THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



tentli mimln'r of ivlilili lias iraclu'il us. It is well 

 editeii, anil an cxpoiu'iit nf the pnnciples of tli« 

 Patrons of Imsliandrv. W. .1. Davie, uilitor. Terms, 

 ?l..'iO a year, or *?1 .'>•"> to i^raiii:ers or elnbfl. 



Tin: \Vmi:i:i, llAituow and Ghain .Sowkk adver- 

 tised in aiii>l her eolunin atlriU'teii luueli atleiilion at 

 the late Stale Kair. It is eoiieeded hy those who have 

 ti'sted it in Ihe Kastern States to lie the most eoni- 

 l)let(' and nset'nl ai^rieultnral inipleiiieiit bron;;ht out 

 within till' last ten years, takin;r rank with IlitMiiower 

 and rea]>er and threshiiiLT niaehine. It sows all kinds 

 of jjraiii liroadeast. heinii: adjustabh' to from four 

 quarts to lour Imshels per aeie. It also sows all 

 kinds of fertilizers. As a hroadeast sower it nu'ets 

 all olijeetions to drillini;. The harrow and coverer, 

 w liieh is shown williotit the sower in the en;^ravin;r, 

 is unquestionably the best harrow and pulverizer in 

 the market. It operates upon an entirely new prin- 

 eiple, adapts itself to all inequalities of soil, while 

 the tooth-lthides are so eoiistrueted that they will not 

 eateh on stones or rocks. We have no doubt this 

 iniplenient will beeoine as pii[>iilar in I'ennsylvaiiia 

 as it is in the Eastern States. 



Hfi.i.Kss Oats AN'i> Bkicad : At the elose of the 

 late State Kair, Mr. N. S. Kislier, of l.eesport, Herks 

 euunty, I'a., left upon our table a sample loaf of 

 bread baked Iroin Hour of the hulless oats whieh .Mr. 

 Fisher is iiitiodueini;. The bread was very palatable 

 and we know oat meal is always nourishini; and 

 wholesome. This variety oriiiinated by hybridiziu!; 

 the California wild oat with tlieohl fashioned Enjrlisli 

 oat. It is elainied thai it will yield as many measured 

 bushels as any other variety, with one-half the amount 

 of seed, while it weifi'lis 511 pounds to the liusliel, be- 

 iDf; as heavy as wheat, and two weeks earlier than 

 common oats. Mr. Fisher sells the seed at 50 cents 

 a pound, or ■'•2 pounds for Jl'J. 



The Cahix'kt Makeu ; One of the most remarka- 

 ble publications on our table is a weekly beariiiiif the 

 above title, iiutilished in Boston, and devoted to the 

 interests of the furnilure, uiiholstery i;oods, carpet, 

 uudcrtakiiii; and eo:;iiate branches of trade. It is 

 the pioneer in the above interests, having been estab- 

 lished in -May, 1870, and its progress has lieen unin- 

 terrupted since its inception. A perusal of its capa- 

 cious and well-tilled columns impresses one with the 

 magnitude of the iireat industry to which it is devot- 

 ed. It should be in the hands of every cabinet mak- 

 er and furniture dealer. Published by J. Henry Sy- 

 iiionds, Boston. 



An Apoi.oov. We are obliged to apologize fortius 

 issueofTilF. Fahmeu appearing a week later than the 

 advertised time. By one of those contingeneies 

 which will occasionally oeciir in a printing othec, a 

 IKjrtion of the type used in printing Tin-: Fahmkk was 

 " locked nil" in another job, the proof of which was 

 miscarried in the mail, and consequently delayed. 

 We will take special pains to avoid any such delay 

 in the future. 



The Wksteun Ui'kal, imblished at Cliicogo by 

 II. N. F. Lewis, ranks among the best of the larger 

 agricullnral literary weeklies on our exchange list. 

 It is one of the established institutions of the great 

 West, which sujiiiorts several excellent farm journals, 

 two of them in Chicago — Thf Jinral and Tlu: Priurlr 

 FartiiiT. Coleman's yi*'n-*i/ World is another of the 

 same style ami class. Specimen copies of any of our 

 agricultural exchanges can be seen at this ollice by 

 those desiring to examine them. 



The Lancastek Fakmeh will be greatly improved 

 for the coming year. We are bound to make it the 

 " best U leal agricultural journal in the country. To 

 those who subscribe now for next year we will send 

 the November and December numbers gratis — four- 

 teeu months for ?1 to subscribers residing in Lan- 

 caster county, or Sl.-o when sent out of the county 

 — including postage prepaid by us. 



