4,4= 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[February, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Oba-NQe Judd & Co., Publishers, 245 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 each name. 
HOW it is DOM. 
As previously explained, the Publishers of the 
American Agriculturist employ no Agents, and pay 
no direct commissions on subscriptions. But they 
prepare a list of choice articles, very valuable for 
use, or for sale by those not needing them, which 
they offer to all desiring them, as rewards or Premi- 
ums to those who gather and forward clubs of sub- 
scribers. These Premiums are paid out of adver- 
tising receipts; all the money received from 
subscriptions, and much more, is expended upon 
the paper itself. The Premium Articles are pur- 
chased at the lowest wholesale cash prices, usually 
direct from the manufacturers, and by this means, 
and by favorable advertising arrangements, large 
premiums can be offered. No article is offered 
which is not believed to be of a superior character, 
and cheap at the prices named. The list is given 
in another column, and a full descriptive list is sent 
to all desiring it. Fully ten thousand people 
have obtained these pmmiunui in tKa._p.ist. and a. 
gre-it number are now receiving them daily. 
While thousands have written expressing their 
great satisfaction at their reception, not a dozen 
persons have ever expressed the slightest disap- 
pointment. The Publishers aim to deal honestly, 
fairly, and liberally with all, and they have every 
reason to be gratified with the result Thou- 
sands of illustrations could be given had we room, 
but the following will suffice as recent examples : 
FIVE LADIES obtained 12 subscribers each, 
received a Sewing Machine,and presented it to a Soldier's 
widow, who is thus placed in a condition to earn a living 
for herself and children. This is done in many places. 
POSTMASTERS, and their CLERKS in large 
numbers, are making up many Clubs, and calling largely 
for almost every article in the whole premium list. 
A SCHOOL BOV, (one of many similar cases) in 
five evenings, gathered 19 subscribers, and now owns the 
Great Dictionary, with its immense store of information. 
TWO FARMERS united their efforts, and in 
three weeks (using only part of the evenings and stormy 
days) they secured 150 subscribers in their own and an ad- 
joining neighborhood, and as a reward they own together 
a Buckeye Mowing Machine, with no cost except freight. 
A SCHOOL TEACHER, during a few evenings, 
made up a Sewing" Machine Premium Club, and sold the 
machine for $35, (equal to his net wages for two months) . 
MANY GENTLEMEN of various occupations 
have made up Clubs of 6 to 66 subscribers, and have 
thus been able to surprise their " better halves " with one 
or more of the premiums Nos. 40 to 55. (See Table.) 
LADIES, IN GREAT NUMBERS, and 
many MEN, are canvassing for our Premiums as a busi- 
ness. They receive the articles and sell them, for they 
are all very salable, and thus secure larger salaries than 
they could obtain in any other way— ranging all the way 
from $30 to $400 amonth. The Publishers have letters 
and figures to show these facts. Any person, of the right 
tact and enterprise, can do the same. Those who have 
not the tact can cultivate it, if they have the enterprise. 
THE PASTOR OF A SMALL TILLAGE 
CHURCH, says : " I needed a Cyclopedia for 
my Library, but my small salary would never leave 
enough to buy it I started out Monday morning 
among my parishioners, and, stating my object to my 
people, they soon helped me to a list of 96 subscribers, 
and I am sure I could have got 125 names, if you had re- 
quired it, for the Cyclopedia. I am grandly paid for my 
effort, which has really cost nothing, for in gathering the 
names I made nearly a hundred Parish calls that I ought 
to have made any way. I shall repay my people in infor- 
mation these books are furnishing me ; the reading of 
your paper in ninety-six families will awaken thought and 
enterprise, and thus they will be doubly paid. Further, 
I know of at least $200 lost by the humbug swindlers last 
year, which your paper would have saved. So here will 
be another gain. Tour premiums are a public benefit." 
AN ACADEMY STUDENT, paying his own 
way, spent vacation in canvassing among his friends, and 
for the subscribers obtained he selected premiums he 
could sell ; and, as the result, he cleared $5.27 for each 
day of vacation, over all traveling and other expenses. 
EIGHT BOYS AND GIRLS obtained 10 sub- 
scribers each, and received for the Club a premium Me- 
lodeon for their Sunday School Room. Some people who 
at first thought they " didn't want the paper," subscribed 
on account of the object aimed at, but they will doubt- 
less find the investment really a double paying one. 
A CLERK IN A COUNTRY STORE, says: 
" My friend S got an ' American Watch ' last 
year, and it was so good that I thought I would try for 
one this year. So I opened my list four weeks ago, and 
as opportunity occurred, without interfering with my 
regular duties, I have gathered and forwarded 55 sub- 
scriptions. I have found plenty of people willing to 
subscribe if I would take and forward the money. The 
enclosed list makes up 55 names — or enough for the 
Watch Premium, No. 56, and five names more towards a 
Sewing Machine for a widowed Aunt, which I shall get be- 
fore spring, and I guess before this month closes " 
SEVERAL FARMERS' CLUBS have divided 
the collection of names among a few active members, 
five to a dozen each, and secured the valuable premiums 
Nos. 100 to 111 — so that they have the books for general 
use, besides the paper for the individual subscribers. 
