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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[June, 
Spread hi a shed, and when the leaves are dry, re- 
move them, aud store the bulbs in a cool, dry place 
until time to plant — September or October. 
Hoses. — Cut back the Remontants as soon as they 
have done flowering. Remove faded flowers from 
the Everblooming varieties. Keep the new shoots 
of the climbing varieties trained up to the trellis. 
See article on Roses on page 168, last month. 
Sticks and Strings will be in constant requisition 
if proper nearness is preserved. Manage to have 
supports of all kinds as inconspicuous as possible. 
Weeds should never appear in the flower garden. 
Use the bayonet or the lance-headed hoe aud nar- 
row rake to work among the plants, and where very 
close together, a hand-weeder will be found useful. 
CSrcen-lioiase and. Window Plants. 
Every thing that is to come out at all will be 
placed outside this month, and the sooner repairs 
are made, the better. The plants left in the house 
should nut sutler from neglect. Those outside will 
need care in watering. Some must have shade 
during the greater part of the day, and all should 
be so placed that they will not be injured by high 
winds. Provide for potting soil, which, for gen- 
eral purposes, is best when made of decayed sods 
and well-decomposed manure, or rotted refuse hops. 
■ ■ ^gw *— 
Mowanjy Machine Premium. — 
1,000 Acres of Grass Cut by t lie Buckeye.— 
Those who are getting subscriptions to the Agriculturist 
with a view to taking this splendid premium should fill 
them up and scud them in as early in the month as possi- 
ble. For their encouragement, we give the following 
memorandum, received from Gen. K. N. Halsted, one of 
the largest and most influential farmers of New Jersey, 
aud President of the State Agricultural Society: "In 
May, 1S5IJ, I purchased a Buckeye mower of Adriance & 
Piatt. It has cut on an average 100 acres of grass per 
year for my neighbors and myself, and has done its work 
well, though on stony ground. It has cost in repairs 
$5.S7 (about 5S cents a year). This, I think, is a good 
record of this mower's durability and economy." So it 
5s; and it is one of the reasons why we choose the 
Buckeye Mowing Machine to place upon our premium list. 
Tlt<^ New England Agricultural 
Society announces that its next Fair will be held at 
Portland, Maine, on the 7th to the 10th of October. All 
entries must he made two weeks before the exhibition. 
Notice of intention to enter live-stock must be sent to 
S. L. Boardmann, Augusta, Me., prior to August ISth. 
The Secretary of the Society is Col. Daniel Needham, of 
Groton, Mass. A liberal list of premiums is issued. 
No prizes are offered for trotting horses ; but this 
whole subject is left with the trustees of the Maine 
State Agricultural Society. We earnestly commend to 
these gentlemen the perusal of the retiring address of 
President Faile, of the N. Y. State Society. The induce- 
ments offered by the Society in the form of prizes will 
settle the question whether or not there will be aeon- 
course of professional gamblers, drunken and "lewd 
fellows of the baser sort" drawn together, as to a 
regular horse-race, or whether the exhibition will be 
one beneficial to the agriculture and the people of the 
State, and of New England. The scenes enacted at the 
fair at New Haven last year should be a warning. 
iMolc-plow D>raining'. — Au Arkansas 
correspondent asks whether he can drain a wet clay cot- 
ton soil by using a mole-plow ?--Imperfectly, he can; 
satisfactorily, he can not. If the clay is stiff enough to 
hold its form and keep the plow track open, it will he a 
very simple matter to mould it into draining tiles, burn- 
ing them in a cheap kiln, of the kind described in War- 
ing's Book on Draining, and permanent benefit may he 
thus secured. The mole-plow is not a very cheap tool to 
work, and its effect is very temporary. The gullying of 
the hill-sides complained of by our correspondent would 
be very greatly prevented by thorough underdraining, 
especially in connection with horizontal cultivation. 
Fattening Steers.— "C. S. Wilcox," Ash- 
tabula Co., O. If your pasture is very good, you will not 
find it necessary to feed grain to your steers, hut they 
must be kept gaining well all the time, and a moderate 
quantity of corn meal or oil-cake would push them 
ahead faster. Oats are too high to feed profitably to 
fattening stock. A pair of yearlings weighing 1.580 
pounds are remarkable, and it will pay to give them first- 
rate care and feed. It all depends on the quality of the 
pasture whether or not they will need grain before autumn. | 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Orange Judd & Co., Publishers, 2-15 Broadway, N. T. City. 
Annual Subscription Terms (always in advance) : $1.50 
each for less than four copies: Four to nine copies, $1.25 
each: Ten to nineteen copies, $1.20 each: Twenty copies 
and upwards, $1 each. Papers are addressed to eacli name. 
