1864.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
2ft 
Premium Drawing Instruments, 
The above engraving represents the interior of the 
neat, polished rosewood box containing the drawing or 
draughting instruments announced as premium aa In the 
table. The two semi-circles really belong behind the 
top cushion, which is arranged to open. Each piece is 
fitted into the velvet cushion. We have not space for a 
full description of the several pieces and their various 
uses. They are of polished brass and steel. The left 
hand semi-circle is brass, and the right hand one is of 
transparent horn, so that when laid upon paper, lines, 
angles, etc., can be seen through it. The dividers, No. 1 
and No. 3 have socket joints and binding screws to receive 
•I, 6, 7, 8 and 9, for various purposes. Thus : by combining 
part of No. 1 with 4, 7 and 9, we get the long sweep with 
steel point and pencil point shown below.— No. 5 (with 
ivory handle) and 6 and 8 can be used with ink, either 
alone, or combined with 1 or 3.— No. 7 and 9 have sockets 
for pencils, to be used in connection with 1 or 3. The 
pivots and sockets match, so that a great number of com- 
binnttons and extensions can be made for drawing all 
kinds of lines, circles, etc. No. II is a boxwood grad- 
uated rule.— No. 10 is a double-pivot screw-driver to 
tighten or loosen the hinge joints of 1, 2 and 3. Taken 
altogether, this Is the most convenient and neatest set of 
drawing instruments we have seen for the price. We 
wish every boy and girl among our readers could have a 
set, not merely to amuse themselves with, but to cultivate 
a taste and habit for plotting and planning. We propose 
to all who may secure a set as a premium, to send us 
a plan of their several homes, farms, gardens, and houses, 
drawing them to a regular scale of a given number of feet 
or rods to the inch. We have a few sets yet on hand for 
premiums, and 100 more sets will arrive from Paris during 
January. If still more are wanted, they will be ordered. 
For terms, see premium table in the next column. 
(Last Publication* in Full.) 
There are certain easy-go-long Editors, who don't want to 
be troubled with giving premiums— and their editorial work 
Is on a par with their business. They want their subscribers 
to do ttic writing, and they publish anything and everything, 
without the laborious care and investigation required to 
Issue a well edited, reliable paper. They hitch on to their 
publications the name of some State, and theu press upon 
the people of that State the duty of "sustaining their own 
paper." For the time expended in canvassing for them, they 
oiTer the pay of "a consciousness of working for the good of 
the cause." Jealous of the fact that a majority of reading 
farmers of their own neighborhoods even, have the discern- 
ment to go where they can get the best paper for the least 
money, they fall to picking flaws in the way their more en- 
terprising cotemporarles do business. 
Why can not these cotemporarles be easy, and goon hi 
their own way, If they like that best, and not be trying to put 
themselves highest by pulling others down below them. "We 
like our own way of doing business, and the people seem to 
like it; so we shall keep on— keep asking people to work 
not only for the "good of the cause," but also offering prizes 
to those who take time and trouble required to raise large 
clubs. As we have before stated, the simplest, easiest and best 
way to do so, Is to offer specific Premiums of good articles 
for a definite number of names. Owing to the special good- 
will of manufacturers, publishers, etc., and to some adver- 
tising arrangements wo arc able to offer much larger pre- 
miums In this way than in cash. There- It* no "catch" In our 
mode— no fine premium to the one Rending In tho largest lilt 
of names, leaving all othi>rs "out It) tho cold," though they 
may have worked Ju*t as hard, mid obtained <ttiuo.it ha many 
Bubaoribors, Tim canvasser knows Just what ho or Hho is 
working for, and that the remuneration doe* not dim end 
u|>ou what twine oilier unknown party may 1)0 doing. 
In proof of the real value of those nrtlolus, and of 
the satisfaction thoy give, wo will statu tho fact, that many 
hundreds uf persons secured one or more of them last 
year, through our premium ofpQIfl' and thoy were bo woll 
pleased with thorn that at Hast nim 1 tenths of the same 
persona arc now at work to got other articles this year, and 
largo numbers havo alnaoy attained the covotod prizes. 
"Wo do not protend to gl?o an artlclo costing $2, and throw 
In tho paper for a year, all for $1. We ott'ar no artlelo of In- 
ferior quality or value. Tho promiuma aro all usoful and 
desirable, and cheap at tho prices named. Wo repeat that 
Every article offered is just what it purports to be, and 
nothing Is second-hand, or of poor make or quality, or kind • 
W'e intend ix. all cases to deal fairly with everyone. Wo 
invito all to make an efl'orL to got ono or more of the premi- 
ums described below, and thus do good to others hi circula- 
ting tho paper, and got paid for the work; hundreds hnYe 
already done so during tho past month. 
Take Notloo ! We can not afford space to republish 
the following descriptions in full, after this first number 
of the volume. Please read carefully through what is said 
below, and preserve the descriptions for future reference. 
