d-H _ 'Vqov> (To RUhscribers in 

 Zpi d I Cdl ■( the county. 



SINGLE COFIES 10 CENTS. 



To fliibscrlberB out of ) ar-l r^f^ 

 the county. ( ^Jl-WV-/ 



HE FARMER IS THE FOUNDER OF CIVILIZATION.- WEBSTER 



Prof. S. S. KATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA.. DECEMBER 15, 1878. 



LINNSUS EATHVON, Publisher. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



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To the Patrons of the Farmer, 



Our Annual lireetin^s, - - - 



Our Personal Relations to The Farmer, 



To Our Literary Contributors, - 



Notice Extraordinary, - - - - 



Notice, -..--. 



Our Ag{!:regate, ----- 



As Others See Us, - - - - - 



Monthly Keminders, - - - - 



Cultivation of Grain of All Kinds, - 



Corn Cultivation, - _ - - 



Preitaiatiou of Soil — When to Plow — Preparation 

 of Ground — Time of Planting— Proper Selectiou 

 of Seed — Metbods of Planting. 



Letter from North Carolina — M. R., 



Random Thou^'hts— •/. B. A'., - 



Virginia Snakeroot — J. Stanffer, - - - 



A Few Words on Bees and Grapes — /. B. G. 



Strawberries — C'aspir Ililler, - - - 



Our Corn Crop—.!. B. K. - 



Chocolate Sorghum — A. B. Grosh, - 



Home-made Manures, - - - . - 



The Gemiantown Telegraph's Revised Fruit List, 183 



Livestock Farming, - - . - - - - li-'4 



All About Eggs, ------ 184 



The "Ice-HoUBe" Egg— "Candled" Eggs — Addled 

 Eggs. 



Managing a Small Farm, ----- 184 

 OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricul- 

 tural Society, - - - - - - l'-.5 



Crop ReportB — Reading of Eeuays — Conijietitive 

 EHSaye— Remarks— Questions for Debate — Report 



IPO 

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of Fruit Committee- 

 Farmer. 



Bills Paid— The Lancaster 



Linmean Society, ------ 186 



DonatiouB to Museum — To the Historical Section — 

 Additions to the Liorary. 



AGRICULTURAL. 



Table Showing Quantity of Seed to Acre, - ISO 



Clover Aftergrowth, ------ 1.SG 



Home-made Superphosphate, - - - - 180 



Golden Millet, .-..-- iS6 



HORTICULTURAL. 



The Snyder Blackberry, ----- 187 



White Willow for Hedges, - - - - 187 



Care of Fruit Trees, ------ 187 



Pear Blight, ------- l,s7 



Covering Strawberries, - ... - 1S7 



How to Ascertain the Value of Hops, - . 187 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



New Mode of Making Butter, - - . 187 



A Household Fruit Dryer, - - - - 187 



Receipt for Curing Meat, - - - . 187 



Oatmeal in the Household, - - - - 1S7 



Household Receipts, ----- 1^7 



LIVE STOCK. 



How to Cure a Kicking Cow, - - . - 188 



Cooked Food for Cattle, 

 Live Stock in Colorado, - 

 The Cow, - - - - 

 Calves, - - - - - 

 Weaning Colts, 

 Sheep, - - - - - 



POULTRY. 

 Winter Treatment of Poultry, 

 Composition for Hen Roosts, 

 Good Fowls lor Laying, 

 Charcoal in Turkey Feeding, - 

 Poultry Hints, - - - 



Literary and Personal, 



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STRAWBEKRY-UROWERii MAKE A NOTE 

 OF IT ! 



The Now S{ranl>orrle»i described in the December 



number of Tbe Faumhr are f r Bale, ny the undersigned, 

 at from 25 oentN to $1.50 |>er dozen, and for much 

 ICBM by the hundred, 0.\SPEK HILLER «! .SON, 



rj I0-2niJ Cniiestogii, Lancaster eounty. Pa. 



U1TPE.ECEDE1TTED loV Orai es, SeedHug's, 

 Evergreens, etc., etc. Send lor Cutulogue. 



J. JENKINS, 



10-9-4ni] WIXOX.*. Columbiana County, Ohio. 



MONEYS RECEIVED. 



The following is a list of persons who paid their 

 subscription during tbe month for The Farmer, 

 which I hope will be sulbcient, as I cannot allbrd to 

 send each subscriber a receipt, it requiring a three- 

 cent stamp for each one so sent. 



