Frol S. S. BATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. FEBRUARY, 1875. 



PEABSOL * OSIST, TaUltlun. 



THE FAEMERS' HOME OEGAN. 



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A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



> Piiblished under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. . 



Xditel by Frof. S. S. BATSTOir. 



With the Jsnnary iMue (1875) The Farmer entered nptm 

 itn B©venth year, under a change of proprietore, the pnblicft- 

 tlon ha^ing been trunsferred to the uoderRigned, who pro- 

 pose to mako it In all reftpeclB a flrsl-claite local organ of tb6 

 Important interwita to which it is especially devoted. 



With thin view Tne Fabmck hae been enlarged snd iti 

 form changed to the Imperial Magazine style, each number 

 containing twenty pages Imp. 8vo., each page meawuring 9}4 

 by 13 Inches, sixteen of which will be eiclusively devoted to 

 reading matter, the advertiwements and "standing matter " 

 being limited to the remaining pages. This iucresse of size 

 and change of form, together vc\\h the nse of a more compact 

 type, enablen nitTo i^%'e twice as much readhig matter M 

 wa» contained in the old form. 



If this effort to give the ngrioultnral community of Lan- 

 CAater county a publication worthy of their honorable calling 

 la liberally seconded, we proj owe to add other improve- 

 menta from time to time, including lllnatrations of irnpor* 

 tant topics of geueral interest, and pupere from special con- 

 tribntOrs on the more imiwrtant local ludnstries and n- 

 eources of the counly — a wide field, which has been very 

 little oultivated by our local press. 



The contributions of our able editor. Prof. Rathvon, on 

 fcubjecta connected with the science of farming, and partlo 

 nlarly that apeoialty of which he ia so thoroughly a master— 

 entomological science — some knowledge of wtiich has become 

 a neceesfty to the suocAssful fanner, are alone worth much 

 more than the price of this magazine. 



The Farmer wlU be published on the Iftth of eT«r7 

 uonth, printed on good paper with cle^r. tyi)e, in oon- 

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL ARTICLES 



Our "Situation," 



PAGE. 

 17 

 The Potato Blieht (Peronofpora iufettaM,) 17 

 The Patrons of Husbandry, - - - 18 

 Blackberries, . . - - - 18 



What is " Anguentum ?" ... - 19 

 Daniel Welwter (Kindness to Animals,) 

 The Persimmon— Sex — Varieties, 

 Good Butter, ------ 



Butter Making— The Cow— Odors— The 

 Milk Room. 

 Specimen Copies of The Farmer, - 

 " Dying for our Country," 



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Voices from Abroad— ''Here and There," 

 Farming In IllinolB— Reminiswooea of 

 By-gone Days — (Joseph W. Fawk»8) 

 " iMe s Letter from Home"— (C. H. 

 Stoltxfus.) 

 The Farmers' Northern Market, 

 Canaries, ---..- 

 Our National Centennial {lUuflraltd,) • 



The Agricultural Department. 

 Our Public Reception, - - - - 

 Wh»l Others Siy of Ci. 

 Culture of the Grape, J. M- W- Grist (777kj- 

 <roM— .Three Engravings,) 



Flsnting the Vine— t'onntruction of the 

 Trellis— Pruning «nd Training. ■ 



Lancaster County Apples, H. M. En<;le, 



The Smokehouse, " Wllliiim Peuu, " 



"Peun," "Pen," 8«ylor, All-SMmmer, 



Klaproth, Belmont, Fauuy, Fr«ukUn. 



The Persimmon {Diospyras Virginiana). 



CASPEKlIlI.bEK, - - - - - 



W heat C leanings. No. a. J. StaufF£K, 

 Straw as a Lightning Conductor, - 

 An Ohio Prize Milk Cow, . . - - 

 Farmer John — A Domatic Poem. J. T. 

 TuowniiimiE, . - - - - 



Our Local Organization. Reported by J. 

 M. W. Geist, ------ 



Interesting Proceedings of the Lanca.- 

 ter County Agricultural and Hortl* 

 cultural Society. 

 Fertility in the Soil. Am. Agr., 

 The Relations of Hygiene to Practical 

 Medicine, ...--. 

 . Prof. Jarvla 8. White, M.1). Sanitarian. 

 Agricultural Miscellany, • 29-:J0 



Binding Qraio— Imrorlint Inrention.— How 

 to Restore Fertility.— How to Make the 

 Farm Pay.— Plowing.— Education of Far- 

 mers' Children.- Hay Producing and Mar- 

 ketlug.— Hay Preaslug or Baling.— The Best 

 Field BeanB.— How to.Xprly Lime.— Itaialng 

 Potatoes.— Horse- Shoeing. 

 Horticultural Miscellany, - - 80-31 



Evergreen Trees.— The Arhor-Vit».— The 

 Culture of Flowere.^Pereunials aad Bed- 

 ding Plants —Blanching Celery.- Remedy 

 for the Pear Blight.— Jacob Cookliu— Au 

 *' Old Digger." 



Domestic Economy, . - - - 31-32 

 Valuable Domestic Reci|>e«— Roasting a Sirloin 

 of Betf.- noasllng Turkey and CarylOK.— 

 Boup Making.— Charcoal for I'oullrj.— The 

 Curative Potato.— Glycerine for Preserving 

 Fruit.— A Hnjipy Home.— I'naired Rooms. 

 —Keep the Birthdays.- A Fruit Can 

 Opener.— To Prevent Rusting. 

 Literary and Personal, .... 

 The Grape Culturist .— " The American Farmer 

 M. The Colorado Potalo-Bestle." — I>escrii>- 

 llve Catalogues of Se^^ls, Nursery Slock, 

 Tborougli-Bnid Stock, .\gricnUural Publi- 

 cations, etc. 

 RairfnpnM AnnoDnrementa, • - <l. III, iv 

 This department Is a lilrectory' to flrnt-clasa business 

 hoQBea, to which we in\it« special atteuttoo. 



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1\)» \.ti.i\i)f Local Family and Busineu Nnitpaptr, and ths 

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Thk Wbbklt EXPREA8 bA8 been before th« oitli«ns of 



Lancaster oonnty for a period of thirty-two years, and Tas 

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 (leriod, and without chongo of mansK«ment, Tne F.xrBKss 

 hoR fairly t>arn<d a large fibar« Af patroBaffe and flrmly 

 estabhHhrtl lti*eif in the public confldencc, an an upright ana 

 Independent Jonmal, ncrver hu«ltatln|t to defend the rlffht 

 and denounce the wronR, no matter where found to exist. 

 It has always Ween a journal of progress, and ttie ontapoktti 

 friend of education, temperance, sound morals andreUglou. 

 As In the (last, so it will continue in the future. 



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