IN THE SAME WAY the valuable Live-Stock 
offered in the premiums are being secured for neighbor- 
hood use. One of these breeding animals, introduced 
in a neighborhood, will soon bring increased value 
to the stock, to the amount of thousands of dollars. 
BUT space fails us to note a hundredth part of what 
is being done all over the country, and easily done, too. 
The paper itself shall be so valuable as to repay all sub- 
scribers. The premiums are all so much extra gain, or 
pay, to those who simply take the trouble to explain its 
character and collect and forward names of subscribers. 
THIS MONTH 
IS A CAPITAL TIME to fill Clubs under way, 
and start and complete new ones. The supply of Premi- 
ums is abundant (except in animals) and almost any one 
who has enterprise and courage can gather a list of sub- 
scribers large enough to get some of the premiums. 
There is hardly a Post Office in the whole country where 
there are not still subscribers enough left to form 
quite a large premium Club. TOU HEADER, may se- 
cure the premiums if you will. TRY IT. 
SEE "Special Notes" on next Page. 
[In the following table is given the price of eacti arti- 
cle, and the number of subscribers required to get it free, at 
$1.50 a year, or at the lowest club rate of $1 a year. For full 
descriptions of the articles send for our Siiecial Sheet.] 
Table of Premiums and Terms, 
For Volume 29— (1870). 
Open to all— No Competition. 
No. Names of Premium Articles. 
1— Shorthorn Bull $500 00 
3— Shorthorn Bull SCiOO 00 
3— Shorthorn Bull $700 00 
4— Ayrshire Bull $100 00 ! 
5— Ayrshire Bull $130 00 
G— Ayrshire Bull $300 00 
7— Alderney Bull $500 00 
S— Alder net/ Bull $:;00 00 
9— Alderney Bull $100 00 
10— Devon Bull $100 00! 
11— Devon Bull $150 00! 
13— Devon Bull $200 CO 
13— Cotswold Bean $100 001 
14— Cotsicold Bam $200 00 
Vi—Cotswold Etoe $100 001 
lfi— Cotswold Etve $150 00: 
17— Southdown Bam $100 00! 
IS— South down Bam $150 00] 
19 —South down Ewe $75 00 
30 —Southdown Ewe: $ 100 00 
21 — Chester White Pig $30 001 
33— Essex Pig $50 001 
33— La Fleche Fowls, one Pair $10 00] 
24 — Houdan Fowls, one Pair $10 00 
23— Creve Cieur Foiels, one Pair $10 00 
36— Black Spanish Fowls, one Pair $20 001 
27— Braltmas, Light,one Pair $15 00] 
38— Gold Laced Sebriahi nantams.oue Pair $15 00 
%9—Bresee's Kino of the Earties. (2 lb. parc.)Z1 00 
30— Norivay Oats, (I peck, Bamsdell it Co.) $2 75 
31— Garden Seeds for a Famiii/ (40 hinds) $5 00 
33— Flower Seeds for a Family flOO kinds) . S5 00 
33— Garden Seeds it Flower Bulbs (Selection)^ 00 
34^-Nursery Stock (any kinds desired) $20 00 
35— Set of Field Croquet $8 00 
36— Sewing Machine ( Grocer it Baker) $55 00 
37— Sewing Machine (Florence) $03 00 
38— Sewing Machine (Wilcox it Gibbs) $55 00 
39— Lamb Knitting Machine $60 00 
40— Washing Machine (Data's) $14 00 
41— Clothes Wringer (Best— Universal) $10 00 
42— Tea Set (Bart's best Silver Plated) $50 00 
43— Caster and Fruit Basket (do. do.) $30 00 
44— Cake Basket (do, do.). ...?12 00 
O— Revolving Butter Cooler (do. do.) 89 00 
46— Ice or Water Pitcher (do. rto.)....$18 00 
47— One Dozen Tea-spoons (do. do.). 
48- One Dozen Table-spoons (do. do.). 
49— One Dozen Table Forks (do. do.) 
Number 
of Sub- 
scribers 
required 
at I at 
$1.50 1 $1. 
(do. 
(do. do.), 
'(do. do.), 
(do. do.), 
(do. do.). 
(J. P. Swain < . 
(do. do.), 
(do. do.), 
(do. do.) . 
$6 00 
..$12 00 
..$12 00 
..$14 00 
..$18 50 
..$22 00 
..$25 50 
. . S3 00 
. . $3 50 
.. $1 50 
. . m oo 
$2 50 
S3 00 
BO— Knives and Forks (Patterson Bros.). 
51— Knives and Foi'ks (do. do.). 
