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LANCASTER, FEBRUARY 15, 1877. 



UNNSUS EATHVON, Publisher. 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Hade a prominent feature, with Bpecial reference to the 

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



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

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Edited by Prof. S. S. EATHVON. 



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 attended its former volumes. When the publishers of the 

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 cultural county in the very front rank of agricuUural jour- 

 nabam That this has been accomplished we think our 

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 tained, our aim is to mako it still more iu'eresting and in- 

 Btniclive under te new pioprietorshij*. In this, however, 

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

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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



General Readers, ------ 17 



A Special Appeal, ----- 17 



To Subscribers, 17 



To Our Canvassing Friends, - - - - 17 



The Ayrault Cattle, ------ 17 



The Fire Fly, ------- 18 



The Guava, -------- IS 



Table Customs, ------ 18 



Newspaper Makiug, ---... 19 



Strani^e Substances in a Horse's Stomach, - 19 



The Dangerous and Terrible Quail, - - - 19 



Fish, Flesh and Fowl, ----- 20 



Leek. Allium rorum, - - - - - 20 



Gleanings, A. B. A'., ----- 21 



By Rail to Frederick, Md. H. M. Englb - 21 



Build Bird Houses. J. B. Erb. - - - 21 



Lice on Currant Bushes. Old CuLtlvATOB. - 22 



Otter of Roses, 22 



Farmers vs. Sportsmen. F.R.Diffenderffr - 22 



Influence of Reading, ----- 23 



Tobacco, - - - 24 



Letter from Daniel Webster to the Farmer in 



Charge of his Marshfield Plantation, - 24 



The Breeding of Silk Worms, . - - - 25 



Hog Cholera, ------- 25 



The Arabian Horse, ------ 26 



Baked Corn and Eggs, ----- 26 



Our Local Organizations, ----- 27 



ProceediDgs of the Lancaster County Agricultural 

 and Horticultviral Society. 



Tobacco Growers' Association, . - - 87 



The Linnoean Society, -28 



AGRICULTURAL. 



A Successful Farm Operation, - - - 29 

 Deerport Farm — The Virst EBsay — About the 

 PeUH — CharacteriBticH of the Busiuess — The 

 Market Suiiplied— Other Details— The Dairy. 



The Fodder Value of Apples, - - - - 29 



HORTICULTURAL. 



Cultivation of Chiccory, - ... 09 



Covering of Strawberries, - - . . . 19 



Fruits oi^ Kansas, ------ SO 



How to Malic a Hot Bed, SO 



Ink for Horticultural Labels, - - - - • SO 



The English Hop Trade, SO 



Grafting Currants, --.... 30 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Boiled Dinners, ----.. 30 



Repairing Leaky Cellar Walls, ... .30 

 Handy Men, .-.-...30 



Hpiiliiiful Beds, 31 



Valuable Recipes, .---.. 31 



LIVE STOCK. 

 Experiments on the Nutrition of Domestic Ani- 

 mals ------ -31 



The Hcrse Growers, ------ 31 



Symptoms of Rabies in Dogs, ... 31 



Lumps on Udders, 31 



BEE CULTURE. 



Queen Bees, - - 32 



Managing Queens, ------ 3;i 



Golden Rules for Bee-Keeping, - - - 32 



Wholesale Death of Honey Bees, - - - Si 



Literary Notices, ------ 32 



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