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IS A A C K 77 LIANG HA ST 
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER. 
TERMS. Tweny-five Cts. per year, or, 
5 copies for $ 1. 
Advertising Rates: Each insertion, 
$30. per page, $15. per one-half page, 
$8. per one-fourth page, and 25 cents per 
line, nonpareil, for less space. 
Address all communications, 
SEED-TIME AND HARVEST. 
La Plume. Lackawanna Co., Pa. 
APRIL, 1880. 
It was with no little misgiving and fear 
of the possibility of unpleasant results, that 
the first number o f Seed-Time and Harvest 
was ottered to an indiscriminate public, in 
January last, for approval or condemnation. 
It now gives us the greatest pleasure to an¬ 
nounce, in again appearing, that our little 
venture is an assured success, and Seed- 
Time and Harvest may be counted as a pe¬ 
riodical which shall’* never fail'’ to make 
its appearance to the pleasure and gratifica¬ 
tion we hope, of many thousands of readers. 
We must here return our most grateful 
acknowledgements to the many friends 
who have generously sent in their subscrip¬ 
tions. and especially to those who have en¬ 
couraged us with cheering words, showing 
that our endeavors to please and instruct 
have not teen wholly in vain. The large 
number of subscriptions already received 
will enable us to offer our little magazine 
upon much more favorable terms than 
those announced in the previous issue, 
Fearful of underestimating the cost of car¬ 
rying out our undertaking, we at first put 
the price at fifty cents per year and offered 
a packet of choice seeds free with each 
number. It soon became evident to ns 
that this plan would not prove as satisfac¬ 
tory to our friends as to allow each one 
to select from our seed-list whatever might 
suit his particular fancy. We therefore 
hereby announce that we shall discontinue 
our seed premiums as supplements, and 
now offer Seed-Time and Harvest upon the 
following exceedingly liberal terms, which 
ought at once to add thousands of names 
to our subscription list: First, Seed-Time 
and Harvest will be sent for one year to 
anyone remitting 25 cents, or five copies for 
$1.00. Secondly, anyone remitting fifty 
cents, may receive, in addition to his year's 
subscription, his own selection of seeds in 
packets from our lists to the amount of the 
money sent. A certificate for the amount 
will be returned to each person so entitled, 
which we will receive as so much cash in 
payment for seeds in packets at any time 
during the year. Thirdly, any person who 
sends us one dollar or more for seeds, 
plants, or any other goods kept by us, will 
receive Seed-Time and Harvest free for one 
year. Thus, while we drop our seed premi¬ 
ums as such, parties remitting fifty cents 
will not only receive the seeds as be¬ 
fore, but will have the privilege of making 
their own selection and receiving them ail 
at once, if desired, instead of one packet 
each quarter, and we hope that we shall 
succeed in making our publication suffi¬ 
ciently interesting and valuable to make 
it something of an inducement to become 
a patron to the amount of one dollar or 
more and thus receive it free. 
All who have subscribed under the terms 
offered in our last number and are expect¬ 
ing the premium seeds, shall receive them 
as promised with this and succeeding num¬ 
bers, or a certificate for the amount due. 
which will give them the benefit of the 
change of terms. 
Now, Kind friends, please give our little 
journal a fair consideration. Is it not 
worth to you all we ask you to pay for it ? 
Four names can easily be secured in almost 
any locality and you will thus secure for 
yourself a fifth copy free of cost. Of course 
we shall occupy some space in each issue 
with our own advertisements, otherwise we 
could not furnish so costly a publication for 
so little money. But does this detract any¬ 
thing from its value to yon ? You will no 
doubt occasionally want just the articles 
we offer, and if we furnish a satisfactory 
