II. 



THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



FARMERS, GET THE BEST. 



Til mMB & muim 



FEED CUTTER, 



MANUFACTUBED FOR 



DIX^I^SR <Sc GrFlOFF, 



DEALERS IN 



HARDWARE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, 



No. 7 EAST KING ST., LANCASTEE, PA., 



Has been demonstrated by competitive tests to be THE 

 BEST FEED CUTTER IN THE MARKET. The feed-roU 

 JB Operated by a new and novel device which completely 

 overcomes the objection to the uneven action of other cut- 

 ters, while the length of cut can be varied to meet the wants 

 of the operator without the removal of any gear-wheels. 

 The material and worlrraanfihi]) are of the very beet class, 

 and guaranteed to givesatisfactioBto the purchaser. Farm- 

 ers are invited to call and see for themselves. 



"THE CHAMPION." 



The Champion Reajier and Mower, which we have sold 

 with Buch entire eatisfyction to our customers for the last 

 six years, still niiiintains the lead of all competitors — 

 33,761 having been manufactured for the harvest of 1S75 

 — and we have already completed our arrangements to sup- 

 ply the increased demand for next season. The Farmer 

 who buys the Champion is always satisfied that he has the 

 f uU worth of his money. 



DILLEU 8, GHOFF, 



No, 7 East King St., Lancaster, Pa. 



7-ll-lim 





Will be 

 niled free 

 to all a p p 1 i - 

 in ts. This is 

 lie of the larpcst 

 ml most conipreheu- 

 ve Cataloscues pub- 

 ished; contains about 2-i0 

 a^^s, over GOO fine enprav- 

 _s, '1 elegant colored plates, 

 uid gives full descriptions, 

 rices, and directions for plant- 

 ^ ...„ over 1200 varieties of Vegt-lable 

 , and Flower Seeds, Bedding Phtnts. 

 Roses. &Q:, and is invaluable to Farmer, 

 "Gardener and Florists. Address, 



D. M. TERRY & CO., 

 Seedsmen and Florists, DETROIT. Mich. 



PATENTS 



OBTADJED BEST AIJB CHEAPEST BY 



LOUIS BAGGER & CO., 



SOLICITORS OF PATENTS, 



TTT'asb.ington, D. C. 



ly Address aU letters to P. O. Box 444. 



7-3 12m 



7-9-6m 



This includes bags and delivering on board care. 



EVERGREEN BONE DUST, 



MANUFACTURED BY 



M. B. ESHLEMIN, at LEAMAN PLACE, 



Is guaranteod Fure Saw Bone, and nothing else. 

 Special paius taken in preparing it for feeding bens. 



No. 1, for feeding:, • - $l.i>0 per hundred. 

 No. 2, for land, • • - 1.75 



DEALERS IN AXL KmDS OF 



FA1IIII.T and I^IME-BURNINO COAI. I 



Orders received at 



Office, No. 15 East King street, and at the 

 8-l-12m) Yard, No. 618 NORTH PRINCE STREET. 



THE OLD FARM HOUSE. 



The easy chair, all patched with care. 



Is placed by the cold hearth-stone ; 

 With witching grace, in the old fire-jilace. 



The evergreens ai-e strewn. 

 And pictures hang on the whitened wall. 

 And the old clock ticks in the cottage hall. 



More lovely still, on the window sill. 



The dew-eyed flowers rest. 

 While 'midst the leaves on the moss-grown 



The martin builds her nest. 

 And all day long the summer tjreeze 

 Is wliispering love to the bended trees. 



Over the door, all covered o'er 



With a sack of dark green baize. 

 Lays a musket old, whose worth is told 



In the events of other days ; 

 And the powder-flask, and the hunter's horn. 

 Have hung beside it for many a morn. 



For years have fled with a noiseless tread. 



Like fairy dreams away. 

 And in their flight, all shorn of its might, 



A father — old and gray ; 

 And the soft winds play with the snow-white hair. 

 And the old man sleeps in his easy chair. 



Inside the door, on the sanded floor. 



Light, airy footsteps glide. 

 And a maiden fair, with flasen hair. 



Kneels by the old man's side — 

 An old oak wrecked by the angry storm. 

 While the ivy clings to its trembling form. 



Why He Broke His Pledge. 



