THE LANCASTER FARMER 



PENGUIN ISLAND GUANO. 



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



SedpickSteelWireFence 



THE REASON 



\VK CAN SKI, I, 



Baugh's $2500 Phosphate 



so cheap, i.s simply thi.s : 



After 25 years we have di-covoreil the 

 cheapest proces.1 of niakiiig an Aiiimoniated 



BONE SUPKR PHOSPHATE 

 and having special advantages in the sup- 

 ply of raw material, we are enabled tn pro- 

 duce this excellent dandard brand of our 

 goods at a lower cost tlian our other Stand- 

 ard Brands, whicii are manufactured by us 

 from p;ood old forniula.-i, and ihey have .se- 

 cured a National vi'putatioii after ahout 80 

 years' trial. 



The $25,00 Phosphate 



is coming into j;(ii( raj use, :uid il.-^ reputa- 

 tion — "The Cheapi'st and B(^<t Crop Pro- 

 ducer" — is extending rapidly throughout 

 Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, New Jer- 

 sey, Delaware, ]\I:iryliiiid and uliii'i- States. 

 ManulacluriMJ „„lv l)v 



BAUGH & SONS. 



D.ila.l.Ii.I.lH. 



Itself 

 iTieh Ontmi. mnde nf vrrought- 

 , defy an competltiomii Deatneui. 

 atrength and durabilitv. ^\'>/ nNn m;ik.- the best and 

 chctpest AU Iron Automitic or S.lt-Op.nlng Oktg, also 

 Okeaput ud He»U>t All Iron Fence. Beat Wire 

 .Stretviier and Po»i ms.-i. AI«i. ■uuiiuruc^ 



pumplnK water. ••] licai.-t ..ii-ui.-. l„r Rrinding 

 •.ud other li^ht nnrk. F.n ini.es ml p.irlioulars ask 



KED««VI«'K BBO! 



:fII"i-«. Richmond, lud* 



DEOERICK'S HAY PRESSES 



trial, address for circular and location ot 

 and Sntithern Storeltnusel and Agents. 

 . OEDERICK A, CO., Albany. N. Y. 



WHEAT CULTURE ! 



THE SEED DRILL REGULATOR 



*^ O** w C'O and one-half o£ tha 

 Fertilizer. Lightens the draft. Pre- 

 vents clogrjrinK. Seed will come up 

 ^ several days sooner. 50 per cent, more 

 seed will come up. Produces strong plants 

 and large j-ield. Send for pamphlet "Bou> to Kaite 

 WheaCSeti Drill Eegnlator Co.Lemont. Centre Co.P* 



AM U I / I r.'icive tree, a costly box ol g< 



r n I I r which will help all, of either 

 r II ILL. '" -re money ri^ht away tj. 



anything else in this world. For- 

 kers absolutely sure. At once ad- 

 TRUE & CO., Augusta, Maine. 



*x SPRINfif^LD ENGINE & THRESHER cp- f? 



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A BEAUTIFUL LAWIM 



b« qulcUy obtained by Mwlag 



HENDERSON'S 



CENTRAL PARK" 



UWN GRASS SEED, 



a mixtare of selected gra.ises identical with 

 those used in (ormiDg the lawns of New 

 York's famous park. 



> Bold by I 



SO.OOO pack- 



"3o3^roa?e' 



6 busbels arc required. 



iDStructions for Bowing and after treatment 

 Bent free with every order. Pric«, 25 cent3 

 per quart. (If by mail, add 10 centa per 

 quart for postago. 1 If by f rcieht or expresB, 

 |i..'iO per peck. $'>. no per bushel. Catalogue 

 of fiiee<U and FliuiU free ou appUcalfgn. 



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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/^RPERANNUftJ, 



POSTAGE PREPAID BV TlIK PROPKIETOK. 



All subscriptions will commence with the 

 January number, unless otherwise ordered. 



Dr. S. S. Rathvon, who haft so ably manaKCd the editorial 

 departmeut lu the past, will continue in the poaltiou of 

 editor. His contributions ou subjects connected with the 

 Bcieuce of fanninK, and particularly that specialty of which 

 he is so thorouhly a master — eutomolofffcal science— eome 

 knowledge of which has becomes necessity to the success- 

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

 this publication. He Is determined to make **Th6 Farmer* 

 a necessity to all householde. 



A county that has bo wide a reimtatlon as Lancaster 

 county for its agricultural products should certainly bo 

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

 exchange of the opiuionH of farmers Interested la this mat- 

 oter. We ask theco-oporatiou of all farmers iu..ereBted In 

 this matter. Work among yonr friends. The "Farmer" i 

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

 Induce them to subBoribe. It Ib not much for each Btib- 

 Bcrjl^er to do but it will greatly aesiBt us. 



AU communications lu regard totheeditorlal management 

 should be addressed to Dr. S. 8. Itathvon, Lancaster, Pa., 

 and all business letters in regard to HUbscripUons and ad- 

 vertising should be addressed to the i>ublisher. Rates of 

 advertising can be had on application at the 



lOHN A. Hlb^iAND 



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



