IV. 



THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[March, 1876. 



We call ;ittentiun lo our iunuense Stock (GUO acres ) of 

 Fruil 'l'r<'<'M, St^irtdaid ai d Dwarf. 

 Kmall Fruits. Gia] es, ('urranta, Eaepberries, &c. 

 Ornamental TrceH and Shrubs, deciduous and 



evergreen. 

 RoNeN a 6] ecjiilty — «11 the tiuest ports. 

 Green and Hot House Plants, including best nov- 

 elties Small i^aieels forwarded by mail when desired. 

 Prompt attention given to all orders and inquiries. 

 Descriiitive and Illustrated priced Catalogues sent prepaid 



on receipt of stamps, as follows: 

 No. 1. Fruifs (new ed,, with col'd plate) 15 cts. 

 No. 2. Ornamental Trees, with col'd plate of Roses, 25c. 

 No. 3. Greeuhouge, l-'ree. No. 4. Wholesale, Free. 



No. 5. l..istof Xew Roses for 13T6, Free. 

 Nos. 1 and 2 — Neatly bound together, forming an interest- 

 ing and valuable book for reference, 

 AddresBf 50 cts. by mail, post paid. 



ELIWANGER & BARRY, Rochester, NY- 



Goon SEED!!, GROWN WITH CARE. FROM SE- 

 lected Stocks, alwaj 8 pay. Try mine. Catalogue free. 

 J. R. V. HAWKINS, Cioshen, N. Y. 



FARMEES, lUPROVE YCUE POULTRY DTOGEl 



EGGS FOR HATCHING 



Of the following varieties, at prices to suit the times, viz.: 



Dark Brahmas, Partridge Cochins, White Cochins, Ply- 

 mouth Bocks, S. 8. Hamburgs, Brown Leghorns, Amer. 

 Dominiques and Houdans. Address, 



8-3-2m] 



HAYOSr H. TSHUDY, lAtlx.. Pa. 



4)??©. 



mm. 



As MEMENTOES. SOUVENIRS. 

 and ORNAMENTS 



FOR THE PEOPLE. 



As LASTING ADVERTISEMENTS 



101 ilSlIlSS 10US1S, 



MANUFACTURED OF ALBATA PLATE, 



Equal in wear and color to solid 



SZZiVSR OB. GOZiD, 



Presenting beautiful DESIGNS IN RELIEF, commem- 

 orating the cue hundredth anniversary of our nation's 

 birth. Size, !*« inches in diameter. Send for circular. 



Price for the Silver, 50 cents each. \ 



tiold. 75 " 

 Usual discount to the trade. 



AGENTS WANTFD. 



Immense protita. ftells at sight. Extensive fields for en- 

 terprise. Will be sent to any part of the country by mail, 

 postpaid, upon the receipt of price 



U. S. medallion Co., P. O. Rox 5270, N. T. 



WIMBLEDON 



Long Ttange Breech, Loading 



Practice Pistol & Targets. 



Carrios a 'i inch ball with aocu- ^^^^^k ^ 

 racy titty leet, without powdt^r or ^^^^^ (/) 

 percussion. Brass barrel, hair trigger. For sale 

 by dealers. By mail, tree for 75 cents, with per- 

 manent ammunition for target practice indoors, 

 and for sporting out of doors. 



AGENTS WANTED. 



A. A. GRAHAM. 67 Liberty Street, New Tori- 

 8-S-6m 



E. N. FRESHMAN & BROS., 



ADVERTISING AGENTS, 



186 W. Fourth St., Cincinnati, 0., 



Are authorized to contract for advertising 

 in this paper. 



Estimates luniislied tree. 



(tfj 



send lor Circular. 



SPECIAL NOTICE TO FARMERS! 



Improve Vour Peultry! 



THIS can be done at a comp .ratively small outlay by purchasing one or more sittings of eggs for hatching from choice 

 thoroughbred and imported fowls. We keep a very select stock of the leading varieties of Poulliy : Brahmas, 

 Cochine, Leghorns, Houiaus, Game, Hamburgs. Plymouth Rocks, D irkings, etc. Mammoth Hrunze, White, 

 Blue and Black Turkeys, Toulouse, Embden and Hon*? Koug Geese, all breeds of Ducks, etc. We breed each variety on a 

 separate farm — thus can guarantee purity. Descriptive Circular free. 



