THE FARMERS' HOME ORGAN. 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



Published under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited by Prof. S. S. EATHVON. 



With the January issue (1875) The Farmer entered upon 

 its seventh year, under a cUauge of projaietors, the jiublicii- 

 tlon having been trunBferred to the uudpisigueJ, who pi-o- 

 poae to make it in all ronpects a first-class local organ of the 

 important interests to which it is especially devoted. 



With this view The Farmer has been enlarged and its 

 form changed to the Imperial Magazine style, each number 

 containing twenty-four pages Imp. Hvo., measuring 9% by 13 

 inches, at least sixteen of which will be exclusively devoted 

 to reading matter, the advertisements and "standing matter" 

 , being limited to the remaining pages. This increase of sizp 

 and change of form, together with the use of a more compact 

 type, enables us to give twice as much reading matter as 

 was contained in the old form. 



If this effort to give ihc agricultural community of Lan- 

 cihster county \ publication worthy of their honorable calling 

 la liberally seconded, we prO] oee to add other improve- 

 ments from time to time, iucluJiug illustrations of impor- 

 tant topics of general interest, and papers from aiteciul con- 

 tribiUors on the more important local industries and re- 

 sources of the county — a wide field, which has been very 

 little cultivated by our local i»resH. 



The contributions of our nl)le editor, Prof. Rathvon, on 

 BubjectB connected with the science of farming, and partic- 

 ularly that specialty of which he is bo thoroughly a master — 

 eutomologiciil Bcience--some knowledge of which has become 

 a nect'ssity to the succt^saful farmer, arc alone worth much 

 more than the price of this magazine. 



The Farmer will be publiHhed on the 15th of every 

 month, printed ou good paj^ier with clear type, in con- 

 venient form lor reading and binding, and mailed to BUb- 

 Bcribers on the following 



TEKMS: 



To Bubscribers residing within the county^ 

 One copy, one year, .... - $i.oo 

 Six copies, one year, - - - - . . 5.00 



Ten Copies, one year, ------ 7,50 



To subscribers outside of Lancaster county, including 

 postage pre-paid by the pnblisherfl: 



One copy, one year, ----- $1.25 



Five copies, one year, . - - . . . j.cx) 



AH Bubscrii'tions will commence with the January num- 

 ber unless otherwise ordered. 



All communications intended for publication should be 

 addressed to the Editor, and, to secure insertion, should be 

 iu his hauds by the first of the month of publication. 

 • All business letters, containing suhRcriptions and adver- 

 tiaementB, should be addressed to the publliihcrR, 



PEARSOL & GEIST, 



Express Buildings, 22, South Queen Street, 

 LANCASTER, PA 



RATES OF ADVERTISIKd.— Ten Cents n 

 line for eacb lunertiou. Twelve Unee to the lucb. 



CONTENTS OrmiS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL ARTICLES: pace. 



" Farmers, write for your paper," - - 3.S 

 Sparrows — Finches, - . - - 33 



Entomoloijical, 33 



Tbe Cabbage Butterfly Colomdo Beetle. 

 Utilizing Potato-Beetles and Grasshoppers, 34 



Pear Slugs, ^5 



Paris Green, ..--.- 35 

 1 18 poisouous qualities, mode of application, 

 &c.. dincuBscd. 

 Our National Centennial, ... 37 



Horticultural Hall (Illustrated)— what the 

 PenuBylvania Railroad Company is doing, 

 A Frigid' Reeord — cold winters, - - 38 



Read Twice— Potash in Plant-ashes, - 88 



This number of The Farmer, - - 88 



Our Illustrations, ----- 38 



The Grangers— position of The Farmer, 38 

 To Correspondents, . - - - 38 



The Cabbage— its History, Cultivation and 



VarieliCH'(illustrated), . - . 39 



Cooking Food by Fermentation, - - 39 



Farmers' Sons and The Fahmer, - 39 



Wheat and Cheat, - - . - - 41 

 Correeti(m — the Fronclin Apple, - - 44 



The Potato-Beetle to be illustrated, - - 44 

 The Potato, J. Staukfer, (illustrated,) - 40 



Shall we Raise Osage-Orange Hedges, 



J. C. LiNViLLE, Gap, . - - - 40 



The Paw-Paw, Levi S. Reist, Warwick, - 40 

 Olir Local Organizations, J. M. W. G. 41 — 44 

 Proceedings of the LauoaBter Counly Agri- 

 cull ural and Horticulturul Society— essay 

 ou "Our Orchards" by Caaior Hiller— 

 DiBcuBsion on Frnit Euiang- The Potato 

 Beetle— The Fabmkk, etc.— The Patrons 

 of Uusbandry, AddieBs by M. B.EBhleman 

 — Granges in Lancaster county- Growth 

 of tbe Order, &c. 

