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Prof. S. S. SATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER. JUNE 15, i877. 



The Farmer's Grimietone, . ... 94 



Hanging an Axe, --.... fl4 



Ke-cookiDg Meat, ...... m 



LIVE STOCK. 



Healthy Cattle, 94 



Value of Salt, - . . . . . 94 



Sweet Potatoes for Hogs, ----- iM 



Ao;ain6t the World, ----- 95 



Half-Brcd Buflaloes in the Dairy, - . . 95 



Garget in Cowe, - 95 



THE POULTRY YARD. 



To Exterminate Parasites, ----- 95 



.\ Word of Caution, 95 



Poultry-Keeping by Bove, ----- 95 



'• Plymouth Rock"' Fowls, - . - - 95 



Gapes and Chickens, 96 



Raising Geese, ------- 96 



The First Food for Chickens, - - - - 96 



Literary and Personal, ----- 96 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



LINNa;US EATHVON, Publisher. 



CONTENTS OF THIS MUMBER. 



This Paratrraph, ...... 



Monthly Reminder — June, ----- 



A Wonderful Book, -.-..- 

 The Hopper, -....-. 



Tlie Seventeen Year Locusts, - . - - 



More About the Locusts, 



Cress, 



A New Insecticide, .--.-. 



A Lesson Worth Learning, 



Horse H.ay Fork— Patent Infringements, - 



A Cholera Cure, 



How to Ease a Cough, - - - . 



Protection of Useful Animals, ... 



About Frogs, - 



Tobacco Pests, - - 



Correction, 



Birds vs. Hoppers, ------ 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



Strawberry Culture, 



Qiitries and Answers, ------ 



Nebraska Notes — 'iidnty .1. Guylor, 



Essay on Wheat — Leni S. Heist, - - - - 



Toulouse Geese — Ilbcxlrallon, . . . 



Archaeological Communications— No. 565, - 



The Best Method for Destroying Cut Worms- 

 . H. .V. Muyer. - - ' . 



Strawberries— if. .V. Engle, - - - - 



Fencing and Soiling—.!. li. K., . . . . 



The Garden of Pennsylvania, - - . - 



Prospects for Farmeis, . . . . . 



At the Head of his Class, . - . . 

 OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Agricultural and Horticultural Society, 



Tobacco Growers' Association, ... 

 UnfiniBhed Business— Crop Renorts— Referred Ques- 

 tions. 



The Linnaean Society, ...... 



Coutributions to tUe Society— Parers Read— Miscel- 

 laneuue Bueiuess. 



State Board of Argiculture, .... 



Questions and Answers, ..... 



AGRICULTURAL 



A Good Fertilizer, 



Tobacco Culture, 



Working Crops Early, ..... 



Effects of Climate on Soil, 



Hungarian Millet, -. - /. 



Compost for Corn, ...... 



More Pollen Needed, 



Stacking and Feeding, 



HORTICULTURAL. 



Blackberry Culture, 



Changing the Bearing Year, .... 



The Egg Plant, ." 



Don't timit the Turnips, - . . . - 

 Potatoes to be a Protitable Crop for 1877, 

 Hot-Beds, . . ... . . 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Household Recipes, . - - . 

 Dried Potatoes, ...--. 

 Enjovment of Work, - . - . 

 About Milk, 



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A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Made a promiuen! 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 Ij Prof. S. S. RATHVON. 



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