THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[January, 1879, 



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The Xew Strawberries described iu the December 

 number of The FAnMEit are for sale, by the undereigned, 

 at from 25 eents to 81>50 per dozen, aud for much 

 less by the hundred, CASPEB HILLER k SON, 



12-10-2mJ ConeBtoga, Lancaster couuty, Pa. 



E. R. O. 



%nted not to explode, under 



^EXCLUSIVE COUNTY RIGHTS for sale by 

 P. J. FITZGERALD, Sole Proprietor and Manufacturer, 



103 and 105 N. Fourth St., Philad'a. 

 Also, WHOLESALE DEALER IN HEAD LIGHT, COAL 

 OIL and BURNING FLUID. 



N. B. A large assortment ta(M((i(v/M of CHANDELIERS, 

 BRACKETS, BRONZE LAMPS, BURNERS, &c., &c., Con- 

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Dr. S. S. Rathvon, who has so ably managed the editorial department in the pastj 

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 the science of faiming, and particularly that specialty of which he is so thoroughly 

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 successful farmer, are alone worth much more than the price of this publication. He :* 

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