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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



To our Patrons and Readers 177 



The ComiDg Poultry Show 177 



Social Apathy 177 



Excerpts 178 



The Farmer's Wife 179 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Premium Wheat 179 



Tribute to a Lancaster County Farmer 



CoDcerniDg Smut 179 



SELECTIONS. 



Packing Eggs for Transportation 179 



Using Young Bulls ......179 



Fruit Notes 180 



Commerce of the World 180 



Founding a Herd of Pigs 180 



Habits of the Strawberry 181 



Brahma Dorking Fowls 181 



Pound for Pound 181 



The Dairy in Pennsylvania 182 



What's in a Name 183 



Our Wool Production 183 



Some Statistics of the Milk Supply of Boston 183 



Barbed- Wire Fences 183 



Agriculture in Common Schools 183 



English Cheese Interest 183 



Timely Hints for Householders 184 



Protecting Manure. 



Methods or Milking 184 



Shorthorn Prizes at Des Moines 185 



Sweepstakes Sliortborn Bulls— .Swerpstakes Shorthorn 

 Cow. 



Looking Out the Back Door 185 



Care of Farm Horses 185 



About Sheep 186 



Whitewashing Trees 186 



Warmth in the Stables ISO 



The Wheat Belt and Wheat Production 186 



The Use of Salt 187 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultur- 

 al Society 187 



A Dearth of Husiness. — Bills Paid. — Pruning Peach 

 Trees. — Keferred Questions. 



Poultry Association 188 



Treusurer'.s Keport. 



The Linnajan Society....: 188 



Donations to the Museum. — Additions to the Library. — 

 Current Business. — Tributes of Respects. 



The Fulton Farmers' Club 189 



Questions and An.swers. — Afternoon Session. 



AGRICULTURE. 



The Benefit of Drainage 189 



Absorbing Power of Soil 189 



Raspberry Canes and Crops 189 



HORTICULTURE. 



Care of Raspberries ^'^^ 



Varieties of Strawberries '""^ 



Tlie New Strawberries 1^ 



Gathering Pineapples l™ 



The Best Apples l'-"^ 



Winter Apples ^'•"' 



How to .Manage Cuttings 1'"' 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Boiled Flank of Beef 19" 



Fish Cliowder ^9" 



Excellent Gold Cake 191 



Lemon Cake 1^1 



Fried Chicken 191 



Plain Fruit Cake 191 



Veal Loaf 191 



Steamed Beefsteak Pudding 191 



Nice Griddle Cakes 191 



Cottage Pudding 191 



Griddle and Indian Cakes 191 



Okra Soup — Equal to Turtle Soup 191 



Steamed Brown Bread 191 



Paperhanger's Paste 191 



Cocoanut Custard 191 



Egg Omelet 191 



French Cake •••191 



Ginger Snaps 191 



Dainty Sandwiches 191 



Tapioca Cream 191 



Orange Cake 191 



Kalsomine 191 



LIVE STOCK. 



Corn Fed Pigs 191 



Cure for the Blackleg l91 



The Health of Animals 191 



Stumbling Horses 191 



Carp Ponds 192 



Milch Cows 192 



Abortion in Cows 192 



Pure Water for Hogs 192 



POULTRY. 



Milk for Hens 192 



The Care of Fowls 192 



Light Brahmas 192 



Literary and Personal 192 



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