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Prof. S. S. EATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA., SEPTEMBER 15, 1878. 



LINN5:US EATHVON, Publisher. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER, 



Fly- 



"Wliat is Honey-Dew ?" - - - 

 Does Tobacco Impoverish the Soil ? - 



Thanks, - - 



Bees and Grapes, . . . - . 

 Lime as a Manure, - - - - 

 Reminders for September, - - - - 

 Correspondence, ----- 

 Queries and Answers, - - - - 

 Random Thoughts — No. 4, - - - 

 Lime aud Magnesiji— Go Weat— The Hessian 

 Fertilizer ExperimeutB. 



Moonshine — /. P., 

 Around the Farm — No. 11, 



Potatoes — Plant Fruit Trees. 

 Paris Letter, ------ 



Lime as a Fertilizer, - - - - - 



The Most Wonderful of Trees, 

 Insect Pests and their Remedy, - - - 

 Clover and Chinch Bugs, - - - 

 Coal Ashes and Curculio, - - 

 Explosive Dust, ----- 



Windmills on the Farm, - : - - 

 Remedy for the Hessian Fly in Wheat, 

 A Winged Host of Sennecharib, 

 Verifiable Incidents in Crownology, 

 Pleasures in Farming, - - - - 



Humming-Birds, - - - - - 



Revu of August Number, 



Agricultural Journals-Their Influence and V 



Evergreens and Birds, - . - - 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agi'icul- 

 tural and Horticultural Society, - - - 139 

 Election of Memberp — Reports on CrofF — ReailinfiT 

 of Essays — Bills Paid — Referred Questions — New 

 Busiuess — Reports on Fruits — Business for Nest 

 Meeting. 



Tobacco Growers' Association, - - - 



Crop Reports— The Second Crop, 

 September Meeting of Fultou Club, 

 Linna'an Society, ------ 



Donations to the Museum — A Singular Growth- 

 Books and Papers, Literary and Historical-Papers 

 Bead— Miscellaueoue. 



AGRICULTURAL. 

 The Pennsylvania Crops, - - - . 

 Seeding for Pasture, ------ 



British Exports to the United States, 

 Agricultural Products of England and France, 



HORTICULTURAL. 

 Reliable Peare, ------ 



Garden Culture of Strawberries, - - - 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Making Wine from Grapes, . - - - 

 Pure Milk for Sickly Children, 

 Hints for Washing Day, - - . - 

 Stormy Days on the Farm, - - - - 



Keeping Grapes Fresh, - . - . 

 Household Receipts, - - . - - 



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LIVE STOCK. 

 The Macagemcnt of Horses, - 

 Raising Calves by Hand, 

 The Texas Cattle Plague, 

 Among the Points, - - - 

 The Average Age of the Horse, - 

 Remedy for Choking Cattle, 

 If You Want to Keep Your Hogs, 



POULTRY. 

 Care of Fowls in Transportation, 

 Hen Koosts, - - - - - 

 Feeding Fowls, - - - - 

 To Tell the Age of Fowls, - 

 To Make Hens Lay, - - - 

 The Langshans, - - - - 

 Eggs in Winter, - . - . 

 Doctoring Sick Fowls, - - - 

 Bone Meal and Crushed Shells, - 

 Of all Domestic Fowls, - 

 When a Few Fowls, - - - 

 Lice on Chicks, - - - - 

 Literary and Personal, - - 



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A NEW EARLY PEACH. 



We have the i-leasure of offc-iiug this Full, a few trees of 

 the remarkable new Peach WatfrldO, which has fruited 

 two years, and proved to be larger and earlier than Alex- 

 ander or Amsden. Circulars giving full descriiitiou sent 

 ou apidicatiou. Price $2 per tree. 



t^~ See general Advertisement. Address — 



£ll\iranger & Barry, Rochester, N.Y. 



TREES ! 



FRUIT AND 

 ORNAMENTAL 

 LARGE STOCK. LOW RATES. 



iSTANDARU PEAK TREES A SPEt'IAl,TY. 



Send stamp for Trade Liut. AGENT.S WANTED. 



E. MOODY * SOXS, I^ockporl, N. Y. 



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 iw pi-t'iiiiunis. W. AtlceBa^- 

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FREE HOMES. 



HOW TO OIT THEM in the hpit rarf of the stnif . 6.000.000 

 BcroH for sale. For k copT of tbe **Knni»UA Paclflc Hotne- 

 ■tead," ftddreu S. J. Oilmore, L&ad Com'r, Salioa, Eaosai. 



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 -Grower, 



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited Isy Prof. S. S. RATHVOIT. 



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The IjAnoastbu Fahmkk having comjileted its ninth 

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