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LANCASTER. DECEMBER 15, 1875. 



PEAESOL & GEIST, Publishers. 



MEETING OF THE STATE GRANGE. 



Before tliisuunihiT of The Faiijikk rcaclns 

 all of our reaiU'rs, this aiipust orguiiization 

 will have convencil in Lancaster city, and we 

 bespe;ik for it thv cunlial welcome of our citi- 

 zens. Fifteen lunidred represcntativis from 

 subordinate (rrnnge.': in Pennsylvania, a.s well 

 as many from beyond our borders, are expect- 

 ed tomeet in council on Tuesday tlu' 14tli inst., 

 and continue in session during the week. 



The rapid rise and progress of this onler in 

 our country is one of tlie most extraordinary 

 features of the nineteenth century. Whatever 

 ulterior ends it may liave in view, it is cer- 

 tainly one of the tireatcst social powers in the 

 land, and must " make its mark." 



In oiu' address to our readers at the com- 

 mencement of the i)resent volume of The 

 Farmer, we made use of the following lan- 

 guage: " AVhilst we are by no means tlie 

 friend or advocate of selfish, sinister, and one- 

 sided combinations, having for tlieir single ob- 

 ject the ijecuniary interest of a single class or 

 clan, yet we would recommend a frei-r and 

 more social union among those who are so 

 eminently the pillars of the nation as Ameri- 

 can farmers are," and the movements and 

 main objects of the Grangers appear to be in 

 harmony with that sentiment. Any organi- 

 zation that has iov its object the elevation and 

 frateniiziition of any class of the human family, 

 must be regarded as a legitimate instrument 

 in working out tlie destinies of the liuman race. 



The morbid sentiment of secrotj must ulti- 

 mately succumb to the light of a higher state 

 of intelligence among men, when things will 

 be judged without prejudice, and for what they 

 intrinsically are. " When we look atiroud into 

 the world, we cannot fail to see that a dilier- 

 ent order of things is rapidly develoi>ing in the 

 present from that which gave its specilic char- 

 acter to the past. The wheels of time are mov- 

 ing forward and never can be turned back- 

 ward." l"he world has many specialties, and 

 if we but make the necessary concessions, and 

 have a projier regard to the riglitsof our neigh- 

 bors, there need be no jostling, and amjile room 

 will he found for all. With tliese sentiments 

 we tender the welcome of Thk Farmer to 

 the/ariwr« of our connuon country. 



CENTENNIAL APPOINTMENT. 



Hon. Fnr.D. Watts, Commissioner of .\gricul- 

 ture at Washington, has apjiointed Jonssox 

 Miller, Presiilent of the Lanca.ster County .\g- 

 ricullural and (lorticullnral Society, to colh^ct 

 and arrange s|>e(iinens of grains, or cereals, for 

 exhibition in the Museum of the .Agricultural 

 l^epartment of the Centennial Exhiliition. He 

 desires us to request those who have seeds of 

 new varieties of cereals, oranythingin that line 

 they njay wish to exhibit, to cunmiuiiicate with 

 him, or havetlieirarticles(in (piantiticsof about 

 one quart each,) at thenext meeting of the Agri- 

 cultural and Horticultural Society, in Lancaster, 

 on Monday, the 3d of January. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMB£R. 



FOXJI? ILLUSTRATIONS. 

 EDITORIAL ARTICLES: " I'Aca;. 



To our Patrons auil the People, - - 177 

 Pcculiiirilies ot fNpicU'rs, .... 177 

 Ourfullivatea Vc<:etablC8. No. 3.— The Pea, 178 

 InfiMnialion Wanted, .... 179 

 Natural History lor the Youns;. Ttluslrnteil, 179 

 Tlie Slinej — Tlie .vomip ciiUeil L:iinltB — Hlrtls ef 

 TaradiBe aud tiieir AUieH — The Cuckoo aud 

 the Hedge-Sparrow. 



