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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



Cure for TooTnACHE: The London La7icet gives 

 the following as a certain cure for toothache: Add 

 one drachm of collodion to two drachms of carbonic 

 acid, a small portion of which, inserted in the cavity 

 of an aching; tooth, will give immediate relief. 



To Clean Oil Cloths: Add to one gallon of 

 water two teaspoonsfulofammoniajWith which cleanse 

 the oil cloth thoroughly, using a sponge and soft rag, 

 and wiping dry ; then sponge off light!}- with sweet 

 milk, wliich brightens the cloth and gives it a glossy 

 appearance. 



The Cotemporary Press. 



The New York Semi-Weekly TiiiBUNE,themo6t 

 perfect epitome of current events, on all subjects, 

 upon our exchange list, or perhaps, in the Union. 



The American Agriculturist, Vol. 34, Nos. 1 

 and 2, Orange Jvdd <t Co., is the highest eulogy 

 necessary to pronounce on this journal. 



Home, Farm & Orchard, a $1 weekly quarto, 

 Newburg, N. Y., about the ageef "The Farmer," 

 small but very ably edited. 



The LrvE Stock Journal, New York, a beautiful 

 and ably conducted illustrated quarto, very liable to 

 be confounded with the " National" of Chicago, by 

 the uninformed. 



The Japanese Mail, a quarto of forty-four pages, 

 giving a " fortnightly summary of intelligence from 

 Japan for transmission to Europe and the United 

 States. Yokohama. — $12 a year. 



The Farmers' Union is a large, eight-page, well 

 filled, and ably conducted agricultural folio; Minne- 

 apolis, Minn., at ?2.00 per annum, weekly. W. J. 

 Abernethy, editor and publisher. 



The Prairie Farmer, a double folio weekly jour- 

 nal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside, Chicago, 111. 

 Two dollars a year. ■ Its reputation is established or 

 it could not have survived forty-six years. 



The National Agriculturist, 16th volume, 

 the same in form and size as the CttUivator (royal 

 quarto) and handsomely illustrated and ably con- 

 ducted. New York, $1.2.5 a year. 



The Progressive Farmer, a journal of practical 

 agriculture, horticulture, mechanic arts, and litera- 

 ture, issued under the auspices of the State Agricul- 

 tural College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a monthly royal 

 quarto. $1 a year. 



The Cultivator and Country Gentleman 

 commences its fort-flfth year, fiir more vigorous and 

 fresher than it ever appeared in its youth. An excel- 

 lent standard journal on agriculture that needs not 

 our commending. Albany, N. Y. 



The "Pen and Plow," for 187.^, is one of the 

 most spicy and best mechanically executed journals 

 on our list. An agricultural and literary quarto of 

 sixteen pages, printed on fine tinted paper, at $1 a 

 year, monthly; New York. 



The Western Agriculturist: The February 

 number for 187.5 is on our table. A twenty page 

 quarto with additional tinted covers, Quincy, 111. A 

 handsome imprint of interesting matter on " agricul- 

 ture, horticulture and household reading. $1 a year. 



The New England Homestead, a double folio 

 " weekly journal," concerning the farm, the orchard, 

 the garden and the fireside, Springfield, Mass. $2. .50 

 a year. Illustrating on its title page " the past " and 

 "the present " in farm architecture and improvement. 



The Industrial Bulletin, one of our oldest and 

 most punctual exchanges. Devoted to the protection 

 of American industry. Published by the " Industrial 

 League," Johnstown, Pa. A protective monthly 

 quarto of sixteen pages, opposed to free trade, and 

 ably edited. 



Wells' Annual of Phrenology and Phy'siog- 

 nomy for 1875 contains m_any Portraits, Biographies, 

 and Characters of leading'men, and much other useful 

 and entertaining matter. Large octavo, full of 

 pictures, sent first post for 25 cents. Address S. K. 

 Wells, 389 Broadway, New York. 



" The Rural Southerner and Plantation " 

 comes to us enlarged, improved, and changed in form. 

 Instead of a folio, as heretofore, it is now a royal 

 quarto of sixteen pages, and is combined with the 

 ^^ J'lantatiou*' and " iri/.so«'.s- Htrald vf Jltalth.'^ 

 Atlanta, Georgia, monthly, at $1 a year. Cheap and 

 well adapted to tliat locality. 



