THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



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f;ronnii gets warm the bugs will bo cerfaiu to 

 be on hand. 



('AscKi; Hil.LKl! thonglit the only effective 

 remedy lay in jioinoning them, and there was 

 no dithcnltv in doing it. Last year, witli two 

 jioinids of I'aris (ireen, lie had effeetually poi- 

 soned the pest on the (Toii of a lialf aere. It 

 re(iiiired bnt a single applieation during the 

 sea.son. He took an ordinary ean, perforated 

 it, placed it on a liandle, aiul dnsted tlie mix- 

 ture—one part of I'aris (ireen to twenty parts 

 of line? lime — carefully on each row. 



EniitAiM 1I()()\'KK relateil his experience 

 with varictie.s. He planted Early Host; and 

 then sent f<ir a new variety from anotlier local- 

 ity. They wi'replaided seventy-five or one hun- 

 dred yards apart. The hugs nearly stripped tlie 

 first lot (Karly Rose) ; got at his neighbor's 

 next, but atlaclvcd his second lot at last witli 

 lis great voracity as tliey did tlie lirst. 



.Jntu. AV. Eiii! said tliat last year on ground 

 wliere potatoes had been planted the year be- 

 fore the bugs lirst m.ide tlieir appearance, cat 

 them up, (they were Early Rose,) and then 

 went at the Peerless and strijiped them. 



Hknky M. E.vfiLE said lie tliought tliey 

 would all come, finally, to the coiichision whieli 

 he reached with liis first experience with tlie 

 beetle. This pest made its lirst aiijiearance in 

 L.aneastercounty at ISIarietta. He also, at first, 

 thought they juvferred certain varieties ; but 

 found that the following year they preferred 

 another variety. They are no doulit attracted 

 to old potato ground liecause their larva; were 

 there. They love company. He don't tliiiik 

 varieties have anything to do with it ; tliey 

 ■will attack the entire SdUinum family. Their 

 disposition to concentrate on patches is not 

 singular. The cucumber lieetle, or "lady- 

 bug," do the same thing. They generally con- 

 centrate, and clear out tlie liills as they go — 

 th.at has been his experience for twent3' or 

 thirty years. If not checked they will go on 

 until the entire crop is destroyed. He infers 

 tliat it is the same with the potato beetle, 

 without regard to .season, variety or planting. 



In reply to some interrogations bj' Mr. 

 Pownall and others, Mr. Eiigle said there was 

 not much use in applying Palis Green to the 

 mature lieetle ; but the young larvie arc easily 

 killed by it. As they grow older the mucous 

 matter in which they are enveloped leaves 

 them and tlie poison has then very little effect. 

 Some old fellows jiut into a vessel over night 

 ill which they were enveloped in Paris Green, 

 were " lively " in the morning. When applied 

 at the proper time it does not take much— one 

 aiiplicatioii of one ]iart Parii^Green to twenty 

 parts of Hour or lime, if the conditions of the 

 weatlier are favorable, may do. It depends on 

 ■ whether it is washed olf by rains how often it 

 must be repeated. He a))proved of early plant- 

 ing as favorable to securiiiga crop. This seems 

 to be the prevailing sentiment among the far- 

 mers, and it is iva.sonable. 



THE LANCASTKK FAiniEI! COMMENDED. 



Wm. McCoMSEYsaid he had a desire to spiNak 

 awordforTiiELANCASTEH Fah.mek. Ilehad 

 been a subscriber since it has been in existence; 

