THE LANCASTER FARMER 



The Newark Machit 

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TliB Nrwurk Machlni' Co., of Newark, O., wliose 

 factory burned on Saturday morning, July 5ili, con 

 eumed a large nuiiilier of Clover HulUi6, Grain 

 Drills, Rakes, Monarch Fans, iV:c. A larL'e force of 

 men are now at work building Clover llullere, Grain 

 Drills &c. They are getting" out material at the B. 

 & O. Shops, at Zanesvlllc, and John II. Thomas & 

 Sons, Springfield, who have kindly tendered them 

 their factories, at which places they are getting out 

 the woodwork for Clover Ilullere, »tc., and expect to 

 have some on the market tiy August 1st. They have 

 received many letters and telegrams from different 

 manufacturers throughout the U. S., offering them 

 aid In any way. The firms that have heretofore sup- 

 plied them with raw material, have telegraphed 

 them, oflering anything they may have that could be 

 used In the construction of their implements, at low 

 prices and long credits. Their insurance is about 

 $250,000, dislrilnited amonsr l!l flrst-class companies 

 in this Country and Europe, and the adjusters are 

 now there and at work and expect to Unish the whole 

 thing soon. The Company has commenced building 

 one shop •2->5 feet by 40 feet. 2 stories high, and SOO 

 feet of shedding, to be used for work shop and paint 

 room, and they esp'-cl to he ready alter August 1st 

 to fill any orders in their line of goods. 



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ABOUT 

 PHOSPHATES. 



There are so iiiiuiy jtrticlcs ulfered 

 tliat farmers liardly know what to 

 buy. But no one can make a mis- 

 take })iiyiiig an Animal Bone Siij)er- 



Phospliate ' for $25 per ton of 



2,000 pounds, delivered on Ix.ard 

 car or boat at Pliiladelidiia. 



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 For circulars giving analysis aud 

 further information, call on or ad- 

 dress 



BAUGH tfe SONS, 



SoK; MaiiufacUirei-s, 

 SOS. Delaware Ave., Philadelphia. 



ir. .■i\ (' hoe, !l costly hox of Koods 

 win, h will help nil, of either sex, 

 to iii'irt' money right away than 

 aiiviliiiij; else i7i this world. For- 

 :ors ;i),iioliitelv Hure. At once ad- 

 ntUK ^ic CO., Augusta, Maine. 



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A BEAUTIFUL LAWINI HkNOERlVNT 



«' CENTRAL PARK " 



LAWN GRASS 8EED,f 



a mixture of eelocted prasses idontica! with | 



Ithose used in forminif the Inwiis of New 



I York's famous park. Over 50,O0O pack- 



isges sold by us last seaBon. One q — " -' 



' ■■• rea 15x20 fcot=300 



: 5 bushels are ro«. 



I Instructions for sowinjf aud after treatment 



I sent free with every order. I'rice, 26 cents 



I per quart. (If by mall, add 10 oenta per 



I quart for postage. > If by freight or express, 



111. .M'per peek. ?.^ oo per bnsbel. Catalogue 



kfeds and Plants irtic ou applicalloXL. 



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A HOMH ORC.W FOR 1-ARMHRS. 



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. 



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Dr. S. 8. Rttthvon, who has so ably m«uaRed the editoriol 

 departmeat In the puBt, will continue iu the i.oslticu of 

 editor. His contributions on eubjeots oonnected with the 

 science of farming, and particulurly that speclaltj of which 

 he is so tborouhly a master — entomological science— some 

 knowledge of which has become a necessity to the succew- 

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

 a necessity to nil households. 



A county that has so wide a rejiutattoD as Lancaster 

 county for its agricultural products should cerUiinly be 

 able to support au agricnltural paper of Its own, for the 

 exchange of the opiulous of farmers Interested in this mat- 

 oter. We ask tbeco-oporatiou of all farmers in, eresled In 

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

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 induce them to subscribe. It is not much for each sub- 

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All communications In regard totho editorial management 

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

 aud ill business letters in regard to sub9crii)Uons aud ad- 

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