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LANCASTER; NOVEMBER 15, 1877. 



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THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



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PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



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CONTENTS OTTHIS NUMBER. 



Notice Extraonlinary, - . . . - Ifil 

 Pennsylvania Fruit Growers' Society, - - llil 

 To Our Delinquent Subscribers, - - . IRl 

 Do Bees Cut or Sting the Skins of Fruit? - 161 

 Do BeeB Destroy Fi Hit ? No. 1. — Do Beefl DeHtroy 

 Fruit ? YeB* No. 2. — Do Bees Destroy Grapes ? 

 No. .S.— Do Bees Destroy Fruit 7 No. 4.— Do 

 Bees Destroy Fruit I No. S.— Bees aud Qraijes— 

 No. fi. 

 How to Make a Well— Clean, Pure Water, - 163 

 Buy Your Trees at Home, . . - . - 163 

 Improvement in the Cultivation of Wteat, - 164 



Obituarv, - - 16-1 



Synopsis of the Crops of 1877, - - - 1()4 

 Special Premiums for 1878, - . - - lt;.5 

 Monthly Kcminilers, ----- 105 

 American Pomological Convention, - - 165 

 How to Make Paris Green, ... - 165 

 Cimlerella Strawberry, - - . - 160 

 The Application of Fertilizers, . - - 166 



Coiisicleralioi.s WhicU Should Have Their Influence. 

 Lancaster County Tobacco, - - . - 167 

 Horticulture and Education, - - - 167 

 Hubbardston Non-Such, ----- 168 

 Around the Farm. No. 3, - - - - 168 



Oare of Horses — Grindslones. 

 Improvements in Farming-Varieties and Methods, 108 

 Autumnal Coloration of the Leaves, - - 169 



Forest and Kain-fa!l, 170 



Address of Thos. Meehan before the May Meeting 

 of tbe Pennsylvania State Bo.ird of AgricultlU'e. 

 [OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural Society, - - 171 

 Croi) Rerorts— The Manure Question— The Cattle 

 Disease— Referred Questions — Examination of 

 Fruits — Medal and Diploma— Business for Next 

 Meeting — GrolT's Patent Wheat Cuhivator— A 

 Squash— Great Corn Crop — Reijort of Fruit Com- 

 mittee. 



Tobacco Growers' Association, - - - 173 

 Members Present— Croi> Reiorts — Striiiinng To- 

 bacco—New Members— Referred Questions— A 

 Visiting Committee — More About stripping To- 

 bacco—Fay Dp— Fall Plowing. 

 The Linuivan Society, - . . - . 173 



The Tobacco Trade, 17i 



SometMiig About Buying 18T7 Tobacco at this 

 Early Period— Tbe German Tobacco Trade— The 

 New York Tobacco Market. 



AGRICULTURAL. 



Good Farming, - 174 



England's Impoi-ts, - 174 



Lancaster County Centennial Cotton, . - - 174 



HORTICULTURAL. 

 A Root Cellar or House, - - - - 175 



Pruning Koscs, ------ 175 



To Keep Cabbage, - - - - 175 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 A Cheap Smokehouse, - - - - 175 



Sour Bread, -....- - 175 



Worms in Flower Pots, - - . . 175 

 Domestic Recipes, ------ 175 



LIVE STOCK. 

 Keeping Stock Clean, - - - - - 175 



Hay Tea for Calves, - . - - - 17.5 



Care of Stock, ---- - - 17« 



Devons, - - - - - - - -176 



POULTRY. 

 Cooked Meat for Poultry, - - - - - 176 



Eggs for Export, --..-. 176 

 Preparing Poultry for Market, - . - - 176 

 Cleaning the Hen House, - - . - 176 



Poultry as Food, 176 



Literary and Personal, .... 176 I 



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