1808. 
AMERICAN AGRIOTTT/rURTST. 
169 
MAY, 
x MAY, 
XHOU llJL-A. X est, 
HE OB SHE 
MAY. 
We may say there are many good things some persons 
may do in thin month of MAY, but there is one thing that 
a great many persons may do and can do — and easily do 
il. ton. There are over 30,000 Post-Offices in the United 
States and the Dominion. "We have subscribers at most 
of these offices, but we have sent premiums to only about 
5000 of them as yet, though there is hardly a Post-officu 
where there are not persons enough to make up a premium 
club, and persons, too, who would gladly take the Agricul- 
turist, if they only knew its value and cheapness. (The first 
four numbers of this year, for example, contain lt>l large 
pages, over 140 engravings, and a very large amount of 
useful, practical reading matter for the Household, the 
Garden, and the Farm. The next eight numbers will be 
equally valuable or better, and yet the Agriculturist for 
the whole year is furnished for only $1.50, or about the 
cost of the white paper it is printed onK The fact that 
eo large a number of persons have obtained premiums, 
is one proof that otters can do tlte same thing at other 
Post-Offices. Indeed, at some larger offices men and 
women have obtained subscribers enough to get several 
premiums. Single individuals have this year received 
from $500 to $1500 worth of premiums each. One lady 
alone has obtained two $fi50 Pianos and sold them, besides 
getting a lot of other premiums. Now there are over 
25,000 Post -Offices 
6till left, at most of which any enterprising person may 
get one or more valuable premium articles, (see list of 
them in the next column,) and do It during this month of 
May. It will be seen by the table, that only 11 or 13 sub- 
scribers are required for several of the good articles 
offered. More than this number have been obtained at 
a multitude of the smallest post-offices in the sparsely 
settled regions of the Far West, and in the northern 
regions of New England, New York, and almost all over 
British America. Single post-offices in Nova Scotia take 
from 100 to 300 copies each. Our " Explanation " last 
month showed hum and ichy wc can give these large pre- 
i3T miums, and wc now renew the invitation to all _jfpj 
t3F~ our readers, to make the effort this month to _/?3 
t^f~ secure a premium article. Every copy of the _g£| 
paper introduced into a neighborhood will awaken 
thought and stimulate improvement, guard the people 
against humbogs, and be useful in many ways. Persons 
have told us that improvements, set a going by this 
journal, have resulted in almost doubling the valne 
of real estate— thus adding scores of thousands of 
dollars to the real wealth of a single locality. It is 
indeed very natural that this should be the case. 
\3T But aside from the good done to others 
tW by introducing a journal of this character, the 
%XT premiums appeal to one' sown direct, immediate, 
S5?~ personal interest. The premium articles are all 
t&~ very good and valuable, and a few hours of 
{y canvassing will secure one of them without 
t^~ cost. Try it with a will and determination 
t?Bt~ to succeed, and in nine cases out of ten you 
EST- will be successful. Take a copy or the paper, 
J^~ exhibit it among neighbors and friends, in 
E^~ your own neighborhood and elsewhere {for 
fg?~ premium clubs need not be all at one post- 
f0&~ qffk*\ show what the paper is, what it is 
^~ worth, how cheap it is, and iua brief time the 
\0ff~ desired number of subscribers can be gathered, 
^- and the premium secured. A full description 
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of the premiums on a separate sheet will be sent free to 
any one desiring it. Any Specimen numbers, cards and 
show bills needed, will be supplied free. A multitude of 
persons have during April completed lists already begun, 
and have begun and made up new lists. May is just as 
favorable a season for thousands of others to do the 
same. TRY IT. 
g^~ "We take so muck pains to procure only good 
articles in alt cases, that any one securing anything f rum 
our premium list, saves tlte risk usually run of getting 
]xx>r or indifferent goods, when buying of unknown or 
irresponsible parties. Everytldng we send out as a 
pretiaum is guaranteed to be the best of its kind and price. 
Old and new subscribers count in premium lists. 
At fast as subscriptions are obtained, send them 
along, that the subscribers may begin to receive the 
paper; and when all the names that can be obtained are 
forwarded, select the premium, and it will be promptly 
furnished. To save mistakes and keeping accounts, send 
with each list of names, the exact subscription money. 
Remit in Post-Office money orders, drafts or checks on 
N. Y. City ; if these cannot be had, register money letters. 
J^- Every name designed for a premium list must 
be so marked when sent in. (We cannot count others.) 
Number 
nf Kith- 
Table of Premiums and Terms, , 
For Volume 27— (1868). 
Open to all— No Competition. | 
No. Names of Premium Articles. 
