THE LANCASTER FARMER 



III 



A KNABE IN THE WHITE HOUSL. 

 There was seen yesterday at Messrs. Knabo .t Co.'s 

 factory a magnificent concert jrranil, just fiiiisliej by 

 them fortlic presitlentiai mansion. President Arthur, 

 who is a thoroneh connoisseur of music, in selecting 

 a piano for tlie Wliite House deciilfd in favor of the 

 Knabe Piano as his preference, and ordered accord- 

 ingly the instrument referred to. It Is a concert 

 grand of hcautiful Hiiisli in a riclily carved rosewood 

 ease, and of superb tone and action — an instrument 

 worthy in every respect of the place it is to occupy. 

 It was shipped to its destination yesterday. — Jialti- 

 more Atnerican. It. 



COLMAN'S KUKAL WOKI.D. 

 This sterlinir Ai(rlcullural paper entered its thirty- 

 sixth year on the first of .lanunry, and appears In a 

 new dress, and gives evidence of increased prosperi- 

 ty. To tlie Farmer, Stock Breeder, Fruit (irower 

 and Culliv.Uor of ."Sorghum for ."^ynip and Sugar, It 

 is almost indispensable. It should be read by every 

 one owning a farm. It Is published weekly, In the 

 best style, at only §1.(10 per annum, by N'oiiMAN J. 

 CoLF.M.iN, St. l,(niis, Mo. It 



COMPLIMENTARY NOTICE. 



We desire to call attention to the advertisement in 

 another column of D. M. Fekuy & Co., Dttroit, 

 Mich., the great seedsmen, whose mammoth estab- 

 lishment is one of the sightsof the chief city of .Michi- 

 gan. Tlipy do the largest business in their trade in 

 the United States, reaching across the Atlantic and 

 Pacific oceans. The house is entirely reliable, and if 

 you wish to get exactly what you order, you cannot 

 do better tlian send to them for your seeds, and you 

 may depend upon it you will get the best that the 

 market can supply. Their seeds have become known 

 over the entire civilized world for purity and fertility, 

 and have gained for them an enviable reputation. 

 Their Annual SeeJ Catalogue just issued for 1883, 

 replete with information and beautifully illustrated, 

 •will be sent free on application. It 



CORN SHELLERSJND SEPARATORS. 



GAIN F.VNS, OOT « UITKUS. 



(illUKItlNtJ HOES, I'ODDKK ( ITTEKS, 

 PICKS and M.VT'I'OCKS, 



( OOLEY ( KEAMEKS, ( HIKNS, 

 BUTTER WOI{KEKS\ HITTEU I'KIXTEKS, 

 BULL LEADERS, BILL RLM;S, 



OX BALLS, tO>V JIILKERS, 

 CALF ^^TIANERS, etc., etc., etc. 

 FOR SALE BY 



D. LANDHETH & SON'S, 

 Nos. 21 & 23 SOUTH SIXTH STREET 

 PHILADIvLPHIA. 



|$150,000 GIVEN AWAY!! 



THE PRACTICAL FARMER, OF PHII.APELPHIA,|>om an intimate ac- 



I qnaintance with its readers, has found there 13 a general desire to possess Farms and Homes in 

 I the West. Now, in order to give each of our Sybscribers an opportunity to obtam anjn>.pr"vpd 



quaintance with its readers, has found 1 



of our Sybscribers „.. .^^ 

 I Farm, a well-known, reliable'real estate man has carefully selected for us 100 rAllMS, to be 

 I offered as Premiums to our paper. We also offer, in connection with the Farm property, as 1 re 

 I miums, fine Steel-Plate Engraving: 

 I These are alone worth the price of the papi 



I obtain an Improved Farm, we are mak ^ , ... ,_ _ . 



