raspberries and Blackberries 77 



Grafting old Trees .. 77 



An Immense Peach Crop Promised 77 



A Good Weeder 77 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Ham 77 



An Excellent way to cook a Duck 77 



A Novelty in Cake 77 



"Favorite" Pudding 77 



Potato Soup 77 



Chicken Fritters 78 



LANCASTER, PA . MAY. 1883 



Stuffed Potatoes '''^ 



Indian Pudding ''^ 



Watkin Wynn's Pudding ''^ 



PuffPudding '"^ 



Graham Gems ' 



Cream Cookies 



English Pound Cake '^^ 



LIVE STOCK. 



Raising Calves J^ 



Competition Against American Cattle 78 



Growing Market Lambs '^^ 



7S 

 Carp in Oregon 



7K 

 Care of Goslings ° 



POULTRY. 



The Way to Raise Poultry ''§ 



Lettuce for Young Chicks ''^ 



Poultry Pickings ''^ 



Origin of the domestic Turkey "^^ 



To Keep Eggs ^^ 



Fifty Per Cent, from Fowls 79 



Literary and Personal "^ 



CIDER 



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SYRACUSE, N. Y. 

 or 219 Fulton !«t.. New York. 



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STRflWBERRIES;"/r^.^^t 



otcnitig, ('recent. Ki 1(1 1' <'ki/,.'\/i(trfilesx 

 -. 2 l<er 1000. liasplKThcs.BIack- 

 l»errifs, Currantw. ;iii BortH of grapes. 



Lotfeiit ca^iltprirfii. Send f'orCalalogue 

 1. ». COLLI>'»-. Moori'ntawD.Ii. J. 



apl-:it 



Improved Caljoon Broadcast Seed Sower 



Sows all kinds of Grain and Grass Seed. Does as 

 much work as live men can do by hand. Does better 

 work than can be done by any other means whatever. 

 Worth its cost every year. Will last many years. 

 Nobody can afford to sow grass seed or grain by 

 hand. Price only §6.00. 



D. LANDUETH .t SONS, 



Sole Agents, Phila. 



.. week in your owu town. Terms aud $.'5 outfit free 

 jAddress H. Hallett fe Co., Portland, Maine. 

 'juu-lyr 



SEND FOR 



On CODcoitl Grapevmee. Transplanted Evergreens, Tulip, 

 Poplar, Linden .Maple, etc. Tree Seedlings and Trees f"r 

 timber plantations by the lOe.WlO 



J. JEKKINN' XVRNBRY, 

 3-J-;9 WINONA, COLUMBIANA CO., OHIO. 



(h/?Ca wei 

 ipDDAdd 



HOW WE HAVE ALWAYS 



TESTED SEEDS. 



FKOM SMAl 

 TK'I 



, TKSTS UK(;.\N IN 17M THIS 

 HAS KXTKNDKD TO ACKKS. 



'KAC- 



OUR trial Krouiid emlimoLS the entire isl of vcKCtft- 

 blesfrom A to Z; not nc siunple ol each, but compara- 

 tive lists of sonielimes two hundred of each -sort. Sam- 

 ples of our own, >*aniple.« from the counters and seed 

 Hsts of Anieric.tn Seed Merchants, samples from Cana- 

 da. EnKlttiit', France, Holland, Ceru-any, Iliily and 

 other more remote piirts of the world, all classified, 

 ranged side by side. 



Each family of vegetables planted the same day and 

 under precis'"ly the same icircnmstaiHcs. e;ich tr al dis- 

 tinguished bya liibel bearing specific numbers; these 

 recordedin a"bo<»k, giving date of planting and origin 

 of tample. 



The books of rccor«i are volumes of practical observa- 

 tion, and mav be seen ni the ionUe slacked away, ex- 

 tending far back into the years, ready lit all times to teH- 

 tify to the merits or demerits of ever^ vc^jetable known 

 to the trade. 



Al contiitions and disturbing causes are taken into ac- 

 count, and in this case the whole history of the growth 

 and charatrterisiic-s of the plant are disi.v>vcred by; means 

 of the comparative mt-thoc], We Knowt-e history and 

 quahty ot what we sell. The t inl ground is at once a 

 "sample room," a " register " of kinds of stock, a '* la- 

 boratory," a record of kindssohl, with dates and partic- 

 ulars. 



LiiudrethN Rural Register and Alinanae, 



Containing full catalogue of LAXUKICTH.s CELE- 

 BRATICD GARDEN. FIELD ANDFI.oWER SEKDS. 

 with directions for cu ture, in English and (Jerman; alsij. 

 catalogue of IXI'LEMENTS ..ND TOUL-, free of 

 charge. 



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

 plication. Eandiclli's Seeds arc i seale<l packages with 

 name and full dueitiuns for culture. 1 rices Inw. 



D. LANDRETH & SONS, 



Nos. 21 and liSToVTH SIXTTH STUICET, 



[Ret«een Marketau'l Chestnut^] 



And Southwest Corner Delaware nveiiueand Arch -I., 



i'HiLADELPHlA. 



mar — ly 



PHILIP SCHUM, SON & CO., 



38 and 40 West King Street. 



We beep on baud of oiir own manufacture, 



QUILTS, COVERLETS, 



COINTERPANES, CARPETS, 



Bureau Rud Tidv Covers. Ladies' Fuiiiisliiug Goods, No- 

 tions, etc. 



Parlicnlar iitteution ]iaid to customer Rag Cufpet, and 

 scoweriuK :*tid dyeiuB of all kinds. 



PHILIP SCHUM, SON & CO.. 



Nov-ly Lancaster, Pa 



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BUnER WORKER 



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DOC POWERS. 



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26 S. 16th street, Phila. Pa 



jan.3ni] 