 Letters, Queries and Answers. - 44 — 4C 



An Echo from Tenne-ssei — Information 

 Wanted about Lantaatcr County B.irns, 

 Manuring, Cropl-iug, Lime Burning.- 

 Atwut Farmers' Wives and .\i!ricultur(il 

 Newspapers.— Something about Black- 

 berries.— Tbe Horse's Foot and Shoeing 

 — 'The Chinese Persimmon. — Clover and 

 Cut-Worms.— riums and IheCurculio.— 

 Tbe ScupperTiong Grape. — Words of 

 Cheer from a Veteran.- The Centennial 

 and Exhibitors.— Practical Farmers. 



Farm and Garden Items, - - - 4« 



Do Plants Need Water?— The Milk Ques- 

 tion.— .\ Potato that Kesists the Colorado 

 Bug.— Sales of Chester County Slock.— 

 Charcoal for Sick .Animals.- Selection of 

 BreedB of Cattle.— Destroy Earth Worms. 

 Domestic Economy, . - - - 47 

 Valuable Household Recipes- Coneslog* 

 Pun's— Fiencb Kolls— Lemon, or Orange 

 Custard— The Queen of Puddings -Plum 

 Pudding- Preserving Hams — c'abbage a 

 la Cauliflower— Cooking Celery— White 

 Gems— White Custards— Baked Sweel .\p- 

 ples— Every-Dav Pudding— Fauov Dish 

 —Coffee Cake— kice CUBlards- Tbe .\ut 

 Pest- Diphtheria.- Cure for Tootliache.— 

 How to Clean Oil Cloths. 

 The Cotemporary Press, ... 48 



Catalogues of Seeds, Plants, &c., - 48 



Lancaster County to the Front, - . 48 



The Progress of Invention, - - - 48 



New Patents relating to tbe Farlll,Dalry,&c. 

 Our Fence Corners, ----- iii, vi, vii 



Fact, Fancy, Wit and Humor. 



Business Announcements, . - . - ii — viii 



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TES Lill^aaSTSR SIPEESS, 



(DAILT AND "WEEKLY,) 



11)6 Leading Local Family and Business Newspaper, and Iht 

 oijly Indepcndeijl Republican Journal iij the Counly. 



The Weekly ExPBEsa baa been before tbe cltiKena of 

 Lancaster county for u jeriod of thirty-two years, aud The 

 Daily Exphehk for over eighteeu yenrs. During tbia long 

 I>eriod, Bud without chungt? uf luaiiHgeiment, The KxpnESS 

 h&B fuii'ly eurued a liir^c fih^ii'C of patronage and firmly 

 establisbt'd itBr>lf in the public coiifldeuce, ua an upright and 

 iude^eiideut journal, never heaitatiug to defend the right 

 and deuouuce the wrong, no matter where found to exist. 

 It has always been a journal of jn'OgresR, and the oiilsj^ukea 

 friend of education, tenu rrance, sound moials audrcUgioa. 

 As ia the past, so it will coYitiuuo iu the future, 



TERMS OF THE EXPRESS. 



The Weekly Express, one year, ... $a.oo 



The Daily Express, one year, .... 5.00 



The Express and The Farmer: To any person realding 

 within the limiis uf I.^incasLer county we will mail — 

 The Weekly and the Lancaster Farmer, one year, $2.50 

 The Daily and the Farmer, one year, - • 5.00 



REAL ESTATE ADVERTISING. 



The extended circuhitiou of The KxraESH makes It the 

 best medium for advertising Uenl Katato ami Personal 

 Proi erty in the county, a fuct which can be attested by the 

 many furmera and others who have availed themselves of 

 the use of its columns, and to which we iuvUo the att«utiOD 

 of all having property to dispose of. 



PRINTING SALE BILLS. 



The Express printing office ia one of the b^^st fumlsbod 

 eatablisbmeuts for turning out all kinds of printing to be 

 found in tlie interior of the Slate. We are prei>ared to 

 print any job from the small visiting card to the largeat aale 

 or horse bill, i oater, or broadside, j-lain or iu colors, aa 

 quickly 11s it can bo dune at any other establishment, and on 

 i<8 rcaaonable terms. Wc make tbe jiluting of Sale-bitU 

 /or Fanners a specialty, and guarantee satisfaction to our 

 customers. 



OUR STEAM POWER PRESSES 



include the various patterns adajited to prluting books, 

 pamphlets, posters, satf-bills, hand-bills, millera' receipts, 

 catalogues of live stock, and any kind of work done in a 

 flrst-cluBs printing oftice; in short au>'thing that may be 

 called for by the farmer, nrerchaut, banker, mechanic, or 

 buftiness man, and we puarantet' to do the work as satlsfao- 

 tory as it can be done iu Philadel])hia or clsewbore. 



\Vith one uf the most conii>lote Job Offices iti the State, 

 and unsurpusMMl couveuieucea for expeditiously turning out 

 work by tbe beHi workmen, under tbe [>erMooal su]>ervision 

 uf the proprietors, who are both practical printers, all per- 

 sona in need of Printing will find it to tbeir intercat to giv« 

 us a trial. 



PEARSOL & GEIST, 



BOOK, NEWSPAPER AND JOB PRINTERS, 



Express Buildings, 32. South Queen-st, 

 LANCASTHH, FA. 



Oar Prcfis Rooms are open to Vialtora, and they are 

 alwaya welcome to look at our machinery In operation. 



