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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



April 49 



About Dogs 49 



The Cost of Dogs. 



"Tlie Beautiful Snow." 49 



ENTOMOLOGICAL. 



Striped Apple-Tree Borer 50 



Florida Wlilp-Tail .'. 50 



Insect LarTSe 51 



Tlie Seventeen-Year Locusts 52 



Avoiding the Hessian Fly .52 



Excerpts 52 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Communication from Brookville, Ohio 52 



Plant Small Fruits 53 



SELECTIONS. 



r.nitiMrclal Fertilizers 54 



I In IwoCatalpas 54 



1! 1 I Butter Again 55 



s.i, ling Shade Trees 55 



111. iipinionof a Dairyman 55 



Miimr of Fowls .56 



niiwiiintal Trees .5B 



Wi at (irasscsShalllSow? .56 



Th. Milk .Supply of Cities 57 



■SMunvs of Trichinae 67 



The Industrious Hens .58 



ludiviihuil Ownership of Forests 58 



The Summons of the Rain 68 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultur- 

 al Society 59 



A Karnier'a Institute— Premiiuns for t'orn GrowinB— 

 Cn>p Keports - Fanners' Co-operative Asjiociations — 

 (Question for Diseuseion. 



Poultry Association 60 



The Fulton Farmers' Club 60 



The Linnaean Society 60 



Donations to the Miiseiiin.- Donations to the Library. 

 AGRICULTURE. 



Onion Culture 61 



Potato Culture 61 



The Kitchen Garden— Hot Beds 61 



A Hillside Orchard til 



Have a Corn-Marker Ready 61 



How Much Seed Shall I Sow? 62 



HORTICULTURE. 



Protecting Raspberries 62 



Dwarf Celery 62 



Early Apples 62 



Early Pears 62 



Tomatoes 62 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Salem Pudding 62 



Carrie's Apple Batter 02 



Sunderland Pudding, No. 1 (12 



Sunderland Pudding, No. 2 t;2 



Mrs. H.'s Berry Pudding 62 



Madam P. 's Pudding Sauce 62 



Baked Plum Pudding 63 



Mrs. C.'s Pumpkin Pie 62 



Cottage Pudding 62 



Cookies 62 



3oft liingcrbread 62 



Cream Cake , 62 



Doughnuts 63 



Suit Gingerbread ''•' 



Gold Cake 6' 



Silver Cake "^ 



.Mrs. R.'s Cup Cake b3 



Lady Cake 1;' 



Cocoanut Cake "'^ 



Composition Cake S'' 



Spice Cake S-^ 



Cream Cake <'-^ 



Gingerbread 63 



A Philadelphia Sponge Cake 63 



Cider Cake <>'^ 



Soda Cake tl3 



White Cake "■* 



Whigs fW 



Wedding Cake Pudding 63 



Indian Baked Pudding— Always Good 63 



Cocoanut Pie 63 



Mince Pies 63 



Pineapple Pie 63 



Fannie'sCake 63 



Laura Keene's Jelly Cake 63 



German Puffs 63 



Mrs. Meachara's Boiled Indian Pudding 63 



Poor .Man's Pudding , 63 



Apple Sago Pudding 63 



Dedham Cream Pie 63 



Jane P.'s Lemon Cream Pie 63 



Carrot Pudding 63 



Green Corn Pudding 63 



Augusta's Lemon Pies 63 



Ink" Stains 63 



To Clean Decanters 63 



Cut Glass 63 



To Restore Crape 63 



An Ant-Trap 63 



LIVE STOCK. 



Exercise for Stallions 63 



The Evil of Check Reins 64 



Shropshire Downs 64 



Literary aud Personal 64 



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