Table of Premiums for. 1804. 3^ 
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Names of Premium Articles. 
Goon Books— See terms below * 
A— Aniericiin Cyclopedia CAnpleton's New).*™ 00 
B— Best Family Clothes wringer *? <"> 
C— Nonpareil waBlllng Machine S16 00 
D— Sowing Machine, (Wheeler & Wilson)... *I5 00 
E— Sewlns Machine, (Wilcox & Gthus) #10 00 
F— Woodruff's Mercurial Barometer $8 00 
G— Woodruff's Mercurial Barometer $12 00 
H-The Aquarius -■•••* 10 . S9 
I_Ftvc Octave Melorteon (best) *00 00 
.1— Four Octave Melodeon (best) SHO 00 
K— Seven back Volumes Agrlcultrulst, - 
L— Six do do do 
M— Flvo do do do 
N— Four do do do 
O— Three do do do 
P— Two do do do 
Q— One do do do 
K— Jacob's Portfolio Paper File 
S—Osboru & Hodi;UI]isou'ri Paints- ^l :>0 
T— Premium Cylinder Plow #10 00 
U-EaRle Plow N6T«1 fit & 
V—Hav and straw Cutler (besl I #0 00 
W— Steel-tooth Cultivator (best) *T 50 
X— Family Lard and Wine Press #< 00 
aa— Case of Drawing Instruments #5 00 
*S 6S 
'11 h 20 
II U M 
«;s> #i si 
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No charge is made for packing or boxing any of the ar- 
ticles in this Premium List. The books and the Premi- 
ums K, to S, inclusive, are delivered to any part of the 
United States and Territories, free of all charges. The 
other articles cost the recipient only the freight after 
leaving the manufactory of each. sffi-Eocry article 
is new and of the very best manufacture. 
The names (with money for each,) can be sent in as fast 
as gathered, so that the subscribers can begin to receive 
their papers. The premium will be paid to any one as 
soon as his list is completed. But, let it be distinctly 
noted, we can reckon for premiums only those names 
which are marked as for Premiums, when they are sent in. 
All the separate names thus sent and marked as for pre- 
miums, are at once recorded, so that we can immediately 
turn to any canvasser's list, and see how it stands. 
Premium clubs need not necessarily be all at one Post- 
Office. Each list ought to contain a fair proportion of 
new names, for it is to bring the paper before new sub- 
scribers, that the premiums are in part intended. 
To avoid confusion, please send in the exact amount 
with each list of names. In special cases, the whole sunt 
for a premium list maybe forwarded, and the premium 
be received at once— the names to be sent in afterward. 
jy All names sent in now, get the great Strawberry 
plants. Note that 5 cents extra are needed if the " Agri- 
culturist Strawberry" plants are to go by mail. This 
will, of course, be paid by the subscribers themselves. 
Descriptive Notes on tlic Premiums. 
* Books.— Any person sending 20 or more subscribers, 
may select from our Book List (page 27) to the amount 
of 10 cents for each name sent in at the club price of 80 
cents or to the amount of 30 cents for each name at *I. 
(No bonks sent for less than 20 names). The premium 
books will be delivered, by mail or express anywhere in 
the United States, or to the Border of the British Pro- 
vinces, free of all cost. Many a Farmers' Club has, 
by means of this premium, obtained a good Library. 
A— Vpplcton's New American Cyclopedia.— 
TUis magnificent work is now completed, and ready for Im- 
mediate delivery. It consists of 16 heavy volumes, averaging 
800 large two column pages, or in the whole work, 13,804 
paces' (The books till up over a yard of shelf-room.) J* t$ 
ik°rcallt'ia complete library of itself, embracing full lnfor 
,ii;iMi " ■ ■■'■■ «'•['!'■ "i human knowledge, alphabet!. ' 
oally arranged for convenient reference. The auhjecte dls 
cuasod number over twenty five thousand/ ttlabardl] 
Ibletonamo anything upon which pretty foil Information 
may not he readily found In the I rclopedl i U in] u ho can 
not purchase the work maybe able to obtain it through our 
Premium otter, it is worth a year'* effort In rnl 
bore, though many may gel 180 names in n brief Hme, 
B-n«-.i ClothevWrlngeir — This u n moat excel- 
lent Household Implo nt, which ahould i unlly. 
it nui he Bot upon any form of tub, and by tutnlng with tile 
right hatfd and picking op tho garments with I 
are pressed rapidly and cnslly between two oln 
and drop out Into aba ket, quite as free I iratei is they 
can be wrung by the hardest twisting by hand. Ever) lady 
knows that hand wringing Is really harder upon the anna 
and shoulders than oven the washing; while the twlatlug 
stretches tho Oners with lever power, and hastens the wear- 
ing out. All this It* avoided by the Wringer, which Is In 
truth a strength -saver, and a elothet ■■<•■■.. We have had 
ono In use for nearly four years; it is as good aaeyer, and 
has paid for Itself many times over. A child run with this 
readily wring out a tub-full of clothe*. Our Premium fl 
ers ore the family size, of the No. 'i, "Universal" and aro 
provided with coys, and with springs, so that they will wring 
equally well any article from a blanket to a baby's stocking. 
