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Prof. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER. SEPTEMBER ib, ^876. 



PEAESOL & GEIST, PubllsherB. 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Made a proraiueut feature, with Bpeciiil reference to the 

 wautB ol tlie Farmer, the Gardeuer aud Fruit-Grower. 



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited lay Prof. S. S. EATHVOIT. 



The Lancaster Farm kr .hns now completed its seventh 

 year — the last haviug been under the ausj'ices of the under- 

 signed as i>ublisher8. AVheu we asniiraed the respouBibllity 

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

 to make such improvemeutp during the year as would iilace 

 the Fanners" Organ of this grea,t agriculturul county in the 

 very front rank of publications of its cIush, That we have 

 done 80, our readers will bear cheerful testimony. But our 

 work of improvement is only fairly begun. We propose to 

 make the volume for the Centennial year still more interesting 

 and valuable thiiu its predecessor for 1ST5. In this, how- 

 ever, we need the co-oj eration of every friend of the enter- 

 prise. To make it a success, every one who now reads The 

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



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

 subjects connected with the science of farming, 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. 



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RATF.S OF ADVEKTISIXn. — Ten CcutH n 

 Hue lor ench IiiHerllon. Twelve liiies to the iucb. 



CONTENTS OFJHIS NUMBER. 



What is Blight, ------ I211 



Deca\ of Treee in Hyde Park, 



Grapp Plivlloxera, - ' - - - - - 130 



Elm-Tree Leaf-Beetle, - - - - ' - l:U 



The Locust, - - - . - . 1S3 



Arctic Wolverine, or (iluttoD, - . - 132 



The Barred Owl, ------ i:i:5 



About PotalocB, - - - . - - i:{J 



Answers to Correspondent e, . . - - i:i4 



Peacock Moth— Hickory Gridler — Hay-Moth — A 

 Hare Bu{i — C.-Cfolja Motti. 



Locusts as Food( ------ \^^^) 



Black Hainhurgs, ------ l:;5 



Insect Vitality, - - - - - - 135 



Feed for Young Fowls, ----- l.-is 



Boilinir E2;(rs, ------ i:i(i 



llow to Test Funs;!, - i:i(i 



Fine Peaches, - - . - - . !:!(! 



Ciimatolosy, ------- 130 



Late Flowering; Trees, ----- 137 



Wheat Growinic, ------ 138 



Aitricultural Papers, ----- 138 



Swarminir by Division, ----- 139 



Manurial Value of Clover, - - - - 139 



Our Paris Letter, ------ 140 



Our Local Organizations, - - - . 140 



Proceediuga of tlie Lancaster Countj Agricultural 

 aiid Horticultural Society. 



The Bee-Keepers' Society, - - - IH 



Proceedings of the Laucaeter County Bee-Keepers' 



Society. 



The Millers' Association, ... - 142 

 Proceedings of the Lancaeter County Millers' Ae- 

 eociation. 



The Tobacco (i lowers' Society, - - - - 142 

 ProceeediiigB of the Luncaster Cftiiuty Tobacco 

 Glowers" Society, 



What Kind of Wheat Shall We Sow? - - 142 



From Xfjrth Carolina, ----- ]42 



A Long Furrow, ------ 142 



Apples at the Centennial, ----- 143 



hnproveincnt ()f Potatoes, - - - . 143 



Ignorance in Karinitig, l^J 



Drainini; Orchards, ----- ]43 



Iron and (iold, ------- 143 



Christian Laconics, ----- 143 



To Use Hen .Manure, - 143 



A Little Every Day, ----- 144 



Soniethinir foi- Bachelors, ----- 144 



Saving and Havins, ----- 144 



Fertilizer for Grass, ------ 144 



Deranged by the Bile of a Hog, - - - 144 



Mellow Soil -Ground Trees, - - - - 144 



Living Within One's Means, - - - - 144 



The Wheat Croii in Europe, . . - - 144 



Fishbone in the Throat, 144 



The Fanners' Centennial, - - - - . 144 



How Weeds are Propairated, - - - . 144 



Old Fashioned Heaping, 144 



Quick Work, 144 



Covering Manure, ------ 144 



No Secrets, -..-.- - iii 



Truthfulness In Children, ----- iii 



Felling " The Big Tree " In Calaveras, - - iii 



To Corn Beef ill the Pot, Iii 



To Keep Swine Healthy, ----- Iii 



Our Fence Corners, ------ ii 



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