THE LANCASTER FARMER^ 



ML 



\hl A MTCn ^" eiiucateii yi-iuiK muii, I'lmclk-iil Furui- 

 VVnlN I LU, er, with small capital, to KoSouih. 



m-G-lui 



lOSjVVISK, 

 P. O. Box 17SS. Phri:uU-Iphi:i, Pn. 



Ardenheim Iron Stone. 



Tbo Ardonlieim Iron Kloiio PipeH are prououuccd 



by practical meu iu this liue of busiueee, the 



best in the United StateH. 



WATER PIPES FOR FARMERS, 



DRAIN PIPES FOR PLUMBERS. 

 Send to e. H. AM>ERSO>, Proprietor, Iliint- 

 iiiK:<loiii, Pa., for tpatimonlals. mid wee for yourBelvee 



what those say of them who have used them. 



ISAAC DILLER. Hardware Merchant 



S«I,K AGEXT,, 



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



$5 to $20 



per ilay at home. Samples woi-th $5 free. 

 Address Stinson k Co., Purtl:iud, Maine. 



LISTEN TO THE MOCKING BIRD.-The 



Prairie Whistle :md Animal Imitaior cau be used by a child. 

 It iy made to imitate the song ot every bird, the neigh of a 

 horse, the bray ©f an asi^, the gruut of a hog; birds, beasts 

 and snakes are euchauteu and entrapped by it. Is uSfd by 

 Billy Birch, Charley White, and all the MiustrelB and Warb- 

 lers. Ventriloquism c;iu be learned in three days by its aid. 

 Sent upon receipt of 10 cts., 3 for 25 cte., 7 for 50 cts. 15 for 

 $1. Address, J. W. COTTKELL & CO., 218 Fulton Street, 

 New York. 10-5-lin 



PIANO I;y;"'"f^"* 



inrfi-t Grand Piaiios.pi A MH 



St Sl,«0((ouly Sia.!. s......rl,.;i-,.,„ll IHMU 



Square Piauos, roBt $1.10(1 only $255. Elegant Upright 

 Piahos, coBt $S00, ouly $!•>.'>. New style Upright 

 Pianos, $1 12,50. 'Orisims S:{5. Ordaus, 12 Stops. 

 972. 50. Church Organs, 16 stops, cost ijjaSO, only 

 S115. Elegant SSTi) Mirror Top Organs, only Sl«>5. 

 Tremendous sacritice to close out present stork. I lllllieilNe 

 New Steam Factory soon to be ere';ted. Newspal'Or with 

 much iutormatloll about cost of Pianos and Organs SENT 

 FKEE. Please address DANIEL F, BEATT7, Washington, K.J. 

 10-5.3m 



10 



pictures of actresses and singers sent for lu cents. 

 National Month ty, Washington, D. C, 



^^ ^^ ■ W^ Great chance to make mouey. If you 

 ■ ■ 11 1 1 1 cau'e get gold you cau get greeubacks. 

 !■ Ill II m^^ ueed a person iu every town to take 

 ^Jl %^ IbBV Isubscriptious for the largest, cheapest 

 and West Illustrated family publication in the world. Any 

 oue cau become a successful agent. The most elegant 

 works of art given free to subscribers The price is so low 

 that almost everybody subscribes. One agent reports mak- 

 ing over $150 in a week. A lady agent reports taking over 

 407 subscribers iu 10 days. All who engage make money 

 fast. You can devote all your time to the busiuess, or only 

 your Mpare time. \'ou ueed not be a.way from home over 

 night. . You can do it as well as others. Full particulars, 

 diiectious aud terms free. Elegant aud exiiensivc outfit 

 free. If you want profitable work send us your address at 

 once. It costs uothiug to try the business. No oue who 

 eugagee fails to make great pay. Address " Tlie People's 

 Jourjial," Portland, JIaine, 

 9-S ly 



$777i 



, is not easily earned iu these times, but it cau be 

 made iu three mouths by any oue of either 

 sex, iu any part of the country who is willing 

 to work steadily at the employment that we 

 furuish. $66 per week in jour own town. You 

 need not be away from home over night. You can give your 

 ^vholo time to the work, or ouly your spare momeuts. It 

 costs nothing to try the business. Terms aud $5 Outht free. 

 Address ut once, H. Hallett & Co., Portlaud, Maine. 



