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EDITORIA 

 December 

 ADDual Greetings 



"Poljsolve." 177 



Our Correspondents and Contributors i~8 



Mammals of Lancaster County 

 "Carpet Moths. 

 The Pencil Horei 



Excerpts 180 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 Shoeless Horse 



ESSAYS. 

 Entomological Essays 

 The Influence ol Agricultural Societies 

 A Singular Phenomenon 



SELECTIONS. 



Carpets 1S4 



Sorghum asa Profitable Crop 1H5 



Milk as an Absorbent 185 



Cellars 18.5 



Sick Animals 



Increased Duration of Life 



Bread Making 180 



To Bake Bread. 



OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS. 

 Lancaster County Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society 187 



Committee Reports— Frank BuckwuUer's Report — 

 Franklin B. Hcrsliey's Keport— Owen H. Buck- 

 waiter's Report — Crop Rcports-rShoeinff Horses — 

 The Tramp Que.stion— How 1 1 Keep Seed Corn- 

 Referred Questions. 



Fulton Farmers' Club 187 



Linnaeau Soeietv 188 



WHEAT CULTURE ! 



THE SEED DRILL REGULATOR 



WhM."a—i DrUl Bwilttar Co.l 



N EW BERRIES mArlboro ' 

 M M« EARLY CLUSTER !«ff^ 

 E '^NEW GRAPES !,Y.W;:h'.rJl S 



JNEWGRAPES 



J. 8. COLLES». " 



Q:J'Catatoguefre< 



N. J.' 



'ARLY CLUSTER 



.NEW BLACKBERRY 



i.»n<Ite.tlmonl«li.( FROM A 



l^Sin|leHill 

 sliaiErrilBSt Large Berty 



WIDMYER & RICKSECKER, 



UPHOLSTERERS, 



Ami Manulacturcrv ,.| 



FURNITURE pD CHAIRS. 



WAKEilOOMN: 



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



liANCASTEB, PA. 



THE EXAMINER OFFICE 

 I North Queen Street, Lancaster, Vtn 



JOSEPH DELLET, 



LAXCASTl<:Ji 



Steam Cigar Box Factory 



416 North Market Street, 



LANCASTER, PA. 



P.tlgings, Liihels and Suppli 

 always on hand. 



BEST MARKET PEAR. 



!»9,99J) PEACH TKKKS, all the befit varieties of 

 New and Old iSTKAWTiSKKlUES, CURRANTS, 

 GRAl'ES. RA.SPBEKKIKS, etc. 



EARLY CLUSTER BLACKIJERRY, 



New, Early, Hardy, Good. Single liill yielded 13 

 quarts at one picking. Send for F'ltKK Catalogue. 

 .1. S. COLLINS, M.H.r.sloHn, N. .J. 



LANDRETHS 



SIEIIEIIDIS 



ARE THE BEST. 



North, South, East or West. 



Seeds. Founded 17M. 



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