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



The Ziancaster Farmer, 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, PRACTICAL ENTOMOLOGY, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 



AND GENERAL MISCELLANY. 



EDITED BY PROF. S. S. RATHVON. 



VOLUME XIL-1880. 



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LANCASTER, PA.: 

 JOHN A. HlESTAND, PUBLISHER. 



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