Benj. Esbenshade, Gordonvillc, - - - ?I 00 

 C. J. Beiler, Intercourse, - - - - 

 Levi 1!. Olierholtzer, Cains, - - - 

 Aaron Hartman, Bart, - - - - 

 Jacob L. Ilershey, East Ilenipflcld, 

 Ur. P. W. Ilicstand, Millersvillc, 

 Ephraim N. Nissley, Mt. Joy, 

 Win. Aug. Atlee, city, - . - - 



■John Hubcr, Marticvillc, . - - 

 Jacob B. Newhouscr, Bird-in-IIand, - 

 A. Bowman, Marietta, - - - - 

 H. S. Miller, Lititz, ----- 

 John K. Biickcr, Lititz, 

 Sain'l li. Engle, Marietta, - - - - 

 John B. Erb, Rcfton, - - - - 

 Emanuel Bard, Leacock, - - - - 

 Bci:J. Kittcr; Lititz, . - - - 

 John S. Gross, East Hemplicld, - - - 

 Abraham B. Hubcr, Lancaster, 

 John G. Gambcr, Netfsville, - - - 

 Adam Kouiu'inachcr, Ephrata, 

 Geo. II. Ettla, .Marietta, . - - - 

 J. C. Maule, Clomtell, - - 

 Abm. L. Slively, cromnell, . . . 

 Sam'l Bausinaii, Cooper House, 

 Ezra Reist, Manhcim, - - - - 

 E. G. Groff, New Holland, - 

 Jacob Eberlcy, Lancaster P. O., 

 L. H. .Slienk, Chickies, - - - - 

 J. S. Garber, Maytown, .-_-.. 

 H. Gladfcltcr, Maytown, 

 H. Ilicstand, Maytown, - - . - 

 A. Stauffer, Maytown, - - - - 

 J. Williams, Schoik's Mill, ... 

 Lewis W. Irwin, Christiana, - - - 

 J. N. Nolt, Oregon, - - . . - 

 Martin G. Landis, Leopard Hotel, 

 Jolin Musser, Schock's Mills, - . - 

 John B. Engle, Williams' Mills, Cumb. Co., 

 Jesse Engle, Williams' Mills, Cumb. Co., - 



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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-Grower. 



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited lay Prof. S. S. RATHVOIT. 



The F.vnMEn will be imbliKlicd on the 15th of every 

 month, pnnted on good piiiior with clear tyi^p, in con- 

 venient form for reading and binding, and mailed to sub- 

 scribers ou the following 



TERMS: 



To subscribers residing within the county — 

 One Copy, one year, ----._ $i.oo 



Six Copies, one year, - - . _ . _ ^.oo 



Ten Copies, one ye:ir. ------- 7.50 



To subscribers outside of Lancaster county, including 

 postage pre-paid by the publishers: 



One Copy, one year, - - _ . . . $x>35 



Five Copies, one year, ... . . . 5.00 



All subscriptions will commeucc with the January num- 

 ber unless otherwise ordered. 



All couiniunicutions intended for pubhcation should bo 

 addressed to the Editor, and, to secure insertion, should bo 

 iu his hands by the first of the month of publication. 



All business letters, containing Hub8LTi})tion8 and adver- 

 tisfUieniK, shi'vild be addressed to the jinblishcr. 



The Lanoastku fAitMHB having compleled its ninth 

 year under various \icissitudes, now c>)inmenc4.'8 its tenth 

 volume u'ider, it is hoped, more favorable iiuspices than 

 attended its former volumes. Wbeu the publisher of the 

 last two volumes assumed the resjionsibilities of Its i)ubli- 

 cfation, it was with a determination to make such improve- 

 ments as would place the farmer's organ of this great agri- 

 cultural county in the very front rank of agricultural jour- 

 nalism That this has been accomidishcd we think our 

 readers will bear cheerful testimony. If reafon-bly sus- 

 taine<l, our aim is to make it still more interesting and in- 

 structive under ts new proprietorshi]). In IhiH, however, 

 we need the co-oijeratiou of every friend of the enterprise. 



The contributions of our able editor, Prof. Rathvon, on 

 BUbjccts connecled with the science of farming, and partic- 

 ularly that specialty of which he is so thoroughly a master — 

 entomoloQjraiiBcience— some knowledge of which has become 

 a necessity TO'the successful farmer, are alone worth much 

 more than the price of this publication. 



LINN^US RATHVON, 



g North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa. 



KATE»« OF ADVERTISINO — Ten Centa a 

 line Tor eacb iuNertlon Twelve lliiee to the incb 



