$1 



X Cell \ the coimty. 



SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS 



To Bubscribers out of ) 

 tbo couuty. i' 



$1.2S. 



Prof. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, JULY ^5, 1876. 



FEASSOL Is QEIST, Publishers. 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



'a monthly NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 



CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 



AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Mode a promiufut feature, ^\ith epecial reference to the 

 wauts of the F:irmer, the Gardener and Fruit-Grower. 



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited Ij Prof. S. S. RATHVON. 



The Lakcasteb Farmeb has now completed its seventh 

 year— the last iiaving been under the axisplcee of the under- 

 Bigued as publiehere. When we assumed the responsibility 

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

 to make such improvemente during the year as would place 

 the Farmers' Organ of this great agriciUtural county in the 

 verj" front rank of publications of its class. That we have 

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

 work of improvemenl is only fairly begun. We propose to 

 make the volume for the Coutemiial year still more interesting 

 and valuable than its predecessor for 1875. In this, how- 

 ever, we need the co-operation uf evei'y friend of the enter- 

 prise. To make it a succegs, every one who now reaJs The 

 Farmer should at once send us at least one new subscriber. 



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

 Bubjecta connected with the science of farming, and partic- 

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

 entomological scieuce— some knowledge of \Vhich has become 

 & necepsity to the BUCcessliU farmer, are alone worth much 

 more than the price of this publication. 



The Farmer will be published on the 15th of every 

 month, printed on good paper with clear type, in con- 

 venient form lor reading and binding, and mailed to eub- 

 Bcribers on the following 



TEHMS: 



To subscribers residing within the county — 

 One copy, one year, ----- $i,oo 



Six copies, one year, - ----- 5.00 



Ten Copies, one year, ------ 7,50 



To subscribers outside of Lancaster couuty, including 

 postage pre-paid by the pubUshers: 



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



Five copies, one year, . - - - - - 5.00 



All Kubscriptious will commence with the January num- 

 ber upIchs utherwise ordered. 



All commimicalioua intended for pnbhcation eboold be 

 addressed to the Editor, and, to secure insertiou, should be 

 in lu*i liMiida by the firsi of the mouth of publication. 



AU busiut'ss letters, coutaiuing subscriptions and adTer- 

 tisementfl, should be addressed to the publiBhera. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



FEARS0L&6EIST, 



Express Buildings, 22 South Queen Street, 

 LANCASTER, PA. 



RATK8 OF ADV£RTISI!VO. — Ten Centa a 

 line for encb Insertion. Twelve Unes to the indi. 



Our Centeiinial Anniversary, - - - . 67 



Saving Seeds, 99 



Our Farmers In Council, ----- 9!t 



Maryland Fruits, 100 



White Crested Black Polish Fowls, - - - 101 



Answers to Correspondents, . - - . loi 



Scale Iiispcts — An Euemy of the Fot.ito Beetle — 

 Enemies of the Gooseberry, Grape, Timothy, etc. 



Meteorological Statistics for 1776 and 1876, 



The Currant, 



A Valuable Discovery, - - - - 



Adamstown and Billingfelt, - . . - 

 Strawberries, ------ 



Fairy Rings "in Pasttires Green," 



On Bee Culture, 



Hints for New Beginners in Rural Life, 

 Artificial Tobacco, - - - - 



Apples, -------- 



The Old Apple Tree, .... 



Barnyard Manure and Chemical Fertilizers, 

 Keeping up the Fertility, - - - _ - 

 Surface-Stirring the Soil, - - - . 

 The Centennial Live Stock Display, 

 Crop Returns for June, . - - - 

 Farmers and the Centennial, ... 

 Our Paris Letter, ------ 



Castile Soap and its Counterfeits, - 



The Language of Fowls, - - - - 



How to Keep Your Wife's Love, 

 Experience with Bees, - . . . - 

 Sale of Short Horns, ^ . . . 

 Seasonable Hints, --.... 



Gun-Barrel Budding, . . - - 

 Food for Young Pigs, - . - - - 

 Berries for Birds, . . . - - 



What Will Pay, 



Boys, Do Something, .... 



Stick to Your Farms, 



Labor Necessary to Happiness, 

 Holding on for Higher Prices, . - - 

 Hanger, --.-... 

 Watercresses, --..-, 

 A Cure for Colds in the Head, . . - 



Economy, . 



The Grain Movement, - - . - 

 How to Keep Eggs, - - - - - 

 The Care of Canaries, . . - . 

 How to Make Old Horses Appear Well, 



Raisiug Chickens, 



Quidding Horses, 



Something for the Sick, - - - . 

 The Use of Machinery, . - - . . 

 Literary Notices, ... - - 

 Our Fence Comers, 



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THE LANCASTER EXPRESS, 



l\}i Leading Local Family and Business Newspaper^ and Ihe 

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1643 J 



PRESENT PROPRIETORS. 



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