The Sanitarian still maintains the high position 

 It took from the start as a leader of thought in sani- 

 tary science. It is unquestionably the best work of 

 its class in this country, and ought to have a general 

 circulation. Edited and published by Dr. A. N. Bell, 

 New York. Monthly ; $o a year. 



The Spirit of the Times, "a chronicle of the 

 turf. Held sports, agriculture, and the stage." The 

 February number of the 89th volume of this journal 

 is on our table. An ably conducted paper; "each 

 number containing more reading matter than any 

 other periodical published in the United States." 

 Royal, 2-1 page quarto.. New York — weekly — $5.00 a 

 year. George Wilkes, Editor. 



Pamphlets received : "Second Geological Sur- 

 vey of remisylvania." "Report of the Commission 

 to Revise the Constitution of Pennsylvania." 



Catalogues of Seeds, Plants, &c. 



The following catalogues of trees, plants and seeds 

 have been received since our last : 



E. J. Evans & Co.'s Catalogue of Fruit and Orna- 

 mental Trees, Vines and Roses," York Pa. 



"H. M. Thompson's Price List of Evergreen and 

 Deciduous Tree Seedlings, Fruit and Shrub Trees," 

 Milwaukie, Wis. 



" DiNGEE & Conard Company's Descriptive Cata- 

 logueof New and Beautiful Roses," West Grove, Ches- 

 ter county. Pa. 



S. H. Purple, Columbia, Lancaster county, de- 

 scriptive catalogue of roses, bedding and greenhouse 

 plants, shrubs, trees, &e., for spring of 1875. 



Bryant's Nurseries: Retail Price List and Cata- 

 logue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Grapes, Small 

 Fruits, Forest Trees, >&c. A. Bryant,jr., Princeton, 111. 



Geo. W. Schroyer, Lancaster, catalogue of roses, 

 greenhouse and bedding plants, of which he has an 

 unusually large stock for the ensuing season. See 

 advertisement. 



James Fleming, New York, (successor to Hender- 

 son & Fleming) annual descriptive catalogue of 

 flower, vegetable and agricultural seeds, garden 

 implements, &c., for 1875. 



F. K. Phoenix, of the Bloomington nurseries, 

 Bloomington, 111. Wholesale price-list of nursery 

 stock and his plant catalogue of greenhouse, bedding, 

 hardy herbaceous and other plants. Established in 

 18.52. 



Briggs & Bro., Rochester, surpass all their previ- 

 ous efibrts in their catalogue for 1875. It is printed 

 on a richly tinted paper, and elaborately IlluBtrateed. 

 Theirs is one of the largest ^eed establishments in the 

 country. 



II. E. Hooker & Bro., Rochester, send us their 

 Illustrated Catalogue of Novelties and Specialties, and 

 their Wholesale Price List of Fruit and Ornamental 

 Trees, Grape Vines, Roses, &e. Rochester seems to 

 the national niirsery of the flower, plant and seed 

 business. 



D. M. Ferry' & Co., Detroit, Michigan, illustrated 

 and descriptive catalogue of garden, flower and agri- 

 cultural seeds. This firm are extensive growers and 

 importers of seeds, and their catalogue is one of 

 unusual interest to farmers and gardeners. It con- 

 tains 218 pages, profusely Illustrated. 



Cascade Nursery Company's Catalogue of 

 Roses, Greenhouse and Bedding plants, Hardy plants, 

 Vines and Shrubs. E. Y. Teas & Co., Richmond, Ind. 

 They claim that their stock of roses is the largest and 

 best collection in the United States. Eugene Verdier, 

 the well-known Rosarian of Paris, has named a new 

 hybrid perpetual after the founder of the firm, (Mon- 

 sieur E. Y. Teas,) which the grower highly praises. 



Vick's Floral Guide, No. 2, for 1875, just re- 

 ceived, is a gem as beautiful as it is useful. It has a 

 prettily illustrated article on the seed and culture of 

 flowers — another shot at " the government seed-shop 

 at Washington" — " the post-office and seed distribu- 

 tion," and an illustrated list of the novelties of the 

 season. James Vick, Rochester, N. Y. Twenty-five 

 cents a year, which includes the four quarterly num- 

 bers of 200 or more pages. 



Lancaster County to the Front! 



