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January, 1906 



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OUR NEW MAGAZINE 



AMERICAN FARMING 



IF there ever was a fortunate time for start- 

 ing a new magazine for farmers, this is 

 the moment ; for those who till the earth have 

 had a year of prosperity and plenty without 

 precedent. As the Department of Agricul- 

 ture has pointed out, our farmers in 1905 



Our New Mag&zine 



earned about $6,500,000,000, and "every sun- 

 set registered an increased value of more than 

 $3,000,000 in American farms," a record 

 that stands unique in all the world. We 

 shall make a magazine of the highest class 

 for farm people of every kind. We have no 



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133-135-137 East 16th St., New York 

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 American Farming beginning Number 1. 



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u To business that we love we rise betime 

 And go to 't with delight." — Antony and Cleopatra. 



intention of following the well-worn track of 

 present agricultural periodicals, which are 

 both excellent and extremely numerous. We 

 shall not undertake to fill their field; but 

 there is a great opportunity for a magazine 

 that shall be illustrated and printed as beau- 

 tifully as Country Life in America and The 

 Garden Magazine. The highest authorities 

 will write for it, but they will write practical, 

 common-sense articles that appeal to the 

 intelligent farmer. We hope to begin this 

 magazine next month. If you are a farmer, 

 or are interested in farming, clip coupon at 

 the bottom of this page and send us $i. We 

 will return it if the magazine is not as good 

 as you hoped and expected it to be. 



ROUNDING OUT THE FIRST YEAR 



With this number the first year of The 

 Garden Magazine ends. If it has not 

 been as good a magazine as it will be during 

 the second year, it has, at all events, made 

 a place for itself which has been recognised 

 by a great many thousand readers; and 

 it has been a financial success from the very 

 first issue. It is a magazine of a distinct 

 class, and we shall keep it at the head of its 

 class by putting into it the "sinews of war" 

 which are supplied by its readers and by its 

 advertisers. 



bound volumes 



We are yet able to supply complete bound 

 volumes of the first six months, and the bound 

 form of Volume II., with index, title pages, 

 etc., is about ready. If our readers desire to 

 have their volumes bound in their own towns, 

 we will furnish indexes and title pages free of 

 cost; or we will bind their numbers for 75 

 cents if the numbers are sent to us in good 

 condition express paid. 



"COUNTRY LIFE IN AMERICA " AND " THE 

 COUNTRY CALENDAR" 



The January number of Country Life in 

 America is the first issue of a new era because 

 it is the first number issued since the consoli- 

 dation with The Country Calendar. The 

 pages of text have been increased, a new 

 feature, the inside of the country house, has 

 been added to its contents, and a number of 

 improvements of other kinds are now carried 

 into effect since the magazine is permanently 



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enlarged. The January number will be sold 

 on the news-stands for 35 cents, and the sub- 

 scription price is raised to $4 a year; but any 

 reader of The Garden Magazine who will 

 send us $3 for a year's subscription to Country 

 Life in America may have it at that price 

 if the money reaches us before January 31st. 



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POSTPONED BOOKS 



We regret extremely that "The Country 

 House,'" by Chas. Edw. Hooper, which we ex- 

 pected to publish in December, has been 

 postponed until January, but the book will 

 be a better book. The same is true of the 

 little book "How to Grow Ferns." 



THE PRINTERS' STRIKE 



On the first of January there will be a strike 

 of the printers. Doubleday, Page & Com- 

 pany have chosen to run their composing 

 room as an "open shop." This may result 

 in some delay in getting out the February 

 numbers of our magazines, but we trust that 

 our readers will bear with us until normal 

 conditions come again. 



