THE LANCASTER FARMER 



[November, : 



WHERE TO BUY GOODS 

 LANCASTER. 



BOOTS AND SHOSS. 



MARSHA LI. * SO!V. No. 12 Centre Square, Lan- 

 caster, Dealei-s in Boots, Shoes and Rubbers. Re- 

 pairing promptly attended to. 



M. 



BOOKS AND STATIONERY. 



JOHN BAEK'S SON'S, No3. 15 and 17 North Queen 

 Street, have the largest and best assorted Book and 

 Paper Store in the City. 



FURNITURE. 



HEIXITSII-.S, No. iri'^ Enst KiiiK St., (oyer China 

 Hall) is the cheapest place in Lancaster to buy 

 Furniture. Picture Frames a specialty. 



CHINA AND GLASSWARE. 



s, Burners, Cliimneys 



CLOTHING. 



MVEKS * RATHFON. Centre Hall, No. 12 East 

 King St. Largest Clothing.House in Pennsylvania 

 outside of Philadelphia 



DRUGS AND MEDICINES. 



.1 ... ..^...>, Dealer in Pure Drugs and Medicines 

 VT. Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Trusses, Shoulde 

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



G^ci 



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

 Queen St. Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Spices, 

 Dye Stuffs, Etc. Prescriptions carefully compounded. 



DRY GOODS. 



OT ITia<}K, BOWERS A- HIIBST, No. 25 E. King 

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

 and Merchant Tailoring. Prices as low as the lowest. 



HATS AND CAPS. 



CH AMEB, No. 39 West King Street, Dealer in 

 « Hats, Caps, Furs, Robes, etc. Assortment Large. 

 Prices Low. 



JEWELRY AND WATCHES. 



HZ. RHOAOS A- BRO., No. 4 West King St. 

 • Watches, Clock and Musical Boxes. Watches 

 and Jewelry Manufactured to order. 



PRINTING. 



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

 Bills, Circulars, Posters, .Cards, Invitations, Letter 

 and Bill Headsand Envelopes neatly printed. Prices low. 



My Annual Catalogue of Tciratable and 

 Floiver Seed for 18^1. rich in engravings fiom pho- 

 tographs of the orlginils, will be sent FREE 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 in America, a large portion of which 

 were grown on my six seed farms. Full directions for cul- 

 tivation on each package. All seed warranted to he both 

 fresh and trite to name ; so fcir, that should it prove other- 

 wise, /lotH re^!( (fte order gratis. The original mtroduoer 

 of the Hubbard Squash. Phinney's Melon, Maablehead Cab- 

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

 Invite the patronage of all who are anxious to have their 

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

 beat strain. , 

 MEW VEGETABIiES A SPECIAI,TT. 



JAMES J. n. OREGORT, 

 Marblehead, Mass. 



Nov-emo] 



EVAPORATE YOUR FRUIT. 



ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE 



FREE TO ALL. 



AMERICAN DRIER COMPANY, 



Cbanabersborg, Pa, 



Apl-tf 



FARMING FOR PROFIT. 



It is conceded that this large and comprehensive book, 

 (advertised in another column by J C McCurdy & Co 

 of PI 1 lelpl tl e well known publishers of Standard 

 works 1\ tl ne\estaidla is nest b it alto 



glp 1 llsl n ofick i'nlclls er been 

 ill 11 1 eels of 



iniur) id ter ti s est 



thi book must exeit i m {,1 t\ ii n e ice lor good It is 

 highh reco nnien led b'V the best agricultural writers 

 ai d the le\ 1 g | a[ ers ai d is desli e i to I a\e an ex 

 tensive s le Ate t are w ante 1 ever vhere jan It 



CIDER MILLS! 



Wine Presses! 



Fruit Presses, Apple Slicers, 

 Fodder and Eiisillage 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, 



Bbtwben Markbt and Chestnut Sts., 



— and — 



No. 4 ARCH STREET, 



apr-6in PHILADELPHIA. 



MERCHANT TAILORING. 



1848 (The Oldest of All.) 1881 



RATHVON & FISHER, 



MERCHANT TAILORS AND DRAPERS, 



respectfully inform the public that having disposed of 

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

 and for the future shall, devote their whole attention to 

 the CUSTOM TRADE. 



All the desirable styles of CLOTHS, CASSIMERK=i, 

 WORSTEDS, COATINGS, SUITINGS -and VE8TINGS 

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

 ionable style promptly, and warranted satisfactory. 



All- Wool Suit from $10,00 to J30.00. 



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,i hand. 



Thankful to agenerous public for past patronage they 

 hope to merit its continued recfgnitiou in their "new de- 

 parture." 



RATHVON & FISHER. 



PRATI'IAL TAILORS , 



No. 101 North Queen Street, 



LANCASTER, PA. 



1848 1881 



GLOVES, SHIRTS, UNDERWEAR. 

 SHIETS MAdFtO OKDEK, 



AND WARRANTED TO ITT. 



£. J. £RISMAN, 



56 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa. 



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 : 



ONEDOLL/^RPERANNUIJ, 



POSTAGE PREPAID BY THE PROPRIETOR. 



All subscriptions will commence with the 

 January number, unless otherwise ordered. 



Dr. S. 8. Ratnvon, who has so ably managed the editorial 

 department In the past, will continue in the position of 

 editor. His contributions on subjects connected with the 

 science of farming, and particulaily that specialty of which 

 he is 60 thorouhly a master— entomological science— some 

 knowledge of which has become a necessity to the succesB- 

 f ul farmer, are alone worth much more than the price of 

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

 a necessity toaU 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 ini,erested 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 t"D do but it will greatly assist us. 



All communications in regard to the editorial management 

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

 and all business letters in regard to aubscriptions and ad- 

 vertising should be addressed to the publisher. Rates of 

 adveitising can be had on application at the office. 



JOHN A. HIESTAND, 



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



J Address Stihson b Co., Portland, 



