THE3LANCASTER FARMER 



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TnE Daihy and Farm Journal. — A 4 paged 

 folio publislied moiitlily at West Liberty, Iowa, at 

 75 cents a year in ailvauce, by " Joiirual I'lililishing 

 Company." I. Maxson and C. Elliot, editors, with 

 two assistant and seven associate editors, besides a 

 live corpse of contributors, eonespondcuts, etc., all 

 indicating that it is " bound to go," and if subse- 

 quent numbers only equal that of November, 1883, 

 it deserves success. 



The Irish Farm-, Forest anp Garden. — No. 

 41. Vol. 1, new series of this super-royal quarto 

 (October 20), lias reached the table of our unucliim, 

 and we greet it as an "old familiar," and accord it 

 a hearty " God bless auld Ireland." This journal is 

 very substantially gotten up, and abounds iu solid 

 and useful reading matter ou topics relating to its 

 specialties. From the 22d to the liTtli of October, 

 188:1, only 0.5 fairs were held in Ireland, and a good- 

 ly number of them in the county of Donegal, 

 where they "eat paratees skins and all." Some of 

 these fairs are nominally restricted to special pro- 

 ductions of the soil, for instance, the Onion Fair at 

 Waterford, on Tliursday, Octoboi 2.5th. These 

 names have a cherished recollection with us, for we 

 were born in Waterford, in the township of Donegal, 

 Lancaster county. Pa., eaid village subsequently be 

 coming incorporated with the village of New Haven, 

 under the corporate title of Marietta borough. The 

 large advertising patronage of this journal must as- 

 sure its financial success, bu'] independent of all 

 that, its teeming columns of practical agricultural 

 and domestic matter, make it worthy of success and 

 of public confidence. 



Forestry in the United States. — Department 

 of Agriculture, special report No. 1, containing the 

 address of Hon. George B. Loring, U. S. Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture, befor ' the " American Forestry 

 Congress," held at Saint Paul, Minnesota, Augusts, 

 18S3 ; an octavo pamphlet of 41 pp. uniform with 

 the usual buUetius issued by the office, in which the 

 forests ol Europe and America are illustrated in in- 

 teresting and practical detail. 



Report on Condition op Crops, yield of grain 

 per acre, and on freight rates and transportion com- 

 panies; October, 1SS3 ; 28 pp. uniform with the 

 above, being report No. 1, new series, division Of 

 statistics. 



An Investigation of the Composition of 

 American Wheat and Corn, by Clifford Richard- 

 son, assistant chemist of the U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, being Bulletin No. 1 of the Chemical 

 Division ; 07 pp. octavo, in which many interesting 

 practical details and statistical tables are given, and 

 furnishing the means of agricultural intelligence to 

 those who have " ears to hear" what science is able 

 to contribute to the subject — a subject involving the 

 most important material interest to mankind, 



A Noble Dozen. — Self imposed Taxes, by John 

 E. Read, 1 ; Golden Opportunities, by Joseph, 2 ; 

 The Granger's Club, by M. K. Boyer, Jr., 3; Leather' 

 as Fertilizers, by Beedy Aich, 4; Best Melon for 

 Market, by Tbos. D. Baird, .5 ; Peppers, by N. J. 

 Shepherd, ; Draining, by W. D. Boynton, 7 ; Texas 

 Hybrid Pink Blackberry, by S. A. Mahon, 8 ; Apple 

 Varieties and Planting, Eli Minieh,9; Economy of 

 Shelter, by John M.Stahe, 10; To free the house 

 from Vermin, by Experience, 11 ; Growth of Young 

 Chicks, by A Subscrilier, 12. 



We find the above twelve contributions by twelve 

 difllerent writers in a singly number of the Farm and 

 Garden (Nov. Ib83) published iu Pbiladelphia, by 

 Child & Bro. at 50 cts a year, and we allude to this 

 Journal again because the Editor makes the follow 

 Ing standing confession at the head of his editorial 

 columns, and in spite of the old maxim that " com- 

 parisons are odious," we desire our patrons to draw 

 the line themselves. — 



"Our subscribers have done most of the work of 

 building up Tlie Farm and Garden, and the time is 

 now coming for them to secure us renewals of all 

 old subscribers, and many new ones. Remember, 

 we depend on you." 



And to make the matter more emphatic the para- 

 graph is printed in italics and capitals. 



The above named contributions, and the quoted 

 paragraph, condenses the whole subject within 

 a nutshell. Most subscribers hereabouts look wholely 

 and solely to the editor or publisher for their literary 

 repast as if they were incxhaustuble cornucopias of 

 literary pabulum. It is the subscribers and com rl- 

 butors that build up a healthy and enduring journal: 

 without their sustaining aid, the best conducted 

 journal, or other publication, iu the world, must 

 ultimately dwindle down to a more skeleton, or, in 

 waggish parlance, the mere " running gears" of a 

 paper. We may also legitimately say — " liemember 

 we depend on you,'* 



We use this merely as an Illustration : but there 

 are hundreds of other journals in the Union, which 

 base their success upon the same foundation. Can- 

 not Lancaster county make some faint approximation 

 to other communities in this respect. 