In looking over our advertising list of nurserymen, 

 seedsmen and florists, for March, we are struck with 

 the fact that the proportion of advertisers outside of 

 Lancaster county is larger than that of onrhome pat- 

 rons. There are quite a number of persons in this and 

 adjoining counties engaged in this line of business who 

 would be greatly benefited by advertising in The 

 F.vrmer who allow enterprising men in the same 

 business at a distance to " steal a march on them," 

 as Mr. Engle expressed it the other day at the Horti- 

 cultural Meeting. To our certain knowledge hundreds 

 of dollars are sent out of this county every year for 

 seeds, plants and trees, which our own nurserymen 

 and florists could keep at home, if they appreciated 

 the value of printers' ink as their more enterprising 

 rivals abroad do. It don't m.'ike much difference to 

 us where our advertising jiatronage comes from, so 

 long as our available space is occupjfd, and we have 

 no fears that it will not ; but we simply suggest that 

 it is not creditable to home enterprise that our own 

 people, for whose interests we are laboring in endea- 

 voring to foster a taste for the useful and beautiful 

 in gardening and fruit growing, as well as farming, 

 to let strangers reap all the advantage of it. If those 

 who have agricultural implements, nursery stock, 

 plants and seeds to sell, don't let the farmers know 

 the fact, while those from a distance keep it con- 

 stantly before them, how can they expect to increase 

 their trade with the developing progress? As before 

 stated, we can get as much advertising patronage as 

 we have room for in The Farmer, without begging 

 for it, ibr there are those who appreciate its value* as 

 an advertising medium ; but as a matter of local 

 pride we desire to see those at home whose interests it 

 seeks to promote, availing themselves of its advan- 

 tages. Therefore, we say, Lancaster County to the 

 front I 



THE PROGRESS OF INVENTION. 



Official List of Patents, 



Relating to the Farm, the Dairy, Apiary, &c., 

 For the Month, ending March 6, 1875.* 



Fifth-Wheel for Vehicles ; L. Blair, Paiuesville, 0. 



Mowing Machines; P. W. Brownhack, Limerick, Pa. 



Cultivators; E. Children, Dunleith, 111. 



Iron Tips for Vehicle Poles; J. Alder Ellis, Chicago, 111. 



Middlings Purifiers ; W. J. Fender, Minneapolis,Minn. 



Grain Binders; M. L. Gorham, Roekford, 111. 



Cultivators; M. L. Gorhan, Roekford, 111. 



Cultivators ; J. O. Milne, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Bridle Bits; Nathan P. Stevens, Hopkinton, N. H. 



Running Gear for Vehicles; J. Stirk, Lancaster, Pa. 



Brakes for Vehicles; Wm. Fletcher, Boston, Mass. 



Wheels for Vehicles; S. B. Fuller, Erving, Mass. 



Draft Equalizers; E. A. Beers, De Kalb,'lll. 



End Gate Fastenings; J. W. Collins, Chicago, 111. 



Fanning Mills ; Asa Y. Felton, Plain View, Minn. 



Spring Equalizers; T. L. Guest, Pottstown, Pa. 



Grain Separators ; M. D. Judkins, (Jlenwood, Minn. 



Churns ; Aug. Meger, Port Washington, Wis. 



Feed Racks; A. V. Mitchell, La Salle, HI. 



Harvesters; C. Myers, Pekin, 111. 



Hay Gatherers; C. T. Noell, Clarksville, Mo. 



Thill Couplings; E. Saper, Brooklyn, N- Y. 



Corn Planters; A Staley, Martin, Mich. 



Ladders : D. Argerbright, Troy, Ohio. 



Running Gears for Vehicles ; J. Becker, Seymour, Ind. 



Grain Drills; Wm. Brison, La Prairie, 111. 



Sulky Flower; J. C. Cams, Millbrook, 111. 



Farm Gates; S. H. Dasis, Chicago, 111. 



Apparatus for Feeding Fowls ; Alfred de Garis, N. Y. 



Bee Hives; J. R. Dixon, Topics, Miss. 



Floral Stands for Windows ; G. Hills, Plainville, Conn. 



Wheat Cultivators; E. E. Leech, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



Riding Harrows; E. E. Leech, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 



Wire Fences; J. A. Little, Cartersburgh, Ind. 



Bag Ties ; J. O. Millue, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Hay Pjesses; H. E. Skillen, Pownal, Me. 



Wagon Jacks; J. B. Webster, Genoa, N. Y. 



