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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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p A Hint to Merchants. °£ 
oo Several dealers in Miscellaneous Goods, in Boots oo 
°° and Shoes, in Implements, etc., etc., subscribe for °° 
oo 60 to 700 copies of the American Agriculturist, oo 
at$1.10ayear,iftheyaresenttothembymailpost- °° 
oo paid, or $1 a year, if they come by express, or as oo 
freight, unpaid, and they distribute them by one °° 
oo of the following methods: Some give a copy a oo 
year to the first fifty or more customers, buying °° 
oo $10 or $15 worth of goods. Others have the pa- oo 
pers come as freight or by express, and supply 
oo them to customers at a small charge. This ans- oo 
°° wers as a sort of premium to customers, and °° 
oo brings them to the store at least once a month to oo 
°° get their papers. One firm in North Carolina has 
oo taken for this purpose 500 to 700 copies regularly oo 
°° for many years past.—A Shoe Dealer in Ohio has °° 
oo given the paper a year to the first 100 persons, oo 
°° who bought $11 worth of his goods, equal to a 
oo premium or reduction of ten per cent, and he has oo 
®° found it to till. The first dealer in any village who °° 
oo adopts this plan, will find a rush for his goods, oo 
| A Hint to CLERKS. S 
qo “_Enclosed are five subscribers and $8, which oo 
oo completes my Premium List of 44 names for the 00 
oo American Watch, which you will please forward oo 
oo to my Brother-. I have gathered these sub- °° 
oo scribers by keeping a copy of the American Agrt- °o 
o» cullurist convenient to show to callers, and by oo 
oo gathering a few names after closing the store at oo 
oo night. Part of them are new names, as you will oo 
oo see. The Watch I obtained for myself in a similar oo 
oo manner last year, has proved a very valuable one oo 
oo and useful to me. With my small salary, and a °o 
oo mother and sister to support, I could hardly have 00 
po afforded to buy one. Mine I got free without oo 
oo money and without interfering with my duties 00 
°o to my employers. The one now obtained is to be oo 
oo a present to a younger brother, who is an ap- °° 
®p prentice as yet, and can not buy one. I am next °o 
oo going to get up a club for a Set of Forks for my oo 
°p Mother, and then a Sewing Machine for my Aunt.” qo 
®° [This is only one of many clerks who carry a nice p° 
oo American Watch obtained in the same way. Thou- oo 
°° sands of others may do the same now. See pages pp 
oo 401 to 408.— Publishers.'] oo 
| Hint to CONDUCTORS. H 
oo “—The enclosed fifteen names and $24 make oo 
oo up 233 names I have sent you thus far. You may 
oo send me the Premium Sewing Machine, which, in oo 
oo addition to this, will leave nine names to my oo 
oo credit on account of the next premium. I shall oo 
oo secure at least $300 worth of premiums. One of ®® 
oo the two Sewing Machines received from you as oo 
oo premiums, I sold for full price in cash to a friend 00 
oo who wanted one. The other is doing good service oo 
oo in my own 1 shanty.’ I intend to secure your Pre- 00 
oo mium Tea Set for my better half in time for her oo 
oo next birthday.” [This is from a Conductor of °° 
oo a local train, running 56 miles. He carries a copy of oo 
oo the paper with him, and as occasion serves, shows °° 
0 ° it to some of the passengers he is acquainted with, oo 
oo and he uses some of his off-hours in securing 00 
oo others. His salary is $720 a year, and he will add oo 
oo $300 more in this way. Other R. R. Conductors 00 
oo have done considerable in this way, and thou- oo 
oo sands of others may do the same.— Publishers.] 00 
| Hint to Farmers’ Clubs, | 
oo A few Farmers, whether in an organized Club, or oo 
oo not, can, by uniting their efforts, soon raise a list 00 
oo of subscribers large enough to get free one of the °o 
oo valuable Farmers’ Libraries, described in 00 
oo Nos. 98 to 102, page 408, and have the books kept oo 
oo for general use. Ten to Thirty Dollars’ worth of 00 
oo such Books in a neighborhood will do a great deal oo 
oo towards general improvement, and be useful to 00 
oo every individual. Let some enterprising man °o 
oo start the matter, and ask the aid of a few others, oo 
oo and the thing will soon be done. Every one who °o 
oo gets the paper for a year, will be amply repaid for °° 
oo its cost; and the Premium Books will be useful °o 
00 to all, and be so much extra. oo 
H A Hint to CHURCHES. E 
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°° Church Fairs are often necessary, yet onerous, 
oo for beside much labor and trouble, the workers oo 
°° usually have to be the principal purchasers. Sup- °° 
oo pose half the time and effort be expended in get- oo 
°° ting a larger or smaller list of subscribers for the °° 