1 Every Subscriber will receive a Premium. The Practical J<'armer 



also offer, in connection with the rarm properx> , as i re- 

 uperb reproductions of the works of the greatest masters, 

 aaper; and when we give, in addition, the opportunity to 



making Tho NIost Splendid Offer Yet ! 



was founded bv 



I PaschaU MorVisi'n is'55, and is one of the oldest Aericultural, Literary and Family Journals nub- 

 " Its character and reputation are of the highest, and Subscribers rarely ";;<'? ''■^.'^""V'f^; 



lished 

 I It has 16 pages, published weekly, at $2.00 per annum 

 I months^ and ofler as Premiums the Steel-Plate 

 I Engravings and 



IVe waK/ 75,000 iieiu Sudscril'vrs in iivo 



I GOOD 

 fflPROTD) 





s: 



WHO WILL RECEIVE THE 



$10,000 FARIVl ? 



These Farris are all 

 in good condition, and are in size from .Soto 960 acres, 

 and worth from $600 to' $10,000 each. The Farms will be conveyed by 

 Warranty Deed, and a clear and perfect Title shown from the United States down. Thev are 

 all rendvto occupy, and will be productive homes from the start. As high as 30 If 1'S'HEL.S 

 QP \VilEAX per acre was harvested from some of these Farms last vear. All of these lands 

 are just as good and will produce as much under like circumstances The tenancies are such that 

 ossession can be given at once. HOW VOU maV Obtain OnO Of the FarmS. 

 Subscribe for the '' PractiC.M. Farmer." Immediately upon receiving the Subscrip- 

 tion price— $2.00, a receipt and the current number of the Fartner will he mailed to the 

 sender, his name entered upon cur subscription list, and the naper continued for one year. 

 As soon as we have 10.000 new Subscribers registered on our books, or in ten days from date, we 

 wili award to each of them a premium, aggregating in value $20,000, in such a manner that each 

 subscriber will have a fair and equal opportunity to obtain one of the Farms and Engravings. 

 In the same way the second and following series of 10.000 Subscribers will receive their Premiums 

 until the entire'$i50,ooo worth of property is given away. These Farms and Engravings are in- 

 tended as premiums to our Subscribers. The distribution of these is entirely gratuitous upon our 

 part and is intended by us as a means of dividinir viih our subscribers the profits of the year. 

 The" name and address of those securing the n:' ihle Pr emiums will be published in the 

 PRACTICAL FARMER. 



Having made up our mind to secure, at 



I any cost, the largest circulation of any 



I Agricultural Paper in the World, we have 



I resolved to forecro all profits and give our 



I Subscribers the Farms and Engr.avings for 



I the benefit derived from th» present and 



I future large circulation. Asample Paper, — ^ — , 



I containing description of the Engraymgs and of the 100 Farms, with a descriptmn of the 



I improvements, dimensions of houses, etc., will be sent free. 



1^1 laD BATCC^ In order that your name and your friends names may be among 



I^LaUtS K/\ I t3» the first series of 10.000 subscribers towhom the first fjo.iwo worth 



I of property will be awarded, subscribe at once and get upclubs in your neighborhood immediately. 



I Co to work at once. Show the paper containing the list of Farms and description 

 of improvements. If vo,i will get 10 Subscribers and send »2o, we will give the getter-up 

 of the Chibasubscription for himself FREE, which will give him equal right with other sub- 

 scribers to obtain one of the Farms. For 20 subscribers and $40 we will give two extra subscrip- 

 tions; for 2C subscribers and J.;o, three extra subscriptions: for 30 subscribers, four extra sub- 

 scriptions; for 3; subscribers and $70, five extra subscriptions; for 40 subscribers and |8o, 



Isix extra subscriptions; for 4? subscribers seven extra subscrmtions; and for CO subscribers 



land Sioo, we will give eight extra subscriptions. The extra subscriptions can be sent to .any 

 one to whom the g^etter-up of the Club desires. Each of whom will have JJ" ^<1"»' "PP"^"",;!'' 



Ito obtain one of the Farms. Bv this means you may get the 960 acre Farnn. 



\ Let every reader of this advertiiement send at least one name with his own. and we will get the 

 k'^c^ subscribers and will distribute the $150,000 worth of property at once. Remember you may 



■ get a Farm worth $3,coo or $10,000, f.ee of every encumbrance. 



I M PORTANT » —As a matter of security to our Subscribers the Deeds and Abstracts of 

 Till' V? all the Faml have been deposited with the Union Trust Company of Phila- 

 delpliia, Pa. 



