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TABLE of Premiums and Terms 
For Volume 37—(1878). 
Open to All—No Competition. 
No. Names of Premium Articles. 
1 —Tea Set (Middletown Plate Co.). 
‘t—Ice Pitcher (do. do. do.) 
3— Cake Basket., (do. 
4— Cake Basket..(do. 
5— Casters _ (do. 
6— Casters _ (do. 
7— Casters _ (do. 
8— Butter Cooler(do.. 
9— Pickle Jar and Fork. 
10 — Syrup Cup with plate. 
11— Child's Cup 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do.) 
do.) 
do.) 
do.) 
do,) 
do.) 
(do.) 
(do.) 
(do.) 
13— One Dozen Tablespoons (do. do.)..f 
1— One Bozen Table Forks (do. <fo.)..$ 
-Ladies' Folding Pocket Scissors, (do .). .$ 
-Child's Knife, Fork & Spoon...(do.). 
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14— C 
15— L 
16— C ...... 
1 7— French Cook's Knife, Fork, & Steelido. 
18 —Case of Scissors (U.S. Steel ShearCo.). 
it)—Portable Writing Desk,(C. W.F.Dare ).$ 1 75 
-JO— Walnut Work Box, 
21— Buck-Saw for Boys, 
22— Little Girl’s Wash Set, 
23— Sled, 
24— Spring Borse, 
(do.) 
(do.) 
(do.) 
(do.) 
(do.) 
27— Boy’s Larger Tool Chest (do.) 
28— Boy’s Larger Tool Chest (do.) _ 
29 — Pat. Magic Dellhead Pencil (Ludden 
Taylor) ..: 
id—Gold Pen,'Telescopic Case (tlo. do.).% : 
3— Gold Pen and Pencil,Elegant (do. do.)$ ! 
-Knives and Forks 
id—Carver and Fork 
(do. 
(do. 
do.) 
do.) 
-Pocket Knife (do. 
„ -Pocket Knife (do. 
— Ladies' Pocket Knife (do. 
iX—Multum in Parvo Knife (do. 
4d—Crandall’s "John Gilpin" . 
43 — Crandall's "District School".. 
44— Crandall’s Masquerade Blocks. 
45— Crandall's "Acrobats" _ 
46 — Crandall's Building Blocks . 
47— Crandall's “Menagerie ”. 
do.) . 
do.) . 
.$ 1 00 
.$ 1 (X 
$ 71 
Sl—Bouchin's Patent Pocket Cook Stove ..$ 1 85 
!id—Bousehold Press, (W. A. Boardman).. $2 00 
f>3—Aquapult, (Force Pump), (W. db B. 
Douglas, Middletown, Conn.)..% 9 00 
54— Self-adjusting Gold-plate Watch Key, 
57—IT. S. Blunt's “ Universal Force Pump"t 12 00 
SH—Silver Watch (American Watch C'o.)..$30 00| 
Sit— Bracket Sawdlillers' Falls Man f Co.'\ 1 25 
60 — Payson's Indelible Ink—Pen, etc . 75, 
61— Excelsior Pocket Microscope (Bausch 
Rd—Abbott Pocket Microscope (L.G.Abbolt)t 1 50i 
63 — Gaboon's Broadcast Seed-sower .$ 5 001 
64— Moore’s Floral Set (Moore Man’f’g Co)% 1 00; 
(if,—Garden Seedsdb Flower Bulbs(select’n) $ 2 001 
66— Planet Jr. Combined Drill eb Boe (S. L. 
Allen db Co.) .$12 00, 
67— Breech-loading Pocket Rifle (Stevens).t 10 00 
68 Double Barreled Breech-loading <?un.$50 CO 
69— Shot-Gun (E. Remington & Sons) .$ 0 00 
70— Shot Gun. breech-loader, (do. do.) _$23 01 
7 1 —Creedmoor Long Range RifleNo.l(do.)$100 00 
72 — Creedmoor Long Range Rifle No. 2 (<fo)$85 00 
7 3— Creedmoor Long Range Rifle No. 2 (do>f 60 00 
74— Bunting & Target Rifle (Bemington )..$22 00 
75 — Vest Pocket Pistol (Remington ).$ 3 75 
7 6— Revolver (Remington ).$ 9 00 
77— Turn-table Apple Parer (Goodell Co.).% 1 00 
78— Climax Apple Cover db Sheer (do.) $100 
79— Family Cherry Stoner (do.) $100 
80— Bay State Apple Parer c6 Slicer (do.) $ 1 50 
81— “ Saratoga" Potato Peeler <k Slicer (do.it 1 00 
82— Sewing Machine (Remington) .$50 00 
83— Family Scales (Fairbanks <t Co.) .$14 00 
84— Clothes Wringer (Best—Universal) _$ 8 00 
85— Worcester's Great Illust'ed DictionaryHV) 00 
... 1 75 
£■0* 3 50 
5 S$ 5 25 
§<?.$ 7 00 
■2^$ 8 75 
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S 9—Any Four do. do. do. 
90 — Any Five do. do. do. 
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RQ—Any Back Vol. Agriculturist 
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94— Any Three do. do. do. 
95 — Any Four do. do. do. 
96 — Any Five do. do. do. 
