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



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A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER: 



DEVOTED TO 



AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE, PRACTICAL EiNTOMOLOGY, DOMESTIC ECONOMY 



AND GENERAL MISCELLANY. 



EDITED BY PROF. S. S. RATHVON. 



VOLUME XIII-1881. 



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LANCASTER, PA.: 



JOHN A. HIE3TAND, PUBLISHER. 



1881. 



