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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



AN INDISPENSABLE REQUISITE 



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Teacher, Advanced Student, Intelligent Family, 

 Library, and Intelligent Person, is 



The Best English Dictionary, 



PlONAKf. 



WlBSfEE'S IIAlllSilB. 



"The Best Practical English Dictionary 

 EXTANT."— A.'»"'<"i (pmrterly Review, October, 1S73. 



" Every fanitcr shuuld give his sous two or three square 

 rods of gVouud. well jirepared, with the avails of which they 

 may buy it. Kvery vuchanir should put a receiving box iu 

 some cou-jiicuous place in the hou^e, to catch the stray peu- 

 nies for the same purpose. 



Lay it upou your table by the side of the Bible— it is a bet- 

 ter expouuder thau mauy which claim to be expounders. 



It is a great 1 .bor-saver ; it has saved us time enough in 

 one year's use to pay for itself ; aud that must be deemed 

 good property which will clear itself ouce a year. If you 

 have any doubt about the precise meauing of the word 

 clear, in the last senteuce, look at Webster's uiue defluitions 

 of the v. t."— J/rt.v^. Life lioat. 



trf'Keceutly added four pages of «"«»XOREB II.- 

 l.i;S'I'K.4'J'IOX!S. engraved expressly for the work at 

 large expense. Sold by all Booksellers. It 



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IN the APPENDIX which we shall issue 1st of February 

 next, coutaiuiug all changes, corrections, &c., we pro- 

 pose to insert advertising, same as iu Directory proper. 

 This will go to every subscriber free, aud as it will contain 

 all the correcl ions aud changes up to day of pubUcatiou, it 

 ■will be carefully studied by all, aud be a.i good an advertis- 

 ing medium as the Direciory proper. We will insert adver- 

 tisiug matter iu the APPENDIX at the followicg low rates. 



Fvill page $25.00 I One-third page lO.OO 



Half " 14.00 I Oae-fourtii " B.OO 



One-sixtli page 5. 50. 



ADDRESS, 



D. W. SCOTT & CO., 



Printers and Publishers, 



«,\I.E5(A. IL,I>S. 



Published Weekly at Louisville, Ky., Headquarters of 

 National Grauge, 



The Leadhig Grange Pajter ! 



HAS THE CiliA.NGE DECISIONS AND OFFICIAL 

 Grange publications. A paper for Patrons of Hus- 

 bandry everywhere ; a tirst-class Agricultural and Family 

 iiewspajer ; has the cream of all the agricultural papers. 



THE CHEAPEST PAPER, 



Has not oilv articltB iiilerestiiig to Graugers, but General 

 News, the Markets, Choice Stories aud Fine Selectious relat- 

 ing to Practical Science, as apiilied to Agriculture. Nothing 

 tedious— but everyt'hing Fresh and Siiarkliug, making a 

 paper for the Farm aud Fireside, the Old and the Young, 

 and popular anmng all chsst-s. 



See "What Louisville Papers Say. 



" The National Granger is a large eight page paper, well 

 filled with useful and eutertaining articles, which will com- 

 mend it to every intelligent farmer. Col. W. J. Davie, one 

 of the leading Grangers of this State, has taken an interest 

 in the National Granger. Colonel Davie is a good writer aud 

 an able sieaker. Ah one of the chief lecturers of the State, 

 he has done more probably than any other man to secure the 

 wonderful success that has attended the Order of Patrons in 

 Kentucky."— Dailj Courier- Jotirnal. 



" Neatly printed and full of well arranged, interesting 

 matter." — Daily Commercial. 



'•The paper is handsoniely made-up, aud filled with a 

 good variety of farm and fireside reading. "^Daily Ledger. 



Rates — $1 50 per year; 4 months on trial for 50 cents. 

 Clubs of not less than 4 furiiished at $1 aS foreachname. 

 Samples free. Agents wanted. Address 



NATIONAL GKANGEK PUBLISHING CO., 



3mos Louisville, Ky. 



NEW VARIETIES OF POTATOES 



FOR SALE THIS FALL 



20 Per Cent. Cheaper than Next Spring. 



Brownell's Beauty, $1.75 per bushel. 



Ohio Beauty, $2.00 per bushel. 