52 — Knives and Forks 
53— Knives and Forks 
54 — Carver and Fork 
55— Fluted Steel 
56— Pocket Knife 
&r—rncRec Knife 
BS— Pocket Knife 
59— Ladies' Pocket Knife 
GO—Melodeon, 4-octave(G.A.Pi-ince.i(-Co:s).m 00 
61—Melodcon, 5-oclave (do. do.) $112 00 
62— Piano. Splendid 1-oct.(Steimoayit.Sons)S6St) 00 
63 — Colibri Piano (Mathusheck P. F. Co.). $450 00 
64— Silver Watch (American Watch Co.).... $40 00 
65— Ladies' FineGold Watch lAm.WatchCo.)P(m On 
66— JBreechfloading Pocket Rifle $10 00 
67— Double llbl. Gun, (Cooper, Harris a: //.)$30 00 
(iS— Repeating Shot Gun (Roper Sp A. Co.)$T5 00 
&9-Tool Chest (Patterson Bros.) $14 50] 
70— Case of Mathematical Instruments $0 001 
71— Case of Mathematical Instruments $15 00| 
73— GoldPen, Sil.Ca:-e.F.(Warreni(-Spadoue) $1 50 
73— Gold Pen and Silver Case, F. (do. do.). $5 50i 
74r-Ladies'Gold Pen. and Rubber Case (do.) $6 00, 
75— Charles Pratt's Astral 011(1 can. 5 Gal.) $4 00, 
76— Barometer ( Woodruff's Mercurial) $10 00 
77— Barometer (Woodruff's Mercurial) $15 00 
78— Buckeye. Mowing Machine, No. 2. $125 00 
79— Patent Cylinder Plow.lR. II. Allen d-. C'o.)$1S 00 
80— Collins it Co.'s Cast Cast-Steel Plow. . . .$25 00] 
SI— £*an.d Cultivator and Wceder ( Comstock) $9 00 
83— Pump and Sprinkler (Page's) $5 00 
83— Famih/ Scales (Fairbanks' tfc Co.) $14 00 
84^Building Blocks (Crandall) $2 00 
SB— Packet Lanterns. OnePnzen $0 00 
8G— New American Cyclopedia (Appleton's) $80 00 
87— Worcester's Great Illustrated Dictionary $10 00 
88— Ann Back Volume Agriculturist 
89— Any Two Back Volumes do. 
90— An if Three do. do. do. 
91 — Any Four do. do. do. 
9'Z—An'y Five do. do. do. 
—(Each add'l Vol. at same rate) 
93— Thirteen Vols. XVI. to XXVIII. J $22 7? 
94— Any Back Volume Agriculturist \ . $3 fit 
95— Any Two Back Volumes do. 
OQ—Any Three do. do. do. 
97— Any Four do. do. do. 
98— Any Five do. do. do. 
— ( Each add'l Vol. at same rate) 
99— Thirteen Vols.XVI. to XXVIII. 
100— .1 810 Library (Your Choice) . 
$3 no 
$5 35 
$? 00 
101—4 S15 Library 
103—4 S30 Library 
103—4 S25 Library 
104—4 S30 Libran/ 
105—4 835 Libraril 
106-4 S40 Library 
107—4 S45 Library 
108—4 SS50 Libraril 
109-4 SfiO Library 
1 10 —4 S7 5 Library 
111—4 $nm Library 
do. 
do- 
do, 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
10 
00 
?= $7-50 
S>$10 00 
§|$12 50 
$32 50 
^•,■$10 00 
g£$15 00 
S£$20 00 
~g.$2-) 00 
5[S$30 00 
S?$35 00 
CS$I0 00 
=~ $15 00 
~,c$50 00 
2=?$r,o on 
~>S75 00 
-tjoioo no 
425 
500 
580 
120 
165 
810 
210 
-on 
865 
120 
165 1 
1250 
1500 
1700 
350 
500 
650 
650 
000 
1050 
!50 
100 
210 650 
120 3=0 
210 650 
120 1 350 
165 500 
120 350 
165 I 500 
100 I 285 
120 ■ S50 
46 ; 150 
66] 225 
50! 150 
50: 150 
150 
97 
75 
75 
22 
27 
37 
37 
22 
97 
52 
210 
275 
60 210 
270 
70 
58 
225 
nn 
65 
52 
00 
45 
05 
or, 
70- 
90 
33 110 
30 124 
37 
23 
22 
25 
22 
205 
400 
ir.no 
1150 
150 
350 
R0 
150 
312 
190 
55 
75 
35 
42 
45 
450 
00 
120 
54 
37 
70 
20 
54 
325 
58 
20 
29 
38 
47 
54 
108 
24 
36 
48 
60 
71 
137 
5S 
85 
106 
125 
144 
162 
177 
192 
207 
237 
2S2 
360 
112—4 Choice of Good Books (See Terms below).' 
&W*°Every Premium article is New and of the very l>est 
manufacture. No charge is made for packing or boxing 
any article in our Premium. List. Tlte thirty-nine Premiums, 
Nos. 29 to 33, 5G to 59, TO to 74, and S8 to 
112 inclusive, will each be delivered FREE of all charges, 
by mail or exjiress (at tlte Post-office or express office nearest 
recipient), to any place in the United Stales or Territories. 
—TJteotJier articles cost lite recipient only the freight after- 
leaving the manufactory of each, by any conveyance specified. 
