IV 



THE LANCASTER FARMER 



[Octolx-r, 1881. 



WHERE TO BUY GOODS 

 LANCASTER. 



BOOTS AND SHOES. 



MARSHALL A- S«».\. Xo. V2 Centre Squart 

 ciufter, Dealei-s in Boots, Shoes and Rubber; 

 pairing promptly attended to. 



M 



I.EVY, No. 3 East King street. For the bes 

 • Dollar Shoes in Lancaster goto JI. Lev>', Ivo 3 



BOOKS AND STATIONERY. 



JOHJV BACK'S .SON'S, Nos. 15 a.ui 17 North Queen 

 Street, have the largest and best assorted Book and 

 Paper Store in the City. 



FURNITURE. 



HEIXlrsH'S. No. 151^ East King St., (over China 

 Hall) is the cheapest plaee -iu Lancaster to buy 

 Furniture. Picture Frames a specialty. 



CHINA AND GLASSWARE. 



CLOTHING. 



MVKRS A- R.VTHFOX. Centre IlaU, No. 12 East 

 King St. Largest Clothing- House in Pennsylvania 

 outside of Philadelphia 



DRUGS AND MEDICINES. 



GW. III7K.I., Dealer in Pure Drugs and Medicines 

 , Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Trusses, Shoulde 

 Braces, Supporters, &c., 15 Westiving St., Lancaster, Pa 



Dye Stud's, Etc. Prescriptions carefully compounded. 



DRY GOODS. 



GJV1..KK, B<>Wi!K?« * HITBST, 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 



JEWELRY AND WATCHES. 



H 



X. RMOAI>S A- BKO., No. 4 West King St, 

 Watches, Clock and Musical Boxes. Watches 

 ;welrv ]\lanufactured to order. 



PRINTING. 



rOIIX A. HIKSTANO, 9 North Queen St., Sale 

 I Bills, Circulars, Posters, Cards, Invitations, Letter 

 ;dBiU HearLsand Envelopesneatly printed. Priceslow. 



My Annna] Catalu^ne of Vegratahlc and 

 Flower Seed for I'iHi. iich in engnvmgs fiom pho- 

 I tograpbs ofthp oilt,niils will be sent FRE to ill who 

 aiply Mj oldcubttmtiB need notwnte font I offer 



oat y .inv spod HonSK in Aiupiica, "luff. ).oi tiDu of which 

 were prown on mj si\ F-eed i ums Fi'll ihr.iUon^ /oi nit~ 

 ttvation on laih imikri'ii. kW f, rt v n xu I, i t.. d loth 

 fre-ihamlnue tonaiiu , so f r, thii li uH it jln. olher- 

 ms-^rtnUittilltln ,„U,r ,„ali-< "'h u"i 1 mticdiicfr 

 of thenilWiird SiiUish. Phmn. v^ ^r 1 n M iUhIi. ul C ib- 

 bages, MHMcin Co. ii in i =l.iics ,.1 .m.r le^'i t ibles, I 

 invite flio p itron ige of aJl who are atvxwu^ to have thexr 

 seed dtrtcthj from the qrower, fresh, true, and of the very 



BTEW \'KGETABI,ES A SPECIAI.TY. 



Nov-timo] 



EVAPORATE YOUR FRUIT. 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 



FREE TO ALL. 



AMERICAN DRIER COMPANY, 



Cbainbersbnrg, Pa. 



ApWf 



FARMING FOR PROFIT 



gellei lleBI-STw rk of t 



i con 1 rcl ens ve book 

 J C McCurd\ «. Co 



I ul hsl ei of sia lard 



II a Uo nest but alto 

 1 wl cl 1 e\er been 



h 5 re o e led by the best a 



1 tl e lea 1 g j j ers and s dest : 



e sile \gei ts are wanted eve 



; 1 to ha\ e'lin < 



CIDER MILLS! 



Wine Presses! 



Fruit Presses. Apjjle Slicers, - 

 Fodder and Ensillage Gutters, 

 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 All.) 1881 



RATHVON & FISHER, 



MERCHANT TAILORS AJfD DRAPERS, 



respectfully inform the public that having disposed of 

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

 and for the future shall, aevote their whole attention to 

 the OUSTOM TRADE. 



All the desirable styles of OIOTIIS, CASSIMERE'1, 

 WORSTEDS, COATINGS, SUITINGS 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 830.00. 

 All-Wool Pauts from 3.00 to 10.00. 

 All-Wool Vests from 2.00 to 6.00. 



able 



Goods reuiled by the yard to those who desire to have 

 them made elsewhere. 



A full supply or Spring and Summer Goods just 

 opened and o-i band. 



Thankful to agenerous public for past patronage they 

 hope to merit its continued recognition In their "new de- 

 parttire." 



RATHVON & FISHER, 



PRATI-;AL TAILORS, 



No. 101 North Queen Street, 



LANCASTER, PA. 

 1848 1881 



6ERMANT0WN TELEGRAPH. 



Which is generally acknowledged to he the best Literary, 

 Farming and Agricultural Newspapers iu Pennsylvania, is 

 issued weekly at Germantown, Philadelphia, at $2.60 per 

 annum. It will commence its Blst 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 eabscription. Address 



PHII.IP R. FBEAS, 



Germantown, PMla. 



A HOME ORGAN FOR .'FARMERS. 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



Devoted to Agriculture, 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 ; 



ONEDOLipPERANNUtf, 



POSTAGE PREPAID BY THE PROPaiETOR. 



All subscriptions' will commence with the 

 January number, unless otherwise ordered. 



Dr. S. S. RathvoQ, who has so ably mauaged the editorial 

 department in the past, will continue in the poaltion of 

 editor. Hie contributions on eubjecte connected with the 

 science of farming, and particularly that specialty of which 

 he is so thorouhly a master — entomological scieuce— some 

 knowledge of which has become a necessity to the success- 

 ful farmer, are alone wortli much more than the price of 

 this publication. He is determined to make "The Farmer' 

 a necessity to ail households. 



A county that has so wide a reputation afi Lancaster 

 county for its agricultural products should certainly be 

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

 exchange of tbe opinions of farmers Interested fn this mat- 

 oter. We ank the co-oporation of all fanners 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. Rathvon, Lancaster, Pa. 

 and all business letters in regard to subscriptions and ad- 

 vertising should be addressed to the publisher. Rates of 

 advertising can be had on application at the offic 



;l 



lOHN A HIESTAND, 



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



J Address Stikson & Co., Portland, Maine. 