Harness Hanging Frames ; X. Whiting, Trenton, Wis. 



Cotton and Hay Presses; W. A. AVright, Griflin, Ga. 



Green Corn Cutters; I. Barker, Otislield, Maine. 



Stump Pullers; C. C. Hogue, Bush Creek, Iowa. 



Governors for Windmills; W. L. Oliver, Rantsul,ni. 



Sulky-attachment to Plows; G. Van Winkle, Aaron,Ill. 



Shaft-tugs for Harness; T. E. Weber, Pittston, Maine.' 



Land Rollers; Wm. Williams, New Berlin, 111. 



Corn Shellers; W. S. Brogles, Nola Chucky, Tenn. 



Carriage Seats; Daniel Conbag, LTxbridge, Canada. 



Mowing Machines; E. C. Dewers, Towanda, Pa. 



Methods of Tubing Wells; W. T. Dobbs, Pana, HI. 



Chairs; Wm. T. Doremus, New York, N. Y. 



Harvester liakes; N. H. Felt, Auburn, N. Y. 



Drags; W.Gardner, Wheelershurg, Ohio. 



Wheels for Vehicles; D. Gribe, Pittsburg Pa. 



Garden Rakes; F. B. Hedge, Greenspot,"N. Y. 



Wagon Bodies; C. W. Kinne, Cortland, N. Y. 



Corn Planters; A. M. Mandy, Roekford, 111. 



Seed Planters; E. M.Potter, Rutherford DeiX)t,Tcnn. 



Cultivators; J. H. Rice; Keithsburg, 111. 



Whiflletree Hooks; O. J. Smith, Wanwatosa, Wis. 



Milk Cooling Apparatus; O. Y. Stickler, Canton, N.Y. 



Vegetable Slicers; A. Vuillier, Newark, N. J. 



Fruit Gatherers; C. A. Werden, Waukegan, 111. 



Harvester Droppers; Cyrenus Wheeler, Auburn, N. Y. 



Clinrns; James L. Wilson, Calhoun, Georgia. 



Harvesters; W. A. Wood, Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 



Hog Ringing Nippers ; W. E. Bingham, Decatur, HI. 



Bee Hives; John Bullock, Deep River, Mich. 



Plows; Cumberlon G. Cox, Richmond, Va. 



Stands for Flower Pots; E. D. Durant, Kenosha, Wis. ' 



Plow Adjusters; S. T. Ferguson, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Harness; Geo. W. Hoover, Kutztown, Pa. 



Harvester Rakes; J. H. Kiston, Roekford, 111. 



Bird Houses; E. A. la Baz, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Corn Planters; L. L. Lawrence, Dublin, Ind. 



Wheels for Vehicles; G. Leverick, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Portable Fences; T. MeSwarz, Daviess county, Ky. 



Lightning Rod; M. D. Phelps, Bristolville, Ohio. 



Plows; Artemas Rigby, LTpper Stillwater, Maine. 



Corn Harvesters; W.N. West, Milford, Mich. 



Cranberry Separators; D.Y. Saurford,NewEgypt,N.Y. 



Horse Checks ; John Sugden and J. P. Gaffney, Law- 

 rence, Maes. 



Animal Shearing Machines; Wm. C. Harlow, Med- 

 ford, Mass. 



Wheel Cultiv.ators ; G., S. E. W., and E. A. Brower, 

 Crawibrdsville, Ind. 



Portable Horse Feeding Supports ; Albert H. Spencer, 

 Boston, Mass. 



Bob-sleds; B. K. Verbryck and Thos. Newberry, 

 Chicago, 111. 



Machines for Thinning or Spacing Crops ; M. H. 

 Eustace, James >fc T. Kennan, Dublin, Ireland. 



Machines ibr Sharpening Horse-shoe Calks; Crasters 

 Gleason and R. Hamiltou. Greenwich, N. Y. 



Band Cutting Feeders for Threshing Machines ; David 

 Frost, Latrobe, Pa. 



Packages for Prints of Butter; A. Robinson, Web- 

 ster, Maine. 



Unloading Attachments for Carts, etc. ; Thomas 

 Crossley and L. A. Bertolette, Wilmington, Del. 



• Prepared expressly for The Lancaster Fakmeh by Louia 

 Bagger & Co., Solicitore of Patents, Waehington, D. C. 