 Carpenter's Seedling Ice Cream, $1.50 per bushel. 



Also new varieties, such as Snowflake, Early Favorite, 

 (Early Ohio, best out) Early Paragon, Red Jacket, Red Car- 

 ter, Nonesuch, Eureka, Victor, Pennsylvania Seedling of the 

 Early Hose (first year out). Concord, Early Monteeee, Dur- 

 moie Seedling, Early Vermont, Brooks' Seedling, Oswego. 



For sale by the pound, half-peck and peck. Price sent on 

 receipt of address. All the above delivered to freight or ex- 

 press office free— freight aud express charges to be paid by 

 the purchaser. Pound lots by mail free. Address 



ROLAND ROBERTS, 

 It Ilorsliaili, IHoiitgomery Co., Pa. 



Powell'sPatent Wheel HarrowlGrainCoverer. 



This IlaiTow, for Pulverization, Covering Seed, Comparative Ease of Draft, Simplicity, 



Durability, and General Practicability, is unsurpassed by aiij- other Harrow or Pulverizer in use. 



IT IS ADAPTED TO EVERY KIND OF SOIL 



stony, Rooty, Clayey, Loamy or Sandy, being supplied with Cast Iron or Steel Teeth. It never catches upou stone 



' or roots nor turns up the sod on newly ijlowed sward laud, owing to the peculiar construction of the 



' Teeth. It does the work of four plows on old potato land by properly adjusting it. 



THE SOWER attached to this Harrow (not shown in the above cut) is adopted fo the sowing of all kinds of seeds aud 



fertiUzers, aud operates on the broadcast principle, sowing from f* ur quarts to four bushels per acre. The Mechanism 



is simple, and can be managed by any boy comiieteut to drive a pair of horses. 



MANUFACTURED BY THE NATIONAL WHEEL HARROW COMPANY. 



L. C. DODGE, General Af/eiif, Burllngou. Vt. 



FARMERS, GALli AND SEE THE GREAT HARROW, 



Being assured that this, the only AVheel Harrow in the world with wheel draft, which 



works vertically, independent of the main axle, is one of the most important agricultural im[ilemeuts of the day, the pub- 

 lishers of The Farmer have made arrangements vrith the manufacturer to bring it to the attention of the farmers of 

 Penusylvauia by placing one of the Harrows and Seed Sowers combined on eshibitiou at the office of The L.^ncasteb 

 Farmer, where those interested iu this great improvement are invited to call. This will be the first one seen in the State. 

 It was awarded the GRAND MEDAL OF PROGRESS by the New England Agricultural Society, at Boston, IHT3, aud at 

 Providence, in 1874; also the First Premium by the American Institute, 1873, and Fii-st at all State and County Fairs 

 wherever exhibited. 7-9-'2t 



THE SCIENTIFIC FARMER 



AMHERST, MASS., 

 $1.00 Per Yeak. Sample Copies Free. 



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GEORGE D. SPRECHER, 



DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF 



ROOFINCl SLA^TJE. 



OFFICE : 



No. 15 EAST KING STREET, 



7-l-12m LANCASTER, PA. 



1875. PRE-CENTENNIAL. 1875. 



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Cor.N. aUEEN and ORANGE STS., 



LANCA STER, PENN'A. 



JOHN M. COV^ELL, 



Copeiaicer aM Real Estate Apt, 



OFFICE IN LAW BOILIJlNG, 



N. W. COR. DUKE AND GRANT STS., 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Kml EiliUif of all desciiptiou bought, sold and 6x- 

 chiiiiged on comDiissioii. 



l.iiiiiiK Nigotlntcd. Mortgages bought aud Bold. 



fmitittirs taken in charge, aud reuts, iuterest, etc., 

 collected. 



Particular attention giveu to matters appertaiuiug to 

 Real Estate Law, aud Couveyaucing. 



Jtfetis, Mortgiitjrs, Briefs. Wills aud all other legal 

 iustnuueuts correctly drawu aud haudsomely aud ueatly 

 eugrOBsed. 



JUa/is of Proiierties, Lola, Farms, &c.. aud Draughting iu 

 general accurately aud haud.'^omely executed. [7-l-l"2m 



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 i"k KKAI. KST.A.TK(}K PERSONAL PRORERTY, 

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