The Patiion's' (Jazette is the title of a sixteen 

 page quarto, published in New York, and devoted to 

 the interests of the Patrons of Industry, gives special 

 attention to monthly inarkel reports and the jiur- 

 chasc of grangers' supplies. Published liy (lalbraith 

 & Co., No. li Frankfort street, N. Y., at one dollar 

 a year. 



The Sanitarian for October maintains the high 

 character of this useful sanitary monthly. It con- 

 tains a second instalment of Dr. Kilner's able paper 

 on "Ventilation for Health," and a great variety of 

 other useful papers, eminently worthy a large ciri'U- 

 lation. McDivitt, Campbell & Co., 79 Nassau street, 

 N. Y. ?:! a year. 



ThePuinteks' CiiKri,AU,ademi-+to.of :!Opages. 

 A beautiful illustrated journal devoted to "typo- 

 graphy, literature, arts and sciences." K. S. Meua- 

 niin, editor and publisher, .510 .Minor streel , Phila- 

 delphia. $1.0(1 a year. An able representative of 

 "the art preservative oi'all arts." 



FoiKTH ANNt'Ai, REi'ouT of the Board of Dlrcctors 

 of the Texas and Pacific Hallway Comjiany to the 

 Btoekholders, August 10, 1M75. An Svo. i)am|ihlet of 

 46 pp., which those desiring information on a "mooted 

 subject" wouUl do well to consult. 



KissEv's KmiT Farm, Dayton, Ohio. A 12 mo. 

 catalogue, with beautiful illustrations of Ihe straw- 

 berry — " Monarch of the West " — natural size, and 

 iu colors. Worth looking into. 



THE PROGRESS OF INVENTION. 



Official List of Patents, 



Rei.atino to the Farm, the Dairy, Apiary, Ac, 

 For the mouth (Hiding Octobur 7tb, IStB.' 



Insect Destroying ComiKiunds; G. W. Davis, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Hillside Plow Clevises; F. C. Merrick, South Parle, 

 Maine. 



Corn .Markers; W. H. Hider, Plum Hollow, Iowa. 



Cheese Vats; C. W. F. St reel , Lanark, 111. 



Cullivator Teelli; .1. Flynii, Monehes, Wis. 



(irain Drills; .1. 1. Lynam, Louisville, Ky. 



Harrows and C'ultivators Coinbincil; W. McCray, 

 Black Oak, Mo. 



Automatic (Jrates; W. W. McKay, Ossian, Iowa. 



Farm Fences; .\. iMillcr, tluntersvilK', Alabama. 



Pittman Boxes; C. II. Salzmnii, Qiiincy, 111. 



Wool Driers; J. M. Dick, Bulfalo, N. Y. 



Butter Workers; P. .M . Biee, West Chester, Pa. 



AnimalPokes; S. .\. (iiislin, .Mexico, .\. Y. 



Cotton Stalk Pullers; H. Lee, Mahalasville, lud. 



Apparatus for Preserving Eggs; F. D. Stone, Cleve- 

 land, Ohio. 



Potato Diggers; W. E. Babcoek, Pembroke, N. Y. 



Droiiocrs lor Harvesters; J. Bahruth, Liberty Prai- 

 rie, III. 



Pruning Implements; W. Carr, West Hayden, Ohio. 



.'\liparatUB for Liquid Manures; E. II. Cummings, 

 Chicago, III. 



Sulky Plows; U.K. Feniier', Urbana, 111. 



Stock Cars; W. W. Kerr, Chicago, III. 



Fence Posts; A. Y. McDonald, Dubuque, Iowa. 



Seed Planters; F.O. Weiiell, Plainlield, 111. 



Cullivator Frames; W. M. Coston, Quilman, Mo. 



Weeding Iloes; A. S. Dunham, Verona, N. Y. 



Bee Hives; S. Hixim, West Newton, Pa. 



Bee Hives; Peter Honnell, Marietta, Miss. 



Hand Planters; D. W. Hughes, St. Louis, Mo. 



Churn Cops; VV. Mance, .letferson township, Mich. 



Fertilizing Distributors, Planters and Cultivators; 

 B. Scotield, Carlersville, (ia. 



Corn Markers; Win. F. Senlin, .Marshall, Mo. 



.Machines for (iathering Grass Seed; J. K. Symcs, 

 Hamilton, Oliio. 



Corn Planters; S. Wrisrht, Troy, Ohio. 



Potato Diggers; D. Bottsford, Warsaw, N. Y. 



Grain Cleaners; T. Buhlinann, Chom-Zug, Switzre 

 land. 



Corn Shellers; J. S. Foster, Auburn, N. Y. 