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99— 4 815 Library do. egsS * 1500 
100— 4 820 Library do. [i?§ n ^$20 00 
101— 4 825 Library do. ) aj’&$25 00 
102— 4 Choice of Good Books. (See Description, 
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IW Every Premium article is new and of the very 
best manufacture. No charge is made for paeJcing or 
boxing any article in our Premium List. The Premiums , 
Nos. 15, 18. 29 to 33, 37 to 41, 49, 51, 54, 
55, 59 to 62, 65, 75, 76, 86 to 102, inclusive, 
will each be delivered FREE of all charges, by mail or ex¬ 
press (at the Post-office or express office nearest the recipient) 
to any place in the United States or Territories.—The other 
articles cost the. recipient only the freight after leaving the 
manufactory of each, by any conveyance desired. Illus¬ 
trated and Descriptive iAnt sent free to applicants. 
containing a great variety of Items , including many 
good Hints and Suggestions which we throw into smaller 
type and condensed form, for want of space elsewhere. 
Continued from p. 49. 
Iloubling the Crop ot* Strawber¬ 
ries. —“A. C.” has Been it 6tated “ that l lb. nitre, and 
1 lb. ammonia dissolved in 1 hogshead of water, and 
sprinkled on the strawberries, will double the crop,” and 
asks bow much truth there is in the above. We suppose 
that the liquid is to be sprinkled over the vines rather 
than the berries, but iu either case it would be of no use, 
as to be of any service the application should be made to 
the soil. Nitre (nitrate of potash or saltpetre) and am¬ 
monia, either or both, are good fertilizers for the straw¬ 
berry, but wo get any good results that may be expected 
from these, by the use of guano, or guano and ashes, 
both being excellent fertilizers for the strawberry. The 
reason A. C. has not seen ammonia (pure or uncombined) 
offered as a fertilizer, is because it is properly a gas, and 
can only be kept in a manageable state when dissolved 
in water, as the Water of Ammonia, or Spirits of Harts¬ 
horn. It is most conveniently applied in the form of the 
sulphate, and Sulphate of Ammonia is a regular article 
of trade with the dealers in fertilizers. 
Gale to Prevent a Back Plow ot" 
Water.—“ C. G.,” Dardanells, Arkansas. To prevent 
the reflux of water from a river into a creek during high 
water, it will be necessary to embank the creek fora suf¬ 
ficient bight, and to put in a self-acting gate, that will 
open only outwards to let the creek water out. When the 
river rises, the pressure of the hack water will close the 
gate, aud keep it shut until the low level is restored. 
Stahles for 75 Sheep.— “J. B. S.,” 
Johnstown, Pa. In the American Agriculturist for Aug., 
1874, we gave illustrations and descriptions of a sheep 
barn, which would accommodate 75 or more sheep. This 
number can he procured for 15 cents. Several plans for 
sheep sheds or barns arc given in Stewart’s “ Shepherds’ 
Manual,” price $1.50. 
Mr. VIclc, Please Stop Growling J 
—James Vick—perhaps our readers may have heard 
of him—sells seeds and things in Rochester, N. Y. He 
has a grievance. Foreigners can send their seeds through 
Uncle Sam’s mails for four cents a pound, while Ameri¬ 
cans have to pay sixteen cents a pound. Vick, it sarves 
you right, you shouldn't be an American. Why don’t 
you be as cute as the Detroit dealers ? All they have to 
do is to run their stuff across the river to Windsor, and 
they can avail themselves of superior mail advantages 
just as well as if they were foreigners. We should think 
that a man of your enterprise would run a steamer from 
Charlotte, (we think that is the name of that very sandy 
and white-fishy place close by you on the lake), over to 
the other side, where no discriminations are made against 
a man just because he happens to be a citizen of the 
United States. Vick, please don't be unreasonable. 
What’s a paltry twelve cents a pound, on the few dozen 
of tons you send out aunually, compared with being able 
to sing “ My Country "Tis of Thee.” 
THe Atlantic Monthly. —Eacli of the 
several monthly magazines has its peculiar features, 
which make it acceptable to its circle of readers. To say 
that the “ Atlantic” caters to the taste of the most highly 
cultivated portion of the community is to repeat what 
every one knows. Its monthly issues are always fresh, 
with articles that live beyond the month, and its list of 
contributors includes well nigh all the names of our best 
writers. The prospectus for 1878 is very attractive in the 
names of those who are to contribute to the volume, hut 
the publishers need only to say that the Monthly will be 
kept up to its own high standard, and its readers will be 
content. The publishers of the “ Atlantic,” H. O. 
Houghton & Co., Boston, have issued superb life-size 
portraits of the poets Bryant, Longfellow, and (recently) 
Whittier, either of which is sent for a dollar added to the 
subscription price. 
Composting; Muck with Ashes.— 
“A. L. W.,” Kittery, Me. Twenty-five cents is too 
much to pay for leached ashes. They should not bo 
worth more than half that amount in any part of Maine. 
Freshly burned lime at 10 cents a bushel would be prefer¬ 
able for tl:e purpose. Two bushels of lime to a cord of 
muck would make a good compost. The lime should be 
air slacked and fine before it is mixed with the muck. 