1— Garden Seeds for a Family (10 kinds) $.' 
g_ Flower Seeds for a Fainili, flOO kinds) $: 
3—Nurseri, Stuck (Aim kinds desired.) $21 
et—Iona Grape Vine-- til nf \o. t> $i 
n—Cnncnrd Grape Vines I 100 of No. l)...$l 
6 — lapan Lilies <■ '2 Bulbs" 
<ba a 
7-Seieiiiq Ma, 
S-Se, 
13 -.<&•■ 
14— m 
Mu 
11a 
Grocer <f- linker).. .$55 ( 
tllutre Miieliiue CV) i..$nTl ( 
,s',;u,r'< lailaringl ..f-'O ( 
Mu 
Wht 
it Wilson) . .$55 «]'! 60 
l-Vnirersal) . $10 1 
lfi- Tea Set I Hints beit Silver Plated) $50 ( 
17— Castor and Fruit Basket (do. do.)....$no( 
lS-leenr Water Pitcher (do. rfo). ...$18 < 
19 — One Pa-en Tea Spoons tdo. do.) $6 ( 
Vi—Teti Kni 
HZ-Table Kl 
a*— CarHng 
■>-—Mnii,al 
HI—lMntlemi 
■27-Welodenu 
88— Collar! I 
l Patterson Pros.)*'it) I 
*« {do. <&>.)....*•!*! 
hrk (do. do.).... SS ! 
■sr) $15 1 
i Prince (-co:*) *n; t 
■ in. do.) $112 ( 
■. Tlaelilec d- On.)* IV) I 
S".— Double Barrel 
X%— Repealing shut Gun I Paper Fide Co.! .*>' I 
34 — Silencer's II, cecli.laadiua File, Hunting)*-* ( 
„-)-G,nd Pen a 
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4 l-n,trnmeler 
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l>. Bnckeut I 
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., 1 -Pan,, am 
Spi 
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4~— £"""''" a 
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ae >ia t \palela,,' 
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i mwttrated luc 
ne Agriculturist 
tit— Any Taa 
link 
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et—An» F.aiy 
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a*— Any Fire 
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5*— Am/ sir 
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5<i — A u il Seven 
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n1—\ii'i Fiali 
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do. do. 
-,'.> -.l«y Ten 
ty'.-Ali'l 'Pica Unci. Yalmi 
tit— Any Three, do. 
64 — Ami Four do. 
fir,— Aug Fir, ,l,i. 
Qfi—Any Si.e do. 
M — A'ii, Seven do 
Its — .!«>/ Kail, l do. 
70— Any Ten 
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JS $10 . 
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80—^1 Choice of '.on,/ 1 r (5ft text /<"■/■ .> 
Evory article on our list i- the best 
of iU kind, and, m nd respects, what it daimed for it. 
5^~ Xo charge is made for packing Of boxing any ,u tfcU 
at our Premium List, Tht forty-four Premiums, vie., 
Nos, 1, a, 6, and from 36 to 39, and from 50 to 
86 inclutive, will each, be delivered FREES of all charges, 
by mad or express, {at the rust- </:fuy or < .rprest* ojict nearest 
reeijiknf), to any place in tfie United .Stales or Territories 
excepting those reached only by the Overland Mail.— The other 
articles cost the recipient only the freight after leaving (he 
manufactory of each, by any eon veyance that maybestpecijied. 
I\'os. SO to OO — Volumes of I lie 
American Agriculturist (Unbound). — These 
amount to a large and valuable Library on all matter* 
pertaining to the Farm, Garden, and Household, and con- 
tain more varied information on these Bnbjecta than can 
be obtained in books costing three times as much. We 
have stereotype plates from the Sixteenth to the Twenty- 
sixth Volume complete, from Which we print numbers as 
needed. The price of the volumes is $1.60 each, at the 
Office, or $1.75 if sent by mail, as they must be post-paid. 
They are put up in clean numbers, with the Index to each" 
volume. They are profusely Illustrated, the Engravings 
used in them having alone cost above Twenty Thousand 
Dollars ! Those obtaining premiums for less than eleven 
volumes, can select any volumes desired, from XVI to 
XXVI, inclusive. For ordinary use, the sets of numbers 
unbound will answer quite well. — Many hundreds of 
these volumes arc taken every year as premiums. 
%W In Nos. 61 to 71 we offer the bound volumes also. 
:VoM.74to85— GOOD LIBRARIES. 
— In these premiums, we offer a choice of Books for 
the Farm, Garden, and Household. The per- 
son entitled to any one of the premiums 74 to 85, may 
select any books desired from the list below, to the 
amount of the premiums, and the books will be forward- 
ed, /MK'rf through to the nearest Post-Office, or Express 
office, as we may find it most convenient to send them. 