PATPWT? procured. Advice 



free. Address, 

 Rowe & Co. Box 174 Washington, D. C. 



J. STAUFFER, 



mm i mm, 



LANCASTER, JPENN'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 and faithful 

 ateutiou to the interests of those who engage his services 

 are fuUy acknowledged and appreciated. 



Prelimiu;try ex.-uninations made for him by a reliable As 

 sistaut at Washington, without extra charge for dra>iiug 

 or description. [Q-l-tf 



S125 



A MONTH AND EXPENSES 



to Agents. Send stamp lor terms, 

 b. C. FosTxu & Co., Claclnnstl, U. 



f^ ^T ^ Any worker cau make $12 a day at home. Cosily 

 WTUJjJJ Outat free. Address Tbl-e & Co., Augusta, Me. 



EDW. J. ZAHM, 



DEALUn IN 



AMERICAN AND FOREIGN 



WATCHES, 



SOLID SILVER & SILVER PLATED WARE. 

 CLOCKS, 



JEWELRY I TABLE CUTLERY. 



Sole Agent for the Arundel Tinted 



SPECTACLES. 



Repairing strictly attended to. 



North Queen-st. and Centre Square, Lancaster, Pa. 



9-4- ly 



dJCC "^^^'^"^^ ^" your own town. Terms and $5 out tit free. 

 wOO Address H. Hallett & Co., Portlaud, Muluo. 



10-u-lv* 



A NEW BOOK. 



How to Raise 



FRUITS. 



A H.\ND-BOOK OP 



FRUIT CULTURE, 



BEING A GUIDE TO THE PHOI'ER 



Oalttvation and Manage)ncnt of Fruit Trees, and 



of Grapea and Small Fruits^ 

 with condensed descriptions of many of the best and most 

 jiopular varieties, with upwards of oue hundred engravings. 

 By Thomas Grego. Price $1.00. 



A book wqich should be owned by every pereon who owns 

 a rod of available laud, aud it will serve to secure success 

 where now there is notliing \>\\i failure. It covers the 

 ground fully, without teohnic:ilities, and is a work on 



Fruit Gulture for the Million. 



It tells of the cost, how to plant, how to trim, how to 

 transplant, location, soil, selection, diseases, iusectB, borers, 

 blights, cultivation, how to pruue, mauui'iug, layering, 

 budding, grafting, etc., including full description and man- 

 agement of Orchard Fruit, such as A])pkB, Peaches, Pears, 

 Plums, Cherries, Quinces, Apricots, Nectarines, etc. It is 

 a most complete 



Guido to Small-Fruit Culture. 



with many illustrations and descriptions of the latest vari 

 eties of Grapes, Strawberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, 

 Gooseberrie.'i, Cmrants, etc. 



The work shows the value of Fruit, aud how to use it. 

 Sent by mail, post-paid, ]>rice $1 ; or The Fakmeu aUd UoW 

 to raise Fruits, will be furnished at $1,75. AddreBS 



r, ItATHVOX, 

 23 Soatb Qneeuost.. I^niicnslor, I'n. 



Scribner's Lumber and Log-Book. 



OVER HALF A MILLION SOLD. The most complete 

 book of itri kiud ever publislied. Gives correct meas- 

 urement of all kinds of lumber, Inge and phmk by Doyle's 

 Rule, cubical contents of square and round timber, stave 

 and heading bolt tables, wages, rent, board, capacity of 

 cisterns, cord-wood tables, interest, etc. Standard Book 

 throughout United States aud Canada. 



Ask your bookseller for it, or I will send oue for 35 cents, 

 post-paid. 



O. W. FIHIIER, 

 10-2-3mI P. O. Box 23S, KorlieNtor. X. T. 



PEDIGREE OHIOIT SEED. 



Danvers Onion Seed, raiii'd from the choicfn( imionji of 

 each crop for fifft/ year* in 8iicc(9ition / The differeuce in 

 the crop will l3e ten times greater than the cost of the socd. 

 My Seed Catalogue free to all. 



10-3-2m] 



JAMES J. H. GREeORT, 



;Marbloliea(l, MaKS. 



