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Prot S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, JANUARY 15, 1876. 



PEAESOL & QEIST, PuWishers. 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



f !li ymiUM {irnier 



T' 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Made a prominent feature, ^vith special reference to the 

 wants of the Farmer, the Gardener and Fruit -Grower. 



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 



Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited ty Prof. S. S. EATHVON. 



The r<ANCA9TEB Farmer has now completed its seventh 

 year — the last having been under the au8[iiee9 of the under- 

 signed as pubUehers. When we assumed the reapousibUity 

 of the publication one year ago, it was with a detf rminatiou 

 to make such improvements during the year as would place 

 the Farmers' Organ of this tjrejit agricultural county iu the 

 very front rank of publications of its cIsihs. Tbat we have 

 done so, our leaders will bear cheerful testimony. But our 

 work of improvement is only fairly begun. AVe projiose to 

 make the volu ne for the Coutenuial year still more intereating 

 and valuable than its predecessor for 1375. In this, how- 

 ever, we need the co-operation of every friend of the enter- 

 prise. To m:ike it a success, every one who now reads The 

 Farmer should send us at least ou&new eubscriber before 

 the January number is issued. 



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



subjects connected wth the science of fanning, and partic- 

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

 entomological science — some knowledge of which has become 

 a necessity to the successful farmer, are alone worth much 

 more than the price of this publication. 



The Farmer will be published on the 15th of every 

 month, jtriuted on good pajier with clear type, in con- 

 venient form for reading and binding, and mailed to 8Ub- 

 Bcribers on the following 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL ARTICLES : pag 



Our Ci-nteiuiial Greeting, - - - - 



The May-Fly, --.-.. 

 Our Cultivated Vegetables. No.4-A8paragu.5, 

 Queries and Answers, - - - - - 



Paris Grecu, ------- 



Seleetion and Change of Seeds, - - - 

 The Facts of Natural History. No. 7— The 

 Sloth, or Ai, ------ 



Death of the Apple Tree Borer, - - - 

 The Pilgrim's Progress, - - • - 

 The Fruit Growers' Society, - - - . 

 Time for Reading, . . . - - 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS: 



A Plea for the Chicken-Hawk. J. C. 



LiXVILLE, ------ 7 



The Dairy. II. M. Engle, - - . 7 

 Dress Orchard Trees. Old Cultivator, - 8 

 Abortion of Cows. Conestoga, - - 8 



Is a Change of Seed Necessary. J. B. 



Garber, -------8 



Ladies Parlor or Window Flowers. Wal- 

 ter Elder, ------ 8 



Why Don't My Chickens Lay.' F. K. 



DiFFEN'DEUFFER, ----- 9 



All Hail! Centennial Year, 1876. Wal- 

 ter Elder, ------ 9 



Lookout for Canada Thistle. L.S.Reist, 9 



The Centennial Exhibition, - - - - 10 



The Progrt-sa of the Great Work— .\ BirdB-Eyo 

 View of the BuiidiiigH and Grouuds— Detuils of 

 the Live Stock Depurtuieut. 



Our Paris Letter, 



- 11 

 12 



Our Local Organizations, . - . - 



Pruceediugs of the I^ucaster Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society. 



The Grangers in Lancaster, - - - - H 



HiNlory mid Objects of the Order of Patrons of 

 llusbaudry. 



Domestic Economy, ----- 



14 



New Process for PreB6r\ing Meat — Fruit and 

 Vegetables by Weight — Keep tlie Feet Warm — 

 Keeping Meals Waiting — A New Industry — Ked 

 Pejiper and Vegetables. 



RATF.S OF AnVERTI8IXO.— Ten rents n 



Hue for eucb insertion. Twelve lines to the inch. 



Household Recipes, ------ 1.5 



General Miscellany, 1-') 



Bermuda Grass Growing in Favor — Educating 

 Horses — Salt for Domestic Animals — Winter 

 Yard for Sheep— Htock-Keei»ing on Small 

 Farms— Yard for Kga— The Cheese Produc- 

 tion — Lice on Poultry — DoMinique Fowls — Agri- 

 cultural Ijfe iu Missouri. 



Literary and Business Notices, - - - 16 

 The Progress of Invention, - - - 16 



New Patents Itulatiug to the Farm, &c. 

 Our Fence Corners, ----- ii, iii 

 Fact and Fancy, Wit and Hunior. 



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