"See here, Mr. Jonesby, do you know that you 

 cheated me out of a pound and a half of pork V 



" Why no, I was not aware of it; but how? Mr. 

 Smlthers." 



Why, you see, that the 200 pound pigthat you pro- 

 mised me if I kept the pledge ten weeks, only weighed 

 1981^ pounds. 



Did it, indeed. Well, I am sorry for that, and will 

 make good wliat it lacked. 



" Its too late now ; I have smashed the pledge. 

 When a man don't keep his word with me, I don't 

 keep my word with him.*' 



Poor, wronged Mr. Smithers; fraudulent Mr. Jones- 

 by. When will people ever get their rights ? 



When pyviciles and not puyies prevail. 



Precocious boy, munchiug the fruit of the date tree 

 — " Mamma, if I eat dates enough, will I grow up to 

 be an almanac?" 



An old lady from one of the rural districts, aston- 

 ished a clerk in one of the stores a few days ago, by 

 inquiring if he had any "yaller developments sich as 

 they did up letters in." 



A PRECOCIOUS boy was asked which was the greater 

 evii of the two — hurting another's feelings or his fin- 

 ger. He said the former. " Right, my dear child," 

 said the gratified questioner; " and why is it worse to 

 hurt the feelings?" "Because you can't tie a rag 

 around them," exclaimed the dear child. 



A Vermont genius is trying to manufacture false 

 hair from basswood. It is to be hoped he will suc- 

 ceed. It will be more pleasant for a fellow to gaze 

 from his pillow iu the morning upon the switch hang- 

 ing over the back of a chair and wonder what tree it 

 came from, than to speculate upon what dead woman 

 it was once attached to. 



The other day a German, leaning against a hitch- 

 ing post on Washington street, looked up at the sky 

 and remarked: " I guess a leedle it vill rain some- 

 dime pooty queek." " Yez do, eh ?" replied an Irish- 

 man at his side. " Well, I want yees to understand 

 thatyees have no business to come over to America 

 and say anything forninst the weather. What the 

 devil do yees purteud to know about American 

 weather, anyhow, ye furrin galoot ?" The German 

 had no more to say. 



He was a New Yorker. He had never seen the 

 country before, and read when at school the great 

 editor's " What I know about farming," and con- 

 sidered himself posted. He came to southwest Min- 

 nesota on business. A friend drove him out to see 

 the counti'y; they passed by a cornfield where some 

 men were pulling corn. What is that ? said the New 

 Yorker. 'That is a field of corn, said his friend. 

 What are those men doing? said yankee. They are 

 pulling the corn, said his friend. Ah, I see, said 

 yankee, they pull the corn ofl' and let the sticks stand 

 for another year. The subject was dropped. 



Henry M. Engle, of Marietta, a valued contrib- 

 utor to The Farmer, and well known over the State 

 as a successful and enterprising fruit grower, met 

 with a severe loss on the *i.5th of January in the de- 

 struction of his barn by incendiary fire, with all its 

 contents, including twenty-nine head of cattle, in- 

 volving a loss of $.5,000, on which there was only 

 $1 ,800 insurance. The stock, especially several head of 

 Alderney cows, was very valuable, and the loss to 

 Mr. Engle was a severe one; but he is a man of too 

 much pluck to be discouraged by such reverses. 



This is a beautiful Quarterly Journal, finely illustrated, 

 and containing an elegant colored Frontispiece with the 

 first number. Price only 25 cents for ihe year. The first 

 number for 1876 just issued. SJF^ Vick's Flower and 

 Vegetable Garden, 35 cents ; with cloth covers, 65 cents. 

 Address, JAMES VICK, Kochesler, N. Y. 



A FIRST CLASS 



DEVOTED TO 



POULTRY AND PET STOCK 



IN ALU THEIR BRANCHES. 



Edited by the Emiuent and Experienced Breeder and 

 Fancier, W. H, TODD, of Vermilliou, Ohio. 



The Nation is a wide-awake, original, practical and high- 

 ly valuable journal. No one who keeps pets or poultry can 



AFFORD TO DO WITHOUT IT. 



Only 60 Cents a Year, Postpaid. 



It clubs with poultry and other journals at very low rates. 



For instance, the Poultry World and Nation, are furnished 

 postpaid for $1.40. Fanciers' Journal (weekly) and Nation, 

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