as anything he can engage in. In order to 
further stimulate every boy who is led to 
undertake the cultivation of a garden of 
his own, to do his very best at it. we have 
decided to offer Five Prizes, aggregating 
$66.00 to the five boys who will make the 
undertaking, and write out the best detail¬ 
ed account of their summers work. The 
boy under 21 years of age who shall pro¬ 
duce the best report shall on the first of 
January next be awarded and paid $50.00 
in cash. The second best shall receive an 
order for $10.00 worth of seeds: the third, 
a copy of the Country Gentleman for one 
year, price of which is $2.50; the fourth, a 
subscription to the Rural New Yorker , 
price $2.00; the fifth, a year's subscription 
to the American Agriculturist , price $1.50. 
The conditions of this offer are that each 
contestant shall purchase at least One Dol¬ 
lar’s worth of seeds from us. Of course 
we will gladly receive his order for as 
many more as he wishes or can use to ad¬ 
vantage, but he must take at least One 
Dollar’s worth so as to have Seed-Time 
and Harvest included for a year. 
Secondly, he must plant these seeds 
together with as many as he chooses from 
other sources, and study to make as great 
a profit as possible from them in any way 
which presents itself. If a County or State 
Fair is held near by we would advise 
making an exhibit of the products but 
this is not required. 
Thirdly, next fall as soon as the garden¬ 
ing work is over he must write out an ac¬ 
count of his undertaking, giving his age 
and telling what yielded him the greatest 
profit, how much he spent for seeds, how 
much for fertilizers, how much for labor 
besides his own, and other expenses, and 
how much cash he received in return, and 
send it for pub ication to some newspaper, 
either his own country paper or some agri¬ 
cultural journal, not Seed-Time and Har¬ 
vest, not neglecting to say that it was done 
in competition for our prize and that the 
seeds were frofn our house. If neatly and 
concisely written any paper will willing¬ 
ly publish such a report. 
Fourthly, he must send a copy of this to 
us, and these reports will be carefully com¬ 
pared and the one who does the best with 
his season’s work, that is, w r ho gets the 
greatest amount of profit from the small¬ 
est investment, proportionately, will be 
awarded the first prize, the second best, 
the second prize, and so on to the fifth. 
We will re-print the reports of the five 
most successful competitors in Seed-Time 
and. Harvest. All competitors must be 
between 10 and 21 years of age. No report 
of profit must be recorded which cannot 
be substantiated by witnesses if desired. 
We do not aim to offer a premium on the 
biggest “fish story” that can be told. We 
want only facts. 
OUR CLUBBING LIST. 
We will send any of the following publi¬ 
cations for one full year, by mail, postpaid, 
at the very low prices annexed, if ordered 
by a subscriber to Seed-Time and Harvest. 
If you are not a subscriber and wish to 
take advantage of these low prices, send an 
extra half dollar along for a year’s sub¬ 
scription to Seed-Time and. Harvest, (or 
a dollar for a club of four.) This will en¬ 
title you to as many of the following as you 
wish at the low prices given. 
American Agriculturist. ... $1.10 
American Rural Home . 1.00 
Agricultural Epitomist . 40 
Country Gentleman . 2.25 
Demorest’s Magazine. . .. 1.75 
Farm and. Garden. 35 
Farm Journal . . ..;. .35 
Farm and Fireside . 50 
Fruit Recorder . 75 
Floral Cabinet.. .. 1 00 
Gardener's Monthly . 1.75 
Green's Fruit Grower . .20 
Household. 90 
Harper's Magazine. 3.50 
New York Tribune, Weekly. 1.25 
New York Tribune, Semi Weekty. . 2.20 
Poultry World . 1.00 
Practical Farmer . 1.00 
Rural New Yorker . 2.00 
St. Nicholas . 2,75 
Scientific American. 2.75 
Scribner’s Monthly (Century) . 3.60 
Toledo Blade . ..." 1,25 
Vick's Monthly. 1,00 
Western Plowman . 50 
Youth’s Companion .... 1.75 
Hundreds of other papers will be furnish¬ 
ed if wanted. Write for prices on what you 
want, to office ot Seed-Time and Harvest. 
If you wish a sample copy of any publica¬ 
tion, write to the publisiiei tor it and not to 
us, as we do not keep sample copies on hand 
and are obliged to forward your requests to 
them. 
