and Wmiti. 
An Illustrated Monthly Rural Magazine. 
Conducted by Isaac F. Til ling hast. 
for~every one who plants~a~s¥ed 
OR TILLS A PLANT. 
SUBSCRIPTION 50 CENTS PER YEAIL 
Advertising Rates, 30 Cents Per Llne. 
Entered at the post-office as second class matter. 
VOL. V., NO. III. WHOLE NO.. XXIX. 
La Plume, Lackawanna Co., Pa., March, 1884. 
El rata. By inadvertence our printer 
made an awkward mistake in making up 
the first forms of this issue, one column, on 
page 11 having been left out until too late 
to change it. Our readers will notice that 
the transposed column is on page 12, and 
with a little trouble can get the run of the 
story. The printer apologizes, &c. 
S he Prize Awards. 
NO POSTPONEMENT. 
On the first of last November, as will 
be remembered by most or our readers, the 
publisher of Seed-Time and Harvest 
being determined, at any cost, to place it 
m pomt of circulation at least, on a par 
with the very best city periodicals of its 
class, boldly offered Five Hundred 
Hollars in Cash to the nine persons who 
would secure for it the largest clubs of ac¬ 
tual subscribers during the four months 
which were to follow. As very liberal pre¬ 
miums and cash commissions were offered 
m addition to these cash prizes, it is not at 
all surprising that workers were found 
readv in all sections of the Union to under¬ 
take the canvass and push it with remark¬ 
able energy. As the limned time drew 
near to a close, many contestants requested 
that we give an extension on account of 
bad weather, floods, etc., which had hinder¬ 
ed them greatlv. Of course such a post¬ 
ponement would have swelled our subscrip¬ 
tion lists to a much higher number, but we 
believe promises are made to be kept, and 
so close the lists precisely as per announce¬ 
ment, and take pleasure in making the 
awards as follows: 
w f* rst Prize * $200.00 in Cash, 
E. S. Graves, Christiana, Pa., 4 % subs 
r „ r> Second Prize $100.00, 
I. C. Larnes, Collinsville, Conn,, .343 »» 
^ Third Prize $75.00, 
Chas. E.Lord, Chester, Conn., 305 m 
r. tr Fourth Prize $50.00, 
C. H. Phillips, Pierceville, Pa., 292 * 
Fifth Prize $25.00, 
Frank Finch, Clyde, N. Y., o 47 »■ 
, Sixth Prize $20.00, 
n. H. Moore, Broekport, N. Y., 224 ’* 
j. Seventh Prize $ l 5.00,, 
E. B. Ihompson, Wheaton, Ill., 219 
Eighth Prize $10.00, 
E. I). Frost, Havana, N. Y., 145 
Ninth Prize $5.00, 
J. W. Northrop, Salem. O., 115 m 
In returning our warmest thanks to the 
above, and the many other kind friends- 
who showed their willingness to help us by 
forwarding clubs, but failed to sufficiently 
exert themselves to win even the smallest 
prize, we desire to say that the awards have 
all been honestly and fairly made without 
fear or favor, to friend or foe. Numerous 
applications to put a “straw man” ahead 
of the faithful workers have been received 
and promptly rejected or treated with 
silence, and if any contestant has-failed to 
secure a coveted prize, it is simply because 
some other one has worked a little harder. 
A reference to the above list will show that 
a few more names added to any of them 
(except tiie first) would have returned a 
greater profit than those they did send, 
and thousands of our friends who quietly 
let a good chance slip by, will now see how 
easily they might have graced the list with 
profit to themselves. Four hundred names 
would have taken just money enough to • 
have paid for themselves, and every dollar 
v hich was collected on subscriptions- 
wouid have been profit. Our profits must 
come from the greatly increased value 
which our advertisers will find in using our 
columns, after more than doubling our 
hst of subscribers, which the grand aggre¬ 
gate of subscriptions lias done. 
TO A D VER RISERS. 
A Change of Rate. The actual cir¬ 
culation of Seed-Time and Harvest, hav- 
mg been more than quadrupled since our 
present advertising rates were established. 
