ONE DOLLAH PER ANNUld.-SINQLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



July 97 



The Farmers' Institute 97 



The County Fair 97 



The Midges 98 



Bark Louse or Scale Insect 68 



Water 99 



An intesesting and Important Analysis of Lancaster 

 Waters-Analysis of Well, Cistern and Hydrant 

 Water. 



The Kind of Ice We Use 100 



It Can Adulterate Hydrant Water— The Quality of 

 Lancaster Ice— The Ilesiilts-A Word for Lancas- 

 ter Ice. 



Excerpts 100 



SELECTIONS. 



Vermont Sheep 103 



Tobacco As a Medicine 102 



Rust in Wheat 103 



Lawns 10.3 



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 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Farmers' Institute 107 



Agricultural Rciuljustiii..,! ih, i,,, I I,, ■ Discus- 

 sion — Piolettec's \'i(\v-— , ! I I riiursdHv 

 Momine — "CoDiiner' -i ■ i ' -.1 Piolette 

 —Thursday .\flcrn(>,.i. ,..11 ir, i I. ,11. lavs"— 

 Governor R. E. I'utti.-iai M.ui ., 1 u^tcr-Mother— 

 The Cow — Farmcrsflnd Pul)]ic .-Vrtairs. 



Linnsean Society 109 



Donations to Musevnn- Donations to Library — In- 

 sects Added— Animals Added— Reptiles Added- 

 Fishes .\dded. 



Poultry Association 110 



AGRICULTURE. 



Pennsylvania Crops 110 



Potato Seed 110 



HORTICULTURE. 



Preparing Ground for Grapevines 110 



Look at the Young Fruit Trees 110 



The Care of Fruit Trees 110 



The Strawberry Bed 110 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Fresh Mackerel Ill 



Boiled Tongue Ill 



Duchesse Potatoes Ill 



LANCASTER, PA.. JULY, 1884. 



New I'otatoCb ^^^ 



Strawberry Shortcake 1^'- 



Choclatiua let Cicani ^ 



Asperges au\ Pctits Poib m 



Delicious Kliubaib Jam m 



Strawberry Jell> 'H 



Sweetbread Salad HI 



Rhubarb Mold lor Dessert Ul 



lUiubarb Jelly HI 



Stewed Apple Pie HI 



Apple Custaid Pie HI 



Lemon Cream Pic HI 



Good and Cheap Pii, Crust HI 



Pie Crust Glaze HI 



Puff Crust for Pics and Tans IH 



Apple Pie... HI 



Biscuit HI 



Bread HI 



Graham Rolls HI 



Wattles HI 



MuUius Ill 



Strawberry or Peach bhort Cake 111 



Rumford Johnny C»ke H'J 



Gingerbread U2 



Rumlord Yorkshire Tea Cakts 112 



Crumpets... 112 



Rice -Muffins 112 



POULTRY 



Breeds for Laj iiiff 112 



Successive Crops of Poalirj 112 



Effectsof Poultry Manure . 112 



Literary and I'eioonal 112 



"WIDMYER & rTcKSECKER, 



UPHOLSTERERS. 



Ami Manufacturers ot 



FURNITURE ^D CHAIRS. 



WAREROO.nS: 



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



LANCASTER, PA. 



9-71-12] 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher 





Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees. 



Plant Trees raiBed in this county and BOited to this climate. 

 Write for prices to 



LOUIS C. LYTE, 



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

 Nursery at Smoketown, six miles east of Lancaster. 



JOSEPH DELLET, 



LAXCASTF.n 



Steam Cigar Bok factory, 



416 North Market Street, 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Edgings, Labels and Supplies of kinds 

 always on hand. 



BEST MARKET PEAR. 



nit.nni) I'E.\CH TKKKS, all the l.est varieties of 

 New and 01<1 STR.\WI51;UKIF;s, CIKKANTS, 

 GKAPES, KASI'BKKKIES. etc. 



EARLY CLUSTJ]R BLACKRERRT, 



New. Earlv. Har.lv. <;.....l. .slncle lilll yielded 18 

 quarts at i.nr piiklii);. ^.nd f.ir FICKK ^lltnloKue. 

 .1. S. COI.I.IXS. M.M.i.>t..w.i, X.J. 



LANDRETH'S 



SIEIIEIIIDIS 



ARE THE BEST. 

 North, South, East or West. 



Seeds. Founded 1784. 



D. LANDRETH k SONS, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



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In Every Township in the County. Good Wnges can be 

 mnde. Inquire at 



THE EXAMINER OFFICE 



No. 9 North Queen Street. LancHater, Fa 



