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AMERICAN AaRICQLTURIST. 
4.81 
Table of PreBtaiuiiis 
For Subscribers to American Agriculturist, 
[In tlie foliowiu^ table is given tlie price of eacli nrticle, 
and tlie number of subscribers required to get it free, at tlie 
reguhir rjites of |].(iO a year, and also (with a part of the 
preminmsj, at the club rates of $1.10 a year, post^tge in- 
cluded, which is prepaid in all cases &// the Publisher-'!.] 
XAltljEof PrcuiIuiiisaiidXcrms ^i 
For Voliimc 37— (1878). ,,= 
Open to All— \o Coiiipetili- 
iVo. 
1 
Names of Premium Articles. 1 
-Tea Set (itHiilelowu Plate Co.) $50 00 
it— Ice Pitcher (do. do. do.) $13 00 
3— Cake Basket., ido. do. do.) . t 7 .'0 
4— Cake Basket. .[do. tjo. do.) $10 Of 
S— Casters ido. do. do.) $.-.2') 
e— Casters (do. do. do.] $7 501 
t— Casters.... (do. do. do,) $10 Ji 
S— Butter Coo!er(do.. do. do.) $ 6 ;ol 
9— Pickle Jar and Fork. (do.) $ 5 001 
\0- Svrup Cup with plate, (do.) $6 25 
■il—CliihI's Cup (do.) $3 50 
1^—TicelveTeaspoons(iferiden Cutlert/C'o.)tl 25 
\3—0ne Dor-enTable-woons (do. rfo.).,$14 50 
14:— One Dozen Table Forks (do. do.). .$14 50 
TlS— Ladies' Folding Pocket Scissors, ido.)..i I 50 
Xe-CMld's Enife, Fork &, Spoon. ..tao.\...i 3 00 
X7—Fi'enc/i Cook's Knife, Fork, ds Steeli do^ 3 75 
IS-Case of Scis sort. (tr.S. Steel Shear Co.). t 4 CO 
V— Portable Writing Desk,(C. W.F.Dare). t 1 75 
^n— Walnut Work Box, (do.) ....$ 1 25 
HI— Buck-Saw .for Bo!/s, (do.) ....$ so 
fi'i— Little OirVs Wash Set, (do.) ....$ i 00 
^3— Sled, (do.) ....$2 00 
iti— Spring Borse, (do.) ....$1100 
US—Borj's Wagon (C. W.F.Dare) $ 5 00 
^6— Boy's Tool Chest, (F. I. Horsman) $ l 00 
^7— Boy's Larger Tool Chest (do.) $ 2 .=i0 
^H— Boy's Larger Tool ChPSt (do.) $5 00 
^Zv—Pat. Maaic Bellhead Pencil (Ludden tt 
Taylor) $ 1 50 
30— Ladies' Magic Charm Pencil (do. do.).f 2 00 
3X— Gents' Magic Charm Pencil (do. do.).$ 2 75 
3'i-Oold Pen, Telescopic Case ido. do.).i 2 50 
33— Oold Pen and Pencil, Elegant (do. rfo.)$ 5 50 
S'l- Knives and Forks (Patterson Bros.) ..$14 75 
35— Knives and Forks (do. do.) ..,$13 50 
3ti— Carver and Folk (do. do.) ...$375 
37— Pocket Knife (Meriden Cutlery Co.)..i. 1 50 
SS- Pocket Knife (do. rfo.) ..$ 2 00 
39— Pocket Enife (do. do.) .,$2 ~" 
40-f,adies' Pocket Knife (do. do.) ..$2 00 
/i\—Multumin Parvo Knife (do. do.) ..$3 50 
i'i—Crandall's "John Gilpin" $ 1 00 
4:3-Crandall's "District School" $ 1 00 
44 — CrandaU's Masquerade Blocks $ 75 
i5—Crandnll's " .-icrobaus" . $1 00 
lis— CrandaU's Building Blocks t 1 50 
A7— CrandaU's "Menagerie" $ 2 00 
4:S— Pair of .Ikates (Patterson Bros.) $ 3 50 
A9— Boudoir Clock (S. B. Jerome it Co.)...t 3 60 
SO— Wire Bed Mattress IB. Buckingham).. tVi 00 
Sl—Boiichin's Patent Pocket Cook Stove. 4 1 35 
S'i-Bousehold Press, (W. A. Boardman).. $2 Oa 
S3— Aquapult, (Force Pump\ ( TT. tC- B. 
