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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
543 
THIS IS 
TO 
Every Reader 
OF THE 
American Agriculturist, 
i. 
In closing the Volume, we call the special atten¬ 
tion of Every Reader of this Journal, and of any 
others who may receive this as a first copy, to the 
fine assortment of Valuable Articles de¬ 
scribed in the Supplement to our October issue. 
—(An extra copy of this List will be mailed post¬ 
paid to any one not having preserved that copy ; 
also to any of their friends they may name, and to 
any one else anywhere, whose address is given us 
by postal card, or otherwise). 
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These Premium Articles are open to all alike. 
There is no competition—no uncertain contest with 
unknown persons, who may take away a prize one 
is aiming for. Each article is offered on definite 
terms ; there will be an ample supply for all, and 
any one anywhere can be sure of obtaining the 
article desired. 
SIB. 
Those who have not tried it, will find it a very 
easy matter to invite two, three, five, or more, 
friends or neighbors to become readers of this 
Journal for a year, and forward their subscriptions, 
and in return receive one or more of the Premium 
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Even one name obtained a day (or evening) ou the 
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hand. And this may be continued all winter. 
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month. It will be pleasant for them to receive the 
Premium Tokens ; it will be pleasant for us to send 
them ; and knowing what we do of the most valu- 
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arranged to make it during the coming year, we 
know that every new person induced to become a 
reader, will be gratified and benefited many times 
more than the cost of a year’s subscription. 
V. 
There is no question as to the real value of 
these Premium Articles. Note a few of the 433 
numbered ones, besides the many valuable 
books which are spoken of elsewhere. 
The Siijperb Ihemily Bible (No. 1) is a 
most valuable, beautiful, and appropriate gift, and 
will be a home treasure also. 
Xlie Unabridged Dictionary (No. 3) 
with 1854 Quarto Pages, and illustrated, should 
be in every house where there is not one. It is 
next to a Universal Cyclopedia in supplying in¬ 
formation on every conceivable topic. 
The Hew Sewing- Machine (No. 30), 
as complete and useful as those but recently sold 
for $60 to $80, should have a place in every house¬ 
hold where sewing is to be done, if not already 
supplied. As it has the Shuttle Stitch adapting 
it to all kinds of manufacturing work, tailoring, 
shirt making, etc., it is an appropriate present to a 
poor widow, or a tailor in straitened circumstances. 
The Pennine Gold and Silver Ar¬ 
ticles (Nos. 87 to 101) are every way reliable, and 
eminently worthy the attention of those desiring 
such articles for personal use, for holiday, wedding, 
or other presents, etc. 
The Silver I'lated ArSicles (No. 102, 
and 107 to 124) are of beautiful pattern, and heavi¬ 
ly plated on white metal, made to wear in ime. 
None better are offered anywhere. 
The Excellent Watches (Nos. 126, 
127) are made specially for us by one. of the best 
makers in Switzerland. Hundreds of our readers 
have vroved them to be the best watches for their 
cost that have ever been offered by anybody. 
The Compound M icroscope (No. 200), 
is eminently worthy of a place in every home—an 
unfailing source of perpetual interest and instruc¬ 
tion—opening up a world of wondrous skill and 
beauty, invisible to the unaided eye. The one 
offered, made by new processes, is afforded With 
its Camera Lucida attachment, at a cost far below 
anything of similar value and effectiveness ever 
before available. 
Tlse SSju-ossteters (204-5), have come to 
be of great practical utility, since the establish¬ 
ment of the Weather Bureau—to Farmers as well 
as to seamen—a decided aid in judging of the kind 
of weather to be looked for, many hours ahead. ! 
BSiat Space I’alls Us to describe the 
many useful and desirable articles in the Premium 
List—the AGRICULTURAL and GARDEN IM¬ 
PLEMENTS ; HOUSEHOLD CONVENIENCES ; 
INDIA RUBBER GARMENTS, etc.; MULTUM 
IN PARVO and OTHER POCKET KNIVES ; TEL¬ 
EGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTS ; TELESCOPES ; 
OPERA or FIELD and MAGNIFYING GLAS¬ 
SES; PUMPS; WRINGERS; WASHING MA¬ 
CHINES ; GOLD PENS; CLOCKS; . LAMPS; 
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; SKATES; WAG¬ 
ONS, ETC., ETC., down to the low priced, but 
very convenient POCKET TOOL HOLDER. The 
List describes something for EVERY ONE, and 
ANY ONE CAN EASILY OBTAIN SOME¬ 
THING WITHOUT COST. 
