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LANCASTER, SEPTEMBER ^5. 1875. 



PEARSOL k OEIST, Publishers. 



STATE AGRICULTURAL FAIR. 



Tlie Couuty Comiiiiltec iipiMpiutL-il liy tliu Lancas- 

 ter Couuty Aftriculturul anil Ilnrticultunil Sooirty to 

 co-operate with tlie olliccrs of tlic 8tatc Society in lic- 

 vclopinir an interest in tin- apin-oacliinif State Fair, 

 lield an udjourneil nieetin;; in tliis city on Monday. 

 (.>n uiotiou ot" Mr. Enirle, Hon. Esaias liilliiiirlelt was 

 called to the chair. ]Ie staletl the object ol'the nu-et- 

 ini^ in a lew approjiriate remarks. Thoui^h not liini- 

 seli' a fanner, he felt a deep interest in all that per- 

 tains to liusbandry, and looked upon tin' fai-nu-r as a 

 benefactor. He referred lo the great rcKources of 

 this couuty, and expressed the hope that they wo\ild 

 he so well represented in the .State Fair that strangers 

 might form some adequate idea of the greatness of 

 the garden couuty of the State. 



Hon. Ileiny M. Engle, of Marietta, was cho,sen 

 Vice President, and Johnson .Miller, of Warwick, 

 Secretary. There was a general interchange of ideas 

 on the best means of securiTig a representation of our 

 products at the fair, in the jirogn'ss of which jMr. \V. 

 D. Seiler, Secretary of the State .\gricultnral Society, 

 was introduced, and addressed thecommittec, urging 

 each nieniher to do his best to get his ueightjors in- 

 terested in the exhibition, lie said the premiums 

 otfered were liberal, hut the great iuducenicnt should 

 be the honor of exhibiting thi' best products ol' their 

 skill and industry. He auswci'ed mirnerous queries 

 in regard to premiums and the rules and regulations 

 of the fair. 



The importance of leaving no efforts untried for 

 securing a represent at sou among exhibitors which 

 would rcllcct credit upon oui- ct.iunty, was earnestly 

 urged by .Messrs. Billingfclt, f^ngle, Miller, Hoover, 

 Ettla, i)r. Hertz, and others, in a couversational 

 way. 



.Mr. Ocist, of the EXPUESS, favored the appoint- 

 ment of a Committee on Publication, consisting of 

 live niendjcrs, whose duty it would be to furnish such 

 items to the local i)ress relative to the regulations of 

 the fair, and the inducements held out to exhibitors, 

 in order that a proper interest might \n'. arousctl 

 among the citizens olthc county. lie had no doubt 

 I'Very editor would ghiilly publish briid' articles of 

 general interest, as llic olyect was for the promotion 

 of the general good. He would make a motion to 

 that clfect, with the proviso that he was not made 

 chairman. 



The motion was adopted, and the chair appointed 

 Trof. S. S. Kathvon and .1. .M. W. Geist, city. Dr. E. 

 .\. Hertz, Ephrata, Henry M. Eugic, Marietta, and 

 .1. M. Ensmingcr, Manhcim. 



Mr. McConisey saitl he could not more forcibly im- 

 press upon those present the responsibility they had 

 assumed, than by calling their attention to the reso- 

 lutions of the Soi'icty untlcr which thiscommitleehad 

 I'ccn created. They were as follows : 



\Viii;nE.\s, The Pennsylvania State Agricultural 

 Society have determined to hold their State Fair at 

 Lancaster, in the autumn of l.S7,5, au event to which 

 we look forward with lumsual interest ; and, 



WiiEUE.ks, It has heretofore been customary for 

 the Society to hold its fair for two years in tlie same 

 place, which, being observed in this instance, will se- 

 cure it for our county during the approaching Cen- 

 tennial Year of -American Independence, an occur- 

 rence to he esteemed by us of the very higliest im- 

 portance; therefore, be it 



Jiesolml, That the Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Society will use all their intlueuce, and employ every 

 etlort in their power, in order to reuder the State 

 Fair, to be held in our midst, a great and triumphant 

 success. 



lienolfcd, That every member of the Lancaster 

 Couuty Agricultural and Horticultural Society will 

 esteem it his duty to exhibit at the fair anj-thing that 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL ARTICLES: 



lUnslriitnl. 

 lUttKh'uted 



I'AGF.. 



