ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM-SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Entered »t tlic l*ost Olllce at Lancaster as 

 Second <'lasK ilfatter. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



The Horn- Worm Moth 97 



More English Sparrow Lore 97 



American Pomological Soi-iety, Organized in 1848. 97 



Excerpts 98 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Benefits and Expenses of Public Roads 98 



The General Outlook 98 



SELECTIONS. 



Watei 99 



Superior Corn Culture..* 99 



Things Put Into Tobacco 100 



The Crop Prospects 101 



Easy Soups 101 



More About the Sparrows 102 



How to Sleep 102 



Small Gardens 102 



An Unilisputed Fact 103 



A Few Facts About Bees 10.3 



Thousand-Dollar Compost Heaps 103 



Drinks .•. 104 



Vt'liat and \Vhen Fluid Nutriment Should Be Taken. — 

 Nourishing; Flii'ds. — Stininlatiiis Drinks. — Mineral 

 A\"ater Drinks.— Mineral Waters as Kliniinatives. 



Ostrich Farming in the States 105 



Small Fruits on the Farm 106 



Introducing New Varieties 107 



Amusements ofthe Working Classes 107 



State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania. ..107 

 OHicers anil romniitli-cs for 188.3.— SlandiuK Commit- 

 tees. — Sljecial (.'<)nnniltocs. 



OU« LOCAL organization's. 

 The Poultry Association 108 



(iapes in C'hiokens. 

 LinniEau Society 108 



Donations to the Lilirary. 



Internal Revenue 109 



AGRICULTURE. 



Successful Farming 109 



The Crop Situation 109 



HORTICULTURE. 



Asparagus 110 



Grape Culture 110 



Hot Water for Sickly Plants 110 



About Trees 110 



Lima Beans as a Field Crop 110 



Value of Garden Vegetables ....110 



DOMESTIC economy. 



Cleaning Carpets 110 



Take Care of Your Tools Ill 



Uses for Stale Bread Ill 



A New Test for Waste Pipes Ill 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Poor Man's Fruit Cake -Ill 



Bacon Omelette Ill 



Lobster Croquettes m 



Mutton, Rice and Tomato Broth". HI 



Pepperpot ^1' 



Eggs on Toast 1^ 



Spanish Short-Cake m 



To Broil Fish "l 



ToCook Soft shell Crabs HI 



Chicken Croquettes HI 



Boiled Rice, Georgia Style HI 



Ox-Tail Soup H''^ 



Boiled Rice, Chinese Style H2 



Rice and Lamb, Arabian Style 112 



LIVE STOCK. 



Feed the Cows Well in Summer 112 



How to Feed Stock 112 



Harsh Grooming ^^- 



AVasteful Destruction of Calves H2 



The Glanders H2 



CIDER 



PRESSES! Bkl^^int: 



BOOMER « BOSCHERT PRESS CO. 

 svi!.x( r>i;, N. V. 



or 210 l-'ultou ."^t., New Vork. 



ap-lt 



BEST MARKET PEAR 



I'l: \< ll,I"l.l'.M,I"K.Mt, APl'LKi 

 <il IME liiiclothiTtriiH; .'lOHOrts 



STRAWBERRIES"n.^^s 



^Dfnrmti'j.Crr^CrtitKrnlttrky.ShaTj'lrf* 



S2 per KMK). Ka8i.li.>rrnK.BIiu-k. 

 lM-rn«-^, f'iirr:iiitiJ. MJ' sort.s of ^-rai ca 

 lAnrr.'t rttfhl'rir-m, Smit f'ori'ntalo^ue 

 J. a. COLLlN!i, Moorcntown.N. J. 



ftpl-ot 



Improved Caljoon Broadcast Seed Sower 



Sows all kinds of Grain and (irass Seed. Does as 

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

 work than can be done bv any other means whatever. 

 Worth its cost every ye"ar. Wili last many years. 

 Nobody can afford to sow grass seed or grain by 

 hand. Price only SO.OO. 



D. LANDRETH .^ SONS, 



Sole Agents, Phlla. 



(tt/?Pa week iu youl 

 ippDAil.lri-ssII. U, 



jini-lyr* 



our o»u town. Tirms anil $.'. oulflt free 

 ALLKTT & t.'o., Portluml, Maine. 