Douglas, Middletown, Conn.)..i 9 00 
S^— Self-adjusting Gold-plate Watch Key, 
(J. S. Birch.) $ 1 00 
SS— Pocket Tool Holder I Miller's Falls Co. 't 1 00 
SS— Piano. Splendid ■l-oct.(Steintcai/(iSo's)U'SO 00, 
57— TT. S. Blunt's "Universal Force Pump"t\1 00, 
SS-Silver Watch (American Watch Co.)..$.S0 00 
S9-Bracket SawtMlllers' Falls Man'fCo.:% 1 25, 
OO— Pay-son's Indelible Ink— Pen, etc 75 
Gl— Excelsior Pocket Microscope (Bausch 
<t Lomb Optical Co.) $ 2 75| 
et— Abbott Pocket Microscope (L.G.Abbotl)^ 1 50| 
63—Cahoon's Broadcast Seed-soiPer $5 OOi 
64— )foore's Floral Set (Moore ManTgCo)l 1 00! 
eS— Garden Seeds J; Floieer Bulbs(select'n) $ 2 OOj 
nO-Planel Jr. Combined Drill tt Boe (S. L. 
Allen ^ Co.) $12 00 
67—Breech-loadino Pocket IHHe ( Stevens) -tW OOl 
HS D'luble Barreled Breech-loading Gun^n CO 
69— Shot Gun i E. Bfniington <t .Sons) $ 6 00 
70— Shot Gun, breech-loader, (do. rfo.l... $M Oi, 
71 — CreedmoorLnngHanae ItifleNo.l(do.)f)00 OO! 
7'i-Crefdmoor Long Range Rifle No. 2 (rfo)$R5 00 
73 - Creedmoor Long Kanne Rifle No. 3 ldo-%U) OOj 
7i—Hniitlng &. Tnraet Ri'He (Remington) ..flrt OO 
7S— Vest Pocket Pistol (Remington) $ 3 75; 
76— Revolver ( Remington) $ 9 00| 
7'i-Turn-table Apple Parer (Goodell Co.).$ 1 00; 
7S— Climax AvpleCorer it Slicer (do.) $100 
79—Famili/ Chrrrii Stnner (do.) $ 1 00; 
80-Bai/ Slate Apple Parer d- SUcer ido.i f I W- 
Si— ".SanifoOT" Potato Peeler <k Slicer (do. % 1 00| 
f'i-.Sewlnq Machine (Jieminqton) $50 OOi 
3-Famllv Scales (Fairbanks <t Co.) $14 00^ 
Si-Clothes Wi-inqer ( Best-fnirersal) ....$ 8 00; 
SS— Worcester's Great JUust'ed Dictionary^XO 00 
SG— Any back Volume Agriculturist ~| . $ 1 75l 
87-/l"V 7Vo Bark Volumes do. I'2'!:$3 50l 
SS-An'u Three do. do. do. gc$ 5 2.1 
§9— Any Four do. do. do. \ 
0—Ani/ Five do. do. do. I 
— (Each ad'l Vol. at same rate.) I 
»l—Twenty.one Vols. XVJ to I'XXVI. I 
9'2—Avy Back Vol. Agriculturist 
93— -4")/ 7'ipo Bark Volnjnes do. 
»4— .4"V Three do. do. do. 
nS—Aiiq Four do. do. do. 
96— Any I'lre do. do. do. 
—( l-'iich ii't'l volume at same rate) 
97-Tirriilv-oneVols. XVI to XXXVI 
o t$ 7 OOj 
^$3G 75 
.$2 30 
.S$ -I (10 
1 1» 6 90 
52« 9 20 
SS^ll 50, 
Kniiibei- 
of Sub- 
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required 
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at 
$1,00 1.10 
- . . _ - . - $.13 SO, 
5ls-^( SI Library (yourchoi'e.) ) 23 «$10 00: 
99-A91S r.lbrary do. ? SgrS'^l''' 00 
100-AS'2a Librarv do. fc^p ^$20 001 
10\-A9-iS Library do. J ^§ = $25 00 
lOi-A Choice of Good Books. (See Descripticn, 
^^~ TCrery Premium article is new ami of the very 
l>ewt tuaiiufacfure. Xo charge is made .for pacling or 
boxing 'inu article in our Premium I.isf llie Premiums. 
