'THE FARMl^R IS THE EOUNDER OE ClVIUZATION.'-WEBSTl^R. 



THE 



Lancaster Farmer, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL:, 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY, DOMES- 

 TIC ECONOMY AND GENERAL MISCELLANY 



EDITED BY PROF. S. S. RATHVON. 



VOLUME X.--1878. 



LANCASTER, PA.: 

 LINN^^US RATHVON. PUBLISHER. 



• 1878. 



