ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM-SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. S. S. KATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. AUGUST, 1884. 



A. HIESTAND, Publisher 



Eiitfrrd nt the Post Ollice nt liHiiCHMter 

 .SofoiKl i'liiKN .Matter. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



August 113 



Maple Scale Ineect 113 



Poultry Exhibition 113 



Plumed Thistle 113 



Trumpet Galls Fouud od Grapevines 113 



About Hair- Worms 114 



Clover Midge..., 114 



The " King Bird " 114 



The English Sparrow 115 



Tornadoes 115 



"The Fire Worm." 116 



Gapes in Chickens, 



Maple Tree Pests 117 



Excerpts 118 



Lancaster County Agricultural Fair 120 



To the -'uhlic — Rules and ReKuiations — For Entries, 

 i i&c. — For Awarding Premiums — Instructions 



to Judges. — Special Notice. 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Observations on the Crops of 1884 121 



How Farmers Should Live 121 



SELECTIONS. 



Transplanting Trees 121 



Drying Tomatoes 122 



An Agricultural School for Girls in Normandy ....122 



Why People Take Medicine 133 



How to Grow Currants „..123 



Fighting the Cutworm 123 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society 124 



Called to Order— Crop Reports— The Robin Must Go 



—About Fertilizers— Fruit Exhibits. 



HORTICULTURE. 



A Big Water Melon Patch 124 



Seeds Burried too Deeply 124 



A Large Truck Farm 1:^5 



Kill the Weeds Before Planting Seeds 125 



A Timely Suggestion 12r> 



Cabbage Fleas VZ5 



Notes from a Suburban Lawn 125 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Beef Tea 125 



Chicken Panada 125 



Chicken Broth 125 



Nutritious Jelly 125 



Irish Moss Jelly l-.i5 



Wine Whey 125 



To Mull Port Wine 125 



Refreshing Drinks In Fevers 125 



Graham Bread 125 



Mutton Broth 125 



Calf's Feet Broth 125 



To Make Gruels 125 



Oatmeal Gruel 125 



Barley Gruel 125 



Flour Gruel 125 



BoUed Flour 12.5 



Belladona Anodyne Ointment 125 



Sulphur Ointment 125 



Slippery Elm Poultice 125 



Mustard Poultice 125 



Poultice for Strains and Bruises 125 



Carbolic Acid Gargle 125 



Gargle for Ulcerated Sore Throat 126 



Orange Tonic 126 



Balm Tea 126 



Infusion to Produce Sweating j--"' 



Dandelion Alterative 1-" 



Atiee's Nipple Wash }-;« 



Beach's Remedy for Ulcers 1^» 



To Mend Crockery Ware 1^ 



Fine Paste }%^ 



Strong Glue ]^ 



Magic Liniment Y^ 



Itch Ointment J^° 



Emetic J2« 



Carbuncle '•''' 



To Stop Bleeding }f. 



Mumps J"*; 



Cure for Neuralgia J™ 



Quinsy '■■'6 



Atiee's Cure for Whooping Cough i^o 



Remedy for Worms '■^° 



Diarrhoea in Infants 1-° 



Simple Remedy for Dysentery 126 



Fits 126 



Sick Headache 126 



External Remedy for Piles -v- J'^f 



Remedy for Suppressed Menstrifltion 126 



Fine Smelling Salts >. 1^6 



Enamel Powder ,m«126 



Cold Cream ^*.126 



Rose Glycerine Cream 126 



To Remove Freckles 126 



LIVE STOCK. 



How to Milk 126 



Fallacy of Milk Escutcheons In Cows 126 



Kindness Profitable 126 



Advice to Young Horsemen 127 



The Largest Yields on Record 137 



Feeding Colts 127 



June Butter 127 



Overstocking Pastures 127 



Lice on Stock 127 



Interfering Horses 127 



POULTRY. 



Fowls Must Have Green Stuff 127 



How to Pluck Poultry 128 



Eggs vs. Eggs 128 



Building Material 128 



Food for Young Chickens 138 



Literary and Personal 128 



Will a Hen Lay Two Eggs a Day 128 



Laying Qualities of a Leghorn 128 



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