oo American Agriculturist. Every subscriber will oo 
get the full worth of the money, and the premium °° 
oo given by the Publishers will often be worth as oo 
much as the proceeds of a Fair, Especially if °° 
oo a Donation or a Present is to be given to the Pas- oo 
tor. See in the following pages, numbers 1, 2, °° 
oo 12, 14, 50,-82, 85, etc_ A Communion Ser- oo 
°° Tice Free.— (Plate Company’s No. 16.)—To °° 
oo any Church or Congregation sending 55 subscri- oo 
°° bers to the American Agriculturist , at $1.60 a 
oo year, the Publishers will presenta beautiful $38.50 oo 
°° Communion Service, consisting of Wine Flagon, 
oo two Goblets, two Bread Plates, and a Baptismal oo 
oo Cup, on standard, all in fine style, and heavily °o 
oo plated, made by the Middletown Plate Com- oo 
pant. For 48 subscribers, at $1.60 each, we will °° 
oo send a $33.00 Communion Service, consisting of oo 
°° the same pieces as above. (Plate Company’s 
oo No. 1,391.) A few active Men and Women can oo 
®° collect the required number of subscribers in qo 
oo two or three evenings. Every subscriber will get oo 
®° his full money’s worth in the paper. By doing °° 
oo this now, every subscriber will get the paper oo 
14 months for the regular subscription rate of °° 
oo $1.60 a year, which includes the postage pre- oo 
oo paid by the Publishers, and the Church will have 
oo a beautiful Communion Service also. 00 
HA Hint to Clergymen.H 
OO 00 
A Pastor of a Village Church says: “_Amus- °° 
oo ing as it may seem at first thought, I find the oo 
oo American Agriculturist a decided help in my pas- „o 
oo toral labors. I read it, and when I go among my oo 
oo parishioners, most of whom are farmers or garden- go 
oo ers, or have village gardens, I am able to talk in- oo 
oo telligently with them about their farm or garden °° 
oo work, and often suggest something new to them, oo 
oo This brings me into direct sympathy with them.” °o 
oo Many clergymen have received valuable articles oo 
oo wanted in their own household, free, by raising a °° 
oo club of subscribers for this Journal. (See pages oo 
oo 401 to 408.) Their people readily subscribe, espe- £0 
00 cially when they know that by doing so they not 00 
00 only get the paper themselves, but they aid their 00 
00 pastor in getting some useful article that he or his 00 
00 family need. A large number of clergymen may °° 
00 this month secure, by two or three days’ canvas- 00 
00 sing among their parishioners—a Tea Set, (see 00 
00 No. 1.) Or a Communion Service for the Church. 00 
00 (See hints to Churches above.) The work will be £0 
00 easy this month, with the extra copies offered. 00 
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A Hint To LADIES, 
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00 A very choice lot of articles will be found de- 00 
°° scribed on pages 401 to 408, which will interest our °° 
00 Lady friends. They are too numerous to refer to 00 
°° all of them here.—Now, not only in theory, but 00 
00 from what has been done, we say that a large 00 
number of Ladies can easily secure one or more 
00 of the desirable articles without money cost. Any 00 
®® Lady can show the American Agriculturist to 00 
00 some of her friends and others, tell them what it 00 
°° is, and ask them to subscribe. In a short time 
00 names enough will be gathered to secure a valu- 00 
°° able article. One Widow Lady in this way ob- °° 
00 taineda $650 Steinway Piano, in a little over 30 00 
days. Another, a Maiden Lady, who devoted °° 
00 her time to it, secured as premiums six of these 00 
°° Pianos in a year, which she sold for cash, and 
00 received about $3,000 for her year’s work. 00 
Many others have collected in their own neigh- °° 
00 borhoods subscribers enough to get the Tea 00 
Set and other articles. — In many parts of Eu- °° 
00 rope, the women do most of the ordinary busi- 00 
00 ness—the men are largely in the army. Our °° 
00 Ladies who have the ambition and energy can be 00 
00 just as successful. Our Premium Offers afford a °° 
00 capital chance to try their skill. Look over the 00 
00 P a g e3 401 to 408, select the article most desired, °° 
00 and see if can not be obtained free, this month. 00 
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1A Hint to P. 0. Clerks. | 
00 00 
00 A great number of Clerks in Post Offices have 00 
00 secured valuable articles from our' Premium List, ££ 
00 (see pages 401 to 408), using some of them as oo- 
presents, and in many cases selling them for cash. ££ 
00 and thus increasing their salaries. It is very easy 00 
00 for every Post Office Clerk to gather subscribers jj<> 
00 enough for the American Agriculturist to obtain 00 
00 f ree al least one of the valuable articles offered ££ 
00 on pages 401 to 40S. TRY IT. 00 
si Hints to Boys & Girls. 
