CONTENTS OF VOLUME SIXTEEN, 



EDITORIAL. 



January, 1 



To Contributors, 1 



1883 V8. 1884, 1 



Korewaruinfr and Forearming, - 

 The Rabbit Hot, 3 



The Acquisition of Knwleilge, '■> 



An Entomological Phenomenon, 4 



Intense Cold. 4 



Excerpts, 4 



Give or Take— A Kablc, ("> 



February, 17 



"An Open Winter," 17 



Ourself, and Our Uelations to Spe- 

 cial Inquirers, IS 



High Water— Forestry 18 



Big Jaw Curable, 18 



A Remarkable Caterpillar, 19 



Very Cold Weather, 19 



The Poultry Exhibition, JO 



A Rare Fowl, 30 



Excerpts, 20 



Leaving the Farm, 22 



March, 33 



More of the Ground Hog, Si 



J. B. G., 33 



San Jose Scale, 34 



Excerpts, 35 



April, 49 



About Dogs, 49 



"The Beautiful Snow," 49 



May, 65 



The Farmers' Institute, «5 



The "Black-Knot," 65 



Excerpts, C6 



June, 81 



Entomological Notations, 81 



The Soldier Beetle, 81 



The Cold Wave, 82 



The Coming Agricultural Fair, 82 



Grape-Leaf Flea-Beetle, 82 



Plant-Lice, 82 



" Corregiendum," 83 



Excerpts, 83 



July, 97 



The Farmers' Institute, 97 



Tlie County Fair, 97 



The Midges, 98 



Bark Louse or Scale Insect, 98 



Water, 99 



The Kind of Ice We Use, 100 



Excerpts, 100 



August, 113 



Maple Scale Insect, 113 



Poultry Exhibition, 113 



Plumed Thistle, 113 



Trumpet Galls Found on Grapevines, 

 113 



About Hair- Worms, 114 



Clover Midge, 114 



The King Bird, 115 



The English Sparrow, ll-'i 



Tornadoes, 115 



The Fire Worm, 116 



Maple Tree Pests, 117 



Excerpts, 118 



Lancaster County Agricultural Fair, 

 120 



September, 129 



" Petticoat Hadisbes," 129 



The Lancaster County Fair, 130 



Nature's Equilibrium, 130 



The " Seed Drill Regulator," 130 



A Plea for the Robin, 131 



Entomological-The Blight Beetle, 131 



Sack- Bearer, 132 



Excerpts, 132 



October, 145 



Juglandacese, 145 



The Cigarette "Wutvil," 146 



Report on Condition of Crops, 147 



Excerpts, 147 



November, 161 



Insect Parsites, lUl 



The Sack Worm, 162 



Saddle-Back Moth, 162 



Tachina Flies, 163 



" Adam and Eve," 164 



Excerpts, 165 



December, 177 



Annual Greeting, 177 



Polysolve, 177 



Our Corresnondents and Contributors, 

 178 



Mammals of Lancaster County, 178 



Carpet Moths, 179 



The Peach Borer, 180 

 Excerpts, 180 



KNXOMOLtXilCAI.. 



Striped AppIe.Tree Borer, ■5() 

 Florida Whip-Tail, .50 

 Insect Larvic, 51 

 The Seventeen-Year Locusts, .52 

 Avoiding the Hessian Fly, 52 

 Excerpts, 53 



CONTKniUTIONS. 

 Fungi— C. Gish, 

 Laying Out Roads, 23 

 The Peach Scab, 33 

 Is Wheat a Paying Crop? 23 

 Currant Worms, itc, 37 

 Fanncis' Institutes, 37 



from Brookville, Ohio, 



Plant Small Fruits, 53 

 Poultry Raising, 68 

 Employment for Women, 08 

 Communication from Ohio, 68 

 Observations on the Crops of 1884, 131 

 How Farmers Should Live, 121 



Owning Land, 133 



Taypaying, 166 

 Shoeless Horses, 181 



KSSAYS. 

 The Best Method of Wintering Horned 



Stock, 6 

 The Best Method of Wintering Horned 



Cattle, 7 

 Labor Saving Farm Implements, 23 

 The Culture, Manufacture, Trade and 



Consumption of Tobacco, 37 

 Commonplace Experiences in Natural 



History, 84 

 EntODiological Essay, 181 

 The InHuence of Agricultural Socie- 

 ties, 183 

 A Singular Phenomenon, 184 



SELECTIONS. 



