" THE FARMER IS THE FOUNDER OF CIVILIZATION."— WEBSTER. 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL: 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, PRACTICAL ENTO- 

 MOLOGY, DOMESTIC ECONOMY AND GENERAL 



MISCELLANY. 



EDITED BY PROF. S. S. RATHVON. 



VOLUME IX.-1877, 



i_aMt>f 



LANCASTER, PA.: 



LINN,<EUS RATHVON, PUBLISHER. 



1877, 



