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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



October 145 



Juglandaceae 145 



The Cigarelte " Weevil." 14»i 



They Like Rhuburb and Ciinger— How to Destroy 

 Tliem— Known for More than Half a Century. 



Report on Condition of Crops 147 



Excerpts 147 



SELECTIONS. 



Weevil in the Cigarette 14S 



Laying EgR in f'igarettes— Causing Large Losses - 

 What Other Dealers Say — Causing Factories to 



Cl06«. 



The Culture of Carp 149 



The Fish House— How tlie Fish are Captured— 

 The Three Varieties of Carp— A Successful En- 

 terprise. 



Is Cold Water Injurious to Plants! 1.50 



About Fruit Trees 150 



Habits of the Burrowing Owl of California 151 



Outlook of the Crops 151 



Getting Rid of Stalks 152 



Feeding Cornstalks 152 



Utilizing Straw and Stubble 1.53 



A Chapter on Flies 153 



Superphosphates for Wheat 154 



Facts About Irrigation 154 



Feeding Hay 154 



Self-Binding Reapers 154 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society 155 



Reports— Crop Reports— Protection to Farmers. 



Fulton Farmers' Club 1,55 



Viewing the Hosts Farm. 



.156 



-Donations to Library 

 DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Baskets of Paper 157 



Eggs and Coffee 1,57 



Is Baking Powder Healthy? 157 



Food for Dyspeptics 1,58 



To Make a Fish Napkin 158 



How to Keep Cider Sweet 158 



Wash Out the Buttermilk 158 



Teaching Girls How to Cook 158 



Repairing Children's Stockings 158 



Rag Carpets 158 



Open Grates 1,58 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Cider Jelly 158 



Sweet Apple Pickles 1,58 



Marmalade • 158 



Apple Tapioca 1,58 



White Cake 158 



King Cake 158 



Poyerty Cake 158 



Cup Fruit Cake..., 



Chicken Salad 



Cocoanut Cake 

 Charlotte Kusse 



Fricasseed Oysters ^^^ 



Lunch Biscuit ^^^ 



Stewed Beef ^^^ 



Stewed Potatoes 1^9 



Green Corn Oysters ^^^ 



Currant Wine Sauce 159 



Lemon Sauce ^^^ 



Cream Sauce ^^^ 



Peach Sauce 159 



Fruit Cream 159 



Veal Loaf 159 



Cream Cakes 159 



London Confection Cake 159 



Spanish Cream 159 



LIVE STOCK. 



Feed Young Pigs Often 159 



Selecting the Breeding Ewes 159 



Dutch Cattle 159 



Feeding Stock 159 



Unprofitable 159 



POULTRY. 



The Dark Brahmas 159 



Sorgo for Chicken Cholera 160 



Successive Crops of Poultry 160 



To Prevent Chicken Cholera 100 



To Langshan Breeders 160 



Literary and Personal 160 



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