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To BU>»Bcrlberf» out of ) ^i 



Prof. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTEPx 



PEARSOL Ic GEI.'iT, Publishers. 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



^ lancajter farmer ; 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Made a promiueut fc-at.ure, with siecial reft'i-euee to tlif- 

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Founded under the .iii^nices of tlie Lancaster County 

 .Vgriciiltural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited ly Prof. S. S. EATIIVOi'. 



The Lancaster Faii?jkr bns now completed its pevouih 

 year — the hist hnviiig breu uuder the auspices of the uuder- 

 pifjued 08 publishers. Wbeu we aspumed the responsibility 

 uf the publieatiou one year ago. it wu8 with a dntermination 

 to make PucU improvenients during the year as would place 

 the FarnierH" Organ of this great agricultural county in the 

 very front rank uf publications of its class. That we have 

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

 work of improvement is only fairly begun. We propose to 

 make the volume for the Conteunial year still more interest ing 

 and valuable than its predecessor for 1S75. In this, how- 

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The coutribntions of our able editor, Pi-of. Ratuvon, on 

 subjects connected with the science of fanning, and partic- 

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 entomological science— some knowledge of which has become 

 a necessity to the successful farmer, are alone worth much 

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Insects Never (irow, ---*--- IIM 



A New Pot, ------- li;i 



.\ New Enemy ill the Corn Croji, - - - 114 



Where the Potato Bugs Go, - - - - 114 



The Vejjet able Catpcrillar, - - - - ll.') 



.\nswers to CVuTe^poiidents, - - - - 115 



A stiHii<,'e FJHh — .JViiM-ricini Lunar ]\Io*I; — Tlje Grnl e 



I.eiif l'li>I]i).\eni — 'I'he Uidi'twiiig filotb — Tuikey 



lluzxatd — Tile Chicken I'holera. 



The Cintennial Heat. - - - - - HO 



Adviuiee of the Pear Blijfht, - - - - ll'i 



The Birds ami their L'bcs, IIT 



Frentdi Cookinir, - - - - ' " H*^ 



The History of Cultivated Vesetahles, - - IIH 



Properties of Fuel — Wood, - - - - IIS 



Bitter Butter, ------- lli( 



Tranpplantinir Trees in Pall or Spriii','. - - 119 



Chinese .\;,'rieiilture, ------ 11!! 



Lishtninir and Liifhtiiiiig Kods, - - - 121 



Hereditary Influences, I'-il 



Keproduetive Force, li'i 



Reversion of Seeds, ------ '['i'l 



About Mnehrooins, ----- 1:2'! 



The Magpie Pigeon, 124 



The Wintering of Plants, - - - - 1'24 



TIic Dairy— No. 4, l-'o 



Our Paris Letter, ------ 125 



Our Farmers in Council, ----- 130 



Cheese, .-- 127 



The Crops iu the East ,----- 137 



Western Crop Reports, ----- 127 



The Grasshoppers and the Birds, -, - - l'~~ 



Toads, - - 127 



Iniprovingthe Land " Inside the Fences," - - 127 



Keeping Milk and Butter in Cellars, - - 127 



Graham (iems, - - 12S 



Rules for Home Education, - - - - I'iS 



How to (iet .\long, - - - , - - 12S 



A Model Dairy, - 12S 



Dish Washing Without Soap, - - . - 12>j 



Keeping Eggs, - - - - - - 12S 



Remember This, ------- 12S 



One Egg Cake, 12S 



Literary Notices, ------- 12^ 



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



The National .\L'rieiiIturaI Con'.rrefs. - - iii 



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