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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[October, 
Good Things Free, 
As stated on page 361, tlie Publishers 
are preparing an extensive assortment of 
Good Things to be presented to their 
friends who gather and forward subscrip¬ 
tions for the American Agriculturist. 
We cannot find room for this list in the 
regular paper, but will mail a free copy 
of the full Illustrated and complete De¬ 
scriptive list to any one who will send 
his or her address on a postal card, and 
say: “ For a Premium List.” 
As many are desirous of beginning to 
collect subscribers, we insert here a very 
few only of the many articles to be offered. 
Names of subscribers can be sent along 
now as fast as gathered, and all names 
marked “ For Premiums,” will be en¬ 
tered to the credit of the sender. 
The Premiums will be given for a 
specified number of subscribers at the 
regular rate of $1.50 a year, post-free, 
BUT any person sending at least 
twenty saitpscrifoers asisl wp- 
WJirtS, at the lowest rate of $1 a year, 
post-free, will he allowed to order any 
premium offered to the amount of 10 cents 
for each subscriber sent by him ; or, 
for every club of twenty subscribers, at 
$1.00 each, an extra copy of the paper 
will be given, without other Premiums. 
I\os. 1, 3.—^'ew Hybrid Spring- 
Wheat. — After a careful trial of six years, Messrs. 13. 
K. Bliss & Sons, who are known as one of the most reli¬ 
able seed houses In New York City, offer to the public 
the two varieties of Spring Wheat, the Champlain 
and the Defiance, which we present as Premiums, 
feeling assured that they will be valuable acquisitions to 
the wheat-growers of the country. We have seen speci¬ 
mens of both varieties, raised in widely separated por¬ 
tions of the country, and they appear fully to sustain 
what is claimed for them. Premium No. 1, the Cham¬ 
plain Spring Wheat, was produced in 1870, by Mr. 
Pringle, in his endeavors to unite the remarkable hardi¬ 
ness of the Black Sea witli the fine aud superior quality 
of the Golden Drop. Several varieties were the result of 
this hybridization, from which this one was chosen, as 
realizing the end in view, showing greatly increased vigor 
and productiveness over both its parents. A careful se¬ 
lection from this for the past seven years has now fully 
established its character, and we have a wheat bearded 
like the Black Sea, with the white chaff of the Golden 
Drop, free from rust and smut, yielding a lighter-colored 
grain than the former, which makes a flour of superior 
quality. Its strong and vigorous straw, growing 6 to 12 
inches higher than its parent varieties, stands erect, fre¬ 
quently bearing even in very ordinary eultnre heads from 
5 to 6 inches in length, containing from 60 to 75 kernels 
each. We confidently recommend this new wheat as 
among the earliest, promising to give the grower of this 
most important crop better results than are produced by 
the old and “ run out” varieties now sown. Pour sub¬ 
scriptions, at $1.50 each, will secure three pounds 
of this wheat, sent post-paid. 
Premium No. 2, the Defiance, is another variety 
defiance ” spring wueat.— Premium 2. 
of Spring Wheat of the highest promise, the result 
of a series of experiments by Mr. Pringle in 1871, 
to incorporate superior qualities upon the hardy stock of 
our common Club Wheat, by hybridizing it with one of 
the finest, whitest, and most extensively grown sorts of 
the Pacific Coast. This variety displays great productive¬ 
ness, vigor, and hardiness. It is a beardless, white chaff 
wheat, with heads frequently 5 to 6 inches long, very 
closely set with large white kernels, frequently number¬ 
ing 75 to SO to the single head. Its white, stiff, erect 
straw, exempt from the attack of rust, its earliness, com¬ 
bined with great vigor and superior qualities, should 
claim for it universal trial. [See engraving]. Four sub¬ 
scriptions, at $1.50 each, will secure three pounds 
of this wheat, sent post-paid. 
[Mr. Jttdcl\ 
special favorite'] 
No. S.— ‘ 4 Oair Boys’” Wagon.— 
For the use of Boys from 6 to 15 years of age. The bed 
is 2 ft. 8 in. long, 1 foot 3 in. wide, and 5 in. deep. The 
wheels are all iron, the spindles also of iron. It is finely 
painted, a first-rate and handsome wagon, and will carry 
a weight of 400 to 500 lbs. on a level road. Made by the 
Silver & Doming Manuf’g Co., Salem, Ohio. 12 sub¬ 
scriptions, at $1.50 each, will secure it, or we will supply 
one for $8. The freight from the factory in either case 
to bo paid by receiver. 
No. 4L—Msiltnna in Pilrvo i’oeket 
Knife.—-i£P"S5oys, Bead tUis._gcJ Yes, and the 
1Men, too. Mr. 