 but th(; last two numbers he had read with spe- 

 cial interest from first to last, and he wasfiee 

 to say that both the original and .selected arti- 

 cles possessed the deepest interest and liigliest 

 merit. Although he was not much of a fanner, 

 evi'ry article was of very great interest to him, 

 aiidhethoughtanyoneof them worth his year's 

 subscription. CiTtainly any one of the inniibers 

 issued in the new form was worth a year's sub- 

 scription to any farmer. lie was sorry, to see 

 the editor's statement — knowing that gentle- 

 man as lie did — that he had given six years of 

 labor to it without reward. This was a poor 

 recognition of his sendees to the fanners, for 

 informatioji imparted which it re([iiir(d years 

 of study and observation to qualify himself to 

 impart. He really thought the farmersof Lan- 

 caster county owed him a more sulistantial re- 

 cognition than they had given. In what way 

 can tliey do it better than to at once i)lacetlie 

 journal in which he takes such a deep interest 

 on a jiayiug basis V And why not do it? It 

 should iiave a larger circulation than any other 

 local journal, for it is especially devoted to the 



interests of the largest element of our pojjnla- 

 tion. The better it is sustained the more will 

 each subscriber get for his money; foihe knows 

 that the enterprising publishei-s will make it 

 still better, in proiiortion to the |iati'onage re- 

 ceived, until it shall be sought after abroad as 

 one of the best farm journals of the day. 



Hkn'uy M. E.\(ii,E said the gentleman who 

 had just spoken had fully expressed his views. 

 He had been urging the circulation of Tht 

 l'\(,iiiii r among his friends and believed that it 

 would now be a success under its new nian- 

 agenient. It might be slow work. Our farm- 

 ers are in some things regarded as a little 

 slow ; and he feared from what he learned 

 from the publishers, that our farmers may let 

 outsiders "steal a march on them ;" but he was 

 confident they will come out right in the end. 



ErilKAiM iloovKli said he would ad<l, that 

 so far as his experience and observation went, 

 he never knew any business to succeed as well 

 as that in which those who were engaged 

 availed themselves of the best sources of infor- 

 mation. The lawyer must be familiar with 

 the literature of his profession; the doctor 

 with his ; and so witli every profession and 

 occupation— all deem it necessary to read tlie 

 organ of their calling, and they who thus keep 

 themselves best posted in the current literature 

 of their profession are, other things being 

 eipial, the most successful. When lie was a 

 teacher he would not have thought of doing 

 without reading Thv SclidolJow-fiai — and what 

 progressive teacher would ? And if there is 

 any one profession or occupation more impor- 

 tant than another, in its relations to the 

 material interests of the human family, it is 

 agriculture ; for, as Webster has tersely put 

 it, "the farmer is the founder of civilization." 

 A great many farmers who may not read, may 

 be good farmers ; but they must in some way 

 come in contact with the thought and expe- 

 rience of others who have read up, in order 

 to keep jiosted ; and these are receiving val- 

 uable information at the exjiense of otlier.s. 

 How much belter to get their information at 

 first hands — from some good, reliable organ of 

 their own calling — and he knew of none better 

 than our own — The Laiiamtn- Fanner Every 

 farmer should read his own local journal first 

 — then as many others as he could aftiird to 

 take or find time to read. It often happens 

 that a single article may be worth a whole 

 year's subscription in the information cf>n- 

 veyed on a particular point. For his own 

 part he regarded the Household Recipes in 

 The Fanner as well worth all he paid for it, 

 and he believed the day would come when the 

 farmers of Ijancaster county would be proud 

 of their organ. 



MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS. 



S. p. EiiY, esq., presented sjiecimens of 

 apples bought in our local market, which he 

 claimed to be the (Jolden I'ipiiin ; but 

 Mr. Ililler said the question of identity of 

 this apple was raised at the Fruit (irowers' 

 Meeting at York, where the Eastern men 

 claimed that it was the Rhode Island Green- 

 ing, perhaps somewhat modified by cultivation 

 in our soil. 



J. M. W. Geist presented specimens of 

 aiiples from H. B. Reist, of Spring (Jarden, 

 claimed to be Smith's Cider, noted for ]ir<ililic 

 bearing. Some doubt was expressed as to 

 whether they were really of this variety, Imt 

 Mr. Ililler lielieved they were. 



1). L. Resu, llorist, of {'oliinibia, exhibited 

 very fine specimens of cut (lowers, including 

 varieties of roses, hyacinths, tulips, joii<|uils, 

 narcissus, azalias, geraniinns and carnations. 

 Among the roses were. Empress Eugenie, 

 Anne de Driesbach, Aggrippina, C'els, Iler- 

 mosa, Lauretta, and .several other varieties. 



IlENiiY M. Engle also exhibted a choice 

 c<ille(-tioii of llowers handsomely grown. 



A vote of thanks was tendered to C'asiier 

 Ililler for his valuable essay on "Our Orch- 

 ards." 



BUSINESS FOR NEXT MEETING. 



