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THE LANCASTER FARMER 



[September, 1881. 



WHERE TO BUY GOODS 

 LANCASTER. 



BOOTS AND SHOES. 



MAK.SiI.\l,l> A- S«»N, No. 12 Centre Sqiinre, Lan- 

 caster, Dealers in Boots, Shoes and Rubbers. Re- 

 pairing promptly attended to. 



M. 



BOOKS AND STATIONERY. 



JOHN BAER\S S05CS, Nos. 15 and 17 North Queen 

 Street, liave the large.st and best assorted Book and 

 Paper Store in tlie Oty. 



FURNITURE. 



HEi;VIT.SH-N, No. 1.5' ., East King St., (over China 

 Halll is the cheaiiesl place in Lancaster to buy 

 Furniture. Picture Franu-s a specialty. 



CHINA AND GLASSWARE. 



Fancy CTOods, 



Lamps, Burnei-s, 



CLOTHING. 



MYEKS * RATHFON. Centre Hall, No. 12 East 

 King St. LargesfClothing.House in Pennsylvania 

 outside of Philadelphia 



DRUGS AND MEDICINES. 



GW. HULL, Dealer in Pure Drugs and Medicines 

 a Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Trusses, Shouhle 

 Braces, Supporters, &c., 13 West King St., Lancaster, Pa 



JOHJt r. LONG * SOS, Druggists, No. 12 North 

 Queen St. Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Spices, 

 Dye Stufls, Etc. Prescriptions carefully compounded. 



DRY GOODS. 



GIVUSK, BOWERN A- HURST, No. 25 E. King 

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

 and Merchant Tailoring. Prices .as low as the lowest. 



HATS AND CAPS. 



c 



H AMER, No. :ill West Ki 

 , Hats, Caps, Furs, Robes, etc. 



?et. Dealer in 

 rtment Large. 



JEWELRY AND WATCHES. 



H7,. KIIO.VDS A- BRO., No. 4 West King St. 

 . ■\Vat<lics, (lock and Musical Boxes. Watches 

 and Jewelry :\lanufactured to order. 



PRINTING. 



JOH.V A. HIK>»rANU, 9 North Queen St., Sale 

 Bills, Circulars, Posters, Cards, Invitations, Letter 

 and Bill He;ldsand Enveloius neatly printed. Prices low. 



My Annual Catalog:iie of VcKatnhlc and 

 Flower Seed for I8S1. rich iu eogravings fiom pho- 

 tograplls of the oriKin lis, will be sent FEE^, to all who 

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

 one of the largest collections of vegetable seed ever sent 

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

 were prowii on my six seed farms. Fvtl ilirfrfiotiA for mU- 

 tivation on edcli pttrkaflc. All seed inananfc^ to be both 



wise, I loitl refill the oi-drr 'jr(iti-<. The origiu;tl introducer 

 of the Dubbarit Squash. Pljiuuey's Melon, Maablehead Cab- 

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

 invite the patronage of alt who are anximin to have their 

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

 best strain. 

 NEW TE«ETABL,ES A SPECIALTY. 



JAMES J. n. GREGORT, 



Nov-6mo) 



Marblehead, Ma 



EVAPORATE YOUR FRUIT. 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUt: 



FREE TO ALL. 



AMERICAN DRIER COMPANY, 



Cbainbersburg^, Pa. 



Apl-tf 



FARMING FOR PROFIT. 



It I'" f m rt 1( I th it tl i^ lii^L and comprehensn e book, 

 (i i\Mii i I 1 II . 1 I .1 U T C AIcLurch & Co., 

 ol 1 I il I] 1 tl A 11 ^ w n 1 nbli^liei-^ oJ St indard 



t,ttl Li tl 11-1 T I I I L kind \\1ik1i Ills e^e^ been 

 1 ulii^hcd Un 1 ^1 1\ ti itms: the pieit subjects of 

 teneial \|,ikultuit Ii\e--tock Fruit Growing Buoi- 

 iie<is Principles md Home Lile telling just ■what the 

 firmer and the firmer & bo-\ s -n mt to know combining 

 Science and Practice stimuWtint, thought, aw ikening 

 inquirj and interesting e\ers member of the family, 

 this book must exeit a might\ influence for good It is 

 highly recommended b> the bcbt agricultuiil writers 



Fruit Presses. Ajij^le. Slicers, 

 Fodder and Ensillage Cutters, 

 Grain Fans, 

 Grain and Fertilizer Drills, 



Broad-cast Seed Sowers, 

 Corn Shellers, Corn Mills, 



Grain Mills, etc., etc. 



FOR SALE BY 



D. LANDRETH & SONS, 



AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL IM- 

 PLEMENT 



AND 



SEED WAREHOUSE, 



Nos. 21 and 23 South Sixth Street, 



Between Market and Chestnut Sts., 



— and — 



No. 4 ARCH STREET, 



apr-6m PHILADELPHIA. 



MERCHANT TAILORING. 



1848 (The Oldest of AU.) 1881 



RATHVON & FISHER, 



MERCHANT TAILORS AND DRAPERS, 



reBpectfuUy inform the public that having disposed of 

 their entire stock of Keady-Made Clothing, theynow do, 

 and for the future shall, aevole their whole attention to 

 the CUSTOM TKADE. 



All the desirable Btyles of ClOTHS, CASSIMERE3, 

 WORSTEDS, COATINGS, HUITINGS and VESTINGS 

 constantly on hand, and made to order in plain or fash- 

 ionable style promptly, and warranted satisfactory. 



All- Wool Suit from $10. 00 to S30.00. 



All- Wool Pants from 3.00 to 10.00. 



All-Wool Vests from 2.00 to 6.00. 



Union and Cotton Goods proportionately less. 



Cutting, Repairing, Trimming and Making, at reason- 

 able prices. 



Goods retailed by the yard to those who desire to have 

 them made elsewhere. 



A full _ supply of Spring and Summer Goods just 

 opened and O'l hand. 



Thankful to a generous public for piist patronage they 

 hope to merit its continued recgnitiouln their "new de- 



RATHVON & FISHER, 



PRATI !.\LT4^ILORS , 



No. 101 North Queen Street, 



LANCASTER, PA. 



1848 1881 



GERMANTOWN TELEGRAPH. 



Which is generally acknowledged to be the best Literary, 

 Farming and Agricultural Newsnapere in PeunBjlvauia, is 

 iSBued weekly at Germantowu, Philadelphia, at $2.60 per 

 annum. It will commence its Slst volume with the first 

 number in 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 subscription. Address 



PIIII.IP n. FREA8, 



Germautown, Phlla. 



A HOME ORGAN FOR FARMERS. 



A MONTHLY JOUENAL, 



Devofed to Agriculture. Horticulture, Do- 

 mestic Economy and Miscellany. 



Founded Under the Auspices of the I^ancas- 

 ter County Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



EDITED BY DR. S. S. RATHVON. 



TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : 



ONE DOLL/^R PER ANNUJf, 



POSTAGE PREPAID BY THE PROPRIETOR. 



All subscriptions will commence with the 

 January number, unless otherwise ordered. 



Dr. S. S. Riithvon, who has so ably managed the editoriai 

 department in the past, will continue in the position of 

 editor. Hie contributions on subjects connected with the 

 science of farming, and particularly that specialty of which 

 he ie so thorouhly a master — entomoloeical science— eome 

 knowledge of whicb has become a necessity to the succesB- 

 ful 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 tothe editorial management 

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

 and all business letters in regard to subscriptions and ad- 

 vertising should be addressed to the publisher. Ratea of 

 advertising can be had on application at the oflSce. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, 



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



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