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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[FEBRTTiLRY;. 
Change in Subscription Terms. 
Though, in a dozen years past, no change has been 
made in the nominal BubBCription terms ol the American 
Agricutturul, except to add the postage when prepaid 
here, yet the price has been really greatly lessened by 
the additional quantity and quality, for the same price. 
Those giving special attention to such matters must have 
eeen a large increase required in the amount expended 
for engravings, for quality of paper, and printing (and 
cover), for gathering and preparing Information, etc. 
Any one making a comparison of this journal with most 
similar publications, mast have noted the attention given 
to securing the best writers of the country, to sifting and 
condensing articles, etc. It costs far more to sift out and 
reject, to investigate new plants, implements, etc., than 
it would to send to the printer a mass of ill-prepared, 
nncondensed, floating material, with extracts from other 
journals, good, bad, and indifferent. Very many thousands 
of dollars are devoted to artists, designers and engrav- 
ers. Oood engravings convey, in small space, directly to 
the eye and mind, much information, that would require 
many columns ofttnsatisfactory descriptive words. Fine- 
ly cut, original engravings, in the careful engraving and 
printing required, are far more expensive than the ordin- 
ary coarse " inli daubs," and they are worth far more in 
being pleasing to the eye, as well as In cultivating the 
taste. The printed matter of this paper costs for gather- 
ing and preparing, before it goes to Vie printer, over 
$20,000 a year, the bi-neflt of which is enjoyed by every 
reader. This is a larger sum than is expended upon most 
of the $3 and $4 Magazines. The subscribers are not 
charged with or asked to pay the bare cost of preparing 
and supplying the paper, but a considerable part of this 
is paid by advertisers. The Publishers would gladly fur- 
nish the paper even lower if possible, to promote its still 
wider diffusion. In large clubs it now nets only $1 a 
year, as 10 cents is paid to the P. O. Department on every 
subscription. The single rate $1.60 (that is $1.50 and 
postage) is very low when quality and expense are taken 
intoaccount. (The paper is strong, sized and calendered, 
almost equal in quality and finish to good writing 
paper). Reductions to clubs are made on the wholesale 
principle, and because it costs less to send to a club. 
On and after Feb. 5th, 1877, the subscription terms of 
the American Agriculturist, payable la advance, will be : 
1 copy, 1 year, sent post-paid $1.60 each. 
Scopiea, " " " $3.00, or $1.50 each. 
3 " " '• " $4.20, or $1.40 each. 
4 " " " " $5.20, or $1.30 each. 
5to9copie3 " " $1.25each. 
10 to 19 copies " " .$1.20 each. 
20 copies and upward " $1.10 each. 
(When delivered in N. T. City, through P. O., 14 cents 
estra on each of the above rates.) 
containing a great variety of Items, including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of room elsewhere. 
I^- IV.B.— Xlie Postag^e I^aTT.— The 
present postal law requires pre-payment of 
postage by the publishers. Each suliscribu 
must therefore remit, in addition to the regular rates, 
ten cents for prepayment of yearly post- 
age by the Publishers, at Tiew York. Every 
subscriber, whether coming singly, or in clubs at club 
rates, will be particular to send to this office postage 
as above, with his subscription. Subscribers in British 
America will continue to send postage as heretofore, 
for pre-payment here. 
Remitting' Money: — Clieclcs on 
Neiv York City Banks or Bankers are best 
for large sums ; make i)ayable to the order of Orange 
Jndd Company. Post-Offllce Money Orders 
for $50 or less, are cheap and safe also. When these are not 
obtainable, register letters, afQxing stamps for post- 
age and registry ; put in the money and seal the letter in 
the presence of the postmaster, and fake his receipt for it. 
Money sent in tlie ailjpye thr.ee j^ethods i s safe against loss. 
Bound Copfee of Volume Vhirty- 
flve are now ready, Price, $2, at our office ; or $2.50 
each, if Bant by mail, 4-ny of the last twenty volumes 
(16 to 8S ) will also be forwarded at same price. Sets of 
numbers sent to our office wiU be neatly bound in our 
regijlarstyle, 8t75 cents per vol, (50 cents extea. If return- 
ed ^ inaH-) Missing uffmbOTS enppliefl 8t \% pents espb, 
CLiUBS — Inci-easiu;? : Advantiigfes: 
Lower terms are given to clubs of four or more sub- 
Bcribers, partly becan/KJ it costs less to mail in packages, 
with only name slips on each paper ; and partly to en- 
courage getting up large lists. We do not object to a 
person's adding names to his club from other post-offices, 
because such additions usually become centers of other 
clubs A Club can at any time be increased by the ad- 
dition of other names, if these start with the same date 
as the others Any one having sent a small club at one 
price, may raise the club to a large figure, and lower rate 
for all. Thus : one having sent 4 names at $6.20, may 
send 6 names more for $6.80, making $12 for the whole 
10, including postage. And so for other club rates . 
