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Prof. S. S. RATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, OCTOBER 15, 1875. 



PEARSOL & GEIST, Publishers 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, 

 AND MISCELLANY, 

 WITH PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Koiindcil uiulcr the auspices of the Lnncasler County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited by Prof. S. S. RATHVON. 



With Ihe.Iiumiiry iRsne (1875) The Faumer ciiterfd upon 

 its seventh year, under a change of lu-oin-ietors, tho publif::!- 

 tiou ha\ing been transferred to the undereigTied, who jiro- 

 ]io8e to make it in nil respects ii flrst -class local organ of the 

 important iutereate to which it is especiiilly devote<l. 



With this view Thk Faumkr has been enlarged imd its 

 form changed to the Imiterial Magazine style, each number 

 containing twenty-four pages Imp.Svo,, nieasuriug OJ^ by 13 

 inches, at least seventeen ol" which will be exclusively devottd 

 to reading matter, the adNcrtisenieuts anil ''standing mutter" 

 being limited to the remaining jiages. This increase of size 

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

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

 was contained in the old form. 



If this effort to give the agricultural community of Lan- 

 caster ctniuty a publication worthy of their honorable calling 

 is liberally seconded, we inopose to ydd other improve- 

 •nieuts from time to time, including ilhistrations of impor- 

 tant topics of general interest, and jtajiers from s]*eeial con- 

 tributors on the more im)iortant local industries and re- 

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

 Uttle cultivated by our local i)res8. 



The contributions of our able editor, Prof. Rathvon, on 

 BUbjecIs couuectiui with the science of farming, and partic- 

 ularly that specialty of whicli he is so thoroughly a master— 

 entomologicjil science— some knowledge of whicli has become 

 a necessity to the successful farmer, are alone worth much 

 more than the price of this pul>lication. 



The Fakmku will be published on the 15th of every 

 mouth, printed on good pajier with clear typo, in con- 

 venient form tor reading and binding, and mailed to sub- 

 pcribers on the following 



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



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER, 



EDITORIAL ARTICLES : pack. 



The Army Worm. Itlnstraicd, - . - 14.5 



Thc> .State Fair, . - . . - W< 



Our Cultivated Vegetables. No. 1. The Beet, 147 



Old and New, - 1+S 



The Present and the Future, - - - 149 



Curious Facts, ------ 149 



Corresjiondenec and Coijitations, - - 1.51 



The Future of the Peach Trade, - - 152 



Whatis "Pot-au-Feu?" - - - - 1.52 



Berries and Brains, - - - - - 152 



(Queries and Answers, ----- 1.5:^ 



General Utility of Short Horns, flhistriikd, 1.50 

 E. A. Fawcf.tt, London Afiricullnral Gaxt^tte. 



Mineral Resources of Lancaster County, 1.53 



W. p. lioLTON. Lilifi-ry Square, Liin. co., I'n. 



Hardy Blooming Dutch Bulbs. W. Ei.dkii, 1.5:i 



Our Paris Letter, 1.54 



FamiinR on the Continent of Kurope— Tlie Yield 

 of the H irveftt — Deprediitious of the Vine BuR — 

 Ueajiers, Mowers and Threshers — ,\dnlterafion 

 of Commercial Manures — Hay Farming and Bal- 

 ing — Sheej) and Wool— Increasing the Breed of 

 Horses — New Process of Plantinj^ Potutoee — 

 MiscellJineous Items. 



Our Local Organizations, - - - - 154 



ProceediMt,'s of the Lancaster ('ouuty Agri(^ultural 

 and Ilorlicultural Society. 



Three Model Stock Farms, - - - 155 



TheOdeman Estate — Charles B. Moore's Farm at 

 Christiana — The Victoria Colony in Kansas. 



The Garden and Orchard, - - - 1.5fi 



Work to l)e done in Noveml)er — Women as Horti- 

 culturists — Public PoiwouinK — Tree Planting — 

 t^Heful Information — The Broom Corn Market — 

 Keeping Winter ,\i»i)les — Pro]>agating Ever- 

 greens — Karthing Potatoes — Winter Family 

 Heading. 



The Poultry Yard, ----- 1.57 



Tlie Fowls or a Heifer — Bronze Turkeys — How 

 Much Hens will Eat — How to tell a Goose from a 

 (Jauder. 



Bees and Bee Culture, - ... 1.58 

 Italian Bees — Bee Culture for Ladles. 



Live Stock Miscellany, - - - . 1.58 



The Horse E|>ideniic — A New frause of Trichina 

 iu Pork — Poland-China Pigs — Training Heifers 

 to Ix- Milked. 



Poetry, A Woman's .Vnswertoa Man's Qucetlon. 1.59 



Domestic Economy, ----- 159 



H"w to Keep Sweet Potatoes — Concrete for Walks 

 — Simple Dyspepsia Remedies — A Test for Eggs 

 — Household Kecijies — TTseful Hints — Improve- 

 ment in Out-Door Closets — .\ Farmer's Library. 



Literary and Business Notices, - 



The Progress of Invention, 



New Patents BclatiUKto the Fami, ke. 



The State Fair, . . . - 



List of Premiums Awarded, &c. 



Our Fence Corners, - - . . 

 Fact and Fancy, Wit and Humor. 



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(DAIXiT A.ND -WEEKLT.) 



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 hn8 fairly enrneil a large share of patronage and flmily 

 efttahlinhed itnelf iu the public confidence, an an ujiright and 

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

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