Report of Committee on Fruit Culture, 

 7 



King Tobacco, 8 



Farm Notes, 9 



Sugar to be Made Everywhere, 9 



Poultry, 9 



Night Air, 11 



Statistics, 11 



Care of Swine in the West, 11 



Is the Process of Cooking a Knack, 11 



Farm Drain.age, 11 



Superphosphate, 24 



How to Clean Stump Lands, 25 



Rust in Wheat, 25 



Trueness o£ Breeding, 25 



The Red Ant, 26 



A Web Spining Insect, 26 



Where do Houseflics Come From ? 36 



The Canker Worm, 3(i 



Some Habits of Spiders, 26 



A Peculiar Fish, 26 



Indian Corn— Its Value in the Ration, 

 27 



Spreading Manure, 27 



A Beetle Parasitic on the Beaver, 27 



Distribution of the Occident Ant, 27 



Parasitic Enemies of Spiders and 

 Spiders' Eggs, 27 



The Im[)roved Creamery Process, 38 



The Next State Fair, 39 

 I The Cabbage Fly, 39 

 I Barn Yard Economy, 39 

 I Manual Arts in Farming, 40 

 ■ Havana Seed, 40 



Protection Against Floods, 41 



Avoiding the Hessian Fly, 41 



Home Comforts for Farmers, 41 



Tsetse, or Poison Fly, 41 



Building Material, 42 



Farming Does Pay, 42 



How to Cook an Old Hen, 42 



The Codling Worm, 42 



The Fly's Nose, 42 



To Cause the Horse to Follow You, 43 



Tanning and Tawing, 43 



Commercial Fertilizers, .54 



TheTwoCatalpas, 54 



Bad Butter Again, 55 



Selecting Shade Trees, 55 



The Opinion of a Dairyman, .55 



.Mating of Fowls, 56 



Ornamental Trees, 56 



What Grasses Shall I Sow, 56 



The Milk Supply of Cities, 57 



Sources of Trichina;, 57 



The Industrious Hens, 58 



Individual Ownership of Forests, 58 



The Summons of the Rain, .58 



Great Milk Producers, 68 



Imitation Butter, 69 



Cheese in General Cookery, 69 



A Fruit all May Raise, 09 



The Value of Soiling Crops, 70 



Dairy Notes, 71 



Why Eggs Do Not Hatch, 71 



Danger in Barbed Wire, 72 



Experiments in Potato Planting, 73 



Handy Remedies, 72 



The Disappearance of Game, 73 



Foot and Mouth Disease, 73 



The Speed of a Flying Duck. 73 



My Eight-Acre Farming, 74 



Spare the Toads, 74 



How to Cook an Old Hen, 74 



The Use of a Dry Well, 74 



Preserving Salt Meat, 74 



In the Hay and Harvest Field, 75 



Improving Farm Houses, 75 



Ivy Poisoning, 75 



A Dish of Strawberries, 75 



Country Roads, 88 



The Movements of Liquids in Living 

 Plants, SS 



About Forestry, 89 



The Grasses, 89 



Root Crops for Cattle, 89 



Cultivating the Orchard, 90 



New Silk Industry, 90 



Diseases of the Summer, 91 



Green Peas, 92 



Vermont Sheep, 102 



Tobacco as a Medicine, 102 



Rust in Wheat, 103 



Lawns, 103 



Seeding, Propagating and Covering, 

 103 



Make the Kitchen Pleasant, 104 



Recuperating the Soil, 104 



Backhanded People, 104 



A Tree Pest, 104 



Rag Carpet, 105 



A Thrush Whips Three Sparrows, 105 



How to Make Shad Soup, 105 



Soil Exhaustion by Various Crops, 105 



Ravages of the Clover Worm, 106 



Varieties of Food for Stock, 106 



Culture of Roots, 106 



On Horseback, 107 



Transplanting Trees, 121 



Drying Tomatoes, 132 



An Agricultural School for Girls in 

 Normandy, 122 



Why People Take Medicine, 123 



How to Grow Currants, 123 



Fighting the Cutworm, 123 



Destruction of Small Birds, 133 



Vitality of Weed Seeds, 1-34 



The Good Well, 134 



Green Manuring, 135 



Cause and cnre of Constipation, 135 



Condition of the Barn at Milking 

 Time, 135 



Clean Dairies, 135 



Canada Thistles, 136 



Cheese for Home Use, i:!0 