2Knr\ nnn f^trnulirmii Knspln^-ry , IHacU- 

 OUU UUvJ f'^yi't/, i'iirrant,tf Urajio.^f Anpartt- 

 (7H.1, UoolH, Pench Irrcs, .tc 100 SE1,E<'TEI» VA- 

 KIETIES. Great Amrricati Strntrberriea, Largest 

 and best. Berries 2 oz. each, 9 in. around. Bv mail 10 for 

 HI : 100 tor 85 ; I.OOO lor 8 iO. Wil.iou Alltany, 

 Chan. Doivniiig, Monarch itf the West, Kmilurky, 

 Oreen frolif'ic, 82 per I.OOO ; Ciipt. Jnrk, Ciimher- 

 latid Trimnph, Sterling, ,Tocunda, 85 per 1,000. 

 AI.L PUKE. Catalogue free. Cut this out. 



JOHX N. COLLIXS, 

 10-2-3m] Moorestown, New;jer»ey. 



1750. ESTABLISHED 1760. 

 GEO. M. STEINMAN & CO., 



26 and 28 West King-st. 



HARDWARE. 



BUILDIKG HAPtDWARE, 



«I,.%NN, 



PAINTS, OILS, PVMPS, 



TERRA com, IRON liLEAB PIPE, 



LEATHER BELTING, 

 SEEDS, 



PHOSPHATES & FARM IMPLEMENTS. 



AirenUt for the 



" Ohio " Reaper and Mo'wer, 

 Whann's Phosphate, 

 Fairbank's Scales, 

 Dupont's Powder, 

 Harrisburg Nails, Sec, &c, 



We bare the largest stock of geuoral Hardware in th« 

 State, aud our iirices are as low aud terms as liberal as oaa 

 be found elsewhere. y-l-tf. 



GOOD BOOKS 



I'MU Tin; 



Farm, Garden, and Household. 



The following is a \i»t of Valuabk- Books, which wUl be 

 supplied by the Editor of the Lanc.^steu Faiimeu, No. 

 11)1 North Queen St. Any one or more of these books will 

 bo sent ijowf paid to any of our readers ou receipt of the 

 regular price which is named against each book. 



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



Allen's (L. F.) American Cattle.' 2 60 



Atwood's Country and Suburban Houses 160 



Bommer's method of Making Manures 25 



Breck's New Book of Flowers 1 76 



Brill's Farm-Gardening and Seed-Growing 1 CO 



DaddV Moderu ilorse Doctor, ISiliO I 60 



Dadds American Cattle Doctor, Vi luo 1 50 



Flax Cullure, (Seven Prize Essays by practical growers,) 30 



FulUn-'s Grape Cuhurist 160 



Fuller's Small Fruit Cnlturlst 1 6« 



Fulton's Peach Culture 1 60 



Gregory on Scjuashes paper.. SO 



Harris ou the l^g 160 



i;,. ,,.!.., — ■« ,, :.'. ' i-..f 1'ifi.sure J 50 



I! t 1 60 



ure 160 



i. .. : -^ .. , r^ 176 



Hop Culture. By nine ux}jenenced cultivatorB. 80 



Iluntorand Trapper 100 



Onions— How to Raise them Profitably M 



Our Farm of Four .\cro8. Pa., 30c.; Clo., 60c., Ex. clo. 1 00 



Parsons on the Rose 1 50 



Quinby's Mysteries of Uee-Kccping 160 



Ouincy (Hon. Josiab) on Soiling Cattle 1 26 



Ouinu's Money in the Garden 1 SO 



guinn'H Pear Culture for Profit, 1 00 



Hiley's Potato Pests Paper 60 cts.; cloth., 76 



Roc's Play and Profit lu my Garden 1 50 



Stewarts Irrigaton for the Farm, Garden cud Orchard I 60 



Stowart'f. StilMe Book 1 60 



Stewart's Shepherd's Manual 160 



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



Thomaa's Farm Implements and Machinery 1 60 



Tim Bunker Papers, or, Yankee Farming 150 



Tobacco Culture. By fourteen experienced cultivators. 26 



Waring's Draining for Profit aud Health 1 50 



Waring's Elenu-nts of Agriculture 1 00 



Whit*''s Cranlterr>' Culture 1 25 



Wright's Practical Poultry-Keejer' 2 00 



DWIN 4LDENQ 



ADVERHSIN&iV^CE^XYO 

 . 174 ELTVf'STREET. 

 CING1NJ*AH. OHIO. 



AdTertisementa inserted ia any paper. 

 Before adTertising eend^or my cataloguo. 