Nos. 1 .5, 18, 29 to 33. 37 to 11, 49. 51. 64, 
65, 59 to G2, r,6. 7."., 76, 86 lo 102, indimre. 
wiUeiich lie (lelircre'l. FREE of all charges, by mail or ex- 
press (at the lyxsf.ntjice or e-r/tress office 7ieare.<l lite recipient) 
to any place in the rniled Stales nr Territories.— Tlie other 
articles cost the recipient only the freight after learing the 
manufactory of each- by any conveyance /iesiretl- Stee DoK* 
crlpltons on the foUoirino seven jwqes. -XO^i to -V)^ in- 
clusive. Illustrated List sent tree to applicantf. 
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Annual St'itsciup'no.v Terms ("always in advance): 
$1.60 each for single conies: Four conies. $1.30 each: Ten 
conies. $1.20 each: Twenty conies and upward. $1.10 each. 
Tliese rates iHcJt«i</l7«(o£r«, in each case, whicb is pre-paid 
by the Publishers. Tapers are addressed to each name. 
The full Descriptions and Ilhistra- 
tions of the Premiums, with various 
Notes and Explanations, were published 
in 8 extra pages of our October number, 
which can not be repeated for want of 
space. Anyone not having that number, 
can have one mailed, post-paid, for 10 
cents J or a Premium Sheet only, will be 
mailed to any address without charge. 
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following; Hems: The Table, on page 401, tells the 
iianie aad cash piice of each article, and (in last column 
but one), gives the number of names sent in at the regu- 
lar price of $1.60 a year that will secure any premium ar- 
ticle. (The last column gives the number of names at 
the lowest club price for 20 or more names, that is $1.10 
each, but only a part of the premiums come under this 
head. Some persons quicldy raise large clubs by talking 
all the names at $1.10 each, and themselves pay the 
difference, 50 cents each, and even thus get the premium 
articles very cheaply.) (a) All subscribers sent by 
one person count, tliough from several different Post- 
offices. But (&) Tell us with each name or list of 
names sent, that it is for a premium (c) Send the 
names as fast as obtained., that the subscribers may begin 
to receive the paper at once. Anyone can have any time 
desired, up to next July, to complete any list, but every 
premium desired will be sent as soon as earned and or- 
dered (d) Send the exact money with each list of 
nanies, bo that there may be no confusion of money ac- 
counts (e) Old and new subscribers all countiu pre- 
mium clubs, but ft portion at least should be tiew names; 
it is partly to get these that we offer premiums to canvas- 
sers (/) One or two Specimen Numbers, etc., will be 
supplied free, as needed by canvassers, (when Scents per 
coi)y is furnished to pre-pay postage), but they are ex- 
pensive, and should be used carefully and economical- 
ly, and where they will tdl. Other E]iecimen numbers 
will be sent, post-paid, to canva.ssers only, for 10 cents 
each. The price to othersis 15 cents {g) Remit money 
in Cliccks on New York Banks or Bankers, jjayablc to 
order of Orange Judd Company, or send Post-office Money 
Orders. If neither of these is obtainable, Pcgister Money 
Letters, affixing stamps both for the postage and registry : 
put in the money and seal the letter in the presence of 
the Post-master, and take his receipt for it. Money sent 
in any of the above ways is at our risk ; otherwise it is not. 
C^^ Premium Articles for Sale. 
It often happens that persons, who have not time to se- 
cure these valuable and useful premium articles byrais- 
inpr clubs of subscribers, are desirous of purchasing ouo 
or more of them, and wish us to procure or select them. 
For the accommodation of such. wewiU Bupphj and send 
most of these j>remiums for cash, at the prices in the 
Descriptive List, and prepaid or otherwise, as stated. 
containing a great vaHety of Items, including many 
goo^-i Hints and Suggestions irhick ice throw into sniall^ 
type and condensed form., for want of space ilseivhere^ 
Continued from p. 457. 