A Novel Swindling Scheme, 136 



The Cabbage Fly and its Relatives, 137 



Ice in the Dairy Must Go, 137 



American Wonders, 138 



Curing Cheese, 138 



Weevil in the Cigarette, 148 



The Culture of Carp, 149 



Is Cold Water Injurious to Plants, 150 



About Fruit Trees, 150 



Habits of the Burrowing Owl of Cali- 

 fornia, 151 



Outlook of the Crops, 151 



Getting Rid of Stalks, 152 



Feeding Cornstalks, 152 



Utilizing Straw and Stubble, 152 



A Chapter on Flies, 1.53 



Superphosphates for Wheat, 1-54 



Facts About Irrigation, 154 



Feeding Hay, 154 



Self-Binding Reapers, 154 



Raising Small Fruits, 168 



A Chapter on Flies, 107 



Raspberry Culture, 168 



Experimental Pear Orchard, 108 



Grape Culture, 109 



Setting Out Fruit In the Fall, 169 



A Querist In a Fruit Garden, 170 



Good October Crops, 170 



Building Farm Houses, 170 



Sending Plants by Mail, 171 



Carpets, 184 



Sorghum as a ProUtablc Crop, 185 



Milk as an Absorbent, 185 



Cell arc, 185 



Sick Animals, 186 



Increased Duration of Life, 180 



Bread-Making, 186 



OlFK LOCAI- ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and 



Horticultural Society, 12, 28, 44, 



59,76, 124, 138, 1.55, 171,187. 

 Poultry Association, 13, (iO, 110, 139, 

 The Fulton Farmers' Club, 13, 28, 



45,60,77, 138,1.55,171,187. 

 Linnaean Society, 13, 29, 45, 00, 77, 



92, 109,156,171,188. 

 State Agricultural Society, 29 

 Tobacco Growers' Association, 45 

 Farmers' Institute, 77, 93, 107. 

 Premium List of Lancaster County 



Fair, 139 



a<;ricui-ture. 



Seed Crop, 14 



Theory of Crop Rotation, 14 



Top Dressing Meadows, 14 



Agriculture, 14 



Onion Culture, (11 



Potato Culture, 61 



The Kitchen Garden— Hot Beds, 61 



A Hillside Orchard, 01 



Have a Corn-Marker Ready, 81 



Harrowiug Winter Grain in Spring, 01 



IIow Much Seed Shall I Sow ? 62 



Composition Manures, 78 



Soiling, ?8 



Recuperating the Soil, 95 



Fodder Corn, 95 



Varieties of Sweet Corn, 95 



Ploughing too Early, 95 



Ensilage Extracts, 95 



Pennsylvania Crops, 110 



Potato Seed, 110 



What Shall the Farmer Sell, 142 



A Little Farm Well Tilled, 142 



A New Requirement in .Vlodern Farm- 

 ing, 142 



Feeding Depleted Soil, 142 



Experiments in Corn Culture, 172 



Nuggets from New Jersey, 172 



Purchasing Commercial Fertilizers, 

 173 



HORTICrl/nRE. 



The Orchard, 14 



Young Trees, 15 



Raspberries for 1884, 15 



Storing Potatoes, 15 



IIow to Support Fruit Trees, 15 



The Age of the Orange Tree, 29 



Cultivating the Wheat, 29 



Something about Persimmous-ReBalts 

 of Cultivation, 30 



Cucumber Culture, 30 



How to Keep Flowers, 30 



For Constant Mignodette, .30 

 I Growing Nuts, Hi 



Solanum, 46 

 I Pruning— How and What, 4« 

 I Protecting Raspberries, 02 

 I Dwarf Celery, 62 



Early Apples, 63 



Early Pears, 63 

 I Tomatoes, 62 



I Root-Habits of the Strawberry, 78 

 ! I'runing the Grape Vine, 78 



Raising Potatoes by the Straw Pro- 

 cess, 79 



How to Get Early Potatoes, 79 



Fertilizers for Strawberries, 90 



Making Sugar from Beets, 95 



The Profits of Fruit Growing, 95 



Cultivation of Currants, 95. 



Preparing Ground for Grapevines, 110 



Look at the Young Fruit Trees, 110 



The Care of Fruit Trees, 110 



The Strawberry Bed, 110 



A Big Watermelon Patch, 124 



Seeds Buried too Deeply, 134 



A Large Truck Farm, 135 



Kill the Weeds Before Planting Seedi, 

 125 



