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THE ILLmOIS FARMEPu 



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Publishers' Special Notices. 



Agknto — We do not appoint any agents; al! 

 are T-'untni-^'. Ativ perioa so disposed, can act 

 as agent in niiy pLice. 



Enl\kge Yoi r Ch I!. — Will not the friends of 

 the Ii.MNO!-; Farmkii inquire how many copies of 

 the Far3Ikr ar.' tnkcn at their respective offioe*, 

 and pa-s around among those who ouglit to have 

 their names added to fb.e list? Our terir.s are so 

 low to clab.i of icn and twenty that we ought to 

 have one or the otlii'r made up at every cfTice in 

 the Stntc, and at every office in Central lUiriois, 

 one of twetitv or more. Will our friends, and 

 the friends of practical agriculture see to it, and 

 thus lay us under renewed obligations ? 



To SiNGLF, SvDscniKEKs. — You reccivc the only 

 copy of the Faiimi;k that goes to your pest office. 

 Can y:\i not serjd one, two, thieo or more new 

 su^^c■.■iI.L,■!■■-, wiiL'Oiit ar.y trouble? Tr^-. !Sam- 

 plo numbers, &c., sent free. 



DitAiTs. — Ti'.oso remitting us large amounts of 

 money, will pli>as« send us drafts on Springfield 

 or Chiciigo, loss the exchange. If you send cash 

 in a letter, be sure iliat is well sealed and well 

 directed, to Jiailhache &; Baker, Spiiu^field, 

 Illinois. 



TiiK Farmer as a rRr.sKNT.— Any of cur sub- 

 scribers wlio wish to make a present of the Illi- 

 nois F'artier for 18(51, ca-i have it at the lowest 

 club r:'.ies, when font out of the State. For 

 fi.^'ty ce'.Us you can tr.at your ca^-'tern fricr.ds to 

 a western agricultural paper. In no way can 

 you invest (hat amTUi.t to so good advantage to 

 emJgr;'.tion. 



Sesd Now. — Any person who rem'ts pay for a 

 club of ten or fifteen, or any other number at !he 

 specified rafe-j fn* such clubs, can afterwards 

 add to (ho clubs, and take advantage of the re- 

 duction. Trais a person sending us five subscri- 

 bers anil three d.>!Inrs, can afterwards send us 

 three dollars more anl receive six copies. 



To THE C.\su.^L reader. — This and other num- 

 bers of the Illinois Farmer will Ic sent to many 

 persons who now see it for the firs^ time. AVill 

 they not examine it, and if they like it, subscribe 

 for it, and ask their neighbors to subscribe? 

 Sample numbers, prospectuses, etc., sent free to 

 all applicants. See terms elsewhere. 



How TO Obtain Subscribers. — The best way 

 is to send for sample numbers. Any young man 

 by canvassing his neishborhood, can easily make 



may send east for their paper which; though val- 

 uable there, is much less so lie e, the dilf lence 

 of soil and climate putting them cut of their 

 reckoni. g when attempting to teach us western 

 farming. 



How TO Help. — The friends of the Illinois 

 Farmer will find a prospectus in anotlier column. 

 V/e desire to susrgest a few ways in which they 

 tan use it to advantage. 1. Sliow the Fa' JIER 

 to those who are unacquaiutcd with it, an<l tell 

 them what ycu think of it. 2. Send tor pros- 

 pectuses, and put them into the Lamis of those 

 wiio will use them, and place posters where farm- 

 ers will see them. 3. Get postmasters interested. 

 They see evttybidy, and are ellicient workers. 

 4. Send us the name.'! of persons in your tovpn 

 to whcm T.e can send prospectuses and sample 

 numbers. 5. Begin noir, before the agents of 

 enstern papers g>.H up their clubs. This l-sst-hint 

 is especially important. Let us he.i." from you 

 -0011. .^ee !^rn!S elsewhere. 



£6S"Clubs may be composed of persons in all 

 parts of the United States. It will be the same 

 ti t!i:i publishers if they send papers to one or a 

 hundred post offices. Addiiicns i;;:.uo at any 

 time at club rates. We mail by printed slips, 

 which are so cheaply placed on t!ie papers, that 

 it matters little whether thry go to one or a 

 dozen officjs. 



Ct^^"- Correspondents will plen;o be particular 

 to give tl-c name of the po.-t office, coun'y and 

 State. 



pi^Spccimen numbers will be sent gratis, 

 upon application 



jj^*- Address 



BAILII >CnE & BAKER, 



Sprinpfield, Illinois. 



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Pi^EciAL Notice. — For t^rms see prospectus on 

 last page. All exchanges and communications 

 for the eye of the editor should be di-ected to 

 Illinois Farmer, Champaign, 111. Electrotypes 

 and business matters, and subscrip'io: s, to the 

 publishers, Springfield, 111. luiplemeu s and 

 models for examination should be sent to the edi- 

 tor. The editor Avill, so far as it can te done 

 personally test and examine all new machines and 

 improvements submitted to his inspection. He 

 will be found at home, on his farm, nearly all of 

 the time. So far as it is possible .the conductors 

 on the I. C. R. R. -will let off passengers at his 



place, which is directly on the road, three and a 

 up a club of five, tea or twenty, but no time I ^^^^^ mUcs south of the Urbaua station, now the 

 should be lost in doing so, fur your neighbors ^^ Champaign. tf 



