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Prof. S. S. EATHVON. Editor. 



LANCASTER, OCTOBER 15. 1876. 



FEARSOL & GEIST, Fublishers. 



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THE LAHCfASTEE EXPRESS, 



(DAILY AND VTEEKLT,) 



Tlje Leading Local Family and Business Newspaper, and the 

 OT)\y Independei)! Republieaij Journal iij ihe Counly. 



THE ) FOUNDED { 'THE 



WEEKLY, [ i!V niK - DAILY, 



1843 J PRESENT PROPRIETORS, i 1856 



The Weekly Express h-is beeu liefore the citizeun of 

 Lancaster couoty for ii period of thirty-three yeiire, :md T'he 

 Daily Express for over uinfteen years. Dnviiig this loug 

 period, aud without chauge of inauaKenieut, The Expuess 

 has- fiiirly earned a lart^e share of patronage .ind firmly 

 eetabhehed itself in the pubhc confidence, as an upright and 

 indepeudent journal, never heBitatiiig to defend the right 

 and denounce the wrong, no raatter wliere found to exist. 

 It has alwiiys bceu a journal of progress, and the outspoken 

 friend of education, temj'erance, sound morals and religion. 

 As in the past, so it will continue iu the future. 



TERMS OF THE EXPRESS. 



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The Express and The Farmer : To any person residing 

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Pennsyivani;i Fruit (innverK' Society, - - 1+S 



Pcnnsyjvania Fruit at ilie Centennial, - - 14.5 



The Centennial, - - Ur, 



Holland Pippin, __._._ 145 



The Animal and the Vegetable, - - - - \-Mi 



" How to Keep the Boys on the Farm," - 1-K! 



The Worm Snake, - -* - - - - 147 



Queries and Answers, ----- 14S 

 Caioliiiii K:ol, American Coot — Reed Birds, Little 

 Sand) Jie.-, .JiickSmjie — Wooly Aphis. 



Tlie Morse or Walrus, . . - . . 148 



Tlie Bobolink, - 148 



Dottinns from Leoline, ----- 149 

 A liH oi I'einisyivaiiia History — nonieBlic Hints — 

 Edible Mushrooms. 



What Causes Bliirht? J. Stauffer, - - 149 



Artificial Fertilizers, A. B. K., - - - - 1-50 



Lovely Bloomins Bullis, Walter Elder, - 1.51 



Lice on Youni; Trees, .J. B. Ekb, - - - 151 



Transplantinir Trees, An Oi-n Planter, - 151 



Live Gate Posts, .J. B. Erh, - - - - 1.52 



Facts About Birds, ----- 153 



The Selection of Cows, ----- 153 



Weighing each t'ow's Milli — Test of Quality. 



American Crapes and Wine, - - - - 1.5:1 



The Importance of Educating Horses, - - 1.5:^ 



Pure and Imjiure Water, - . - . 1.5:! 



Sensational Atn'icultui-al Writinff, . - - 1.54 



Tlie Carniverous Pitcher Plant, - - - 154 



Heroic Farming, ------ 1.55 



Why LarL'e Cities Escape Thunder Storms, - 1.55 



"(iod's Promise," ------ 155 



Our Paris Letter, ------ 155 



Farming ou the Contiueut of Europe. 



Our Loci! Organizations, ----- 1.5(1 



Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agriciiltural 

 and Horticultural .Society — "How to Keep the 

 Boys on the Farm " — *' How to Dispose of our 

 Com Crop" -An Exbiljit at the Centeuuial — Seed 

 Wheat and Fruits. 



Proceedings of Tobacco-Growers' Association, 157 



Centennial Biscuits, ----- 1.57 



AGRICULTURAL MISCELLANY. 



Kentucky Blue Grass, ----- 1,57 



Peal Value of Natural Grass Land, - - 1.57 



Destroying Weeds, ------ 1.58 



Sowing Grass Seed Alone, - - - - 1.58 



The Chinese Management of Roses, - . - 1.58 



Bat Guano, ------- 1.58 



Seed Wheat — Its Preparation, - - - - 1.58 



Sending Plants to Sleep, . - - - 1.58 



Questions and Answers, ----- 1.58 



Value of Road Dust, 1.59 



Mulching Grass for Winter, - - . - 1.59 



Manuring in Fall, ------ 159 



Top-Dressing Wheat, 1.5'.l 



Beets for Cows, - 1.59 



Strawberry Plants, 1.59 



The Rotting of Celery, 1.59 



Vines Growing Strongly, etc., - - - - 159 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Oatmeal in the Household, - . - - 159 



Making Good Butter, 1.59 



How to Preserve Cut Flowers, - - . 1.59 



The Dry Earth Treatment; ... - 1.59 



A Cheap Carpet, IfiO 



How Do You Make Cider Wine, - - - ItiO 



Directions for Calcimlning, . - - - 160 



Useful Recipes, 1(50 



Applied Science, ...... ItJO 



Fence Corners, --.-...11 



Literary Notices, lii 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



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flli lanca^ter f arigf 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Made a prominent feature, with si>ecial reference to the 

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



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural .Society. 



Edited ty Prof. S. S. EATHVON. 



The Lancabter FAnMKit hae now completed Uh seventh 



year — the lust hiiving been under the aUHpicea of the under- 

 signed jie imblisheiB. When we iiBf uincil the resiiousiblUty 

 of the pubhcation one ye;iriigo, it w;ib with a determination 

 to make such improvemenlH dirriug the ye;ir as would I'luce 

 the Farmers' Organ of thin great agricultural county iu the 

 very front rauK of publications of its class. That we have 

 done 90, our readers will bear cheerful testimony. But our 

 work of improvement is only fairly begun. We propose to 

 make the volume for the Coutennial year still more interesting 

 aud valuable than its i)redece88or for 1875. In this, bow- 

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

 priee. To make it a succesB, every one who now rejids Toe 

 Farmer should at once Bend ua at least one new subscriber. 



The oo'itributions of our able editor, Prof. Rathvon, on 

 RUbjecli conuectr'd with the science of fanning, aud partic- 

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

 entomological science— some knowledge of which has l>ecorae 

 a ueceasity to the succetisful farmer, are alone worth much 

 more thitu the price of this publication. 



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