ONE DOLLAR FEE ANITULI-SZITGLE COFZES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. S. S. EATE70N, Editor. 



LANCASTER, PA., JANUARY, 1879. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, PuWisher. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



. To Our Patrons and the Public, 

 .Write for The Farmer, . . - - 

 To Contributors, .-..-- 



Second Crop Pears, 



'Annual Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture 

 -MoLthly Reminders, . . . - - 

 I Entomological Manipulations for the Month, 

 Miscellaneous Notes and Queries, - - - 



1 Gold Fishes, - - 



I A New Grain, .-..-- 

 ."Scouring Rush," . . - . - 



, As Others See Us, 



."It Stands to Reason," - - . . - 



• Insect Sagacity, 



The Fox Squirrel, ------ 



•Twelve Hundred Caterpillars Taken from a Single 

 Tree, -------- 



■ Antidote for Currant Worms, - - - 

 . Imperial Walnut Moth, - - - - - 



" Cold Snap," ------- 



About Eels, - - 



♦Uraninc, -------- 



' Pennsylvania Fruit-Growers' Society, 

 . Essays 



-Oflicers 



ind Addresses— Committee for ! 



. Letter from Iowa — W. H. Spera, - . - 



• Thorough Wort— /. 5to!<Je)-, - - - - 



' Moonlight— J. G., ----- - 



.Random Thoughts, No. 7—4. ^.A'., 



Fodder Crops— Tea Raisiug— Laying Down toGrosB. 

 , Practical Hints for Young Farmers—/. G., 

 . Fruits as a Standard Article of Food— 77. M. Enrjle, 

 Letter from North Carolina— -V. 7?., - 

 ■ President's Address, - - - - - 

 ' Progressive Agriculture, - - - - - 

 ' Our Paris Letter— £oms, - - - - 



, Cooking Feed for Stock, -.---; 

 ..Laying Out the Farm, -----: 

 . The Best Time to Cut Scions, - - - - : 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 ' Proceedings of the Lancaster County Agricultu- 

 ral and Horticultural Society, - - - : 

 Fertiliiers— Artificial Fertilizers— Progressive Agri- 

 culture—Election of Offlccri- Auditing Treasur- 

 er's Accounts— Fair or no Fair— Essays to tiie 

 Farmer — Business for Next Meeting— Lecture iu 

 Prospect— Busiuess Committee— Report of Fnilt 

 Committee. 

 . Lancaster County Poultry Association, - 



• Llnnaean Society, ------ 



Historical Relics- Additions to the Library— Papers 



• Felling Treee, 



Couch-Gr 



PlantingJ 

 . Length o^ 



The Whei 

 . Water fori 



AGRICULTURAL, 

 a Hay Plant, 

 fin Old Times, 



(Surface Manuring, - . - - - 

 , Save the Liquid Manure, - - - - 



HORTICULTURAL. 

 Dwarf Pears, ------ 



Look to the Fruit Trees, - - . - 

 The Scarcity of Quinces, - 



► FLORICULTURE 



Parlor Flowers, ------ 



Window Boxes, - - - - - 



Lemon Verbena, - - - - - 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 

 Bedrooms — How They Should be Ventilated, 

 Butter Making, ------ 



.Burning Green Wood Greatly Wasteful, 

 Accepting Invitations, - - . - 

 Household Receipts, ----- 



LIVE STOCK. 



.Saving by Ilaudsful, - - - - - 

 History of Horned Cattle, - - - - 

 Corn and Cob Meal, - - - - - 



.How to Cbeose a Good Cow, - - - . 



POULTRY. 



.Profit Combined jAith Amusement, - 



■ Vermin on Poultry, - - - - . 

 Muscovy Ducks, - - - - - . 



. How to Tell That Eggs are Eggs, 



.Winter Treatment of Poultry, 

 Production of Eggs During Winter Season, 



APIARY. 

 Taming Stubborn Bees, - - •% - 

 Protection of Bees Against Wasps, 

 Industry of Bees, - - - - - 

 No Farmer Need Expect, tte., - 



ENTOMOLOGICAL. 

 The Hessian Fly, • - - - - 

 The Apple Tree Borer, - - - - - 

 Literary and Personal, - - - - 



JIty annual Ciilalngiir if Vf(f'ialile and Flower 

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 graphs, will be sent FUKE to all who apply. Customers of 

 last season need not write for it I offer one of the largest col- 

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New Vcffctables a specialty. 



JAMES J. H. GREGORY, 



70-1-Ht Marblehead, SUfi. 



OFFICE, 



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