"THE FARMER IS THE FOUNDER OF CIVILIZATION.'-WEBSTER. 



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A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY. DOMESTIC ECONOMY 



AND GENERAL MISCELLAN\. 



EDITED BY PROF. S. S. RATHVON. 



VOLUME XI-1879. 



LANCASTER, PA.: 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, PUBLISHER 



1879. 