S£ND rOR 



Ou Coucoril Graj i-vmeK. TranBiilauted Evergrfeui-. Vulip, 

 Poplar, Lindfll Maple, etc. Tree Seedlings and Trees to 

 timber plautationn by the lOfl.WHi 



J. JE.N'KIXS- XIR.SEBY, 



3-2-T9 



WINONA, COLUMBIANA CO., OHIO. 



HOW WE HAVE ALWAYS 



TESTED SEEDS. 



FROM SMAM, TESTS IlE<iAN IN 17^^ THIS PRAC- 

 THK HAS KXTKNUKO TO ACUKS. 



orU trial jrroiiiul cnilinu*e» the eiilire 'i»t of vcicctA- 

 blfs from A to Z; not > iie Niinplc o( eiu*h, Imi contpArn- 

 livo listH of fioiiietinies two IniiiitriM) of e«i-li fw^rt, Hftiii- 

 ples of our own, MiinpU-' from the i-ounlem iiml (»ec<l 

 liMt.M of Aiiu'ricrtii Sec'fl Mcrrhnntr*. Miiin|ik*H from rana* 

 ihi, Knglniitl, France, Hollun<l, .<ierouuiy, Italy and 

 Dtlier more remote parlH of the world, all clBwHilied, 

 ranged side by si<U'. 



Eaieli family of vetcelJibles planted the Kitine day and 

 tinder preoincly the -yimc Jc-irfnniHtunof»*, e«rh Jtr'al ili*»- 

 tiuKuiMhcd bya label bettrinj; ^-IH'f'ifif mimbers ; thft«e 

 reeordediu abook, givins date of plantinK and urlsln 

 of eatnplc. 



Tlie books of reeoni are voluincH of pructieal <>l)»»crv«- 

 tion, an<l may be seen In the '('fllcc 8l«<'Ue<i away, cx- 

 tciidinf; far back into the years, ready at all tiinebto tcm- 

 lify to the merits or denieritn of every vcKetable known 

 to Ihe trade. 



All conditionH and disturbinif cjiumcm are taken into ae- 

 eount.and iu this eas*- the whole lii.tlory of thc'^rowl*' 

 and characterisiies of Ihe plant are iliswiver©*! by^iueam* 

 of the eomparative mellanl. We Know ttu- hif*tory ami 

 Mtiality of what we -.elt. Tue I ial Rroiind in at once a 

 "wimple rooni/'a " reKi«l«r ' of kinds of hIucIc, a ** la- 

 boratory," a. record of kinds mUI, with date** and i»*rlic- 

 itlAr>'. 



Laiulreth's Rural Reffisfcr and Almanac, 



ContiiiiliiiK !I*"I1 ralnlot.Mie of I.A \HII IC TIIS <"'EI-E- 

 HKATIiD tiAKOFN. KlKl.l) ANI> FI,< t\\ Kli SKKI>S. 

 witii directions for eii'tnre. in 1*"nKlish anrl (H-rman; iil«o. 

 catalojcue <.f IXPLK.MKNTS aMi Tool.s. free wf 

 eharnc. 



«i)-Price lists whiilcsjile ond re ail, furnished upon ap- 

 plication. Landiclli'.s .Seeds arc i<i M>a[ed packiiKeH wUh 

 name and full directions for .ulturf Krioc. low. 



D. LANDRETH cSc SONS, 



No«. 21 and 23TOITH SIXTTII STREET. 



[Uctwecn Market aud ChcRtnut,] 

 And Sonlhwosl Corner iJclaware aveiuicand Archkt., 



I'mi.Aina.piUA. 



JOS. DELLET, 



Cigar Box Manufacturer, 



49 V/esl Lemon Street, 

 LANCASTER, PA. 



REID'S ,. 



CREAMERY 



ALU 11- ■>k> '■ 



BUTTER. 



SmPtlSTiUBItST. 



BUHER WORKER 



■ cMl EfTf^llir ud (on wxlrDL. alio 



I'owt^r Worker*", Btitt«r lYiiit- 

 ers. Shipi'intf Hmx'". vtc 



DOC POWERS. 



ITrtf' /-r ; ■■■ .•■-■ ■■' ■* ■■■ J^* 



A. H. REID, 



26 S. 16th street, Phila. Pa. 



JHii-3m] 