The following questions were proposed for 

 discussion at next meeting: 



What is the best method of increasing the 

 fertility and productiveness of the soil V ■ 



AVliat .system of farming is best adapted to 

 Lancaster county V 



The following questions proposed at the 

 February meeting lie over: 



What is the best method of wintering cattle? 



AVliat tries are most profitable to grow for 

 fencing and fuel ? 



AVhat is the best food for milch cows? 



AVliat variety of corn produces the most 

 bu.shels per acre ? 



The next meeting will be lield on Monday, 

 the fifth day of April, at two o'clock p. in., iu 

 the Orphans' Court Room. 



Progress of the Patrons of Husbandry in 

 Lancaster County.* 



Buotheus and SisTiclis: In union there 

 is strength; in a multitude of counsellors 

 there is wisdom; iu prosperity there is \»)\y- 

 ularity. So goes the world. \Vhen any new 

 idea is advanced, it is almost uiiiviT.sally 

 sneered at and ridiculed ; but as soon as 

 enough persons announce themselves favorable 

 to it to make it fashionable, every one will 

 accept it. There was a time when it was very 

 uniiopularto be a member of church ; .so much 

 Vo that the adherents had to keeii it very , 

 dark. It was then, to all intents and pur- 

 po.ses, a, nerret Kockt;/ ; Ixit now it -is the very 

 first mode of one desiring to be known as a 

 fashionable, intelligent jierson. There was a 

 time when it was very unpoimlar to wear a 

 moustache ; now you can scarcely find a real 

 "gentleman" without one ; nuicn more likely 

 to find young men so anxious to have them 

 that they strain the roots in their endeavors 

 to push them before the time. So it is with 

 the Patrons of Husbandry in this county. 

 The brave pioneers who undertook to present 

 to our people the blessings and iK'uefits slum- 

 bering in its sacred keeping had an up-hill 

 business, and for a long time did a thankless 

 work, subject to the jeers and jests of nearly 

 all who knew them, and to the open denunci- 

 ation of those who in their ignorance iinagined 

 that the (Jrder would work them injury. Rut 

 how is it now? Granges are being started in 

 every section of the county. Where one jier- 

 son joined then, ten join now, and soon it will 

 be twenty. The more who join, the more will 

 want to join, partly because the objects are 

 better understood, but princii>ally Ijecause it 

 is becoming fashionable ; because it is becom- 

 ing jiopiilar; because there are .so many iier- 

 sons in this world, like a false horse, always 

 ready to lend a hand when the thing is going, 

 but very careful not to help as long as it has 

 not got a good start ; so that if it should tail 

 to go, they might have the exijuisite plea.sure 

 of saying, " I told you so." Did you ever see 

 the boys ninning with an old-time fire engine ? 

 It was hard work for a few zealous firemen to 

 start it, and get up the speed ; bnt once 

 started, the others fell in, and the faster it 

 went, the more were anxious to take hold; 

 the less work there was to do, the more would 

 oiler to help do it, until then? were so m.auy 

 that they were in each others' way. From 

 this I wish you to take the hint that there is 

 .such a thing as too much help crowding in 

 when it is not wanted; and you always find 

 that they are most likely to be the persons 

 who are not wanteil. So, as faithful, true 

 members, we must man oiir port-holes and 

 guard well our gates, and not let any one get 

 hold of our rope who will lie in our way, and 

 wliDiii wi' will soon wish away ; for it is ex- 

 tremely easy to admit a lierson to a brother or 

 sisterhood, but to sever the bands is acconi- 

 lianieil Willi some unpleasantness. There are 

 a great many jiersons in this county whohas'e 

 in their veins some? of the old anti-.\Iasonic 

 blood, and liave had the hatred of secret 

 .societies drilleil into them from their youth 

 — yes, verily, ingrafted into them on their 

 mothers' brea.sts I I know that .some before 

 me this day are amongst that ninnber, and 

 I acknowledge mysidf as one. Rut any per- 

 son of a reasonable turn of mind can see that 



*.\u jicidrfHS deliverfd l»'foio the Klranlmrp flntnge. by 

 the GmuKe lec'urcr, M B. Khhlemak, ou Saturday after- 

 noon, Feb. 13, 1875. 



