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Prof. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, APRIL 15, 1877. 



UNNSnS BATEVOK, FabUsher. 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

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PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



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Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

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Edited by Prof. S. S. EATHVON. 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



April, 49 



Fine Test Potatoee, . - ... 49 



Words of Cheer, - - 50 



The Colorado Bug Abroad, .... 50 



Written Receipts by Mail, ----- 50 



Crowded Out, 50 



Fertilization, Preventive and Cure, - - .50 



The Park Association, ..... 50 



The Weather— The Ground Hog, ... 50 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The Guava, 51 



Pieris Rapae, .......5.3 



Unpublished Letter of Henry Clay, - . 53 

 Answers to Correspondents, . . . . 5S 



Annual Address, ...... 54 



Reud before the '•Lancaeter County Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society," Jaiuary let, 1877. by ihe Pres. 

 fdeut, Ciilviu Coojer. 



Largeor SmallPotatoe8,F.R.DiFFENDEBPER, . 54 



Essay ........55 



Head before the "Lancaster County Agricnltural and 

 Horticultural Society,*" March 2G, 1877, by Levi Pow- 

 uaU. 



How Much Lime to the Acre, . - . - 5G 

 ltf;id before the "Laucaeter County Agricultural and 

 Horticultural Society," IrlKrcb 2d, 1877, by E. K. Her. 

 ehey. 



Sap, Etc. — Plant Life and Molecular Force, 



J. Stauffeh, 50 



Corn Cultivation, J. G. . - - . - 57 

 Ayrshires, ...... .58 



Gardening for Farmers, J. S. Harris. . - 58 

 Location of the Garden — Soil — Hot.Bede — Staaon or 

 time for Planting — Fruits. 



Better Prices lor Seed Leaf, .... 60 



The Lancaster Tobacco Crop, - - - . 60 



Our Local Organizations, .... 01 



Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricnltural and 



Horticultural Society — Crop Keporte — Agriculture of 



the Country — Growing Potatoes. 



Tobacco Growers' Association, . - - C2 

 The Linnaian Society, ...... 03 



Additions to the Library — Pai>ors Head. 



AGRICULTURAL. 



Valuable Formulas, 63 



Utilizing Coal Eust, 63 



What Soil Consists of, 63 



A New Agricultural Plant, . . - .63 

 Hints to Farmers, - fti 



HORTICULTURAL. 



Florida and its Oranges, ----- C4 



Transplanting Large Trees, - - - . 64 



Shipments of Apples, ...... 64 



Literary and Personal, ..... 64 



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