THE LANCASTER FARMER 



PENGUIN ISLAND GUANO. 



s\-w York : 

 iiiK flieiiii- 



CHAS. SPEAR, Jr., 85 West St., New York. 



SedgwickSteelWireFence 



To Farmers of Pennsylvania : 



Gentlemen. — For over twenty-clelit years we 

 have inanuractureil liiiw-Bniie PlioK|ihate8, and our 

 brands have bcconii' household words In nearly every 

 section of the country. In miiuy communities the 

 demand for thcni has in<TeHs<Ml, wlille In others the 

 sales have decline>l, on account of the preference for 

 lower-priced jjoods. Six years aeo, llndliiif that the 

 demand for coods of lower cost hud become almost 

 universal, and having peculiar advantuces of raw 

 malerials and manuractiiriri'.; lacilllles, we deter- 

 mined to meet this dcrnund, and Inlrnduecd a 



TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAR i-HOSPHATli idc l.v a 



new process exclttsivoly our own. The qulcknese 



ith 



The rcporls n 

 have been suiisi 

 quiry. We « .1 

 very plainly, :i> 

 cle conlinui's <■ 

 thank any I'arim 

 with disappolnlii 

 with full lads. 



1879. 

 18i0, 



1881, 

 IHSi, 

 1883, 



1.287 Tons. 

 3,957 " 

 5,147 " 



315 I'hosphate 

 ;- .„ ;i wide in- 

 ii'iii tills point 



The Sedcwirk ClBtc*. itinde of wrought- 

 Iroo pipe Knd ntPel wir,>, dvfy all competltloDtn oefttnsu, 

 Itrenglh and d.irsbililv. W,. nNo miykr the be« mud 

 0bMp«st All Iron Automatic or SeU-Opanlag Ottli, alio 

 ebMpait and RiatMt AU Iron Fance. Beat Wire 

 Strelcher anil Hoat Auerr. Alao manufaiv 

 (are Ruu<-ir« expellent Wind Engines for 

 ftumpinB water, ..r geared engines for Brindloe 

 and other li2ht wt.rk. For prices and particulars ask 

 hardw.^rp deat-^r^. or address, mentioninc paper, 



US. Mrrm. Biclimond, Ind. 



mm. 



Strawbenien I 



tUu4trated catalogue, UUinf 

 plant, hov to plant, and Aow 



jJUisduHthute/t 



J. T. LOVETT, Little mi»""'sew ie 

 CutlibeTt Satpbeny and Manclutter 



PETER HENDERSON & GO.'S 



SEEDS # PLANTS 



Are AflMally Sown M PlanteS in Half a Million Mm ! 



JS^This Year's Catalogue Free on Application. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO. '^^''".SroRK^*"^'' 



MlETEii 



^ftf The most c<>iii|>l<-l.- uml brill 

 ^^"artiele on Market <iat<leui 

 HLNURKDTH YKAK, we publisl 

 in stamps, we mail a cojiy, 



CENTENNIAL 



1884SEED1884CATAL0I;IIE 



•GARDEINEKS' COMPANION." I,;; Viiv. 



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uler Glass is worth twenty tiiut-s the pi 

 Ornate Giii<lr tnr Uardrii and Farm. 

 orders for seed will cive cre<iil for that aiiiotint. 

 1>. r-ANTJIlKTH * ! 



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'Foil ALL Climate.-;, | Fou all Soils, ^^xVll Plants. 

 All Tested for Yitalit3^ and in Gardens for Purity and Value. 



CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST of Vegetable, Flower and 

 Field Seeds of all Tested Valuable Varieties, Free. 



Mail Orders promptly filled, making a Seed Store at home. 



Reduced Prices to Clubs, send for catalogue. 



HIRAM SIBLEY &, CO., Rochester, N.Y., Chicago, 111. 



A HOME ORGAN FOR FARMl-RS. 



TiUlCMllFliffili, 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL, 



Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture. Do- 

 mestic Economy and Miscellany. 



Founded Under the Auspices of the Lanc«»i 

 ter County Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



EDITED BY DR. S. S. RATHVON. 



TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : 



ONEDOLLpPERANNUf^, 



POSTAGE mnW) BV THE I'ROl'KIETOK. 



All subscriptions will commence with the 

 January number,unless otherwise ordered. 



Dr. 8. 8. Rathvon. who bas so ably mauaifed the edilorUI 

 department iu the pa^t, will continue in the position of 

 editor. HiBcontribiitiouH on subjects ronnected with the 

 science of farininj?. and particularly Ibut Hpeclalt j of which 

 he i» 80 thorouhly a raaater — eutomolof^cjil Bcleuce— some 

 kuowledgeof which has become a uecessity to the bucccss- 

 ful farmer, are alone worth much more than the price o 

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

 a Dpcessily to all households. 



A couDty that has so wide a reputation as Lancaster 

 county for its agricultural products should certaluly be 

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

 exchange of the opinlous of farmers Interested in this mat- 

 oter. We ask the corporation of all farmers in..erested In 

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

 only one dollar jier year. Show them your copy. Try and 





Mibscribe. It is : 



It will greatly sstfist us. 



regard tolhe editorial management 

 should bi» addressed to Dr. S. 8. Rathvon. Lancaster, Pa., 

 and all business letters lo regard to subscriptions and ad- 

 vertising should be addressed to the publisher. Ratee of 

 advertising can be had on application at the 



lOHN A. Hlh^iAND 



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