A Consiiiuptive Cow, — " C. M. B./^ 
Norforft Co., Va. Cows are subject to consumption of 
the lungs, or as it is called tuberculosis. The symptoma 
are a deep cough, dry, hot muzzle, heaving at tlie chesty 
bright glassy eye, with pale membranes around this 
organ. When thus diseased the milk is not fit for use, as- 
the whole system with the blood is diseased. This is 
a blood disease which finds its development in the lungs^ 
and not precisely a disease of the lungs. 
"IVestern Virginia.— "E. J. S.,'' Allen- 
town, Pa. There are many tracts of good farming land 
in "West Virginia suitable for colonies, or a number of 
persons emigrating from the s;ime localit)', that may be 
bought for four or five dollars per acre. These ti-flcts arc 
now covered with fine timber, but partly cleared land, 
can be procured for $10 to $20 an acre. Mr. A. J. Vos- 
burg, of Red House Shoals, Putnam Co., W. Va., would 
give information without charge, to parties wishing it. 
Indig-estioa in Il<aiiibs,— "D.," Tehua- 
cana Hills, Tex. When lambs are suffering from indi- 
gestion, the contents of the rumen often regurgitate 
through the gullet into the mouth in the form of a green 
semi-liquid substance. If this is tested with soda, it is 
found to possess considerable acidity, which is probably 
the reason why the stomach is thus disturbed. As a. 
remedy, give the lambs a teaspoonful of powdered chalk 
or a lablespoonful of a mixture of equal bulks of pow- 
dered chalk, ground ginger, and peppermint water, add- 
ing enough water to make it fluid. This is useful to 
keep on hand for this common ailment of lambs. 
rertilizer for ^Vlieat.— " J. T. B.," Mt. 
Sterling, Ky. As au artificial fertilizer for wheat, the 
formula of Prof. Ville, or that of Prof. Stockbridge, jnight 
be nsefuil/applied. That of Prof. Ville, as prepared by the 
Mapes Formula Co., contains 7.69 percent, of ammonia ; 
5 per cent, of phosphoric acid, and 7.59 per cent, of pot- 
ash, all inan immediatelj available and active condition. 
This costs $2.75 per 100 pounds. Wliere the winter is 
open, as at the South, this may be used I'ow with benefit* 
Spring Rye. — "J. W.," Vermonts ville, 
Mich. It being too late to sow fall rye, the only substi- 
tute that would give a supply of straw for binding fodder 
would be spring rye. Seed can be procured of anydealer 
in grain seeds. Sow as early as possible in spring. 
Value of Slaug^Iiter House Re- 
luse.— " P. A. W.," FiskviUe, R. I. The refuse of slaugh- 
ter honses and blood are valuable fertilizers, worth more 
per ton than barn-yard mannr,e. To keep them at this 
time for use in the spring, mix them with earth. 
Cow-Pox.— *'W.^. L.," Gardiner, Me. Cow- 
pox is known by the appearance of sores like boils upon 
the cow's udder, teats, and insidesof the thighs and fore- 
legs. These sores are covered with brownish crusts, de- 
pressed in the center, and surrounded with a reddish 
circle. They break and crack open when rubbed or 
squeezed in milking. This disease unfits milk for use. 
KiniK-ratfion of American IVorlc- 
mcu.— A statement to the cff it that the services of 
workmen and mechanics wcie in demand in England, 
and that many men bad left this country to seek work 
there, has been made much of to the disjidvantage of busi- 
ness in this country. It turns out that those men who 
left here for England were engaged by employers whose 
men wliere on a strike, as a means of inrtiiencing their 
workmen to make terms. The contacts under which 
the American workmen were hired contained no notice 
of the situation of matters in England, and also obliged 
the men to hypotliccate their tools as security that they 
would fulfil tlirir engagement. The whole business has 
turned out disastrously. The men either cannot or have 
n<»t worked, have lost their tools, and are in distress. 
Jioral : it is generally saTo to stay at home and ** bear the 
ills we have than Ily lo others that we know nut of." 
A 4^3iso of I^isliila in Ano. — **S. L. 
H.." Chester. N. J. Whrn a fistula in ano is well estab- 
lished, it simply amounts to a double passage and no 
harm or difllculty occurs. Everything m.iy go on per- 
fectly well, and probably will if the fistula is let alone^ 