Address PRACTICAL FARMER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



-.._.. ...» mill nnr-Ki Wanted to secure Subscribers to the 



5000 MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN practic.\l farmer, sample 



I copy 



fr-^e, 



You' may get yourself, neighbor, or parents, a fine farm. 



UMl 



Fruit, Shade and Ornamental Trees. 



PlHiit Trr«-i» ruli»f*l in tliih (■.•iiiit\ iiu.l -iili'-l (•• ttiiM rliijute. 

 Wnto for piicfH lo 



LOUIS C. LYTE. 



Bird-in-Hand P. O., Lancaster co., Pa. 

 Nurm-rv at Hnioketuwii, nix mlli>i4 eat*! of ljiiiciiMlt.r. 



"'.I 1 v: 



WIDMYER&RICKSECKER, 



UFHOLSTHRERS, 



And Manufacturers of 



FURNITURE PD CHAIRS. 



WAKI'.K<M».M.S: 



102 East King St., Cor. of Duke St. 



79-1-12) 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Special Inducemeiils at tho 



NEW FURNITURE STORE 



"W. A. HEINITSH, 

 ivo. xs 1-a u. ]K.zprc&- s'z>fi.x]3ai' 



(over ]lun,k's Oroeiry store 1. Ijimai'lvr, I'u. 

 A general oiwor'nicm of fiirniturc c.f all kinds i-oimtautly 

 on baud. Don't fornet tin- iiiinib.-r. 



IS 1-a 'Sla.m-t ^ixie Stxroot, 



Nov-ly] (over UurKk'n Oioccry store.) 



For Good atnd Chen |) Wiij k go lo 

 F. VOLLMER'S 



FURMTlRli WAKH ROOMS, 



No. 309 NORTH QUEEN ST., 



(Opposite Norlheru Murkft), 



Also, all kiijdfl of iiictiirc fnuut-H. jiuv-ly 



GREAT BARGAINS. 



A large assort tueiit of all kinds of Carpotn arc Htlll sold at 

 lower rates than over at llie 



CARPET HALL OF H. S. SHIRK, 



Ao. •JO'J Urst KiiHjSt. 



Call aud examine oiir stork and satisfy yourseir that we 

 can sbow the larj^eet aesortraeDt of theH4**BruMels, thr«*e 

 plies and iugralu at all prices— at the lowent TbiladvlpbU 

 prices. 



Also OQ band 'a* 'urge and complete asBurlment of Rkg 

 Carpet.'. 



Satisfaction guaranteed Itath as to price and quality. 



You are invited to call and m-e my goods. No trouble ID 

 sbowi'ig tbitm even if you du not want to purcba»c. 



Don't forget f his notice. Vou can save money here if yon 

 want to buy. 



Particular ulleutioii given to customer vork 



Also on band a fidl assortment of Counterpanes, •Oil 

 Cloths and Blankets of every variety, | nov-iyr. 



C. R. KLINE, 



^TTOF(NEY-AT-]jAW, 



OFFICE;: 15 NORTH DLKE .STREET, 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Nov-ly 



SILK-WORM EGGS. 



Amateur Silk-growers vaw be NUpidicfl with suiwrior 

 silk-worm egK". on.reu.Honnble tei;|iis, by applying Imme- 

 diately to 



tiEO. <». IIE^'NKIm 



mny.rjml N<i. i^s KiL^t Onume stre«-t. Ijtii< itMrr. Pa. 



LIGHT BRAHMA EGGS 



For luitehini;. now rcinly — from llu- lM.*t ..1 rain in the 

 county— lit the niodenito priee of 



^l.SO for a iwllini; of 13 X2gg^. 

 I,. KATHVON, 



Ne. 9 North Queen nt.. Examiner Office, Lancaster. Pa. 



WANTED.- ivNVASsr.iis f,,rii„ 

 LANCASTER WEEKLY EXAMINER 

 III Every Towii.Hliip in llie County. Good WaRC* ran I>« 

 made. Inquire nt 



^ THE EXAMINER OFFICE. 



Ko. 9 North Queen Street, Laiica.*)ter, Pa. 