00 J 
00 At least 41,000 Boys and Girls, that is, at oo 
oo least one for every Post Office in the United States, £<» 
oo can make themselves happy this month, or this oo 
oo Fall, in the free receipt of one or more of the very ££ 
oo desirable things described on pages 401 to 408, oo 
oo (see especially Nos. 19, 25, 29, 37, 41, 48, 55, 60, 62, oo 
oo 85.) They can easily gather 3, 4, or 5 subscribers, oo 
oo or more. Many persons will oblige a Boy or Girl O o 
oo by subscribing, when working for some premium, oo 
oo who would turn older people away. Those too °o 
oo young to write, can get some one to send the oo 
oo names on for them. To solicit subscribers is a °o 
oo good exercise to develop business talent. Many oo 
oo parents encourage their children in such a work. 
oo At least one boy or girl at every post office ought oo 
oo to collect 18 subscribers, and get Premium 85. It 
oo will be invaluable to them. Many may get other oo 
oo Premiums, to give as presents to Mother or 
oo friends, such as Forks (No. 14), Spoons (Nos. 12 oo 
oo and 13). You will find many fine things as pres- 
oo ents described. Go right to work this month, oo 
oo You can offer the paper to subscribers, now, 14 °° 
oo months for only $1.60, and that will help you in oo 
oo collecting a premium list. TRY IT. (Try it as 
oo the Spider did.) oo 
HA Hint to FARMERS. E 
00 00* 
00 Every Farmer would like to have one or more oo 
oo of the Things described on pages 401 to 408, ££ 
oo especially Number 66, or 59, or 57, or 53, or 50, or oo 
oo 41, or 1,12,14, etc. Now it will be easy to get °o 
oo one or more of these articles free, by simply stir- oo 
oo ring round evenings and rainy days, and gathering O o 
oo a few names of neighbors and others. The Paper oo 
oo will do them good, far above its cost, and for col- °o 
oo lecting these names, the Publishers will present oo 
oo to you the articles offered. Better still ^ 
oo even, every farmer ought to supply himself and oo 
00 sons with good reading about his own business, oo 
oo A good Book is worth its weight in silver, in oo 
oo startingup new ideas and plans. Manyamanhas £o 
oo saved a valuable animal by having at hand a book oo 
oo on Swine, Sheep, Cattle, or Horse Diseases.-A 
oo few names of subscribers gathered will bringsome oo 
oo of these books free. (See Nos. 98-102.) Wliat °o 
oo better for constant reference and reading than oo 
oo some of the Back Volumes of this Journal. See 
oo Nos. 86-97_Remember, first, that a little push oo 
oo and enterprise will get some of the above free, ®o 
oo and, second, that October is a good month to do it oo 
oo in, as the paper can now be offered to others 14 oo 
oo months for the price of a year’s subscription. oo 
A Good Bed for Every¬ 
body. 
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OO 
oo The two prime necessities for every man and oo 
oo woman are: liourishing/ooc! and good rest. These oo 
oo gi ve °ne strength of body and mind, for any call- oo 
00 ing. The new Bed described, No. 50, page 405, is oo 
oo the latest and best sleeping arrangement we have oo. 
oo yet seen. Everybody ought to have one. A mul- oo 
oo titude of people can each get one free, by simply oo 
oo collecting 19 subscriptions for the American Agri- °o 
oo culturist. There are people enough in every town 00 . 
oo w ho would be benefited by the paper ten times its oo 
oo cost, and who would take it if some one would 0 o 
oo bring it to their attention. It can be done easily oo 
oo this month, when the paper is offered for the rest 0 o 
°° of this year and all of 1878, for only $1.60, includ- °° 
oo ing postage pre-paid by the Publishers. TRY it oo 
°° at once, and get the new Bed this month. °° 
