ONF DOLLAR PER ANNUM- SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. S. S. RATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA. OCTOBER, 1883. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher 



Entered at the PonI Ofltiee at Laiicsvster as 

 heeond t'lasM Matter. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITOKIAL. 



Artificial Eji-gs 145 



Glass Rc.nf-Tiles 145 



The Lute IiidiiKodent State Fair 145 



Literary Viracy. 14tj 



"Do HumiNiiii; Binls Fly Backwards?" 14B 



Excerpts .". 147 



The Agricultdral Fair 147 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Societies and Fairs 147 



Sweet and Sour 148 



SELECTIONS. 



Weeds 148 



Concerning Leaves 148 



The Feeding Value of Foods 149 



Pennsylvania Lands 149 



How Sweet Potatoes Should be Kept 149 



Forkiiig-Up the Gurdi-n. 



Farmers' Organization 150 



What One Cow Will Do 1.50 



Ostrich Farming in California 150 



The lueubator — Pa<i(tock and Farm — A. Successful 

 Euterprise. 



Low Grades and the Canning Business 151 



The Influence of Forests Upon Kainfall 15Z 



Dairy Schools ]5:i 



Some Things 1 Have Learned This Year 152 



The Seed Test 152 



A Lesson in Horse Management 1.53 



The Credit System 153 



Our Gardens 153 



Grass or Cultivated Ground for Pears 154 



Bring Out the Deposits 154 



Common and Thoroughbred Cattle 154 



Shall We Prune in Autumn? 154 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultur- 

 al Society 155 



The Lehigh County Fair— The O.xford Fair— Crop 

 Reports— Darwinism in the Cornfield— A Free 

 Diseiission — Other County Fairs=A Sweet-Sour 

 Apple — Referred (Questions. 



The Fulton Farmers' Club 1.5fi 



Afternoon Session. 



The Liuniean Society 166 



Donations to the MuHeum. 



Pennsylvania Wool-Growers 158 



State Board of Agriculture 1.58 



Dairy Products — Place for Nest Meeting. 



AGRICULTURE. 



Corn Fodder 1.58 



How Much Wheat Seed Per Acre 158 



California Chicory Farming 159 



How to Destroy the Germs of Rust and Smut 1.59 



The Best Rotation Crops 159 



A Big Clover Yield 1.59 



HORTICULTURE. 



The Profits on Small Fruits 1.59 



Shooting Worms 1,59 



Experiments in Cultivating 1.59 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Poor Man's Cake 159 



Mayonnaise Dressing 1.59 



To Clean and Freshen Old Matting 1.59 



Hard Boiled Eggs 159 



Take Large, Kipe Tomatoes 1.59 



How to Make a Peach Pie 160 



Cole-Slaw 1^0 



Corn Pudding '"O 



Egg Plants (Stuffed) l"" 



Lemon Whey ^'''^ 



Potted Chicken 1'^" 



Eve's Pudding 1"^' 



Chili Sauce 1™ 



Boston Brown Bread 1™ 



An Excellent Pudding ^0" 



Corn Bread I'^JJ 



Seasoning Sausage Meat 1™ 



LIVE STOCK. 



Thrifty Pigs KJ" 



Handling Young Stock ]*i'^ 



Salt 



Vaccinating Live-Stock. 



Water lor Stock 



Literary and Personal.-. 



.160 

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 .160 

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Improved Caljoon Broadcast Seed Sower 



Sows all kinds of Grain and Grass Seed. Does as 

 much work as live men call 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 $0.00. 



D. LANDKETH & SONS, 



Sole Agents, Phila. 



S£ND FOR 



On Concord Grapevmee, Tiansplauted Evergreens, Tulip, 

 Poplar, Linden Maple, etc. Tree Seedlings and Trees fnr 

 timber plantations by the 100,000 



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