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Prof. S. S. RATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, MAY 15, 1876. 



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THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Made a-promiueut feature, with special reference to tlie 

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Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

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Edited Ij Prof. S. S. RATHVON. 



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 to make such iropruvemeuts during the year as would pl.ice 

 the Farmers' Organ of this great agricultural couuty iu the 

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

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



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 (!.5 



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Of. 



llutidans. rituslralirl. \V. Atlee Bl'ui'ee, 

 Solectiuc Fowls for Breeding, - - - . 

 New Use, for Chicken Feathers, - - - 

 Cabbages. {Brnxiiica Oleracea.) Editorial, - 

 Our Centennial International Exposition. Editorial lit! 

 Honey Ants A^ain. Editoi'ial, - - - - fifi 



Insect Remedies One Hundred A'ears Ago. Editorial 07 

 " Honey Dew." Editorial, - - . - 07 

 American Tobacco. Editorial, - - - - 68 



American Fruits. .Maksuali, P. Wii.ueh, - 68 

 Queries. Editorial, ------ 68 



Kcduced Fareon the P. 1^ R., - . - 68 

 Peek's Improved Liquid Atomizer. Editorial. Il- 

 lustrated^ -------69 



Value of Barn-yard Dung. James Mitchell, 69 

 Insect Depredations. |Editorial, - - - - 70 



Adapting .Means to Ends. Editorial, - - 70 

 Decorating Flower Gardens. '■ Fi.ouA," - ■ 70 

 Fruit Culture in Lancaster City. F. R.Diffen- 



DEUFFEU, ------ 71 



Seasonable Hints. Old Cultivatou, - - 71 

 Choice Ever-Blooming Roses. Rosaca, - 71 

 Honey Dew. W.P.Bolton, - - - - 72 



The Dairy— No. 3. Henhy M. Engle, - - 72 

 Tuberous Rooted Flowers. Walter ELDEn, - 72 

 Planting and Pruning Evergreens. W. Elder, 72 

 Choice Vegetable Crops. Walteu Eldkh, - 7:i 

 To Prevent the Birds from Pulling Corn. J. C. 

 LiNViLLE, ------ 7:1 



Farm Accounts, ------- 7:i 



Commercial Value of Hen Manure. N. F. Journal. TA 

 A Wrinkle for the Young People. A. L. O. 8., 74 

 " Holstein" Cattle. Country GenUcman, - 74 

 Veterinary Notes. William Horne, - - 74 

 The Hamburgs as Layers. J. G. McKean, - - 74 

 Two Bee Questions Answered. C. V. Rielly, - 74 

 Our Paris Letter, . - - . - 7.5 



Our Farmers in Council, 7.5 



Proceediugs of the Lanonster County Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Society, 

 Our Bee-Keepers iu Council, . - - - 76 

 Proceediugs of the Luucasler County Bee-Keep«r«' 

 Society, 



General Miscellany, 77-78 



Lawns -How to Make and Keep Them-The Man- 

 agement of Lamps autl Oil — CloverseeJ — Fanning 

 iu Contiueutal Euroiir — Hints for the Season— 

 Neatness in Making Hulter— Destroying Weeds- 

 Worms in Fowls— Manure for Orass— To Fix or to 

 Lift a Gate Post — Attvautages of Drainage — Don't 

 ITse the Hatchet or Sitw— Our Nut-lioaring Trees — 

 How io Pour Tea — How to Remove Grease Spots — 

 White and Rv\ Wheal— t'uttiug aud Curing To- 

 bacco— Sunliglit— lioiwood Kdgitigs— ('alia Lilien- 

 Early Tomatoes Death of a Famous Horse — New 

 Potatoes— Planting Gardens Early— Whitewash— 

 Ponllrv Manure— A Simple Microscope — .TelTerson's 

 Ten Practical Rules of Life- Boot Pruning and 

 Dligbt— Hyacinths in Glanes — The Crops in Illl- 

 uoia— Cure of Fowls — Fanuers' Fruit Cake— Biting 

 the Nails — Various Items. 

 Literary Notices, .... . .80 



Our Fence Comers, II 



Hints to Centennial Visitors . - - - 111 



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THE LANCASTER EXPRESS, 



(DATLT AND -TTEEKLT,) 



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WEEKLY, > i;v mik ] DAILY, 



1843 J PRESENT PROPRIETORS, i 1856 



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

 It ban lilwayn been a journal of ]»roKrfs8. und ihe outnpoken 

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