Straw Cutters; W.H. Hall, Tillin, Ohio. 



Harvesters, A. .1. Cook, Wichila, Kansas. 



Horse Hayrakes; B. .1. Downini;, Davton, Ohio. 



Side Hill Plows; K.I. Knaiip, Half .Moon Bay, Cal. 



Wheat Steamers; D. Sims, Leavenworth, Kansas. 



Hog Traps; W. Deatlierage, Galesburg, 111. 



Harrows; J. B. Green, Elliott, Cal. 



Cultivators; M. .Mc.Nitt, .Mound Station, 111. 



Cotton Planters; .1. B. Oiion, Pecon Point, Ark. 



Sulky Plows; E. W. Hussell, Ashley, .Mo. 



Butter Workers; P. Shaw, Seituate, .Mass. 



Butter .Molds; " " 



Hollers and Harrows; A. P. Allen, Denmark, Iowa. 



Churn Dashers; J. D. Bright, Terrell, Texas. 



Corn Droppers; J. W. Fawkes, Maroa, III. 



Feed Cookers; B. Fisher, El Paso, III. 



Harvesters; .J. S. Fowler, Davenport, Iowa. 



Fence Posts; (i. W. llalch, llarkmon, Ohio. 



Horse Hayrakes; J. lIollingsworMi, Chicago, III. 



Fruit Driers; D. S. Lowman, Leitersburg, .Md. 



Cattle Stalls; I. H. Marsh, Brasher Falls, N. Y. 



Corn Planters; E. E. Matthews, Muneie, Ind. 



Check Rowers; L. .J. Ailell, Fayetleburg, 111. 



Gates; C. C. Kedmond, San Jose, Cal. 



(irain Separators; L. C. Hoyer, Hogertown, Ind. 



Corn Shelling Implements; J. .M. Wilson, Nashua, 

 N.H. 



Comimsition for Preserving Eggs; J. K. Boone, 

 Booneville, .Mo. 



.Meat Cutters; D. I. Debroat, Newburg, N. Y. 



Wheel Harrows; J. S. Snively, (Jreencastle, Pa. 



Dumping Wagons; T. Weaver, Ilarrisburg, Pa. 



Insect I)estroying Apparatus; W. F. Woolsey, 

 Breckinridge, .Mo. 



Pulverizing Machuies; J. Caldwell, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Plows; I. Freeman, Corpus Christi, Texas. 



Washing Machines. G. W. Grubb, East Covington, 

 Pa. 



Churns; G. W. McClurc, St. Louis, Mo. 



Horse Shoes; .M. L. Hoberls, .Manslield, Ohio. 



Flower Pots; C. J. Sonas, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Grain Driers; J. Souter, Bulfalo, N. Y. 



Ditching Machines; F. Taylor, Iiidianai>oIie, Ind. 

 Reissue . 



Harvesters; J. Gore, Brattlebon), Vt. 



Apparatus for Steaming Cirain; John C Hunt, Chi- 

 cago, 111. 



Combined Harrows and Cultivators; John W. Dilez, 

 Macomb, HI. 



Wheel Plows; Jas. Flow, Pilot Point, Texas. 



Churns; E. (iroat, Napa, Cal. 



llarrows; I. N. Harbaugh, Brighton, Iowa. 



•Prejtiired expressly lor The I.ancahtkh Faiimku l>y 

 Louis Ua^ger A; CV)., Solieilors 4>r I'litt'iitH, WasbiiiKluii, l>. 

 C, from wtiolii coiiipleto copies of the PatcutM Ulitl J>ruwui({H 

 may lie obtaiued. 



THE STATE FAIR. 



Complete List of Premiums Awarded to 

 Exhibitors. 



In another ileparlmenl of Till'. Farmer, the 

 editor gives his views at length In reirurd to the 

 late .\niiual Fair of the Pennsylvania State .Agrl- 

 I'Ulliiral .Society and the principles upon which 

 such I'Xhibitions should be managed. Bi-low we 

 print the full list of the awanls of prenihiiiis, 

 diplomas, etc., for which we could not lind roiim 

 in the sixteen pages set apart louur u.sual eillto- 

 rlal and miseellaneous mailer. 



As the Ollice Editor Is res|ninsible for tills, wc 

 know Ihe readers of The Farmer will panloii 

 us for mentioning what the |iroverbial nnslesty 

 ofourChU'f doubtless prevented him from do- 

 ing in his department, viz: That Prof. Kalhvon 

 was awarded the premium of thirly-Iive dollars 

 otlered by the .Stale Society for the best essay 

 on Ihe Colorado Potato-Beetle. This is a coni- 

 pliiiu'iit well deserved and appropriately Ijc- 

 stowed. No eiitomolot^ist in this county better 

 underslands the subject than Prof. Rathvon. 