The cogs aro an Indispensable addition to the best and safest 
wringers. The Wringer weighs only 15 lbs., and can be car- 
ried by hand, or sent hy express, or freight to any point, and 
la ready for instant use on removing the light packing bOK. 
C— Nonpareil Washing Machine— The best 
recommendation we can give of this, is, that while we havo 
fried fifteen or twenty klndn, this Is the only one that our 
"help" continue to use without being required to do bo. It 
acts somewhat like the old "fulling mill ;'• the clothes are 
put into the hot water, and beat by two pounders which con- 
stantly turn them over. The beaters are moved alternately 
by a crank, provided with balance wheel which adjusts tho 
force required so as to make the turning easy. Take it all 
in all, the Nonpareil Is the best Washing Machine we havo 
found. If we find and prove a better one, we shall put It In 
our list, for anything that helps to reduce the hard work of 
washing day, is a godsend. The machine can go as freight, 
or by express, to any part of the country. 
D—E— Sewing Machine*. — We need not enlarge 
upon the benefits of Sewing Machines. It Is no exaggeration 
to say that a woman can in a day do ten times as much 
ordinary sewing with a machine, as she can do by hand, 
The Interest on a $50 Machine Ib only $3 to $1 a year, which 
Is a small consideration compared to Its advantages. Five 
hundred families ought to be supplied through our pre- 
mium list this year. At least 80 to 100 copies of the Agri- 
culturist ought to be taken in every town, and would bo if 
some enterprising man or woman would go round and gath- 
er them. Two or three ladies might Join their efforts and 
get a machine for use between them. We offer two kinds of 
Machines, both varieties of which we have had In use for 
several years, and with great satisfaction. They are both 
supplied with the Hemmer, and arc sent out with full in- 
structions for use. The Wheeler & Wilson Ma- 
chine, we have used during five years, and can bear full 
testimony in Us favor. More of these machines are sold and 
used, we believe, than of all the other good kinds together, 
which Is a strong proof of the satisfaction they give. This 
sews with a double thread, both sides of the fabric showing 
the same stitch. The Wilcox & Globs Machine, 
we have used for over three years, and for most kinds of 
sewing It Is excellent. It Is very simple In Its operation and 
can be worked by those who have the smallest amount of 
mechanical skill. It can be used for most kinds of sewing, 
and may well be adopted generally, at least where the higher 
priced machines cannot be a Horded.— For every kind of 
sewing, especially where the same stitch Is required on 
both sides, we prefer the Wheeler & Wilson. 
F— G— Woodruff's Mercurial Barometer.— This 
is conceded to be the best and cheapest instrument for gen- 
eral use, which is now offered to the public. The peculiar 
form of mercury cup invented by Mr. Woodruff, renders the 
instrument far more portable than anything previously made. 
The sirfe delivery of every instrument given by us as a pre- 
mium, is warranted by the manufacturer (Charles Wilder, 
Peterboro, N. II.), when to be sent within 1,500 miles. The 
instruments are beautifully made, are about 3 feet long, and 
are sent direct from the factory, with no expense save tho 
express charges. We offer two forms which differ mainly in 
the style of case, both belngsupplicd with Thermometer and 
Vernier, The $12 form is of course more ornamental, and 
the more desirable Instrument, though either of them is high- 
ly valuable. A barometer is to farmers or others on land, 
what It Is to Bailors at sea— an indicator of the weather 
to be looked for. There are many times every year when 
the indications of the barometer in regard to the weather 
will often be of more value than its whole price, while the 
Interest on its cost would be less than half a dollar a year. 
The habit of observation, and of scientific study cultl 
vatcd In children where a Barometer Is used, is important. 
H-The Aquarius.— This Is an excellent little porta- 
ble force-pump, useful in many ways. One can take this In- 
strument In his hand with a pail of water, and throw a con- 
siderable stream to any point where a Are may bo breaking 
out, and do more to quench it, than he could with a dozen 
pallfulls dashed on, even if the fire could be reached. We 
have thrown water from the ground up against the third 
story windows of a house. The Aquarius Is very useful for 
watering gardens, for washing windows, carriages, etc., etc. 
It Is provided with rubber suction pipe, to draw water from 
a pail,tuborbucket,and an ejection pipe having both a noz- 
zle for throwing a stream, and a rose or sprinkler. It 
has also an ah chamber for giving a constant stream. It is a 
handy instrument, for every household, aside from Its use as a 
fire engine wlthwnlch many incipisnt fires have been stopped. 
I— j— Mclotlcoin.— None need to be told of the pleas- 
ore given by a good Melodeon In a household, or of its util- 
ity in the Week Day and Sabbath School Boom, and the 
