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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



The County Fair 81 



A Field Naturalist **1 



Insects Injurious to Fruits St 



Excerpts .' 82 



SELECTIONS. 



Stale Fruits and Vegetables 83 



Small Fruits and "Fixing Up." 8.3 



Cousiderations of Importance in Feeding 84 



Tliin Out the Fruit 84 



Study Tour Farm 85 



A Profitable Fruit to Grow 8.5 



Steers in Pasture 85 



Insectides 85 



Shortage of the Wheat Crop 86 



How to Kill Cabbage Worms 86 



Bees and Horticulture 86 



The Origin of the Cereals 87 



The Floating Gardens of Mexico and the Gardens 



of Brazil 87 



Condensed Wisdom About Oysters 8S 



Columbia Salmon 88 



Pure Olive Oil 89 



Contracted Feet and Proper Shoeing 89 



Our Woodpeckers 89 



Tree Planting in Maryland 90 



The Summer of 1816 90 



About Alligators 91 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



The Agricultural aud Ho'tiruUural Society 92 



Crop Kepiiits.— raulowiiia Iiiipcrialis.— New Business. 



The Poultry Association 92 



Fulton Farmers" Club 92 



Asking and .\nsweiing (Questions. 

 Linmean Society 93 



Donations to I.,ibrary. 



AGRICULTURE, 



The Crop Outlook 93 



Bone Manure for Pastures 94 



Farm Tools and Implements 94 



Use and Benefit of Plaster 94 



Sowing Corn for Fodder 94 



HORTICULTURE. 



Budding ; 94 



Use the Hoe 94 



Forcing Apple Trees on Off Years 94 



Cnltivation of Horse Radish 94 



Floral Notes 9^ 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



A Good Breakfast Dish 95 



Care for the Sick 95 



Tidies That Will Wash 95 



A Mode »f Hanging Paper 95 



Pillows for Lounges 95 



Washed and Unwashed Butter 95 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Lemon Custard'. 9 



An E:;celleut Soup 9 



Kaisin Pie 95 



Brown Bread. 



95 



Old-fashioned Indian Pudding 95 



95 

 95 

 95 



Yeast 



Macaroni 



Spanish Short C 



Delicious Puddin',' 95 



Easily Prepared Dessert 



95 



Fish Cakes ^^' 



96 



9(i 



9(> 



Rosettes 



Coin Starch Pudding 



Brown Stew 



Potato Pastry 



Liver Hash 



A Good Plain Cake 



ENTOMOLOGICAL 



Parasites of the Colorado Beetle 



Ants 



Literary and Personal 



91) 

 96 

 96 



96 



9l> 



, 9li 



CIDER 



PRESSES! BklUim: 



BOOMER i BOSCHERT PRESS CO. 



SYRAflSK, N. Y. . 

 or 21U Fulton St., New \ ork. 



ap-U 



BEST MARKET PEAR 



i'l: V«ll,l'l.l .^I.l'l.AH, Al'i'LKf 

 *il'l.\rK iiuil otlirrtrcts; .^OMiirln 



STRflWBERRIES"iti.^;;': 



Pnii I, hut.f'r' ,^<*, nr.hr tiUirliy SharplfM 



S2 PIT UMM). lii.^plKTncB.lilack. 

 bf^iTies. Curnmt**, ;■«> Borts of Krftr<* 



Loicr^r fonh prirr/i. Srnd for Calatog»e 

 J. b. COLL.I>S.Moorv<itown.N. J. 



ni>I-ot 



1=1 J3IiC333'S 



Improved Caljoon Broadcast Seed Sower 



Sows all kinds of (irain and Grass Seed. Does as 

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

 work llian can be done bv any otlier nuans 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. LANDKETH & SONS, 



Sole Agents, Phlla. 



(h /jCii weeli iu your owu town. 

 (j)OD.\iMro»s II. Hai.i.ktt & f 



Terms untl $.'> outfit fri-e 

 ,, r-ortl:iiiil. Mjiuo. 



juii-l.vr 



SEND rOR 



On coocoid Grp'ievues. T.poB.iiailed Evergieeon. Tolifi, 

 Poplar. Liuden M»,le. eic. 'I' ee beedUuiss aaJ T.cesfu 

 timber plaiiloiions "o.v Hie lon.lton 



J. JKKKI.Sh' SfRSKRY, 

 3-2-79 WI^•UNA,CO1.0MU'^NA CO., OHIO. 