The Terras are: Single subscriptions $1.60 each ; two 
names $1.50 each ; three names $1.40 each ; ten to ni e- 
teen names $1.20 each; twenty names and upwards $1.10 
each. Postage always pre-paid by the Publishers 
Premium clubs may be gathered at any number of post- 
offices, if all are sent in by the same person. 
Study the Advertising; Colnnins. — 
We often take up a daily or weekly newspaper and care- 
fully read all the Advertisements through, and never do 
this without getting some useful information. One 
learns what business is being done, and how it is done — 
what is for sale, and by whom. Our business columns 
are of especial value, because of the care taken to ex- 
clude all advertisements from parties not believed to be 
honest. We mean to advertise for no parties who have 
not both the ability and intention to do all they prom- 
ise. In order to please advertisers, we repeat the request 
that those sending orders, or for circulars, etc., to our 
patrons, will mention where the advertisements were 
seen. We also like to have advertisers thus get some 
idea of the large number of intelligent and enterprising 
people they find among our readers. 
Only $3, wiU secure X1VO COPIES, 
of this Journal, sent post-paid for all of 1877. See New 
Terms given in first column. 
Every Oerman Cultivator and 
Laborer on the Farm, or In the Garden, 
OUOHX to have the German edition of the American 
Agjiculturist. It contains not only the Engravings, and 
all the essential reading matter of the American edition, 
but an additional Special German Department, edited by 
the Hon. Frederick Miinch, of Missouri, a skillful and 
successful cultivator and excellent writer. No other 
German Agricu]tur.al or Horticultural Journal in America 
has been so long issued ; no other one contains so mnch 
useful information, or a tithe of its engravings. The 
Germans are a reading, thinking people, and know how 
to make good use of what they read. Many Ameri^cans 
supply it to their German laborers and gardeners, and all 
would find it pay to do so. — Nothing else can compete 
with it in cheapness of price for the same amount of 
material, engravings, etc., because the expense of collect- 
ing and making these is largely borne by the American 
edition, and no separate office or machinery is required 
beyond a couple of German editors and the printers. 
Its terms are the same as the American edition, singly 
and in clubs ; and clubs can be composed of subscribers 
for either edition in whole, or in part.— ^^ Please call 
the attention of yonr German neighbors to this paper. 
It will do mnch to help new comers to a knowledge of 
the system and modes of culture used in this country. 
Florida Paper and Map.— The Flori- 
da Nen' Yorker, edited by J. B. Oliver, is a journal'pub- 
lishedln New York, with a view to facilitate emigration 
to Florida, and to afford information with regard to that 
State. The numbers we have examined are remarkably 
free from exaggerated statements, and it appears to be 
conducted with fairness as well as ability. The publish- 
ers send us '-Aptborp's standard Map of Florida," which 
we at first thought was a reproduction of the U. S. Land 
Office Map, but a comparison shows it to be on a larger 
scale and more distinct, hence better for general use than 
that, which we have considered the most perfect map of 
the State. Price, in book form $1.25. 
Drill ibr Xiirnips and Beets. — 
" T. G.," Kittrels, N. C. We recently illustrated one of 
the best double-row horse drills for sowing seeds of 
roots. It Is made by Watson & Co., of Ayr, Ontario, Can. 
Cheese Tactories.— "L. B. P.," Clay Co., 
HI. An illustrated article giving many particulars about 
cheese factories, and utensils employed therein was given 
in the American Agriculturist for April 1874. 