 Long before anybody in I his .seel ion apprehended 

 any danger from the Potato Bug, hesoundeil the 

 alarm, ilemonsl rated thai the |M*st would surely 

 cross the [iioinitains and travtd east, and loldour 

 •farmers how to prepare to save their eroiis from 

 its devastations. It was mainly to the practical 

 information ditfiised by him through the col- 

 umns of The Far.mek and the local press, that 

 the farmers owe their success in raising sucii 

 good crops of {Mitatoes in defiance of the ravages 

 of the bugs. 



This excellent essay for which the premium 

 was awarded, will be published in the annual 

 report of llie State Agricultural Society, illus- 

 trated with the col rect engravings of the Bee- 

 tles which appeared in former issues of Tub 

 Failmek. 



List of Premiums. 



DIVISION I-CATTLE. 

 I\iri 1. Thvnnty/ihrttl Jlcttltt, 



Thumau L McKeeu, Kaxtou, thoroughbred 

 Short-horn cattle, 1st premium, iSO. 



J li Lougeucckcr, Union Deposit, Dovou cattle, 

 1st premium, -tSO. 



James Young, Uiddletown, Jersey cattle, 1st 

 premium, iHO. 



r> W Golemau's beiis, Cornwall, Holsteiu, lut 

 premium, «50. 



Charade (Mile. 



SRutter, Emigsville, Bhort horn cow "IJeauty," 

 over :! years old, lot premium, i?10. 



C B Moore, Christmna, Jersey cow "Grace," 

 over ;l years, 1st premium, •i'lO, 



G Zeigler, Lancaster. 2 Durham heifer calves, 

 3 mouths old, 1st premium, ^5. 



Levi O Getz, Laucaeter, Devon cow, lat pre- 

 mium, .iio. 



William L Peiper, Lancaster, Jersey heifer 

 "Maud, " 12 mouths, 1st premium, .^10. 



/>— Workititj Oxett, 

 R W Coleman's heirs, Cornwall, Yoke of oxen; 

 1st premium, $10. 



K—Fat (Mile. 

 Edward Smyser, fat beifer, l>10. 



I\iH 2 — J^irt/r CtUtk— Short /{uniit, Vevotut, Jlcre- 

 J'lirdx, HoUtcitiK 



Tbos P McKeeu, Easton— Short-boms— bull, 

 "Prince Nicholas," over 3 years, lot premium, 

 ^40 ; heifer, "Ducbessof Lehigh, ' 1 year old: 2d 

 premium, -tlS; calf, "Duchess of Lehigb 4tb," 1 

 year old, 1st premium, iW ; calf, "Lchictou," 1st 

 premium, -TlS. 



A M Uauck, Dird-in-Haud, Short born cow, 

 "Snowdrop," C years old, lot premium, r'25. 



Edw Hicko, Oosheuville — Short-horns— bull, 

 "Jlontezuma," 2 years old, lot premium, t25 

 cow, "Fauey," G years old, 2d premium, *15 : 

 beifer, "Leuora," 2 years old, 1st premium, «'20. 



J b Loiigontcker, Union Deposit, Dovuuo, 

 bull, "Champion," 2 years old, 2d premium, ^15; 

 bull, "Prince John," over 1 year, Ist premium, 

 «'15; heifer, "Devon Beauty," under 1 year, 2d 

 premium, ?5. 



R W Colemau's heirs, Coniwall, Holsteins, 

 cow, "Cornie," 2d premium, -rlS; beifer, "Mag- 

 gie," I'l years old, 2d premium, .flO. 



Colebrook estate, John Ueuoon, agent, Dovons, 

 "Red Cloud," I'.j years old, 2d premium, t'20. 



Levi O Getz, Lancaster, Devouo, bull, "Red 

 Dick,'' over 1 year old, lot premium, iylO. 



Fart 3. Small CultU—AUUrney, Jrrny, AyrMn, 

 Brittany^ Chiinntl ItUatid*. 



Dr W F Atlee, Pbiladolpbia, Jersey bull, 

 "Julian," over 3 years old, 2d premium, ?20. 



C B Moore, Cbriotiana, Jersey bull, "Richard," 

 over 2 years, lot premium, ?25 ; heifer, "Glen 

 Dale Belle," over 2 years old, lot premium, .725. 



James Young, Middletown, Jerseys— bull, 

 "Billy, ' imported, over3yoar8, Ist premium, HO; 



