AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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EVERY 
GIVEN 
READER 
JOURNAL 
INVITED 
EXAMINE 
NOTES 
BELOW. 
I. 
Is there any doubt that it will be useful for 
every family, and every person, everywhere, to get 
the information presented in the pages of thi6 
Journal daring a year—in type and engravings? 
Intelligent, experienced, practical men, who 
know, and know well , what they talk and write 
about, are constantly engaged in investigating, 
collecting, sifting and condensing the best useful 
hints and suggestions to fill the columns. 
Besides the Editors, many prominent men, worthy 
Instructors in Leading Institutions, and others fore- 
oost in pushing forward improvements in the in¬ 
dustries of our country, send their best thoughts 
to these pages. Many thousands of dollars are ex¬ 
pended on engravings which speak more plainly 
than words can do. 
The reading matter and engravings in this Jour¬ 
nal during a single year, would fill half a dozen 
Books costing an average of $1.50 each. 
Is it possible for any one, whatever his occupa¬ 
tion, to read a yearly volume without getting many 
thoughts, each one of which will in the end be 
very valuable, directly or indirectly ? 
For Illustration-. An eminent Physician, the rules 
of whose profession forbid his allowing his name 
to be used, stated recently that “the articles on 
‘Burns,’ and on ‘ Colds,’ in the December number, 
and the one on ‘ Keeping Warm,’ in the January 
number, were alone worth the cost of many volumes, 
to ninety-nine out of every hundred people.” 
And another worthy, intelligent, successful Phy¬ 
sician, on returning the proof of the article on 
“ Catarrh and Bronchitis,” given in this number, 
added a P.S., saying: “In the present popular error 
on this subject, fostered by advertisers in part, and 
judging from observation in my wide field of 
practice among families, this article, if read, will 
be worth the cost of ten years’ subscription to at 
least half the families in the United States.” 
To all contemplating settling or investing at the 
West, or sending friends there, the information 
in this number will be of great value as a general 
guide—worth more than the cost of many sub¬ 
scriptions. It can be found nowhere else so com¬ 
plete, and required much time to gather it, and ex¬ 
pense for the extra pages added to give it room. 
But the preceding are only five articles out of 
the hundreds that appear during a year. 
II. 
In the light of the above, will it not be a pleasure 
to our present Readers, if not even a pleasant duty 
—a good woi'k—to make some effort to influence 
friends and neighbors to become readers? A few 
words will often accomplish the end. 
Some will say, “ we have all the reading we can 
use now.” But will any other reading supply the 
kind of information given in these pages ? Is it 
not needed by all ? 
Others will answer, “We can’t afford it”—Can 
they afford to be without it ? How many are there 
who cannot save from other expenses at the rate of 
2 or 3 cents a week for such a purpose ? 
Again : Aside from the directly applicable in¬ 
formation in these pages, will not the great ma¬ 
jority of people be saved from imposition, from 
worse than wasteful expenditure and investments, 
far more than the cost of this journal, by the sug¬ 
gestions continually offered in the Humbug Col- 
The publishers believe they are engaged 
in a good work in supplying the “ American 
Agricidturist,” and urging people to take it. 
But, while believing this, they cannot go to 
individuals and present its worth and claims. 
They therefore invite such of their Readers as 
agree with them in this, and whose words ivill 
be more effective, to do what they can in pro¬ 
moting the desired end, viz., the circulation of 
good, sound, trustivortliy, useful information. 
This comparatively leisurely month of 
February is a favorable time for such effort. 
One Suggestion Here: What better present 
for a Son, relative, or friend than to send this 
journal for a year? Many generous and public- 
spirited men have, for years past, sent $5, .$10, $20, 
$50, and even $100 for as many copies to be mailed 
to persons whose addresses they have furnished, 
believing that they were thus doing a good and 
useful, semi-missionary work. 
BUT 
in. 
While presenting above some general reasons for 
active effort on the part of our readers, the Pub¬ 
lishers present also some special reasons in the way 
of a pecuniary PROFIT —amounting really 
to Large I’ay for Little Work. 
As partially explained before, certain manufac¬ 
turers and dealers in good articles value the Am¬ 
erican Agriculturist and a place in its Premium List 
so highly that they make special extraordinary offers 
of so many of their articles as the Publishers may 
desire to give as Premiums to subscribers (confining 
such offers to this purpose). These Premium 
Articles are just as valuable to all 
who want them as so much money. 
By means of these offers, and the use of advertis¬ 
ing receipts, without increasing the subscription 
price or diminishing the value of, or expense put 
upon the reading pages, the Publishers are able 
to make Proposals of 
Great Advantage to Our Readers. 
For example, the magnificent Family Bible is 
6old everywhere by subscription at $12, and worth 
it, and is most desirable. This we present to any 
one sending only 13 subscribers to the American 
Agriculturist, at the regular single rate of $1.50 a 
year. Almost any one, young or old, can hunt up 
thirteen persons who would be greatly benefited 
by taking this paper, and would do so, if shown its 
real value to them. In this case the One who 
gathers the names will receive free of cost, 
this great household, Life Treasure. So of many 
other things, such for example as the 
Great Dictionary, 
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Rubber Garments, 
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Silver Articles, 
A 1 Plated Ware, 
Type Writer, 
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Very excellent Watches, 
The Splendid Compound Microscope, 
Many Farm and Garden Implements, 
and a Hundred other Things, 
AH Very Desirable, 
Useful, and Generally Wanted. 
Every Reader of this 
Can, This Month, easily get one or 
more of the above, without cost, and at 
the same time do most valuable service to 
every one he induces to become a reader. 
X. 55. —There are Premiums offered for obtain¬ 
ing as few as One (new), Two, or Three Sub¬ 
scribers, and upward. 
A full Descriptive List of the Pre¬ 
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