AN EARTHQUAKE 
would hardly awaken some people out of the drowsy 
dream-life they have always lived, or stir them from the 
" easy-go-along" gait they have always traveled. But 
these are not the sort of people that are found among the 
thousands upon thousands of wide-awake folks, who have 
helped send the American Agriculturist all over the laud, 
from Nova Scotia to Darien, from Lower California to 
Alaska, all through the great Mississippi Valley, and 
to many foreign lauds. And a large number of these 
wide-awake people are enjoying the reward of their 
efforts, in the form of splendid and valuable Premiums 
which they have received from this Office. (See list 
in next column.) Well, the year is nearly half gone, and 
ON JUNE 30 TH 
we shall close up our general premium offers for this 
year, except for localities too distant to forward names 
by that time. As all our present readers, of course, be- 
long to the wide-awake class, and aB not quite all of 
them have yet obtained premiums, we write this to pri- 
vately (very privately) remind them that there is ample 
time during the next thirty days to finish up all partially 
completed premium lists, and draw on us for the premi- 
ums offered. Aud those who have no partial lists begun 
can start and fill up new ones. We have a good supply 
of the excellent things named in the table in next 
column. They are easily obtained ! Large numbers 
%W~ of Men, Women, and Children, have gathered ,^3 
ZW* names enough in a day or two, often by a few «^J 
Z*?™ hours 1 effort, to secure au article for which they „^c3 
t^~ would gladly have worked weeks. Tny it with _^J 
C^~ a will and determination to succeed, and in „^J 
!£^" nine cases out of ten you will be successful. „J£j 
t5T~ Take a copy of the paper, exhibit it among ,^^3 
J^" neighbors and friends, in your own neighbor- ^^A 
ES?~ hood and elsewhere, {for premium clubs need _^J 
t^~ ?wt be aU atone post-qffice,) show what the paper ^^J 
%iW is, what it is worth, how cheap it is, and in a _^3 
%W brief time the desired number of subscribers ^g£& 
gs?~ can be gathered, and the premium secured, .^gj 
< j^ ~ Just to help the matter along, and to accom- ^^gj 
Z&7~ modate those who wish to try the paper for ^Jg^ 
C57~ six months, at 75 cents, we will count two _^j£j 
£§^~ subscribers for half a year as equal to one „^3 
p^~ subscriber for the whole year, in supplying ^gS J 
tW the premiums— that is, we will now make _^J 
Two Halves equal One Whole One, 
[In this table are given the regular cash prices of each 
article, and the number of subscribers required at $1.50 a year, 
to get it free, also at the lowest club rate of $1 a year. For 
full descriptions of the articles see extrasheets, sent free.] 
c * 
Tabic of Premiums aud Terms, 
For Volume 2S — 1SCO . 
Open to all— \'o Competition. 
No. Karnes of Premium Articles. 
Vt—Alderney Bull, •• Wachusett," $300 00 1 
15— Alderney Dull, '•Alleghany,'" £200 00 
17— Cols wold Sam $200 00 
19— Cotswold Ram $100 00 
at— Cotswold Ewe $100 00 
Hft—llrahmas. light, one Pair $15 00 
29— Early Hose Potato, i Three lb. parcel) . .$2 00 
30— Garden Seeds for a Homily (40 kinds). .is 00 
31— F/on-er Seeds for a Family (ion kinds).. .$5 on 
33— yureerv stock (any kinds desired) $20 oo 
33— Set of Field Croquet $8 00 
35 — Sewing Machine lOrover A Baiter)* $.55 oo 
Machine (Howe Machine Co.).. ion on 
Machine ( Florence) $03 00 
Machine (8inger°8 Tailoring) ..$S0 00 
Machine ( Willcox A Gibbs) $55 00 
Machine (Finkle A Lyon) $00 00 
\fi.^hi,,a I Tlr.1 ,Cc\ $14 00 
Number 
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SCT ibers 
required 
I | at 
$1.50| $1. 
