ONE DOLLAR PEE ANNUM-SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



March 33 



More oftheUround Hog 33 



J. B.G 33 



San Jose Scale 34 



Excerpts 35 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Currant Worms, &c 37 



Farmers Institutes 37 



ESSAYS. 

 The Culture, Manufacture, Trade and Consump 



tion of Tobacco 37 



SELECTIONS. 



The Improved Creamery Process 38 



The BiiltPi- Making. 



The Next State Fair 39 



The Cabbage Fly 39 



Barn-Yard Economy 39 



Manual Arts in Farming 40 



Havana Seed 4(i 



Protection Against Floods 41 



Avoiding the Hessian Fly 41 



Home Comforts for Farmere 41 



Tsetse, or Poison Fly 41 



Building Material i-2 



Farming Does Pay 43 



How to Cook an Old Hen 42 



The Codling Worm 42 



The Fly's Nose 42 



To Cause the Hoisc to Follow You 43 



Tanning and Tawing 43 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultur- 

 al Society 44 



Crop Reports— Roftd Making— Tobacco Culture— 

 Miscellauequs. 



The Fulton Farmers' Club 45 



Answerinj; tiuestiona. 



Tobacco Growers' Association 45 



The Mnuieau Society 45 



DonatiuM8 to the Museum.— Donations to the Library. 



HORTICULTURE. 



Growing Nuts 4G 



Solanum 4(i 



Pruning— How and What 46 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Washing Potatoes 46 



Feeding a Baby > 46 



Court Plaster 46 



Bedsteads 47 



The Ironing Blanket .^ 47 



Oatmeal Wafers *^ 



Broken Needles *''__ 



Frightening Tinware *~ 



Cecils. 



Crumbed Haddock *J_ 



Celery Mavonnaise *" 



Bread Cakes • ♦J 



Lemon Pie ^~ 



Boiled Indian Pudding •*'^ 



Baked Indian Pudding ♦^ 



Indian Loaf Cake ^^ 



Mrs. Brown's Cup Cake 47 



Crullars *'' 



Waffles i~ 



Mrs. Moulton's New England Brown Bread 47 



Pop Overs 47 



A New Way to Cook Chickens 47 



Crackers 47 



POULTRY. 



Hatching Time 47 



Fowls for Eggs and for .Market 47 



Fowls Must Have(ireen Stuff 48 



Coal-Ashes for the Dust Box 47 



Poultry Haising for Young Men 48 



Literary and Personal 32 



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 the following prices: 

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From Yard No. 2, per set- 

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From Yard No. 3, })er set- 

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No. 9 North Queen St.. Lancaster, Pa. 



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