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Prof. S. S. SATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA , AUGUST 15, 1878. 



LINNJEUS EATEVON, PuWisher. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Money ! Money 1 ! Money ! ! ! - 

 Crop Failures, - - 

 The Carjiet Beetle, - - - - - 

 The Sparrow Nuisance, . - . - 

 Ox-Eye Daisy, . - - - - 

 Duroc, or Jersey Red Pigs, - - - 

 Steady Demand for Sumac, - - - 

 Reminder for Auirust, . - . - 

 August Caterpillars, - . - - 

 Agricultural Exhibitions, - - - - 



Correspondence, 



About Bets — A Curious Bird Shot — Plijlli-xera Vas- 

 tuti'ix. 



Prickly-Asli — /. Stauffer, - . - . - 

 The Crop ol the State, - - - - - 

 Expermenting on Bees — \Vm. J. Pylc, • 

 When is the Best Time to Sow Wheat and How- 

 to Prepare the Soil — /. O., 

 Random Thoughts, No. .3—4. B. A'., 



Wheat Culture— Fox and Tobacco — Piictsuf Farm 

 Produce. 



Around the Farm, No. lO-^HuraUsI, 

 Revu of July Number — Von HmahoU, 

 Strawberry Culture — C. U., - - - - 



Letter from North Carolina — M. U., 

 Letter from Iowa — II'. 7/. A'., . - - 

 Sowing Turnip Seed, . . . - . 



Experiments in Wheat and Oats, - - - 



EsperimeutB with Wheat — Varieties of Oiits. 

 The Wheat Crop in the Northwest, - - - 

 The Price of Flour, - - - - - 



Forests and Cultivation, - - - - - 



Lancaster County Tobacco — ^yiniard T. Block, 

 Sugar Beets, ------- 



Cost of Cows' Milk, - - - - - 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricul 

 tural and Horticultural Society, - - - 

 Report of Committees— Reports of Standing C'om- 

 urititeB— The OomiMi-utive Exhaustive Powers of 

 theCereuls — Elements Drawn from the Soil — New 

 BusiuesB— Business for Next Meeting — Kotes of 

 a Western Trip. 

 Tobacco Growers' Association, 



Reports on Crops— Place of lleeting— Foxy Tobacco, 

 Bee-Keepers' Association, - - - - 



Questions Discussed — Do Bees Gather Honey or 

 Make It 1— What Is Honey Dew 7— Can a Locality 

 Be Overstocked with Bees 7 



Linntean Society, - - - - - 

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Asparagus Planting in Summer, - - - 127 



DOMESTIC t>.ONOMY. 



Cottage Cheese, ------- 127 



The A;-t of Making Coffee, - - - - 1^7 



White Specks in Butter, - - ... 127 



To Cure Dogs of Killing Chickens, - - 1:;7 



Household iicccipts, ----- 127 



LIVE STOCK. 



Lean Cattle for Europe, - - - - 127 



Brine for Bathing the Feet of Horses, - - 127 



Sawdust for Cleaning Horses, - - - - 127 



Feeding Value of Corn and Oats, - . - 127 



Subduing Fractious Horses, - - - - 127 



POULIRY. 



The Narragansett Turkey, - - - - 128 



A Varied Diet for Fowls,' ----- 12(S 



Origin of the Domestic Turkey, - - - 128 



Keep Your Birds Tame, ----- 1-j8 



Save the Best Fowls for Breeding, - - 128 



Cheap Poultry Yard, ----- 1.8 



Literary and Personal, ----- 128 



TREES ! 



FRUIT AND 

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Railway Threshing Machine proved Itself 

 the "Best at Centennial Trial," and was 

 the only Machine awarded a 



CEMfENNiAt Medal 



AND CERTIFICATE OF MERIT, 



OntJOth Horse Power and Tlirestior at)il lleaiier at ttia 

 Centennial Exhibition, as shown l>y otIU-lal Kcporl, 

 ■which saya : "Fi>r sneaat ffnturfu in t/ic I'oir- r l'> Ktcurs 

 Jighlrunninaandmmtmnim,McU'm. forl/ifingeiiloiu 

 form or the Siraw S/iakem icliich Inmire the proper 

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Coblesklll.Sc-iiohiirle County, N.T 

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THE FARMERS HOME ORGAN. 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY 



Made a prominent feature, with special reference to the 

 wants of the Farmer, the Gardener and Fruit -Cirower, 



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

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Edited Tsy Prof. S. S. EATHVON. 



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The Lancasteb Faiimeu huviug completed its ninth 

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