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



WMEi 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER: 



DEVOTED TO 



AGEIGULTUEE AND HOETIOULTUEE, PEACTIOAL ENTOMOLOGY, DOMESTIC 



ECONOMY AND GENEEAL MISCELLANY. 



EDITED BY PROF. S. S. RATHVON. 



VOLUME XV. 



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1883. 



LANCASTER, PA: 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, PUBLISHER. 



1883. 



