" THE FARMER IS THE FOUNDER OF CIVILIZATION."-WEBSTER. 



THE LANCASTER FARMER, 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER : 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, PRACTICAL ENTO- 

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EDITED BY PROF. S. S. RATHVON. 



VOLUME VII.-1875. 





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