The Culture and diseases of the Peach.— 

 History of the "Yellows," its causes and remedies; 

 by John Rutter, West Chester, Pa., 1880. This Is 

 a neat little 12 mo. pamphlet of 94 pages in paper 

 covers, with an iadex ; parts of which were read be- 

 fore the "Pennsylvania Fruit-Growers Society," at 

 it& tweniy-first annual meeting, held at Bethlehem, 

 Pa., January 21 and 22, 1880, Judge Stitzel, Presi- 

 dent, iu th? chair. Mr. Rutter in this pa])er speaks 

 with emphasis; and, having had 30 years experience 

 in the cultivation and observation of the peach tree, 

 he surely has a right so to speak ; therefore, those 

 peach eulturists whose trees have suffered by the 

 yellows, should by all means procure a copy of this 

 work, study it, and make a practical application of 

 its principles ; and we urge the matter the more 

 earnestly, because, since the publication of this 

 book we have heard loud, long, and distressing com- 

 plaints about the " peach-yellows," just as if noth- 

 ing had ever been written and published on the sub- 

 ject. Possibly, those most interested iu the matter 

 do not patronize and read what has bee7i published. 

 Very few people outside of the profession read medi- 

 cine, because they expect to employ a doctor — or 

 one who makes the administration of medicine a 

 specialty — when they see or I'eel that they need his 

 services. Now, this ought to suggest the establish- 

 ment of universities (not agricultural colleges), 

 where the diseases and cures of vegetation are made 

 a special study, and the degree of V. D. is conferred 

 upon those who are qualified to receive it. This is 

 what the agricultural people want with a few excep- 

 tions, instead of reading themselves up on a subject 

 that so plainly relates to their own interest. Just at 

 this time there is a trreater need for Doctors of Vege- 

 tation, than for any other kind of doctors in the laud 

 for the dear people unll not know the diseases of 

 plants any more than they will knom themselves. But. 

 in order to cover the whole ground until such a con- 

 templated institution Is establisheil, we commend to 

 them Mr. Kutter's "little book" as the best thing 

 they can consult ; because, what one man can do, 

 others can do, /j/oiiirfcf/, they know how. We may 

 be able to teacJi others what we know, but they 

 themselves must learn it ; practically upon this sub- 

 ject, like any other, tliere must he co operation. 



The Fakmeu's Companion and Prize Monthly; a 

 royal four-paged folio, published at •?! a year, by 

 the Pratt Brotiiers, at Marlboro. Mass., will be fur- 

 niohed to subscribers to the Lancaster Farmer, at 

 the extraordinary low price of 81-25 a year, to clubs 

 of ten or more, accompanied by the cash ; or to clubs 

 of tuenty, wi'li the cash in advance, the two papers 

 will be furnished at $1.15 i-er year. Thesizeofthe 

 pages of the Farmer's Companion are 20 by 20, 

 eigiii columns to the page, and filled with the best 

 iigricultural and domestic reading ; besides a liberal 

 spi inkling of general literature. The material and 

 typography are first class, and the matter unexcep 

 tionable. Although we have alway..* contended that 

 every farmer should patronize, at 1 -ast, the local 

 p.iper of bis own county, town, or district, yet we 

 never meant to confine him to this, if his means will 

 allow him to go beyond ; and here we furnish bim 

 an opportunity to go beyond at the smallest possible 

 expense — less than many of them spend for cigars or 

 tobacco in a single day. But we wish it distinctly 

 understood that we cannot furnish the papers at the 

 above prices to a less immber than the clubs men- 

 tioned, with the cash iu advance ; and further more 

 we may add, that we will furuish to clubs of fl/<y, 

 the two papers for $50 a year. 



A HOME ORGAN FOR FARMF.RS. 



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iiCMll Film, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



Devoted to Agncu/fure, Horticulture. Do- 

 mestic Economy and IVIiscellany. 



Founded Under the Auspices of the Lancas 

 ter County Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



EDITED BY DR. S. S. RATHVON. 



TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : 



ONE DOLLi^R PER ANNUf^, 



POSTAGE PREPAID BY THE PROPaiETOK. 



All subscriptions will commence with the 

 January number, unless otherwise ordered. 



Dr. S. S. Rathvou. who has so ably inauaKed the editorial 

 deparlmeut iu llie past, will continue in the poalliou of 

 editor. His couiributiuuB ou snbjecis connected with the 

 scieuce of farming, imd larlicularly that speclaltj of which 

 he is so thorouhly a maBlLT— eutomoloKiciil science— some 

 kuowledge of whieli has become a necessity to the aliccesa- 

 ful farmer, are alone worth much more tliau the price o 

 this publication. He Is detcrmiued to make "The Farmer' 

 a uecessity to all houaeholds. 



A cotmty that has bo wide a reputallon as Laucasler 

 county for its agricultural products should cerlahily be 

 able to support an agricultural pai>er of Us own, for the 

 exchange of the opinionB of farmers interested in this mat. 

 oter. We ask the co-oporatioa of all farmers iUterested in 

 this matter. Work among your frieuds. The "Farmer" i 

 only ouc dollar per year. Show them your copy. Tr)- and 

 induce them to subscribe. It is uot much for each BUb- 

 scriher to do but it will greatly ats st us. 



AH communications iu regard tothe editorial management 

 should be addressed to Dr. S. S. Rithvon, Lancaster, Pa., 

 and all busiuess letters in regard to BUbscripDouB and ad- 

 vertising should be addressed to the publisher. Rates of 

 advertisiug c.au he had on application at the ofii 



JOHN A. HlEoiAND 



No. g North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa. 



