VIII. 



THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



THE FARMEKS HOME ORGAN. 



arier \ 



A MONTHLY NEWSPAPER, 



DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTI- 

 CULTURE, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, 

 AND MISCELLANY. 



Founded under the auspices of the Lancaster County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 



Edited Tjy Prof/sT^?. EATHVON. 



"With the January issue (1875) The Fabmek entered upon 

 its seventh year, under a change of proprietoiH, the publica- 

 tion having been transferred to the undersigned, who pro- 

 pose to make it in all respects a fiist-class locul organ of the 

 important interests to which it is especially devoted. 



With this view The Farmer has been enlarged and its 

 form changed to the Imierial Magazine style, each number 

 containing twenty-fourpages Imp. 8vo., measuring 9>^ by 13 

 inches, at le-.ist seventeen of which will be exclusively devoted 

 to reading matter, tbeadv^Ttisementsand "standing matter" 

 being limited to the renianiing pages. This increase of size 

 and change of form, together with the use of a more compact 

 type, enables us to give twice as much reading matter as 

 was contained iu the old form. 



If this effort to give the agricultural community of Lan- 

 caster county a publication worthy of their honorable calling 

 ifl liberally seconded, we propose to add other improve- 

 ments from time to time, including illustrations of impor- 

 tant topics of geaeral interest, and papers from special con- 

 tributors on the more important local industries and re- 

 Bourcea of the county— a wide field, which has been very 

 little cultivated by our local press. 



The contributions of our able editor, Prof. Rathvon, on 

 subjects connected with the science of farming, and partic- 

 ularly that specialty of which he is so thoroughly a master- 

 entomological science— some knowledge of which has become 

 a necessity to the successful farmer, are alone worth much 

 more than the price of this publication. 



The Farmer will be published on the 15th of every 

 month, printed ou_good paper with clear type, iu con- 

 venient form for reading and binding, and mailed to sub- 

 scribers on the following 



TERMS: 



To subscribers residing withiu the county — 

 One copy, one year, _____ $i.oo 

 Six copies, one year, - _____ 5.00 



Ten Copies, one year, ___--_ 7.50 



To subscribers outside of Lancaster county, including 

 postage pre-paid by the publishers: 



One copy, one year, _ _ . _ _ $1.25 



Five copies, one year, - - _ - - - 5.00 



All subscriptions will commence with the January num- 

 ber unless otherwise ordeied. 



All comniunicatious intended for publication phould be 

 addressed to the Editor, and, to secure insertion, should be 

 in his hands by the first of the month of publication. 



All business letters, containing subsciiptions and adver- 

 tisements, should be addressed to the publishers, 



PEAKSOL & GEIST, 



Express Buildings, 22, South Queen Street, 

 LAr.CASTER, PA. 



RATES OF ADVERTISINCi. — Ten Cents n 

 line I'or eiielB iiiwertion. Twelve lines to fLe inch. 



EGGS FOR HATCHING 



FEOM THE rOLLOWINS VAEIETIE3 OF PUEE BEED FOWLS, 



At $1.S0 PER DOZEN. 



DARK anr] LIOIIT BRAHMAS. BUFF and PARTKIDGE 



COCHINS, BKOWN and WHITE LEOHORNS, 



SILVER GRAY DORKINGS, 



and HOUDANS. 



I warrant one-liall ot each dozen Eggs to hatcli. If 

 they do not I will replace them at ."iO cents per dozen. 

 Send stamp for circular. Address 



XSAA.C X.7riTXlE:. 



T-4-2m) Marlboro, stark Co . Ohio. 



(Please state where you see this adverllsement.) 



SEEDS AND BULBS. 



ILLUSTRATED SPRING CATALOGUE FOR 1875 



KOW READY, 



sent, with a sredmen copy of Thn A mericnn Garden, a new 

 Illustrated Journal of Garden Ait, edited by .Jiimes Hogg, 

 on receipt of ten cte. BEACH h SON, SeVdsmeu, 



7-:)-tf 7C Fulton St., Broolilyn, N. Y 



For Sale at a Bargain. 



A FOSTER HAND PRINTING PRESS, in good order. 

 Will ]'riut a foi tii l;ixl8 inches. An excellent press for 

 light jobbing. Enquire of PEAUSOL & GEIST, Publishers 

 of The Lancaster Fanner 7-3-lm 



PLANTS, and RARE. 



nOSES. SHRUBS, AND BEDDING PLANTS, 

 B7 Mail and Express. New Catalogue. FEEE. 

 Address, EI-I-WA!V«EK & BARRY, 



Established 1840. Mt. Hope Nurserien, Rochester, N. Y. 



THE BEST 



LANCASTER, PA. 



JOHN BEST, 



MANUFACTURER OF 

 Horizontal, Vertical and Portable, from 1}^ to 100 Horse-Pr. 



STEAM BOILERS ADAPTED TO ALL 

 PURPOSES. 