• 129 

 129 

 VM 

 V'.Q 

 181 

 V.',2 

 VM 

 133 



Jjaneastcr's Op])cM*tunity, 



The Curculio.or Plum-Weevil. 



The " Kascal " Leaf-Crumpler 



The Sexual System of Plaut.s, 



The Facts of Natural History, - 



,\ Bi-autiful Tree ()f Fruit, - - _ 



The State Agricultural Fair 



Pot Au Feu, - 



Historic Tree — A Land Mark of Three Coun- 

 ties, 1.S3 



Peaches, ------- 133 



About Egyptian Wheat, - - . . 134 

 Plenty of Potatoes, .... 134 



Destiuctive Worms, - • - - - - 134 



Write and Talk for The Farmer, - - 134 

 Kindly (Ircctings, - . . _ . Kit; 



Meteorological and Agricultural Observa- 

 tions for the Year 1874-5, - - - l-'l 



Levi s. Heist, Wuiwick. 

 Primitive Farming, No. 2, - - - 134 



lUANK It. Dii'i'MNiiKHEi-Eii, Laiicasicr. 

 Ornamental Horticulture, - - - . 13G 



Wai.tkk Kldfu. I'liiludeli'tiia. 

 Earthing Up Celery, 130 



" An Old Ilushautlniuli." 



State and Qpunty Fairs for 1875, - - 137 



Letters, Queries and Answers, - - 137 



Shade Trcc-8 lor Slock ami I'rolit (Jnhn D. ErVl— 

 Letter from North Carohiiu (.1/. /I'.J — Some Ex- 

 periineuts with (Irouiid Boucs ( W, P. /;.) — .-Vli- 

 Bwers lo QiieristB {Kililor) — The Aut I'est and the 

 Heniedy — To CorreBiioudeuts. 



Our Paris Letter, 138 



Our Local Organizations. - - - - 139 



Proceedings of ihc Lauciipter County .\(;rieiiUural 

 uud Ilorlicutturul Society — Piu-uic of the X'a- 

 t rolls of Uusbaudry. 



Bird Instinct, - 139 



The Farm and the Dairy, - - - 139 



How I'hiladel].liia Buttei- is Made — Oleo-MarRarilie 

 Oheese and Biilb-r — Take Carp of the Tools — 

 Keep the Farm and Home Tidy— How Kanily 

 Butter is SiJOik'd — The Value of our Croiia 

 for 18U. 

 The Garden and the Orchard, - - - 140 



Work to be Done ill the Uardeiis in October — Win- 

 ter Protection of Koses— Hyacinths in Winter 

 — Koot-PotH for Vegetables — Sowing Seeds in 

 AiltUHiii — How to (iather Cider Apples— Making 

 LawiiH in Aiitiiniii — Early Peaches from Mr. 

 Liigle— Floral Novelties. 



The Poultry Yard, 141 



poultry and Eggs for the Ceiiteuuial— Breeding 

 Poultry for Prollt — Cldeks in the Garden— 

 Breeding Bantams as a Specialty — T«) lieginii(**« 

 — Poultry Itaising in ('ities — Yit^i Vermin — A 

 Uood Time to Itulse Poiiilry. , 



Bees and Bee Culture, - - -';' - l-*'- 



llow Bees Know their ilomea— Septeiiitier Man- 

 agement of Bees — Hee-Keepiiig for Farmers — 

 Houey Product of California — Haudliug Bees — 

 SloveableCouib Frames. 



Domestic Economy, ----- 143 

 Hints on Making Pickles — Getting «p a Uellsh— 

 The Ilorgias of our Kitchens — Cauuiiig peaches 

 — Cooking Rice — Cbiiruiug Butter — lloust;hol<l 



Keceipes. 



Live Stock Miscellany, . - - - 144 



Rheuraafiem in Horses — Jersey Cattle — Importa- 



tioDOf Valuable Horses. 



Literary Notices, ...--- 144 



The State Agricultural Fair, - - - i. 



may he of agricultural interest, and do ull else in his 

 power to prove that our county was worthy pf the 

 honor that has been contorreil upon her In linvlng 

 been seleeti'd as the place for holding the Slate Fair, 

 at the riniet imisirtant ciKieli in the history of our 

 Commonwealth and Nation. 



