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THE GENESEE FARMER. 



THE 



PREMIUMS FOR 1854. 



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T^TIME EXTEJS'DED TILL THE FIFTEEJYTH OF JUJVE...^ 



Till- Proprietor of the GENESEE FARMER, encoiira-ed by the liberal support long extended to this journal by its 

 friends and patrons, announces that the Fiftkkxtu Volume of the second series, commencnig January, lo54, wiU con- 

 tain a third more reading matter than any of its predecessors, and be otherwise much improved, without any increase 



""^ T.'' enlarge tlie usefulness bv extending the circulation of the GENESEE FARMER, the undersigned wiU pay the 

 following PREMIUMS on subscriptions to Volume XV., second series : 



FIFTY EOLLARS, 



IN CASU to the person who shaU procure tlie LARGEST Nr:MP.ER OF SUBSCRIBERS in any^County or Dis- 

 trict in the United States or Canadas, at the club prices. 



FORTY DOLLARS, 



IN CASH, to the one who shall procure the SECOND LARGEST LIST, as above. 



THIRTY DOLLARS, 



IN CASH, to the one jirocuring the THIRD LARGEST LIST. 



TWENTY DOLLARS, 



IN CASH, to the one procuring the FOURTH LARGEST LIST. 



TEN DOLLARS, 



IN CASH, to the one procuring the FIFTH LARGEST LIST. 



In order to reward every one of the friends of the GENESEE FARMER for his exertions in its behalf we wU 

 give to those not entitled to either of the above premiums, the following BOOKS, free of postage, or EXTRA PAPERS 

 as may be preferred : 



1 To everv person who sends SIXTEEN subscribers, at the club terms of thirty-seven cents each, ONE EXTRJ 

 COPY OF THE FARMER. I 



" To every person sending for TWENTY-FOUR copies, as above, any AGRICULTURAL BOOK valued a 

 FIFTY CENTS, or TWO EXTRA COPIES OF THE FARMER. 



.3 To everv person ordering TfllRTY-TWO copies, anv AGRICULTURAL BOOK worth SEVENTY-FIVl 

 CENTS, or THREE EXTRA COPIES OF THE FARMER. 



4 To everv person ordering FORTY copies, anv AGRICULTURAL BOOK valued at ONE DOLLAR, o 

 FOUR EXTRA COPIES OF THE FARMER. 



.5 To everv pei-son orderinsr FORTY-EIGHT copies, any ARGRICULTURAL BOOK worth ONE DOLLA] 

 AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS, or FIVE EXTRA COPIES OF THE FARMER. 



For larger numbers, books or papers given in the same proportion. To save cost to our friends, we pre-pay postag 

 on all books sent as premiums. Persons entitled will please state whether they wish books or extra papers, and mak 

 their selection when they send orders, if thev desire books -, or if they have not obtained as many subscribers as the 

 intend to, we will dalay sending until the club is full, if so requested. We do not require that all the i^apers of a clu 

 should be sent to one' post-oflice. If necessary for the convenience of subscribers, we are willing to send to as man 

 different offices as there are members of the club. We write the names on each paper, when a number are sent to th 

 same office, if desired ; but when convenient. Postmasters would confer a favor by having the whole number ordered a 

 their own office, sent to their own address. 



Z-^ As all subscriptions commence anew with the year, places where the FARMER was never before ta,ken wiJ 

 stand an equal chance in the competition for premiums. 



ZS' BACK VOLUMES of the FARMER will be furnished, if desired, and coimted the same as new subscribers 

 We shall keep a correct account of the subscribers sent by each person, and in the JULY NUJNIBER WE SHALl 

 ANNOUNCE THE PREMIUMS. 



:Z^ Specimen numbers, show-bills, &c., sent to all post-paying applicants. All letters must be post-paid or fret 

 Subscription money, if properly enclosed, may be mailed at our risk. 



THE VOLUME FOR 1854 IS 



PRINTED ON GOOD PAPER, WITH NEW TYPE,? BOUGHT EXPRESSLY FOR Tl 



A gentleman, gi-aduate of the l^niversity of Vienna, who is familiar with the languages of those nations in which tb* 

 science of agriculture is most cultivated, will aid us in translating for the FAR^nIER" whatever can instruct or interee 

 its readers. This gentleman is by profession a Ci\il Engineer and Architect — branches of knowledge intimately con 

 nected with the progress of rural arts and sciences. The general character of our paper is thus pithily stated b^ th 

 Hon. Mahsiiam, P. Wilpi;r, President of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, and of the United States Horticul 

 tural and Agricultural Societies, in a letter now on our table, which closes as follows : 



•' I have alwavs had the Genesee F.\RMEn. It is, icithout favor or affection, the best paper in the country. 

 I " ^Marsiiai,/. p. Wilder." 



As our duV) ]irice to each subscriber is only thirty-seven cents a year, no matter how many agricidtural journals on 

 may take, to patronize the FARMER can not impoverish him. 



DA.NIEL;LEE, Publisher aud Proprietor. 