[7-l-3m 



CaatingB of all descriptions. Heavy and Light, Made to Order, 



loupe iMnipliiiii |Q0i|« 



We would call the attention of 

 housekeepers, and those commenc- 

 ing housekeeping, to our very large 

 stock of Cooking Stoves, Ranges 

 and Heaters, together with our tre- 

 mendous variety of House Furnish- 

 ing Goods, such as Table Cutlery, 

 Britannia and Plated Spoons, Coal 

 Oil Lamps and Chandeliers, Wash 

 Wringers, Brushes, Brooms, Buck- 

 ets, Tubs, and every variety of Tin 

 and Copper- Ware, all of which we 

 are selling at the Lowest Prices. 

 Flinn & Breneman, No. 152 North 

 ftueen St., Lancaster, Pa. 7-3-3 



AOKXTS WAXTED for the CEXTEXXIAL 



GAZETTEEK unitsd states 



A book for every American. Sells everywhere at sight. 

 Farmers, Teachers, Students, Lawyers. Merchants, School 

 Directors, Miiuuf;icturers, Mechanics, Shippers, Salesmen, 

 men of learning, and men who can only read, old and young, 

 all want it for everyday reference and use. Shows the grand 

 results of the 



FIEST 100 YEABS of the KEPUBLIO. 



Everybody buys it, ami Ai/t'. 

 a nmnth. Semi for t-irciilar. 



//.s i,uih-/ro)n $100 to $'J00 



Additss 



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Til MICASTia IIPEISS, 



(DAlIiT AND -WEEKLY,) 



Tlje Leading Local Family and Business Newspaper, and the 

 orjly Independent Republicaij Journal iij the County. 



THE ■\ FOUNDED 

 WEEKLY, \ BY THi; 



1843 J PRESENT PROPRIETORS. 



THE 



DAILY, 



1856 



7-5-4ni] J. C, McCURDY & CO., Publishers, 



Philadelphia, Pa. Ciuciuuuti, Ohio. 



Chicagu, 111. or St. Louis, Mo. 



The Weekly Expbess has been before the citizenrj of 

 Laucaster county for a period of thirty-two yetirs, and Ihe 

 Daily Express for ovei" eighteen years. During this long 

 period, and without change of management, The Express 

 has fairly earned a large sh.ire of patronage and firmly 

 established itself in the public confidence, as an upright and 

 indejieudent journal, never hesitating to defend the right 

 aud deuouuce the wrong, no matter where found to exist. 

 It has always been a journal of progress, and the outspoken 

 frieud of education, temr'erauce, sound morals and religion. 

 As in the past, so it will continue iu the future. 



TERMS OF THE EXPRESS. 



The Weekly Express, one year, ... $2.00 



The Daily Express, one year, .... 5.00 



The Express and The Farmer : To any person residing 

 withiu the iimits of Laucaster county we will mail— 

 The \Veekly and the Lancaster Farmer, one year, $2.50 

 The Daily and the Farmer, one year, - - 5.00 



REAL ESTATE ADVERTISING. 



The extended circulation of The Express makes it the 

 best medium for advertising Real Estate and Peisoual 

 Property in the county, a fact which can be attested by the 

 many farmers and others who have availed tliemselves of 

 the use of its columns, and to which we invite the atteution 

 of all having property to dispose of. 



PRINTING SALE BILLS. 



The Express printing office is one of the best furnishod 

 establishments for turning oiit all kinds of priutiug to be 

 found in the interior of the State. We are prepared to 

 print any job from the small visiting card to the largest sale 

 or horse bill, poster, or broadside, plain or in colors, us 

 quickly us it can be done at any other establishment, and on 

 as reasonable terms. We make the juluting of Sale-bills 

 for Farmerii a specialty, and guarantee satisfaction to our 

 customers. 



OUR STEAM POWER PRESSES 



include the various patterns adapted to printing books, 

 pamphlets, posters, sale-bills, hand-bills, millers' receipts, 

 catalogues of live stock, and any kind of work doue in a 

 first-class I'rinting office; in short anything that may be 

 called for by the farmer, merchant, banker, mechanic, or 

 business man, and we guarantee to do the work as satisfac- 

 tory as it can be done in Philadelphia or elsewhere. 



With one of the moat complete Job Offices in the State, 

 and unsurpassed couveuiences for expeditiously turning out 

 work by the best workmen, uuder the personal supervision 

 of the proin-ietors, who are both practical printers, all jer- 

 sons in need of Priutiug will find it to their interest to give 

 us a trial. 



PEARSOL & GEIST, 



BOOK, NEWSPAPER AND JOB PRINTERS, 



Express Buildings, 22, South Queen-st, ' 

 LANCASTER, PA. 



Our Pross 1tooni!« are open to Visitors, and they are 

 always welcome to look at our machinery iu operation, 



COMPLETE SECURITY. 



TIE FARMElir MTIDil. 



OF I<.A.NC.A.SXB:Ffc, 



HAVING COMPLETED THE 



VAULT, 



ARE NOW PREPARED TO 



RENT THE SAEES, 



For the safe keei.ing of GOVERNMENT, STATE, CTY, 

 KAILItOAD BONDS, aud other Securilies, at inodcrale 

 |»ri4*<>M. according to the size. C3?~Room aud desks, which 

 are [jrivate, adjoiuiug the vault, provided for Safe Reuters. 



7-6-tf EDW. H. BROWN, Cashier. 