The Water Question, .... 179 



Won.ipeelvcrs, -.--.. 180 

 Tlie Facts of Natural History. No. 6.— A 



Uo^' .Story, .-.-.. 180 



Veiietahle Ivory, 181 



Is the Bee a Nuisance? .... 181 



Sonu'thinu: to set us Tliinkiiig, - - 181 



Queries and Answers, - - - - 181 



Wlien 1 mean to Marry — Poem, - . 182 



Indian Summer, ..... 182 



A Cohirado Cattle Range, ... 184 



The Snows of Last Year, .... 18.5 



Ho--ChohTa— Coal for lIo£rs, . . 18-5 



Tlie .Mad Iteh— A new Cattle Disease, - 18.5 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS: 



Incubation. J. W. Stauffer, - - 182 



Decrease in Streams and Wells. L. S. 



Rf.ist, 183 



Skirmishes. H.M.Engle, - - 184 

 Winter Care of Pigeons. W. Atlee 



BtKPEE, 184 



Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables 



During Winter. Walter Eloek, 184 



Our National Centennial, - - - T86 



DetailH of the Arraliffeniente for the Great In- 

 ternational Exhibition of 1ST6 — Bureau of 

 Afj;riculture— Itates aud luformatiou for Ex- 

 hibitors. 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



tH. Umi,„ Fame, 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOM ESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Mude u proniliu-nt fratun*, with »*j icittl n-ffrenci^ to (he 

 wiiUlH of the Fiiriiipr, ihe Uardciier and Frmt-Orowcr. 



Founded under the auspices of the I^incastcr Coumy 

 Agricultural an<l Horticultural Society. 



Edited by Prof. S. S. RATHYOIT. 



Our Paris Letter, 



187 



Our Local Organization, . . - . 187 



Pruceedlugs of tbe LuucaBter Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society. 



Domestic Economy,. 1H9 



To make Cbickcti Croquf^tteB — Buckwhont Cakee 

 — Horse KadiHh Culture — ThiuKS Worth 

 KnowiitK — Hiutfl \u SeaBon— Prartical Hrevi- 

 tie8— IJniit your WautB— A Good, Durntile 

 WhilewyBh— A Timely Hint — C'eutenuinl Na- 

 tional Cook Book— How to Wash Woolen 

 Clothing. 



General Miscellany, 



Ifll 



Imperfect Potato TestH— Protect Donioatic Ani- 

 mals from Cnld— Min)7ling the Manure of 

 Hor«e« and Cattle— UHhiR Haw Material to 

 the UtraoHt — Bran aud Cornmcjil for Cowk — 

 How to Feed Com-nliilkB Pioijorly — Nt-vadu's 

 Petrified Forest — Cu|>itul and I-alxir— .\ t'on- 

 venient Land MftaHUre — An Idwi for Team- 

 Bters — Stick to It— Cure and Use of Hen Ma- 

 nure — ('urioua Cj»U8e of Death iu Ho "" 

 Skeletons of Noted Aniuialti. 



Literary and Business Notices, - 

 Books, and Periodicals. 

 The Progress of Invention, 



New Patents Renting to the Farm, *c 

 Our Fence Corners, - - - - 

 Fact and Fancy, Wit and Homer. 



- 102 



192 



ii, iii 



The Lancaster Farmbb baa now completed lis ncventli 

 year — the luBt having been under the auspieea of the under- 

 signed au publishers. When we assumed the res|M)(isiblHty 

 of the publication one year ago, it was with a determination 

 to make such improvements during the year aa would place 

 the Farmers' Organ of this great agricultural county in the 

 very front rank of puhltcations of its class. That we hare 

 done BO, our rcjiders will Ijear cheerful tcitiimony. But our 

 work of improvement Is only fairly begun. We propose to 

 make the volume for theConteunisl year still more interesting 

 and valuable than its predecessor for Is".*). In Ihls, how- 

 ever-, we need th'' co-i)penitiou of every friend of the enter- 

 j>risc. To make it a success, every one who now reads Tlllt 

 FxRMEBshould send us at leaat oue new subticrlber iK'fore 

 tbe January number Is issued. 



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

 subjects connec-ied with the science of farming, aud partic- 

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

 eutomological science'— sonn* knowledge of which haa l»ecome 

 a necessity to the successful farmer, are alone worth much 

 more than the price of this publication. 



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