$1 a Year { 



To BUbscrlberfl Id 

 the couuty. 



SZ2T6LE OOFZES 10 CE2TTS. 



To rabBorlbers out 

 the county. 



"'} $1.28. 



Prof. S, S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, DECEMBER 15, 1876. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher. 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Hade a promim-ut feature, with special reference to the 

 wants of the Fanner, the Giirdener and Fruit-Grower. 



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited ty Prof. S. S. RATHVON. 



The Lancaster TARMeR has now completed Us seventh 

 year — the lust having been under the hiispices of ttie under- 

 signed as imblishers. When we aseuraed the reapousibUify 

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

 to make such impruvenientp during the year as would phice 

 the Farmers' Organ of this great agricultural county in the 

 very front rank of iiublications of its class. That we have 

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

 work of improvement is only fiurly begun. We propose to 

 Muke the volume for the Centennial year still more interesting 

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

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

 prise. To miike it a succesB, every one who now reads The 

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



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

 subjecSfl connected with the science of fanninff, and partic- 

 ularly tnat specialty of which he is so thoroughly a raaater— 

 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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JOHN A. HIESTAND, 



Express Buildings, 22 South Queen Street, 

 L.\NCAST£R, PA. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



RATES OF ADTERTISINO — T«n Cenls n 

 line for eacb Inaertion. Twelve lines to the inch. 



To our Patrons, 



The Past, the Present, and the Future of The 



Lancastek Farmer, • - - - - 

 The Gooseberry, .----. 



Insect Longevity, ..-..- 

 Pennsylvania Fruit Growers' Society, 

 Cabbage. J. Stauffer. ... - 

 Cheerful Dottings from Leoline, - . . 



Buckwheat Caies — Another Formula — Corn Cakes 

 — Substantial — Public AcknowledRraeut. 



Chester White Swine. Benson & Burpee. 

 Selection of Breed, . - - . . 



Plymouth Kocks, ...... 



Vegetable vs. Animal Diet, . - - . 

 Fodder — Corn, and the Conclusions Arrived at, 

 What Shall We Eat ? John B. Ehb. - 

 Room for more Sheep, . - - . . 

 Beefsteaks and Pies, .... - 



Exhibition Notes, ...... 



Main Building and Annexes — Machinery Hall — 



Memorial Ui^U and Annexes — Horticultural Hall 



— .^firriculturil Hull. 

 How to Cure and Pack Seed Leaf Tobacco, 



Taking the flanis Dowu — Stripping — Colors — Size 



of the Hank — Placing the Hanks in the Banks — 



C sing— Sizing— Size of Cases 

 Butter Culture, .--...- 

 The Soil of Florida, 



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How Cider is Made, 186 



Home and Happiness, ..... 187 



Farmers' Club Notes, ..... 187 



Green Fields in the Moon, .... 187 



Scientific Agriculture, ..... 188 



Our Local Organizations, .... I88 

 Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricultural 

 and Horticultural Socii'fy. 



Tobacco Growers' Association, - . . . 189 



Dried Eggs, 189 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Household Recipes, 189 



Pumpkin Pies, 190 



Starting a Fire, IBO 



Eggs, 190 



Useful Notes, 190 



Oatmeal in the Household, .... 190 



How to Clean Marble-Top Furniture, - . 190 



LIVE STOCK. 



Crossing for Improvement of Common Sheep, - 

 Sheep as Fertilizers, ..... 

 To Learn a Horse's Age, ..... 



The Hog Bouncer, 



A Collection of Beautiful Pigeons, ... 

 Arab Horse Maxims, ..... 



Best Food for Swine, 



Lice on Colts, ...... 



Saddle Galls, 



Sparrows, .-.-... 



Jonathan Dorwart's Fancy Poultry, ... 



Light in Stables, 



How to Utilize a Dead Horse, .... 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE. 



Scotch Farmers Kuined by Mice, ... 

 Horticultural Notes, ..... 



The Wheat Supply in England, ... 



Waste on the Farm, ..... 



Impaired Grasses, ...... 



Repelling the Grain Weevil, .... 



Watering Winter Plants, ..... 



Small Farms, - . 



Corn Cobs, ....... 



Literary Notices, ...... 



Fence Corners, ....... 



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TOE LAXC.\STER EXAMINER & EXPRESS, 



(D AIIjT and "WEEKLT,) 



T)}e Uadiijg Local Family and Business Newspaper, and (ha 

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Thu Weekly Examineb and Express has been before 

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 years, and '^he Daily Kfamiseb and Expkers for over 

 twenty years. During thia long i-eriod, and without 

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 fairly earned a large share of patronage, and firmly ea- 

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 the wrong, no matter wuere tuuud to exiet. It has Hlways 

 been k jjurnal of progress, and the outspoken friond of 

 education, temperance, suund morals and religiou. As in 

 the past, 80 it will continue in the future. 



TERMS OF THE EXAMINER & EXPRESS. 



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 5.00 



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