ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM.-SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS. 



Dr. S. S. RATHVON, Editor. 



LANCASTER^ PA. SEPTEMBER. 1883. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, Publisher 



Entered at the Post Office at L.ancaster aa 

 8ecoufl Class Matter. 



The Troy Pound. 

 Peanut Flour 



.143 

 .143 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



EDITORIAL. 



Write for the "Farmer" 129 



History of Lancaster County 129 



Agricultural Fairs 129 



Recipes 130 



Insect Pests 130 



Excerpts 131 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Insect Pests 132 



SELECTIONS. 



Pear Blight 133 



Feeding Value of Ensilage 133 



Valuable Table of Information for Farmers 134 



A Coming Wheat Country 135 



The Science of Dairying 135 



Woodman Spare That Tree 136 



Old Meadows 136 



Moral Influences of the Orchard 136 



Value of Cotton-seed Meal 136 



Raising Large Crops of Potatoes 137 



Bermuda Onions and Potatoes 137 



Sorghum for Feed 137 



The Future of the American Hog 138 



Rotation of Crops 138 



Growing Cabbage 138 



Tea Cultivation 139 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultur- 

 al Society I-IO 



Crop Reports— Planting Wheat Like Tobacto— Refer- 

 red Questions— Egyptian Wheat— Testing Fruits. 



The Poultry Association 141 



The Fulton Farmers' Club ..141 



Viewing the Farm— Literary— An Invitation Ac- 

 cepted. 



AGRICULTURE. 



Take Care of Tour Tools 141 



Sweet Corn and Sorghum 141 



How to Exterminate Sorrel 141 



The Hay Crop 141 



Wild Tobacco in Nevada 141 



HORTICULTURE. 



Transplanting Celery 142 



Peas in the Fall 142 



Cornell's Fancy Apple 142 



Calla Lilies 1*2 



Native Lilies 142 



Moore's Early Grape 142 



Honeysuckles • 142 



Summer Lettuces 142 



DOMESTIC ECONOMY. 



Spilled Ink l'*3 



Glass Staining 1*3 



ENTOMOLOGICAL. 

 The Buffalo Moth or Carpet Beetle 1*3 



14^5 



Literary and Personal : '■ 



Improved Caljoon Broadcast Seed Sower 



Sows all kinds of Grain and Grass Seed. Does as 

 much work as five men can do by hand. Does better 

 work than can be done by any other means whatever. 

 Worth its cost every ye"ar. Will last many years. 

 Nobody can afford to sow grass seed or gram by 

 hand. Price only ?6.00. 



D. LANDRETH & SONS, 



Sole Agents, Phila. 



SEED WHEAT! 



SEED WHEAT ! 



(h o Ha week in your own town. 



Terms and $5 outfit Tree» 

 )Adaress H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine. 

 ' jliD-lyr* 



SEND FOR 



On concord Orapevmes, Transplanted Evergreens, Tulip, 

 Poplar, Linden Maple, etc. Tree Seedlings and Trees fur 

 timber plantations by the 100, MO 



JEKKINS' NURSERY, 



WINONA, COLUMBIANA CO., 



OHIO. 



C' 



utThisOut 



& Return to ns with TEH 

 CTS & you'U get by mail 



AGOLDtN iOI OF GOODS 



. rjl Lrliw yu 1" l«iaRE MONEY, in One Month, 



thananythinirelsein-^merica .AbsnhiJeCertninty. 

 Need nocapital.M-Yoiuig,t73GreenwichStN. York. 



WIDMYER & RICKSECKER, 



UPHOLSTERERS, 



And Manufacturers of 



FURNITURE PD CHAIRS, 



WAREROOMS: 



102 East King St., Cor. of Duke St. 



L.AN CASTER, PA. 



79-1-12] 



For Good and Cheap Work go to 

 F. VOLLMER'S 



FURNITURE WARE ROOMS, 



No. S09 NORTH QUEEN ST., 

 (Opposite Northern Market), 



Also, all kinds of picture frames. uov-ly 



We desire to call the attention of farmers to a new 

 variety of White Winter Wheat called 



UNDCTSIITEIEAT! 



It Is of vigorous growth, early, hardy, stiff straw, 

 free from rust, produces largely and makes goo 

 flour. 



Price, 81.50 per peck, ?5..50 per bushel, or $10 for 

 two bushels. Bag free. 



for Descriptive Circular. 



D. LANDRETH & SONS, 



Nos, 21 & 28 South Sixth Street, aijd 

 Delaware ^ve & ^rch Street, 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees. 



I'laut Trees raised in this couutyaud suited tothis climate. 

 Write for prices to 



LOUIS C. LYTE. 



Bird-in-Hand P. O., Lancaster co,. Pa. 



Nursery at Smoketown, six miles east of Lancaster. 

 ' 79-1-12 



for tlie 



WANTED.-<:ANV.\f;sER.« 

 LANCASTER WEEKLY EXAMINER 

 In Every Towiisliip in the County. Goo.l Wages can be 

 made. Inquire at ^^^ EXAMINER OFFICE 



Xo. 9 North Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa 