Handsomely Illustrated Descriptive Priced Catalogue of Poultry, etc., 10 cts., Post-paid. 



ALSO BREEDER AND SHIPPER OF AND DEALER IN 



BLOODED CATTLE. 



Southdown and Cotswold Sheep, Chester White, 

 Berkshire, Yorkshire and Essex Swine, 

 . Sporting and Thoroughbred Dogs. 



Descriptive Cirenlar free! All stock boxed free, and safe arrival guaran- 

 teed. No inferior stock sold EvcTy farmer, ard all interested in pigeons, should send 

 60 cents for a copy of our new illustrated treatise — 



The Pigeon Loft: How to Furnish and Manage»It. 



EXTRA FINE SEED CORN— Sample, Sets. 



Circulars free. Correspondence Solicited 



ADDRESS, w. ATLEE BURPEE, Philadelphia, Pa. 



$12 



a day at Home. Agents wanted. Outtit and 

 terms* free. TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. t8-3-ly 



FOR FRUIT 



And Ornament. 

 500 ACRES OF TREES 



At Wholesale and Retail. 



Pear, Apples, Cherrifis, Quincep. 



Peaches, Plums and Small Fruits. 



New and Kare Oruamemal Trees and Shrubs. 



Evergreeus, large quant ities.^large variety, cheap. , 



Cot-'fcaved Bircb^ Purple Beech ' Weeping Trees. 



CI.KMATIS JA<'KJI.4JI>ri.— Hardy and Perpetual, 

 blooms profusely until Irozel, ui>, 



PEKFETUAI. WHITE CI.EMATIS.— 15 Sorts. 

 We have over 70 varieties of Clemntis, iu many shades of 

 color, from dark rich purple to pure white— strong piftiits, 

 safely sent by mail. 



KOSES. Moss. Tea, Climbing and Perpetual. 



Small Packages sent safely l)y Mail and Express. 

 t^~Cutalogues free. Address 

 T. C. MAXWEE,E A. BROS., Geneva, K. T. 



[g-2-2m 



SEED POTA TOES! 

 $125 



IN PRSiaiUlVIS 



WILL be divided among the five successful competitors 

 who shall produce the largest quantity from one 

 pound of the Mahopac Seedling, subject to conditions 

 named in my Catalogue. 



MAHOPAC SEEDLING— the most productive of 160 va- 

 rieties tested, quality fine, free from rot, per pound, $1 ; 3 

 pound to one address, $2 — by mail prepaid, by express or 

 freight, charges paid by the purchaser ; 1 peck, $4 ; 1 bush., 

 $15 ; 1 bbl., $30. Also Ruby, Alpha, Snowiake. and Eureka. 

 For fuU description and price list see my Catalogue, con- 

 taining the largest and best collection of new and 

 choice Seed Potatoes ever offered. Prices low. 



New and desirable Vegetable Seeds. Dreer's Improved 

 Lima Bean, per packet, 20c.; Egyptian Turnip Beet, packet, 

 10c. ; Henderson's Early Summer Cabbage, packet, 25c.; 

 Early Wyman Cabbage, packet, 15c.; Earliest Dwarf Erfurt 

 Cauliflower, packet, 50c.; Triumph Sweet Corn, packet, 10c. ; 

 Peerless Cucumber. 15c.; Hanson Lettuce, packet, 15c.; New 

 Egyptian Sprouting Lettuce, packet, 2.5c.; Russian-Ameri- 

 can Water Melon, packet, 20c.; New Queen Onion, lOc; 

 McLean's Blue Peter Pea. packet, 15c.; Butman Squash, 

 packet, 16c.; Conqueror Tomato, package, 16c.; Golden 

 Trophy Tomato, packet, lOc; Rose Mammoth Sweet Pej:- 

 per, packet, 20c.; French Breakfast Raddish, packet, 5c.; 

 Lane's Improved Imperial Sugar Beet, the best for feeding 

 stock, ij lb., 26c.: 1 lb., 90c.; 5 lbs.; $4.00 ; Earlv Red Globe 

 Onion, early productive and handsome, }^ lb., 75c.; 1 lb., 

 $2.50 ; 6 lbs., $11.00 ; Ex Earlv Red Onion, the earliest, very 

 fine, V lb., 90c.; 1 lb., $3.00 ; S lbs., $14.00. 