No. 86 — General Boole Premium. — ■ 
Any one not desiring the specific Book premiums, 74 to 65, 
on sending any number of names above 25, may select 
Books from the list below, to the amount of 10 cents 
for each subscriber sent at $1 : or to the amount of 30 
cents for each name sent at the (ten) club price of $1.20 
each : or to the amount of 60 cents for each name at 
$1.50. Tliis offer is only for clubs of 25 or more. Tfie 
books will be sent by mail or express, prepaid through by us. 
BOOKS FOR FARMERS AND OTHERS. 
[For sale Dt thp office of tlie Agriculturist, or they will be 
foi w.inl'Hl hv mill, post-pal I, on rcr-ipt of price. XW All 
these are indu led m 0\ r Premiums, Nos. 74 to 86, above.\ 
$t r,0 
Alle 
in. i.. 
an Farm Book 
1 50 
nestle AninvOs 
1 00 
Utl. lS<o& SflR. each, pa.,5Hc.: Clo. 
iiial, 1MJ7& isi"8,each,p:i.,")0c.; clo. 
75 
Apples— By Dr. John A. Warder 
3 00 
30 
1 75 
mingsft Miller 
10 00 
Anf., by Cuininiiiss & Miller 
io oo 
Chorll 
1 75 
1 50 
1 00 
75 
75 
Cole's is W.i An mean 1 rnit l'.ook 
Ci.lr-s Yrt, rill.'llllll 75 
Copeland's invT.ii.- 8vo, cloth... r, oo 
Cotton l-nllnri.. il.vmani 150 
nadilsiOco.II.) Modern llor.s,- Doctor 150 
Dadd s \incri, an t'altle Doctor 1 50 
Dana's Murk Manual 1 «5 
Darwin's Animals* PI .1-11:1 l.-r D"in. -tie allon.'J vols., HO 
l)"2 and (inn illonpcrM pap.-r, :»lc . cloth.. 60 
DoH-nin-'s l.andscnp.-o.i In in _r u-l-'dltlon) 6 50 
Drainlnir I r l'roilt m .11 iltb by U. B. Waring, Jp 150 
Klli. 1 1 " «... :,'l : •'(. : xrr\V.m,\,''['.'.'.'.'.'..... '.'.'.'.'.'. 150 
Flax Culture 50 
Fields , I , ... . v, . 1-, ,i i ullnie 1 Ii5 
French'sFan i D ail e ■ 1 50 
Fiilh-r'aOrapi-Ciilniiist. ,V.,a i—d I inloiu 1 50 
Fuller's strawliei iv (nihilist 20 
FldleiVSnia 1 I ill t (n't mist 1 50 
tiarileiiinir for I'rol.t. hy I'cler Henderson.. .. 1 50 
Gregory on Souashes paper.. 30 
Gncnonon Milch Cows 75 
Hani-' In eels Ininnousln Vcetatlon.elo.,* I : cl'd pis. 00 
Hauls' Unral Annual. Hound, s Nos.. ill ? Vols. Each 150 
Herbert', Hints to llorseke. pel's 1 75 
Hop Culture 40 
.loimst us Agricultural Cbenilstry 175 
Jolmslon's Elements ,.| AitnciiMnriil I lieinlstry 1 50 
Leiich.iiv llow io Itnlld Hot-Housea 1 50 
Miles, el ll.e Hope's loot 75 
Mohn n I. ■ til e Vine 1 00 
Mi Vtr, I rdttl I :,l,.a ew ... 1» 
Norton's Scici Agriculture 75 
union Ciliuie 20 
Our Farm ol Four Anns m i II 1,0c paper.. 30 
■ I . II ie 75 
Peat and Ik I - -, P: . s. \Y. Jolinson 125 
f dd. I's Land Mea-in. .■ 60 
Oiniibi's \i\k>-i ios .d' li.-e Keeping (nbw) 150 
II .. la I'- S''ieep llli-li on II 1 50 
natulan's Fine Wool sneep Hi tliantlry 1 00 
Uivers' .Miniature Fruit, Harden 100 
Iiieliardson on Hie Do- pipci-mic. cloth 60 
Saiinilet.s' Domestic 1'oulll'v iMavi, paper. Inc., ljuuuu 75 
SchctiekMiardener's 'le.vt l'.ook J5 
Ste« irt's (John) Stable Hook • l JO 
Tin. in |. son's Food of Animals 1 00 
Tobacco Culture • . *> 
Winder's HeilireBanil Eveiirreens 1 JO 
Vonati .and Spooner on ll.e Horse 150 
Vouali mid Martin on Cattle J JO 
Tomtit on the Hok J J" 
louattouraheep 1 «) 