Carrots for Stoclc— "R. J. H.," Ceqter- 
yllls, Iowa. A peck of cut carrots will make a feed for 
a faorse or a cow, They are very healthful for horses, 
and t«nS to keep their eWns loose fiwi tije bsir smootlji 
Orasshoppers in Kansas. — "Geo. F.,,'" 
Essex Co., Out. Canada. The Arkansas valley has beeni 
visited by the locusts, but since the year 1875 they have; 
done no damage worth mentioning. In that year it was- 
only the poorer settlers, who had no other resource tham 
their sod corn, who suffered seriously. The locusts are; 
not dreaded in that part of the State, as they come, wheni 
they do appear, at a season when the crops are safe. Last: 
year they ate off the newly sown wheat in scattered! 
places, and made it necessary to resow the fields. This, 
was the worst of their visits last year. 
"Diseases of Bomestic Poultry. 
Mow to Avoid and Cure Them," is the title of 
a work by Geo. P. Burnham, well known as an author of 
books on poultry. As in the title, the avoidance is placed 
before the curing, so in the book he sensibly gives promi* 
nence to prevention rather than, medication. Indeed, 
where the one is thoroughly understood and practiced, 
there will be but little need of the other. The demand 
for a work on poultry diseases is here met by a pamphlet 
of 50 Svo. pages, which tells about all that can be said OB 
the subject. Sent from this office fur the price, 50 cents. 
Tree Isabels. — Among the various labels 
now offered to nurserymen and others, none seem s« 
permanent as those made by Mr. J. E. Woodhead, Chica- 
go, 111. They consist of slips of zinc, with the name o{ 
the variety plainly and permanently stamped in the 
metal. Of course this cannot be effaced, and so long aa 
the label remains the name will be legible. 
Btecord of a Jersey Co-»v in Cali» 
foruia. — " S. B. L.," Alameda Co., Cal., states that 
" Viriue 2il," dropped 7th, Aug., 1874, on importalioii of 
her dam, and calving 13th March, 1876, gave 42 quarts i>i 
milk in seven days, from 15th to 22nd of November, fol- 
lowing. This milk made 5 lbs. of butter. The feed was. 
lucern pasture and cut hay, with 3 quarts or bran daily., 
Estimating TVeiglit l>y Measure. — 
" W. E. B.," Sj'kesville, N. Y. There are no trustworthy- 
rules by which an inexperienced person can aiTive at. 
the weight of " liogs, cattle, and other animals by meas- 
urement." Those used to handling stock can make very- 
good guesses by the help of a tape line and some meth- 
ods of estimating; but the result depends upon the kind 
and condition of the cattle. 
Sorento and Inlaid ^Vork, by Arthur 
Hope ; Chicago, John Williamson. A beautiful book 
for amateurs in sawed work, now so popular, giving use- 
ful directions and numerous full-sized and tasteful de- 
signs. Price, $1.50. 
Ho-w many Cu1>ic Feet of Hay in 
a Ton. — "H." No exact rule can be given for meas- 
uring hay in btilk. It depends upon the kind of hay, the 
condition in wh ch i t was when cut, the size of the stack or 
mow, and how long the hay has been packed. As a rough 
guess 500 cubic feet of timothy, and clover, or 700 feet 
of clover alone, or meadow hay, may be taken as a ton. 
Fall and Spring Barley.— "A. G.," 
Rockbridge, Va. Barley is not nearly so tender a crop 
as is generally supposed. It has been found to stand the 
winter very well in the milder parts of England, and to 
spread and tiller very mnch through the long season of 
growth. This fall sown barley is the same as the spring 
sown, the same kind of seed being used for both sow- 
ings. Whether^his grain would stand a severe winter in 
so mild a climate as Virginia, or not, is questionable, but 
this should be tried. There would be no danger further 
south, where a great yield of early spring fodder might 
thus be grown. 
FEBRUAKY is a OOOB MO]\TH, 
for any one to sccnro free of cost, one or several of 
very good, <losirabIe useful articles, offered in our 
premium lists, (page 73). Individuals can well do 
this on their own account. Many have thus, during 
February alone, secured various Farm and Houbc imple- 
ments, Pianos, and a multitude of lower cost articles.-- 
It is a good month for a company of farmers, or a Farm, 
crs' Club, to put their efforts together and make up a list 
of subscribers, that will secure free one of the Agricul- 
turist Libraries, named in the premium lists, to be used 
by all the members, or neighbors. Thus : 18 subscribers, 
easily collected by half a dozen persons, (3 each), will se- 
cure a $10 Library of the best books, (your own selec- 
tion). Or 31 names, (5 each), will get a S20 Library, 
and BO on. Such Libraries are a public benefit, and many 
places have got them in years past, through our premium 
offers, Let every fanning neighborhood try it this montbi 
