Prof; S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA., APRIL, 1875. 



FEASSOL in GEIST, Publishers. 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited Tsy Prof. S. S. EATEVON. 



With the January issue (1875) The Farmer entered upon 

 itsaeventh year, uuJerii change of luoprietois, the publica- 

 tion ha\iiig bi-en triiUflfened to the inuleiHiKned, who ino- 

 pose to make it in :ill re«i>ects a first-ch.sa locil organ of the 

 importuut intereHta to which it is especially devoted. 



With this view The FAiiMEn has been enlarged and its 

 form changed to the Imjeriul Mag;izine style, each number 

 containing tw^nty-fourj-ages Imr.Svo., meiisuring 9J^ by 13 

 inches, at least seventeen of which will be exclusively devott^d 

 to reading niatrer, the advertisement sand "si anding matter" 

 being limited to tbe remauiiiig pages. This inoeasc of size 

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

 type, enables lis 10 give twice as much reading matter as 

 was contained iu the old form. 



If this effort to give the agricultural community of Lan- 

 caster county a publication worthy of their honnruble calling 

 is liberally seconded, we propose to add other improve- 

 ments from time to time, including illustiatioun of impor- 

 tant topics of general interest, and papeis from special con- 

 tributors on the more important loc;il industries and re- 

 Bources of the county — a vride field, which has been very 

 little cultivated by our local press. 



Thf coiitril*utioiifl of our able editor, Prof. Hathvon, on 

 8ubj.-c'e c-oiiuected with the science of farming, and jtartic- 

 ularly lli.it si.eciuUy of which he is so thoroughly a master — 

 entoniologicii scieuce— some knowledge of which has bei-onie 

 a necflairy to the successfal farmer, arc alone worth much 

 more than the ^irice of this i-nblication. 



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 Bcribers on the following 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



SIX TOPICS ILLTTSTRATED. 



TWENTY-FIVE ENGRAVINGS. 



EDITORIAL ARTICLES: page. 



Colorado Potato-Beetle. Ittutitratedf - 4'J 



(lallinoculture, et Ovaeulture, - ' - .50 



Distinguisliiner Sex in Etise. lUnstraleJ, .51 



The Cost of Our Receut War, - - 51 



Our Paris Letter ami Our Fence Corners, 51 



Susquehanna Sliail. lUnstrated, - .52 



Super-Phosphate from Kaw-Boues, - - .52 



Aliout (irouuil Hogs, - - . - 5:{ 



Rose Culture, ------ 53 



Another Remedy for the Potato-Beetle, .53 



The Illustrations in The Farmf:!!, - - 53 



Coiistruetionof B(.>ard Ftmees. IlliiKti-ati'il, .54 



Good Agricultural Correspondents, - .54 



The Centennial Exix>sition. Ilhtxtratcd^ 5.5 



John Bull After the Colorado-Bugs, - 56 



Alfalfa Clover, Barley, tSte., - - - 56 



Plantins Potatoes Early, - - - 50 



What Fertilizers are Used in Your County ? .56 



A Useful Tahle for Farmers, - - .56 



The Great Lilium Auratuin, - - - 5.S 



Irrigation in the Valley of the Rio Grande, .57 



Frank It DlFFF.NDEnr'FEn, Laucaslfr, Pa. 



Soap, How to Make it, JE - - - - ■5S 



Mountain Tea, Levi S. Keist, Warwick, - 58 



Timber for Fences, Levi S. Reist, Warwick, .59 



Letters, Queries and Answers : - 59 — 60 



Tlie Flower (l.iriliMi — Tiie t,'liineHC Yam — 

 Tlie Persinimnti and Scnpi'cnioiigOrai.e 

 — Tbe ('uicnl)i) auil Se<'il IMaiitiiip — The 

 Potato Beetle and Kaily or Late Phint- 

 iiig — I'eoaieHuuil tbe Uo«e-Hug — Apijre- 

 ciatiuu of The Fakmkb, &c. 



Our Paris Letter: .... 60 



Farniibg aud Feeding ou the CoQtiueut of 



Enroiie. 



Our Local Organizations : . . 61 — 63 



ProceediugB of tlie Lancaster County Ag- 

 rieultin-alaiid Horticultural Society, uud 

 tbe Lancaster Pal k AsHociation. 



The Farm and the Dairy : ... 63 



Succes8lul aale of Short-IIoruB — Valuable 

 Milk Cows— Setting and Skiiuniilig 

 Oiealn— A Little Advice to Fanners — 

 How a Dollar Spent will "Pay." 



Farm and Domestic Economy : . . 63 — 64 



The Nutrition of Oatmeal — Now for House 

 Cleaning — ParaBites iu Bird Cagefl — 

 AlHjut Housework and Help — Home 

 Interiors. 



Information About Bees : - - - (H 



The Honey Beo in Farm Economy — 

 yueriCM answered alxjut (jueens, Itulian- 

 izing stock, kc. 



The Cotemporary Press, ... 64 



Catalogues of Seeds, Plants, &c., . .64 



The Progress of Invention, . - 64— V. 



New Patents Relating to the Farm, Dairy, &c. 



Our Fence Comers, - . . iii, vi, vii. 



Fact and Fancy, \Vit and Humor. 



Business Announcements, . - ii — viii. 



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