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EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher. 



THU LANCASTER E^FEESS, 



T))e Leadii)^ Local Family and Business Newspaper, and Ihe 

 OT)\y Independent Republicai} Journal iij the County. 



THE 1 / THE 



WEEKLY. [ FOUNDED \ DAILY, 

 1843 J [ 1856 



The Weekly Express has been before the citizens of 

 Lancaster county for a period of thirty-three years, and The 

 Daily Express for over twenty years. During this long 

 period, uud without change of nianagemeut, The Express 

 has fairly earned a large share of piilroiiage and firmly 

 established itself iu the public confidence, aR an upright and 

 independent journal, never hesitating to defend the right 

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

 It has always been a journal of progress, and the outspoken 

 friend of education, temperance, sound morals and religion. 

 As iu the past, eo it will continue iu thi- future. 



TERMS OF THE EXPRESS. 



The Weekly Express, one year, - - - $2.00 



The Daily Express, one year, .... 5.00 



The Express and The Farmer: To any person residing 

 within tlif limits ut Lancaster county we will mail — 

 The Weekly and the Lanc<ister Farmer, one year, $2.50 



REAL ESTATE ADVERTISING. 



The extended circiiliition of The Express makes it the 

 beat medium fitr advertising Real Estate and Personal 

 Pi-operty in the county, a fact which can be attested by 

 many farmers and others who have availed themselves of 

 the use of its columns, and to which we invite the attention 

 of bU having properly to disjiose of. 



PRINTING SALE BILLS. 



The Express printing oflice is one of the best furnished 

 establishments for turning out -aW kinds of prmtiug lo be 

 fouud in the interior of the State. We are prepared to 

 print any job from the small \iMiting card to the largest sale 

 or horse bill, luistcr, or broadside, j-laiii or iu colors, as 

 quickly as it can be done at any other establishment, and on 

 as reasonable terms. We make the pilutiug of Sale-hills 

 for Farmers a specialty, and guarantee satisfaction to our 

 customers. 



OUR STEAM POWER PRESSES 



include the various patterns adapted to i>riHting books, 

 pamphlets, posters, sale-bills, hand-bills, millers' receipts, 

 catalogues of live stock, and any kind of work done in a 

 flrst-class printing otfice; in short anything that may be 

 called for by the farmer, merchant, banker, mechanic, or 

 baeinese man. and we guarantee to do the work as satisfac 

 tory as it cau be done in Philadelphia or elsewhere. 



With one of the most complete Job Offices in the State, 

 and unsurpassed conveuieucesforexpeditionsly turning out 

 work by the best workmen. All persous in need of Printing 

 will find it to their interest to give us a trial. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, 



BOOK. NEWSPAPER AND JOB PRINTER, 



Express Buildings, 22, South Queen-st, 

 LANCASTER. PA. 



VanTaaaprs Wanted for Tai Fabmkb, withwhon 

 libcnl arrangemeuta will be made. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Ants Dcelmv Caterpillars, ... - ICl 



A word for the Snake, ^ - - - - Ifil 



Centennial Snake Story, . - - . 163 



Centennial Apples, ------ 163 



Celery, - - 163 



The Centennial, ------ 163 



The Crops, ------- 163 



I-.innipan Notes, ------ 164 



Persian Insect I'owder, ----- 164 



The September Storm, ----- 164 



Germination of Seeds, 1B4 



A Flat Seed-Beetle, Ifi4 



Insect Tenacity, ------ 164 



Care of younff Orchards, ----- 164 



Yorkshires, Benson it Burpee, - - - 165 



The Dissemination of Plants, J. S. S., - - - 165 



The Destruction of Noxious Insects, A. B. K., 166 



Insect Powder, J. Stauffer, - - - - 167 



Ventilation. J.S.S. 167 



Beneljts Derived from Reading Newspapers and 



Masrzines, P. S. R., - - - •■ - - 167 



Forestry, ...---- 168 



Deficient Inj^redients of Soil, - - - - 169 



Good Tillage, ------ 170 



Amateur Farmers, ------ 170 



Plant insr Lartrc Trees, ----- 170 



The Exportation of Beef, ----- 171 



Fruit as a Medicine, ----- 171 



Social Life on the Farm, ----- 171 



Feeding Animals, ------ 172 



Our Paris Letter, ------ 173 



Our Local Orjiranizations, - - - - 173 



Pruceetliiiys ot the Lancaster Ciiiiuty Agricul- 

 tural :iik1 Horticultural Society. 



The Bee-Keepers' Society, . - - - 173 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Eat ins too Much, 174 



Wticn and Why Lamps Explode, - - - 174 



Sleeping- Warm, ------ 174 



IIow to Keep Bouquets Fresh, - - - - 174 



(iood Wives, ------ 174 



Cleauintf Window Glass, ----- 174 



Fine Pumpkin Pies, 174 



Corn Crilis, 174 



Keeping Kggs, - 174 



Hard Soapi ------- 174 



A Wholesome Drink, ----- 175 



Warmed-up Mutton, ------ 175 



Mucilage, ------- 175 



Bread Sponge, 175 



GENERAL MISCELLANY, 



A Good Word for the Hog, - - - - 175 



Autrimn Care of Lawns, ----- 175 



Chemistry of the Fattening Process, - - 175 



Protecting Garden Roots, - - . - 175 



Sheep— The Outlook, 175 



Portable Pig-Pen, ------ 176 



Dairy vs. Creamery, 176 



Fall or Spring Planting, ----- 176 



How to Manage Cuttings, - - . - 176 



Treat ment of an Unmanageable Horee, - - 176 



Hens that Don't Set, 176 



Ducks, - 176 



Kye for Winter Pasture, - . - - 176 



Farming without Stable Manure or Stock, - - 176 

 Fence Corners, ------ -ii 



American Poultry,- ----- iil 



Fall Cuttings, iii 



Beets for Cows, -...-. iii 



Cheese Factories, - iii 



Literary Record, -...-. Uj 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



[Ite |anci5teF | 



aiiSF : 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Made a prominent feature, with special reference to the 

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



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited by Prof. S. S. RATHVOIT. 



The Lancaster Fabmeb has now completed its seventh 

 yeai" — the last h;ivin^ been under the auspices of the under- 

 signed as publishers. When we iissuiaed the reH])ousibllity 

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

 to make such improvements during the year as would place 

 the Farmers' Organ of this great agricultural county iu the 

 very front rank of publicationH of its cl;is8. That we have 

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

 work of improvement is only fairly beguii. We propose to 

 make the volume for the Coutennial year still more interesting 

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

 evei', we need the co-operation of every friend of the enter- 

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

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



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

 subject B coiniected with the science of farming, and paitio- 

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

 eutomological science— some knowledge of which has become 

 a ueceseily to the Buccessful 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 cou- 

 veuieiit form for reading and binding, and mailed to eub- 

 Bcribers on the following 



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Ten Copies, one year. ------- 7.50 



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Five Copies, one year, ... . _ . 5.00 



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JOHN A. HIESTAND, 



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