2S0: H0 
220 1 650 
3d— Sewing 
37 — Sewing 
38— Seeing 
39— Sewing 
40— Sewing 
41 — Washing Machine J Poly 
4*4— Clothes Wringer ( Beat— Universal) $10 oo 
43— Tea Set ( Bart's best Silver Plated) $50 00 
44 — Castor and Fruit Basket (do. do.) $30 00 
in—Iceor Water Pitcher (do. do.). ...$13 on 
46— One Dozen Tea Spoons (do. do.) $0 On 
47— One Dozen Tablespoons (do. dn.) 3(12 00 
48— One Dotal Pining Forks (do. do.) $12 00 
49— Tea Knives and F>rks( Patterson BrosAS&l 00 
50— Table Knives aud Forks (do. do.).. ..fit 00 
51— Carving Knife ami Fork (do. do.) $5 00 
53 — Melodenn, 4-octave(G.A.Pi-inceACo.'s) $07 00 
53— Mclodeon. 5-octave (do. do.) $112 00 
54 — Piano, Splendid 7 oct.(Stcinwai/ASons)$t)TiO 00 
55—Colibri Piano (llarlmc. Dnehle'r A Co.,)$l50 00 
50 — Silver Watch (American Watch Co.). ...$40 00 
57— Ladies' Fine Gold Watch I Am . Watch Co) $100 00 
58— Douole Bbl.Gun I Cooper, Harris A //.,)$30 00 
59— Repealing Shot Gun (Paper Ri/le Co.). .$60 00 
60— Tool Chest (Patterson Bros.) $44 50 
61— Case of Mathematical Instruments $0 00. 
6'3— Case of Mathematical Instruments. ..$15 00 
63— GoldPen, Sil.Case,K.( WarrenASpadone) $4 50; 
64— Gold Pen and Silver Case, F, (do. do.). $5 50 
65 — Barometer (Woodruff's Mercurial) $10 00 
an— Barometer (Wnndrujr's Mercurial) $15 00 
m—Buckei/e Mowing Machine. No. 'i $125 00 
GS— Allen's Patent Cylinder Plow, etc. $10 50 
69— Collins A Co.'s Cast Cast-Steel Plow. ...$.'5 00 
70— Pump and Sprinkler (Page's). $5 00 
71— Family Scales (Fairbanks' A Co.) $14 00 
72— Building Blocks (Crandall) $2 00 
73— Packet Lanterns, One Dozen.. $9 00 
74:— American Cyclopedia (Appleton's) . ...$S0 00 
75— Worcester's Great Illustrated IUctiouary^Vl 00 
76 — Any Back Volume Agriculturist 
77— Any Tiro Back Volumes do. 
7ft — Any Three do. do. do. 
79 — Any Four do. do. do. 
80— Any Fire do do. do. 
—(Each added Vol. at same rate) 
SI— licelre Vols. XVI to XXVII 
Si— Any Rac k Volume Agriculturist 
S3— Any 'Pro Back lolnnies an. 
Si— Any Three do. do. do. 
85 — ' Any Four do. do. do. 
86— An)/ Fire do. do. do. 
— I Each added Vol. at same rate) 
Si-Twelve Vols. XVItoXXVIl 
88—.! 81 Library (YourChoice) . . 
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I sS $3 50 
I SS $■"' 25 
!.§:? $700 
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s a$75 00 
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100— .4 Choice of Good Looks (See Terms below .) 
106— Breech-loading Pocket Rifle $ 10 00 
89-.1 $15 Library 
9I1-.4 A'4» Library 
91--1 S-25 Library 
9J-.1 $:!o Library 
93— .4 S35 Library 
94— .4 $40 Library 
95— .4 $45 Library 
96— .4 $50 Library 
97 —A $60 Library 
98— A $j?5 Library 
99— .4 SlOO Library 
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ZW Every Premium article is new and of the very best 
manufacture. No charge is 7/iade for packing or boxing 
any article in our Premium List. The thirty two Premiums, 
Nos. 29, 30, 31, CI, 02, 03, 64, and 70 to 
100 inclusive, will each be delivered FREE of all charges, 
by mail or express, (at the Pvsl-ofllcc or express of/ice nearest 
recipient) , to any place in the United States or Territories. 
— T/te other articles cost tlie recipient only the freight after 
leaving (he manufactory of each, by any conveyance specified. 
Iica<l ami carefully Note flic fol- 
lowing: (a) Get subscribers anywhere ; all sent by one 
person count together, though from one or a dozen 
different Post-offices. But (b) Say with each name 
or list of names sent, that it is for a premium list, aud we 
will so record it (c) Send the names as fast as obtain- 
ed, that the subscribers may begin to receive the paper at 
oucc. Any time, from now to June 30th, will be allowed 
to fill up your list as lar^e as you may desire. The pre- 
mium will be paid wheneoer you call for it id) Send 
the exact money with each list of names, so that there 
may be no confusion of money accounts. .. (e) Old and 
new subscribers all count in premium clubs, but a portion, 
at least, should be new names ; it is partly to get these 
that wc offer the premiums (f) Specimen Numbers, 
Cards, and Show-bills, will be supplied free as needed by 
canvassers, but they should be nsed carefully and econom- 
ically, for every extra copy of the paper costs, with the 
