II. 



THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



A CpVASSER WpTED 



IN 



EVERY TOWNSHIP IN THE COUNTY 



TO TAKE 



SUBSCRIBERS 



FOR THE 



FARMER. 



Rates of .4rtv«'rtlsiiiS 1" the Farmer. 



Farmers' Sons and other 



Young Men during their 



leisure hours 



CAN MAKE 



GOOD WAGES, 



We want a thorough canvass of every 



district, and will pay canvassers 



liberally. 



Address, 



L. RATHVON, PuUisher, 



LANCASTER, PA. 



GOOD BOOKS 



FOR THE 



Farm, Garden, and Household. 



The foUowiug is a list of Valuable Booke, which will be 

 supplied by the Editor of the Lancaster Farmer, No. 

 101 North Queen St. Any cue or more of these books will 

 be sent -po^t pa)d to any of our readers ou receipt of the 

 regular price which is named against aach book. 



Allen's (R. L. & L. F,] New American Farm Book $2 50 



Allen's (L. F.) Araericau Cattle.* 2 50 



Atwood'8 Country and Suburban Houses 150 



Bommer's method of Making Manures 25 



Breck's New Book of Flowers 1 75 



Brill's Fai-m-Gardening and Seed-Growing 100 



Dadd's Modem Horse Doctor, JSmo I 50 



Dadd's Amerieau Cattle Doctor, 12 ino 1 50 



Flax Culture, (SeveuPrize Essays by practical growers,) 30 



Fuller's Grape Cult urist 1 50 



Fuller's Small Fruit Cvilturist 1 5» 



Fultou's Peach Culture 1 50 



Gregory on Squashes paper.. 30 



Hiirris on thePig 150 



Henderson's Gardening for Pleasure 150 



Henderson's Gardening for Profit 1 50 



Henderson's Practical Floriculture 1 50 



Herbert's Hints to Horse-Keepers 1 75 



Hop Culture. By nine experienced cultivatore 30 



Hunterand Trapper 100 



Onions— How to Raise them Profitably 20 



Our Farm of Four Acres. Pa„ 30c.; Clc, 60c., Ex. clo. 1 00 



Parsons on the Rose 1 50 



Quiuby's Mysteries of Bee-Keeping 1 50 



Quiucy (Hon. Josiah) on Soiling Cattle 1 25 



Quinn's Money iu the Garden 1 50 



Quinu's Pear Culture for Profit, 1 00 



Riley's Potato Pests Paper 50 cts.; cloth., 75 



Roe's Plav and Profit in my Garden 1 50 



Stewart'slrrigatou for the Farm, Garden Bnd Orchard I 50 



Stewart's Stable Book 1 50 



Stewart's Shepherd's Manual 150 



Stoddard's Ann Egg Farm . , paper, 50 eta.; cloth 75 



Thomas's Farm Implements and Machinery 150 



Tim Bunker Papers . or, Yankee Farming 1 50 



Tobacco Culture. By fourteen experienced cultivators. 25 



Waring'a Draining tor Profit and Health 1 50 



Waring's Elements of Agriculture -. 1 00 



White's Cranberry Culture 1 25 



Wright's Practical Poultry-Keeper" 2 0(» 



FRENCH KID BOOTS 



A. N. BRENEMAN, Jr., 



MANUFACTUBEB OP 



FRENCH CALF BOOTS 



FOR 



ttEJTTI.EMESr. LADIES. 



No. 36 West King Street, 



LANCASTER, PA. 



DUsVBAR'S CHILD'S SHOES A SPECIALTY. 

 9-l-ly 



KmaSFOED'S 



Is Ihe BEST and MOST ECONOMICAL in the World. 

 Is perfecily PURE— free from acids and other foreign 



substances that injure Linen. 

 Is STRONGER than any other— requiring much less 



quantity in using, 

 is UNIFORM— stiffens and finishes work always the same. 



Eingsford's Osweg'O Corn Starch 



Is the most delicious of all preparations for 



PUDDINGS, BLANC-MA^fGE, CAKE, Etc. 



9-7-4m] 



J. STAUFFER, 



LANCASTER, jeENN'A. 

 235 EAST ORANGE ST. 



All matters appertaining to UNITED STATES or CANA- 

 DIAN PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, and COPYRIGHTS, 



promptly attended to. His experience, success ad faithful 

 ateation to the interests of those who engage his Services 

 are fully acknowledged and api^reciated. 



