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Prof. S. S. EATHVON, Editor, 



LANCASTER, JUNE 15, 1875. 



PEARSOL & GEIST, Publishers. 



THE CHEAPEST AND THE BEST. 



The terms of The Faumeu are only one dollar a 

 year to eubseribers residing williiu the limits of Lan- 

 caster eoimty ; six copies for $.5 ; or ten copies for 

 $7.50. When the (luantity and quality of the matter 

 contained in each nuniher is taken into account, we 

 hazard nothinir iu sayini,', that it is the cheapest local 

 journal for the farm, tlie garden and the household 

 published anywhere. Iu neatness of typofrraphy, 

 also, The Faumek is not ashamed of a comparison 

 with any of its cotemporaries. At the end of the year 

 it will make a book as handsome in ap|iearance as it 

 will be valuable iu the practical inforunition coutained 

 in its eimipaet pages. Subscribe for The Fakmeh. 



Present and Future Values. 



Kupp's History of L.incaster County was published 

 thirty years ago by subscription, at liro dvllurs a copy, 

 and some of the subscribers, with indiscriminate and 

 unmerited disgust, sold their copies as low as Jifly 

 centf. Two years ago wo were instructed to procure 

 a coiiy for a legal friend in the west — formerly a citi- 

 zen of Lancaster — and we were compelled to pay nix 

 dollars for it, and we have known ten to be refused. 

 To-day wc could get ten dollars for an entire set of the 

 six volumes of The Lancaster Fakmeh published 

 prior to tlie present year, although the subscription 

 price was only $0.T.5. 



We would not be surprised if, before twenty years 

 — although we do not expect to live so long — the 

 present, the ceuteuuial, aud the post centennial vol- 

 umes of The Fahmek would command Jirc dollars a 

 volume, although, during the time pen<ling, they may 

 tie obtained for three. Every new subscriber who 

 appreciates true values, desires his subscription to 

 commence with the7!r«( number of the present year. 



Dew Drops. 



Although we cannot say that The Farmer has yet 

 received any overwhelming showers of support — in- 

 deed, we never expected it would, for we knew the 

 ground we were to travel over was occupied by hosts 

 of other worthy travelers — still ever and anon it re- 

 ceives tlie slow but refreshing deir drops from the in- 

 telligent and appreciating tillers of the soil; and these 

 are all the more valued lieeause they come from old 

 time friends — friends who know us, and who have au 

 almost vencrative regard for anything that emanates 

 from Lancaster county; such, for Instance, as the 

 following: 



" My Dear Friend: Will you please send The 

 Lancaster Far.mer to my son W. His address is 

 W. H. B., jr., Saliua, Saline county, Kansas. I ought 

 to have attended to tins loug ago. I'lcase send from 

 Ibc first number of the present )ear, or volume. W. 

 is hartl at work farming and raising stock. I enelo^ 

 $1.25 subscription for the current year. Very truly 

 yours, W. 11. B., May 22, 1S75." 



To Advertisers. 



This being the midst of the dull business season, 

 when nurserymen, seedsmen, florists and others, who 

 seek their customers through special mediums like 

 The Farmer, are through with their spring an- 

 nouucemeuts aud not ready for the fall campaign, we 

 have dnipjH'd four of our supplemental pages which 

 were added to to the March, April and May numbers 

 to accommodate our advertising patrons. This will be 

 only temporary, as we have indications of a large 

 sdveRising pal ronace for the fall trade. We stated 

 when The Farmer came into our hands that we 

 would not allow the advertisenicutsto encroach upon 

 the space allotted to reading matter, aud we liavi' 

 kept our promise. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



T'WENTV-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS. 



I'AI 



Illustrated, 



EDITORIAL ARTICLES: 

 Tlie Striped Apple Tree Borer 

 I'atato-Beetles. Illustrated, . . - 



Insects, Noxious and Beneficial, 

 Mushrooms, .Morels and Trutlles. Illustrated, 

 The Facts of Natural History. No. 2, 

 Utilizing the Grasshopper, - - - - 



A Magniticent Horse -------- 



Winter-Killed Vines, - - . - 



Sulphurct of Lead, 



.Vbortive Strawberry, _ - - - 



Poland-China Boar — "Sweejistakes." Illus., 

 Making Land Produce Bountifully, - 

 tirecn Wood, -.---- 



Insect Fertilization and Hybrids. Jacob 



Stauefek, --.--<- 

 Our Wheat Trade. -V<io York Time», - 

 Short Hay Crops. R. S. Cocktlakd, 

 Balloon Meteorology. Prof. Jso. Wise, 

 Improved Hogs and Breeding Sows, 

 Good Public Roads. Mn.Tox B. Eshlemax, 

 Zinc Preventing Boiler Incrustation, 

 The State Fair at Lancaster, - - - 



Letters, Queries and Answers, 



Tlie Grapevine Pluiiie-Muth — Tt-i^ting the Fecun- 

 dilj- of Egg8— The Bee Moth— Mulberries— Tor- 

 toiBe-Sllaped BeetleB — Aiiiericau Dor Beetle — 

 '* Squash Bug " — •' Snout Beetle " — Reply to 

 " Leoliue " — Tau Bi^rk lor Potato Bugs. 



Our Paris Letter, ------ 



Farming; Breeding, and Fattening for Market 

 on the Continent. 



Our Local Organizations, - - - . 



Proceedings of the June meeting of the Lancaster 

 County Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Bees and Bee Culture, 



The Wonderful lustinctR of the Honey Bee (Win. 