/tewlvnl, That we, the farmers and aerlculturifitg 

 of Lancaster county, in due appreciation of the con- 

 sideration that has been shoxvn ns. will meet the ugri- 

 cultiiribts of our Slate and country with an o|k'II ami 

 hearty welcome, and we promise them the kind and 

 considerate treatment of our whole community. 



Jit'wlt'rti, That wi' will endcavorto makeotn* eflTorts 

 to proniole the success of the fair littingly com|)Ort, 

 to the best of our ability, with the title which com- 

 mon acciuieseeuce has aeconled our county in being 

 styled '* Tht (''artlen of Ifif Ktynlou^,** 



Jir.iobml. That in order to make the Slate Fair a 

 complete success, and that our cHorts may the more 

 unitedly he directed tluTcto, we forego the holding of 

 our usual annual county exhihilion. 



/tmolnil. That the President of the Lancaster 

 County Agricultural and Horticultural SfK-iety shall 

 appoint a County Cnmmittee of the friends of agri- 

 culture, consistingof one from each district, ainl five 

 in the City of Lancaster, whose special duty it shall 

 be to gather all matters of interest, eo-operate with 

 State committees of like character, and cxi-rt their 

 utmost elibrts to crown the State Fair, to be held 

 among us, as a brilliant triumph of agricultural dis- 

 play. 



llcxolved, That a copy of these resolutions he print- 

 ed in The L.\xeASTEK Fa».meh, and also in our local 

 papers, and that a copy be forwanled toihe President 

 of the State Agricultural Society. 



.Vfter resolving that each member would Jo all in 

 his power by personal solicitation between this and 

 the time for closing tlii' entries (Se])t. 20) to get a 

 local display worthy of the county, by per.«onal solic- 

 tatiou or otlierwise, the committee adjourned lo meet 

 in the ()r|ihans' Court rtHini on the Thursday of the 

 fair week, anil make a formal visit to the exhibition. 



Tlii'ie having been some cliaiiges in the committee 

 since it was lirst announced, we print it as at present 

 constituted : 



COUNTT COMMITTEE ON STATE FAIR. 

 .\damstown, Esaias Billingfelt : Barl, Harvey 

 Baughman; Brecknock, .lohii II. fiooil ; Ciernarvon, 

 (ieo. W.Compton; Cocalico Ea«t, John S. lleiscr; 

 Cocalico West, Joel Weist ; Colerain, Robert Hogg; 

 Columbia, C. S. Kaiill'man ; Conestoga. Casper Hll- 

 ler ; Conoy, Simon Ilngle : Clay, Ab'm B. Snyder; 

 Donegal East, Henry M. Engle; Donegal West, 

 Jacob H. Musser; Drumorc, James A. McPherson; 

 Ephrata, Dr. E. A. Hertz; Earl, Benjamin Wcid- 

 nian ; Earl East, Samuel .S. Martin ; Earl West, .Joel 

 Weiiger ; Elizabeth, licorge Youtz ; Elizabelhtown, 

 Addison Eby : Eden, Kobert Montgomery : Fulton, 

 K. K. JleCuilough ; llcmplleld East, John tiingrlch; 

 Hemplield West, J. Ilotlman Hershey ; Lampeter 

 East, Calvin Cooper; Lam|)etcr West, Amos H. 

 Myliu; Lancaster township, Jacob M. Frantz; Lan- 

 caster city, S. S. Kathvon, Win. L. I'eiper, Wm. Mc- 

 Conisey, llenry Benedict, .1. M. W. (ieibt ; Lcaeoek 

 Upper, Isaac Bushong; Little Britain, Jamfa Pat- 

 terson; Martie, Wm. E. MeCreary ; Manor, Martin 

 D. Kendig; Mt. Joy l>orough, John A.Grier: Mt. 

 Joy township, Henry B. Keist ; Marietta, G. H. Ettla; 

 Mauhciin borough, J. M. Ensmingcr ; Manheim 

 township, Ephraim Hoover; Paradise, M. B. Eshlc- 

 inan ; Penn, Israel O. Erb ; Pcquca, J. L. Breneman; 

 Providence, John M. Shcnk ; Kapho, M. L. Greidcr ; 

 Salisbury, S. Kennedy ; Sadsbury, Wm. 1*. Brinton ; 

 Strasburg borough, il. Brackbill ; Strasburg town- 

 ship, E. Brackbill ; Warwick, Johnson Miller ; Wash- 

 ington borough, J. L. Shuman. 



