ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM-SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA NOVEMBER, 1883. 



JOHN A. HIBSTAND, Publisher 



Kntereil at th<> Post 4kflic« at KancaHter as 

 So4'4»ii(l 4'laNM Matter. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



How to "Stop the Papei" 161 



Smut in Wheat 161 



Noteworthy 161 



Kxcerpts 161 



Grape Infestations 162 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



CorresponcJtuce ahout Kust 164 



Correspondence about Aphids 164 



On Wheat growing and the Hessian Fly 164 



SELECTIONS. 



Making Compost 165 



Winter Dairying 166 



On Crossing Breeds for Dairy purposes 166 



Havana Seed 167 



Corn, Hog and Cholera 167 



The Jerseys 168 



Storing Sweet Potatoes 168 



Increasing Lean Meat in Pigs 168 



Healthy Homes 168 



Mr. Weasel brought into Camp 169 



Small Farms 169 



Is Breed superior to Feed 169 



The Raccoon 170 



Business Law 170 



The care of Canaries 170 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultur- 

 al Society 171 



Reports of Committees- Crop Reports — Corn 

 Culture — Ventilation of Houses -Fruits on Ex- 

 hibition. 



Poultry Association 17^ 



The Fulton Farmers' Club 172 



The Corn Crop — Other Questions Discussed — 

 Literary E.\ereises. 



The Linnaean Society 173 



Donations to the Aluscum. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Overdoing Cultivation 173 



About Bulbs 173 



Whitewashing Apple Trees— Scraping, &c 174 



Vines on Houses 174 



Mulching Fruit Trees 174 



To Blanch Celery 174 



Watering Plants 174 



Importance of Hoeing 174 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Chicken Fritters 174 



JennyjLind Pudding 174 



Graham Gems 174 



Bally Lunn 174 



Graham Muffins 174 



Corn Meal Muffins 174 



New England Pancakes 174 



Johnny Cake 174 



Common Cake '''* 



Dover Cake ^'^^ 



French Puffs 174 



Mrs. P's Ginger Cakes 1^* 



Velvet Cake 1"* 



Chocolate Charlotte Rousse 174 



Duchesse Cake 174 



Mountain Cake 174 



Fine Fruit Cake 174 



Suet Pudding 174 



Bavarian Cream 175 



Catskill Mountain Pudding 175 



Mary B's Cake 175 



Cocoanut Cake 175 



Lady Cake 175 



Silver Cake 175 



Wine Cake 175 



Macaroni a I'ltalienne 175 



Rice Jelly 175 



Wine Whey 175 



Arrowroot Custard 175 



Floating Island 175 



Chocolate Cake 175 



White Lily Cake 175 



Vienna Rolls 175 



Hominy Croquetts 175 



LIVE STOCK. 



The Treatment of Dairy Cows 175 



Feeding Animals 175 



The "Coming Cow," 175 



Selecting Ewes 175 



The Intelligence of a Horse 176 



Are our Sheep improving 176 



Bad Habits in the Poultry Yard 176 



Poultry Notes 176 



Literary and Personal 176 



Improved Caljoon Broadcast Seed Sower 



Sows all kinds of Grain and Grass Seed. Does as 

 much work as five men can do by han<i. 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. LANDKETH & SONS, 



Stile Agents, Phila. 



WIDMYER & RICKSECKER, 



UPHOLSTERERS, 



And Maniiracturers of 



FURNITURE PD CHAIRS. 



WARF.ROOMS : 



102 East King St., Cor. of Duke St. 



Ij AN CASTER, PA. 



79-I-12J 



SEED WHEAT! 



SEED WHEAT ! 



We desire to call the attention of farmers to a new 

 variety of White Winter Wheat called 



LiBCT'SllT[mT! 



It is of vigorous growth, early, hardy, stiff straw, 

 free from rust, produces largely and makes goo 

 flour. 



Price, J1.50 per peck, $5.50 per bushel, or $10 for 



two bushels. Bag free. 



S^'Send for Descriptive Circular. 



D. LANDRETH & SONS, 



Nos, 21 & 28 South Sixth Street, aijd 

 Delaware ^ve& ^rclj Street, 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees. 



Plant Trees raised iu this coUDty aud Baited tothia climate. 



Write for prices to 



LOUIS C. LYTE. 



Bird-in-Hand P. O., Lancaster co., Pa. 



Nursery at Smoketowii, six mllen east of Lancaster. 

 79-1-12 



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 LANCASTER WEEKLY EXAMINER 

 In Every Township in the Comity. Good Wages can be 

 made. Inquire at 



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