Premiums Supplied Before Earned. 
The following extract expresses the substance of a 
great many similar letters. We shall always be glad to 
accommodate any of our friends, as requested below, 
though it is desirable to have all names in as early as 
practicable, that the subscribers may begin to receive 
and read their papers: 
“_I am making up my premium list and send¬ 
ing on the names as you know, and I expect to 
“ secure a Watch and Sewing Machine, and proba- 
“bly one or two other articles. But some have not 
“got the money for their crops yet, and besides, my 
“work is so pressing just now, I can only give an even- 
“ ing or two a week to gathering subscriptions. Yet wife 
“ wants to use the Sewing machine immediately, and I 
“ want the Watch in time to send it as a Christmas gift 
“ to my son in Nebraska. As you get the articles for less, 
“ when actually given as premiums, please allow me to 
“ send on the regular price of these premiums now, and 
“receive them, and then deduct the money sent you 
“ from the last money to be forwarded to you when my 
“full list of subscribers is made ap for the premiums....” 
The Watch Premium-Error Corrected. 
—In the first edition of our Premium List, a typographi¬ 
cal mistake occurs in No. 127. The fourth line should 
read 126. and not 125. This premium, (No. 127) is Coin 
Silver Case, “extra High Grade, 13 Jewels, etc.,” the 
same as No. 126, except in being full “Hunting Case.” 
Fine Holiday presents. 
The joyous Holidays are near, and giving 
presents is the universal custom. Our large Pre¬ 
mium list describes many appropriat e and desirable 
articles for the Holidays as well as for Wedding- 
Gifts (What better one for this purpo.se than the 
magnificent Family Bible offered in our list). 
IJSgpA large number of the premium articles, as 
will be noticed in the descriptions, will be sent any¬ 
where by mail, post-paid, even to the most distant 
Territorial P. O.— Many can cheaply obtain one 
or more of these fine articles to surprise their 
friends with, by promptly collecting a few sub¬ 
scriptions for this Journal. Those who cannot 
possibly do this, will find a price named for each 
article, at which they can be purchased, with con¬ 
fidence of getting the article as described, if not 
obtainable more conveniently nearer home. But 
SJE IN TIME; Give ample time to have the 
articles on hand before they are wanted. The ear¬ 
lier it is attented to now, the better, lest the rush 
upon manufacturers and dealers, and the crowd 
upon the express and freight lines, towards the 
holidays, cause any accidental or vexatious delays. 
IPon’t Forget Neigliborliooff Libraries. 
—However valuable the various premium articles 
may be for individuals, the most important feature of 
the whole premium enterprise is, that it provides a way 
for a few persons in a neighborhood or town to combine, 
and by contributing $1.50 each, secure a select assort¬ 
ment of Good Books to be used by each and all of the 
club for a series of years. Such a collection of books 
will be of great benefit to all.—Let some public-spirited 
man, young or old, start the enterprise, and it will go 
forward. If the Men neglect it. let the Ladies attend to 
it. As will be seen on the 10th page of the premium list 
(or page 436 of the October Supplement), if 10 or more 
persons combine and pay in $1.50 apiece, each one will 
receive the American Agriculturist during 1882, and as 
Many Dollars Worth of Good Books will be secured as 
there are members of the club. 
Ab Compared wltli $3. and $4. Maga¬ 
zines.— If any one will carefully estimate the en¬ 
gravings, the actual amount of reading matter, the 
care, and the variety of expert knowledge and in¬ 
vestigation required in a journal of this kind— 
having to do with tens of thousands of plants, 
flowers, insects, grains, roots, animals, implements, 
etc., etc., he will find that the actual work and 
cost of preparing and supplying the American 
Agmulturist is much greater than is required upon 
most of the $3 and $4 Magazines. Yet the single 
subscription is but$1.50, and less to clubs. Only a 
large circulation and advertising make this possible. 
Produce Speculation—Farmers in Luck. 
—By reference to the market reports, it will be 
seen that those farmers who have been able to get 
their grain, etc., to market, have largely benefited 
by the operations of speculators. It is impossible 
to predict certainly as to the future course of 
prices, hut the present outlook is that the specu¬ 
lators have over-done it, in their attempts to keep 
rates above the export demand. The full details 
of the speculative operations and modes were given 
in our October and November issues. Other 
branches of business are now feeling a little of 
the needed relief in the money market, so long 
and seriously affected fey the grain speculators. 