The above will be mailed at prices quoted. 



For full description of the above, and all the new and 

 best varieties of strictly fine Garden Seeds, care- 

 fully grown from selected stocks, see my Illustrated Cata- 

 logue, sent free to all applicants. Do not fail te see it. 



J. R. V. HA-WKINS, 



GOSHEN, Orange Co., N. V. 



$5 to $20 



per day at home. Samples worth $1 free. 

 STINHON & CO., Portland, Maine. 



SEE1> POTATOES sent to order as follows : Eureka, 

 Acme, Snowjlake, and BrowntlVs Beauty, 50c. per lb., 

 $1.00 per 3 lbs., by mail ; $1.10 per pk.; $1.75 per % buah. 

 Eureka and Snoirjiake, $3.00 per bush.; $5.50 per bbl.; Ice 

 Cream, Earlp Verynont, Co7npton''s Surprise, Carpe7iter^8 

 Seedling, and Excelsiors, 40c. per lb., 80c. per 3 lbs., by 

 mail; 60c. ] er pk., $1 per J4 bu., $1.85 per bu., aud $3.25 per 

 bbl., by expi ess or freight as desired. None sent but genu- 

 ine. Stock direct from the originators. Send no money in 

 letters unlesa regit^t ered, . Address LA FAYETTE CAS- 

 SLER & CO , Box ^fltfpff/^j Ohio. [8-3-lt 



Same^hin paper ickcn ycu icritc. 



-.a- 



NS'W PO'T.A.TOSS ! 



'i$250 



ISI PKEMIl'MS to Growers! Two New 



Vaiieties sent gratis, prepaid. Circular 



pplicauts. D. .A. COMPTON, Hawley, Pa. [2t 



AGENTS WANTED! 



Centennial Medallions, 



struck in solid Albata Plate, equal in appearance, 

 we:ir and color to 



SOLID SILVER OR GOLD, 



Presenting a large variety of beautiful d*'ai.gmi in relief. 



These Medallions are larger than a Silver Trade Dollar, 

 being 1 -(j inches in diameter, handsomely put up, aud aell 

 readily at sight. 



Tbe most valuable Souvenirs uud 'SLetfi^ 

 mentoes ever i*isued. 



A complete outfit of magoiticeut samples for agents, in 

 velvet-lined Morocco cas^iirfncluding the Bust of 



" GEORGE ■WASHINGTON,*"^ GRAND ENTRANCE IN- 

 TERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, MEMORIAL HALL, 

 (ART GALLERY) HORTICULTURAL HALL, 

 MAIN BUILDING, aud the grand represen- 

 tation of the Signing of the DECLARA- 

 TION OF INDEPENDENCE, 



(designed by Trumbull), in gilt, sent by mail on receipt of 

 draft or Post Office order for $3.50, or will ship by express 

 C. O. D. upon receipt of exprei<s charges. Agents' Circular 

 and Price List and one sample sent upon receipt of 

 50 cents. Immense protitB. Sells at sight. Exteusiye 

 fields for enterpiise. Address all communications 



TT. S. MEDALLION CO., 



P. 0. Box 5270. 212 Broadway, N. T. 



SEND 25c. to O. P. ROWELI, & CO., New York, for Pam- 

 phlet of 100 pages, containing lists of 3,000 newspapers, 

 aud estimates showing cost of advertising. 



$125.00 in CASH PRMIUMS. 



For particulars see my Illustrated Catalogue for 1«76, con- 

 taining all th« new and best varieties of fresh, true aud re- 

 liable Garden Seeds, carefully grown from fine selected 

 BtockB, and the largest and best collection of Choice Seed 

 potatoes ever oflfered. Sent free to nil applicants. Do not 

 fail to see it. 



J. R. V. HAWKINS, 



GOSHEN, N. Y. 



