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LANCASTER, AUGUST 15, 1877. 



LIKN^US EATHVOW. Publisher. 



THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 

 A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Made a iTOUiiutnt featilrf, with special reference to the 

 wauls of the Farmer, the (ianleaer aud Frail -Grower. 



Ktjunded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Ajiricultural ami Horticuhural .Society. 



Edited by Prof. S. S. EATHV02T. 



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CONTENTS OrmiS NUMBER. 



Strikes— Riots, ------ U3 



War Upon Insects, H"' 



A Miiadlcd Tobacco Leaf, - - - - 114 



The Ichneumon Fly, ------ U4 



Keminders for August, ----- Uo 



Does it Rain Toads, ------ 115 



Grammar in a Nutshell, - - - - 115 



The Locust, - US 



Colorado Beetle in England, - - - - 116 

 E. N. Freshman & Bros., . - - - 116 



Apple Tree Insects, H*' 



Does the !<had Bite or Take a Bait, - - 117 

 Queries and .Answers, - - - - - 117 



State and District Fairs for 1877, - - - - 117 



Buddini;, - - 117 



The Turhine Wind Eiifiine, - - - - 118 



CORRESPONDENCE. 

 Letter from Florida, ------ 119 



Letter from N'orth Carolina, - . - - llil 

 Adulteration of the Necessaries of Life, - - 119 

 What Causes Rust in Wheat, - - - 120 

 Potatoes Without faris Green, - - - - 1-1 



The Crops We Raise— How Do They Pay, - - 121 

 Tobacco Fertilizers, - - - - - - 132 



The Tobacco Fly, liS 



Koine Sure Methods of Destructioo. 

 The (irape Leaf-Folder. C. F. yjiJc'!/, - - liS 

 Ducks— Setting Eggs and Rearing Youug, - - lliS 

 Transplanting Evergreens, - - - - VZi 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricultu- 

 ral and Horticultural Society, - - - 124 

 Average Crops — The Sowiug of "Wheat — The 

 (Iroiy Farm— Crop Reports— Le\i W. Grotf'a 

 Experitiients with Wheat — Oleomargarine and 

 Phosphates — Au .\ct to Regulate the Manufac- 

 ture aud Sale of Fertilizers — Au Act to Pre- 

 vent Becei)liou iu the Sale of Butter— Noxious 

 Weeds— Ku8t in Wheat — How to Treat Lawns 

 — .V Fall Exhibition— -V New Corresponding 

 Secretary — Agricultural Reports — Testing the 

 Fruit— The Centennial Diploma — Questions 

 for Next Meeting. 



Tobacco Growers' Association, - - - - 135 

 Crop Reports — Referred Questions -Mew 

 Business — Referred Questions. 

 The Linn.^aii Society, ----- 120 

 Additions to the Museum— Additions to the 

 Library — Papers Head. 



Manure for Fruit Trees, ----- 12G 



AGRICULTURAL. 



A Bountiful Harvest, ----- 127 



Cultivating Wlieat, - 127 



Treating Manure with Unslaked Lime, - - - 137 



HORTICULTURAL. 



Varieties of Late Turnips, - - - . 127 



Value of Early Apples, ----- 127 



The Peach Crop, 127 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Household Recipes, ------ 127 



Recipe for Butter, 128 



The Spare Bed, 128 



Have no Lights in the Barn, - - - 128 



Literary and Personal, 128 



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