Preliminary examinations made for him by a reUable As 

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 or description. [9-1-tf 



Great Stock- Breeder's Monthly. 



,THE NATIONAL 



LIVE-STOCK, 



JOURNAL, 



Pablished at 

 CHICAGO, ILLS 



THIS GREAT MONTHLY is uuiverBiillyacknowl- 

 ledged to be wi'hout a rival in ils department of 

 Journalism. Each number coutaiuH 48 large- pages, 

 three columns to the page, with a handsome cover, 

 Hud is Beautifully Illustrated with elegant double- 

 t'late engravings. It is the only pai>er iu the world 

 devoted exclusively to live-stock and the dairy. It 

 discusses the science of breeding, the merits of the 

 various breeds, the most approved methods of feed- 

 ing and handling, and everything pertaining to the 

 successful management of live stock on the farm. 

 During the year lsT7, Prof. James Law, the eminent 

 veterinai7 of Cnmell University, ^ill contribute a 

 serieeof articles upon the lawsof health and disease 

 as applied to Domestic Animals, that cannot fail to 

 be of great value to Farmers and Stock Breeders 

 evei'y where. It contains separate Departments, 

 devoted to HORSES. CATTLE, SHEEP.SWINE and 

 the DAIRY, snd its corps of editors are recognized 

 tliroughout the entire country as the Most Thor- 

 ough, Able and Practical writers in the separate 

 departments, that can be found in America. No ex- 

 pense is spared on the part of its publishers, to 

 make it a M'jh-toncd, reliable, practical and itLstruc- 

 tive Journal, just such as every intelligent farmer 

 and stock breeder will find worth ten times its cost 

 each year. 



TERMS. — Single copies, one year, postage paid, 

 S2.15 ; Clubs of five, postage paid, gl*90 ; Clubs 

 of ten, with an extra copy free to jierson making up 

 club, postage pre-paid, $1.65. Haiidminely Illus- 

 trated jionters ruailed to all icho will get up clubs. Ad- 

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 unless iu shape of Postal Order or Draft, to 



STOCK JOURNAL COMPANY, Publishers. 

 Lakeside Building, CHICAGO, ILLS. 

 ir^~3END 20 Cents for Specimen Copy. [9-3-3m 



The Mtention l kmi Communitf 



Is invited to the new and improved 



WhicU bas been placed in the market by 



the un<ler<ii^ned firm, and which is 



represented by the above cnt. 



This roller has been tried by some of our best farmers, 

 who proclaim it to be the best roller they have ever seen. 

 The cylinder heads and hangers, are made of cast iron, with 

 chilled bearings, consequently there is no perceptible wear, 

 ou spindles or boxes, if pro^ierly oiled. The cylinders are 

 2TK inches in diameter — whole length of roller 7 feet 9 in- 

 ches. The wood work is made of good oak timber, and is 

 well painted. We guarantee it to be 



The most Durable and Easiest Handled 

 Roller in us«. 



IT^^If vou wish to purchase, call ou 

 STONER. SHREINER & CO., Lancaster Citv. 

 SKNSENIG HARDWARE CO., Goodville, Lancaster county, 

 EPHRAIM BENDER, Rothsville. 



MARTIN KAPP, Elizabethtown. ' 



REUBEN D. ZECH, Mountville. 

 GRAHAM, EMLIN & PASSMORE, 631 Market Street, 



Philadelphia. 

 Or at the manufactory, and you will be accommodated. 

 MARSH & C09IP, 

 9-8-2m Monnt Joy, I-ancaster Connty, Pa. 



T¥TliisWlTllll 



Will enable you to 

 market your but- 

 ter in the best poa- 

 8 i b le condition. 

 Competent judges 

 who have handled 

 butter shipped in 

 it to the Philadel- 

 phia market, pro- 

 nounce it the best 

 .irraugemeut /or 

 rarrying print but- 

 ter they ever saw. 

 K;icJi j'Viut or pat 

 is carried in a sep- 

 arate cup that can- 

 not be broken, up- 

 set, nor get out of 



plLLCe, 



All sizes and 

 forms of cups and 

 box will be made. 



Circulars with 

 full description 

 and price list free. 



L. RESH, 



149 North Queeu-3t., Lancaster, Pa. 



