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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Novembci- 



Insect Parasites 



The Sack Worm 



Saddle- Back Moth 



Tachina Flies 



" Adam and Eve." 



Excerpts 



I CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 Taxpayina: 



Cocoa Shells 



Cape Noir oi Blat k Coiree 



Cracked Cocoa 



Dandelion.. 



Chicory 



LIVE STOCK. 



Crossing on Merinos for Wool and Mutton 



Can Horses Travel Unshod? 



Cruelty to Animals from a Veterinary Point of 



Viev 



Weight of Sheep 



Working Horses Without Shoes.. 



Remove Warts 



Literary and Personal 



SELECTIONS. 



KaisiDg Small Fruits 166 



A Chapter on Flies 107 



Raspberry Culture 168 



Experimental Pear Orchard 168 



Grape Culture 169 



Setting Out Fruit in the Fall 169 



A Querist in a Fruit Garden 170 



Good October Crops 170 



Building Farm Houses 170 



Sending Plants by Mail 171 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society 171 



Fulton Farmers' Club 171 



Afternoon Sessioji — Literary Kxereises. 

 Linn^an Societv 171 



AGRICULTURE. 



Experiments in Corn Culture 172 



Nuggets from New Jersey 172 



Purchasing Commercial Fertilizers 172 



HORTICULTURE. 



Hints on Berry Culture 172 



Shafl'er's Colossal 173 



Flowers Grown From Seed 173 



Frost on Strawberries 173 



The Father of the Concord ]73 



Russian Mulberry 173 



The Le Conte Pear 173 



Planting a Nut Grove 173 



Watering Newly Set Trees 174 



Manuring Fruit Trees 174 



A New Orchard 174 



HOUSEHOLD RECIPES. 



Tea No. 1 174 



Tea No. 2 174 



Coffee No. 1 175 



Coffee No. a 17,5 



Parisian Egg Chocolate 175 



Chocolate 175 



Iced Tea 175 



Cruet Coffee 175 



Eppi' Breakfast Cocoa 175 



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