TH£ LANCASTER FARMER 



[February, : 



WHERE TO BUY GOODS 

 LANCASTER. 



BOOTS AND SHOES. 



MARJSH AI.I. * S**S, No. 12 Centre Square, Lan- 

 ca.sler. Dealers in Boots, Shoes and Rubbers. Re- 

 pairing pronij.tly altendecl to. 



M. 



BOOKS AND STATIONERY. 



JOHN BAER'N SON'S, Nos. 15 and 17 North Queen 

 Street, have the largest and best assorted Book and 

 Paper Store in tlie City. 



FUkNITURE. 



CHINA AND GLASSWARE. 



'IGH A MAKTIN. No. 1.5 East King : 

 . in China, ( 

 Lamps, Unii.cis. 



CLOTHING. 



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YEKS A- KATHFOX. Centre Hall, No. 12 East 

 King St. Largest Clothing House in Pennsylvania 

 ie of Pliiladelphia 



DRUGS AND MEDICINES. 



Braces, Supporters, &c., 1.5 West King St., Lancaster, Pa 



JOHN F. LONG * SON. Druggists, No. 12 North 

 Queen St. Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Spices, 

 Dve Stufls, Etc. Prescriptions carefully compounded. 



DRY GOODS. 



/"I IVHSR, B<»WEKS A- HJJItST, No. 25 E. King 

 \jr St., Lancaster, Pa., Dealers in Dry Goods, Carpets 

 and Merchant Tailoring. Prices as low as the lowest. 



HATS AND CAPS. 



JEWELRY AND WATCHES. 



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5E. KHOAItH A BKO., No. 4 West King St. 



, Watches, Clock and Musical Boxes. Watches 



d Jewelry Manufactured to order. 



PRINTING. 



JOHN A. HIESTANO. 9 North Queen St., Sale 

 Bills, Circulars, Posters, Cards, Invitations, Letter 

 and Bill Headsand Envelopes neatly printed. Prices low. 



My AnnanI Catalogue of Vegatable and 

 Flower fl^eed for 1881. rich iu engravings fiom pho- 

 tographs of the origin lie, -will be sent FREK to all who 

 apply. My old ctistomers need not write for it. I offer 

 one of the largest coileotions of vegetable seed ever sent 

 out by any seed House iu America, u large portion of which 

 were grown on my six seed farms. Full directions /or cid- 

 tivation on each package. All seed warrayiieif to be both 

 fresh a7ld true to name ; so far, that should it prove other- 

 wise, / will renU the order qralix. The original introducer 

 of the Hubbard Squash. Phinuey'a Melon, Maablcliead Cab- 

 bages, Mexican Corn, and scores of other vegetables, I 

 invite the patronage of all ipho are atizious to have their 

 seed directly from the grower, fresh, true, and of the very 

 bent strain. 



NEW TEOETABI.es A SPEflAI/rr. 



JAMES J. U. GREGORY, 



Marblehead, Mass. 



EVAPORATE YOUR FRUIT. 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUH 



FREE TO ALL. 



AMERICAN DRIER COMPANY, 



diambersburgr, Pa. 



Apl-tf 



FARMING FOR PROFIT 



ol the family^ 

 for good It 13 

 nltural writers 



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LANDRETH'8 EXTRA EARLY PEAS, 



The earliest Peas grown. 



American Wonder Peas, 



CRYSTAL WAX BEANS, 



BLOOllSDALE EARLY M.\RKETCABB.\GE, 



Large size, early ripening. 



BLOOMSDALE LATE FLAT DUTCH CABBAGE, 



The finest in the world. 



Gourd Seed Corn, Prize Stock, Recleaned Clo- 



and Timothy and other Grass Seeds. 



Cooiy Creamer, Csok Tree Protector, 



VEGETABLE EOOT CUTTER, 



Cahoon's Broad Cast Seed Sower, 

 SPAIN'S PATENT CHURNS, 



Davis' Swing C>'urn, Lilly's Butter Worker, Reid's But- 

 ter Worker, Hay and Fodder Cutter, CornSheller, 

 Little Giant ' 'orn and Cob Mills, Corn 

 Mid Hand and Power. 



Laijdretlj's Rural Register & Almaijac for '81 



In English and German—Free. 



1>. LANDRKTH A- SONS. 



21 <L- S-t South Sixtb St., 



oct-6m PHILADELPHIA. 



Ready-Made Clothing 



BELOW COST. 



RATHVON & FISHER, 



Are Selling off their entire Btock of 



FiEADY-Mi^DE CLOTI^ING, 



BELOW COST. 



ALSO, FURNISHING GOODS, 



OF THE LATEST STYLES BELOW COST. 



CLOTHING MADE TO ORDER 

 In the prevailing styles and at medium priceB, 



Corner N. Queen and Orange Stree fs 

 LANCASTER, PA. 



RATHVON & FISHER, 



MERCHANT TAILORS. 



GERMANTOWN TELEGRAPH, 



'SVhich is generally acknowledged to be the best Literary, 

 Farming and Agricultural Newsnapere in Pennsylvania, is 

 issued weekly at Germantown, : Philadelphia, at $2.60 per 

 annum. It will commeuce its 5l8t volume with the first 

 number iu March, proximo, being established and conduct- 

 ed by its present editor and proprietor. No family giving 

 it a trial for a year would be willing to do without it at 

 double the subBcription. Address 



PHILIP R. FREAS, 



Germantown, Phila. 



AK Xn dSOHP*'' day at home. Samples worth t5 free. 

 (j)0 I U JpZUAddrees Stisson k Co., Portland, Maine. 



A HOME ORGAN FOR FARMERS. 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



Devoted to Agnculfure, Horticulture. Do- 

 mestic Economy and Miscellany. 



Founded Under the Auspices of the Lancas- 

 ter County Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



EDITED BY DR. S. S. RATHVON. 



TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : 



ONEDOLLpPERANNUlf, 



POSTAGE PREPAID BY TBE PROPRIETOR. 



All subscriptions will commence with the 

 January number, unless otherwise ordered. 



Dr. S. S. Rathvon, who has bo ably managed the editorial 

 department in the past, will continue in the positioi 

 editor. His contributions on subjects connected with the 

 science of farming, and particularly that specialty of which 

 he is so thorouhly a master — entomological science— si 

 knowledge of which has become a necessity to the sncc 

 fill farmer, are alone worth much more than the price of ■ 

 this publication. He Is determined to make *'The Farmer' 

 a necessity to all households. 



A county that has so wide a reputation as Lancaster 

 county for its agricultural products should certainly be 

 able to support an agricultural paper of its own, for the 

 exchange of the opinions of farmers Interested in this mat- 

 oter. We 'ask the co-oporation of all farmers interested in 

 this matter. Work among your friends. The "Farmer" is 

 only one dollar per year. Show them your copy. Try and^ 

 induce them to subscribe. It is not much for each sub- 

 scriber to do but It will greatly assist us. 



All communications In regard totheedltorial management 

 should be addressed to Dr. S. S. Eathvon, Lancaster, Pa., 

 and all business letters in regard to Bubscriptions and ad- 

 vertising shoald be addressed to the publisher. Rates of 

 advertising can be had on application at the office. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, 



No. 9 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa. 



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