 J. Pyle) — Buckwheat for Bees — Position of llive 

 — Sunshine and Hhadow. 



The Flower Garden, . - - . . 



Insects on House Plants, and the Keraediep,(/ ^^ww- 

 trati'tl) — How to Preserve and Kc-store Flowers, 

 (7'if'< I Ihf^trattiin*) — The Best Investment — 

 Violets, (7Vo ///i/x?ra^(./M)— Button-Hole Bou- 

 quets and Bouquet Holders (/ UtiKtrattd.) 



The Fruit and Vegetable Garden, 



The Pear Tree Must Have a Hilentive Soil— The 

 Propagation of Celery — The Tap-Hoot in Nur- 

 sery Stock — Ploughing Orchards — Caterpillare 

 — Advantages of Mulching — To Keep Away 

 (.Uitworms — The Cutworm in Cabbages — Aspar- 

 agus Trade of Lttng Island- To Destroy Bugs 

 • on Cucumbers — A Little tiardeu — Market Uar- 



deniug. 



The Farm and the Dairy, 



shade Trees in Pastures — How to Make Farm 



Life Attractive— How Scieutlflc Farming Pays— 



The Board Fence the Best— A Hint to Farmcra 



— Cure for Kicking Cows. 



The Farmer Feedeth All. Poetry. Leland. 



Domestic Economy, . - - . . 

 Skeletouiziug Leaves — How to Dress Salad — Mend 

 Your Own Tinware — How to Make Good Apple 

 Dumplings — Study to Have Steps — A l*reveu- 

 tive .-Xgainet Moths — Wlfft, Mistressand Lady — 

 Cherry Jam — Perpetual Paste — Califomia Beer 

 — Household Kecipes. 

 Literary Notices, ------ 



The Progress of Invention, - . . 

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

 Editorial and Business Notices, - - - 

 Advertisements, ----- ii, iii. 



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WRITE FOR THE FARMER. 

 While we have access to the best aL^ricnllural ]iul>- 

 lications of this country, linirland and Caiiaila, with 

 an able correspondent at Paris, who givi-s tis, monthly, 

 the cream of the airricullural news of the continent 

 of Europe, we want more of the iiractieal experience 

 of the fanners, fruit-growers, gardeners and house- 

 kee|)crs of Lancaster lounly. There is not a fanner 

 or a fanner's wife who does not kiKiw something 

 valuable about fariniu',' and housekeeping which we 

 have no means of knowing, and which we would 

 gladly communicate for the information of our read- 

 ers. Don't say you " can't write." No matter about 

 the spelling or the grammar — wc will make that all 

 riijht . (iivc us/'iie/« — the results of experience — why 

 you failed antl why you succeeded. Every farmer 

 can help to make his paper interesting and valuable. 



Far and Near. 

 The Lancaster Farmer is now read, and Lan- 

 caster county is familiarly known iu Enu'laud. nu tlur 

 continent of Euroiic, in tlic .South Pacilie Islands, iu 

 Japan, and elsewhere In foreign lands ; therefore, to 

 contribute to its pages or advertise in its columns, 

 will belike " bread cast U|)On the waters," which will 

 "return after many days." No man can properlj' 

 estimate the grand results which sometimes flow from 

 little startinir points. A weary wanderer down on the 

 extreme southern point of .\frica was restored to his 

 family, his possessions, and soeiely, by reaillng a 

 single paragraph on a bit of waste paper. Society is 

 linked together by a wonderful clniin — a chain that 

 compasses the entire civilized, anil much of the un- 

 civilized world, and no man catitruly say that he stands 

 alone, aud is independent ftf all, or any other man. 

 It was ouly the afl'ectionate jileadinffs of a beloved 

 mother that prevented Washington from becoming a 

 sailor, in which capacity he might never have earned 

 the title of " Father of his eotintrtj." 



Our Illustrations. 

 The illustrations given in The Farmer are one of 

 its most valuable features. They are not merely for 

 ornament, but are of practical value, cspeeiLlly the 

 engravings of insects illustrating the able articles of 

 our editor on the insects which are so closely related 

 to the iuteresfs of the farmer, gardener and fruit- 

 grower. These engravings in any sinclo uumlxr 

 would cost the subscriber ten times as much as his 

 year's subscription. If the farmers of Lancaster 

 county will interest themselves In extending our cir- 

 culation wc will introduce original illustratitms of 

 local interest relating to Improvements In slock, farm 

 Imildings and machinery, which will still further en- 

 hance the value of the publicatron. 



Send for Specimen Copies. 



We win cheerfully send specimen cojiles of TllE 

 Lancaster Farmer to any person who desires to 

 examine the merits of the publication. Subscribers 

 will greatly oblige ub by showing It to their neigh- 

 bors, and speaking a good word for it ; and If their 

 copy gets soiled or lost, we will cheerfully replace It 

 if requested to do so. We desire to get a copy into 

 the hands of every farmer In this great county, being 

 confident that The Lancaster Farmer needs only 

 to be seen to be appreciated. Every farmer who aids 

 In extending Its circulation Is doing a good work in 

 elevating the standard of his noble occupation. 

 » 



James 'Vick, the eminent florist of Rochester, has 

 laid us under obligations for the handsome engrav- 

 ings which adorn the flower garden department of 

 The Farmer. Husbands and wives will there And 

 portraits of themselves " as others see them " among 

 the flowers. 