Judd thinks 
more of this 
than any other 
article of twice 
its cost. He ob¬ 
tained one in 
London just 
eleven years 
ago, which he i 
stiU carries, and 
says it far more 
than pays the 
interest on 
$100, (2 cents a 
day,) for, aside 
from its ordi¬ 
nary use as a 
double -bladed 
knife, some 
one of its 
"tools” is often worth a “quarter,” by being on 
band aud just the thing wanted in an emergency. He 
sent, an order to England at three different times, 
but only received much larger, clumsier articles, less 
effective, and costing $5 each, and finally learned that the 
original maker wasdead. He then got some English cut¬ 
lers hero to make them, but they did not always succeed 
in keeping up a supply of first-class articles. We now 
get them all right of the Meriden Cutlery Company, 
and much cheaper than any imported. (Mr. Judd could 
find none as desirable while in London on his last visit.) 
The Engraving shows 
the parts of the knife, 
except the very conve¬ 
nient and very effective 
Screw-driver hidden by 
Premium 4: [Closed.] the opened large blade. 
The Saw is double-toothed, and will cut an inch boar , 
saw off a good-sized stick, cut a notch, etc. The H( ,k 
Premium 4 
[Open.] 
is used to lift a 
stove-cover, pry 
open sundry 
things, clean a 
horse’s hoof,pul) 
on the boots, 
etc. The Punch 
makes holes in 
harness, wood, 
etc., which can 
be enlarged by 
its sharp corners. 
The Gimlet and 
Corkscrew are 
convenient, of course. The Tweezers and \ow* Pointer, ox 
Brad-awl, drawn from the end of the handle, often come 
into use. The back of the Hook makes a good Hammer for 
tacks, and small pounding. The inside of the Hook forms 
a small Nut-cracker. All close into a compact white handle, 
the whole weighing only 2 ounces. IT IS A POCKET¬ 
FUL OF TOOLS. Seven subscribers at $1.50 each brings 
it free, post-paid.—[We will send one,post-paid, for $3.50.] 
Nos. 5, ©.—Mew’s and Hoys’ Pure 
Gam Boots. — The “ Candee ” Pure Gum Boots (L. 
Candec & Cm, New Haven, Conn.) arc made with a view 
to great durability, and are claimed to be entirely free 
from the adulterative mixtures wi th 
which common rubber hoots are 
cheapened. The heels are rein¬ 
forced with the “Candee” Co.’s 
patent heel ! irons , which prevent 
the heels from weaving down, and 
therefore add to durability of the 
Boots. These Boots have also the 
“ Candee ” Co.’s patent outside 
straps, a great improvement over 
the old-fashioned inside web straps, 
which always curl up so as to pre¬ 
vent the quick insertion of the fin¬ 
gers. The Outside Strap, however, 
is quite handy, always ready for 
use, and perfectly durable. The 
“Candee” Pure Gum Boots are 
cither varnished, or “Dull Finish¬ 
ed.” Experience 
’shows that the dull 
finish boots are not 
quite so durable as 
t hose protected from 
the atmosphere and 
from tlie ammonia of "candee” pure gum root. 
barnyard-manures by a coat of varnish. Hence the man¬ 
ufacturers recommend the Varnished Pure Gum Boots, 
and icarrant every pair to give reasonable satisfaction. 
We offer the Men’s Size for 8 subscribers, at $1.50 each, 
or the Boys’ Size for 6 subscribers, at $1.50 each. Carri¬ 
age to be paid by receiver. In ordering these Premiums, 
state the size of the shoe you wear. 
No. 7. — House* 
hold Press.— This is 
one of the most convenient 
little inventions for the 
housekeeper that we have 
seen. It is designed for 
pressing corned beef, spiced 
meats, honed turkey and 
chicken. By an easy change 
of the bottom, the press 
can be used in making jel¬ 
lies, cider, or pressing out 
lard, tallow, herbs, or beef 
for tea for invalids, and in 
many other ways. Supplied 
by W. A. Boardman, Med¬ 
way, Mass. We will send 
one free for 4 subscribers at 
$1.50 each, [or on receipt of 
the price, $2.00.] Express- 
age to he paid by Receiver. 
Preimum 7 
No. Bracket-Saw Brill, No. 1. 
—A very useful little tool. The Drill Stock, and Six 
Drill Points, and Wrench, are packed in a box. For 
only Three subscribers at $1.50 each, we will send the 
Drill, or we will supply it to any one, post-paid, for $1.15. 
[For the description of a Great Number of other 
most valuable Premiums, send your address by Postal 
Card to Orange Judd Company.] 