HOW WE HAVE ALWAYS 



TESTED SEEDS. 



FKO.M SM.M.I, 1I-.SI>. lllCli.VN IN 17-1 i HIS I'llAC- 



TicK ii.\s i;.Kri;Ni)Ki) ro a<|{1>. 



Ol'K trial Krouiid I'luliriu'i-M the i-iilire IhI of \PitrUi- 

 bles from A to Z; not . lit- Muiplf o( t-ai'li, lull oompliiB- 

 tive Mst.i of wMnelilnc.H two lininlred of eiuh norl. Suln- 

 plfs of our own, su^iple-^ from Iln- ci.untiTP' and nicd 

 li.st.>(of Ainericin Seeil .MenbiiiilB, »»inpk-s from Cniia- 

 da, Knttlanil, France, llollanil. <;eri>iiiii.v, Italy ilild 

 other more reinoli- parl» of the world, ull cl«i«ill«l, 

 ranged hide by side. 



Haeh family of vetjetablen plante<l the unnie duy una 

 under preeis'iv the wmie eireiunwtaiiee**, each If'al dii»- 

 linKuiKhed bva Inbcl beariiiB Bpceifle itunibvm; lh»»e 

 recorded in a'book. (OviMK date of pluntini; and or.Kin 

 of (sample. ^ . . , 



The hooks of reeord are volumes of pr.ulual olmcrva- 

 tion,and nniv be sieii in thu ;■ lllie »la<k<(l away, cx- 

 lendini; far baik into the years, reaily al all tllnolu te»- 

 tily to the nieriti* or demerits of ever> vc«clat>le known 

 lo'the trade. 



Al eondilions and (bslnrhiuB causes arc taken into ae- 

 connt. and in this east- tin- whole hisl'Ty ol the Krtiwlli 

 an<i charaeterislics of the nlaiit are dlsui»v,-re'l hy.nirans 

 of the comparjitivu nuthod, Wc Know t i- history and 

 quality oi' what we sill. The t i»l Kround is at onee a 

 "sample room," a '■ reKisUT" of kinds ol stock, a '•la- 

 boratory," a reeord of kinilssobl, with dat< s and partic- 

 ulars. 



Landrcfh's Kuriil RcKister and Aliiuiuar, 



rontaioiliK full eataloKue of I.ANIIItKTII .-< TELE- 

 HK.\TKI) liAUDK.N, KIICI.I) AN1> Kl.oWiat SEKKS, 

 with directions for vu turc. in EokIisIi an«l (icrmnn; alH.t, 

 catalotjue of INIM.KMICSTS .^^"U Toul,-. free of 



»«-l'rice lists wholesale innl re nil, furnished u|>on ap- 

 phcalioin Ijnidletb's Seids are i . b<-«|ciI packaKCs willi 

 name and full directions for culture. • hec* low. 



D. LANDRBTH & SO^^S, 



Nob. 21 and i.lTdlTIl SI.XTTII .-iTUKET, 



(Rctween .Market an. I Chcslnui,) 



And Soulliweat t'orner lldaware avcnucund Arehtl., 



l'IIII..\I>i;l.l"IIIA. 



mar — ly 



PHILIP SCHUM, SON & CO.. 



:J8 and 40 "West King Street. 

 We be«p OD liaud of oDr owu manufacture, 



(jriLTS, tOVERLETS, 



lOlNTEKl'-VNES, (AHPETS, 



Bureau aud Tldv Coyem. Ladle*' Fnmlabiug Oooda, No- 

 tious, etc. 



Parrioular attention paid to customer Kag Car]'*', and 

 Bcoweriiig iind dyeing of all klude. 



PHILIP SCHUM, SON & CO.. 



RE ID'S 



CREAMERY 



iLM US aikis i.o«» 

 BUTTER.. 



BUHER WORKER 



Mmt KITwtlt^.odlonifnlrnl. «Uo 



rower Workers, Hutter ITint- 



ers. Sbiri'inf l)"i''. etc 



DOC POWERS. 



A. H. REIDi, 



26S. 1 6th street, Phlla, P»- 



JKn-.1ml 



