TO 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[February, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
Orange Judd & Co., Publishers, 245 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
Annual Subscription Terms (always in advance): $1.50 
each for less than four copies: Four to nine copies, $1.25 
each: Ten t'o nineteen copies, $1.20 each: Twenty copies 
and upwards, $t each. Papers are addressed to each name. 
TWO HARVESTS 
I N WINTER. 
Nearly all the Editors and Publishers, and many Of the 
clerks and employees in this Office, know by experience a 
good deal about the hurry and drive of the haying and 
harvest season on the farm. They are now experiencing, 
as never before, what a real Winter Harvest in the city 
means—that is, on the plot of ground at 245 Broadway. 
Take, for example, ten days past: The Record Book shows 
that in these ten days they have gathered, assorted, 
bound in sheaves (P. O. clubs), and arranged the names, 
post-office address, date of beginning and ending, etc., 
of 23,480 different subscribers! This is over three a 
minute for twelve hours each day, or two-and-a-half a 
minute for sixteen hours a day—about the time all have 
had to work. One day the mails brought in 3,365 
names, or nearly five a minute for twelve hours! Other 
days for many weeks have been proportionately brisk. 
Every name has been entered on the day of its arrival, 
and, within two days after, copies of our beautiful January 
number for each have been entrusted to our good “ Uncle 
Sam," properly directed for delivery—all over the country. 
....This unprecedented expansion of the circulation of 
the Agriculturist is exceedingly pleasant to both Pub¬ 
lishers and Editors—in a triple sense. It tells them their 
efforts are appreciated by their friends, viz. the whole 
people of America and beyond (for example: 100 subscrib¬ 
ers in a club from the Sandwich Islands, 72 in a club from 
Hermuda, and large lists from many foreign lands); it 
supplies funds, and confidence, for increased effort and ex¬ 
pense upon the paper for the future ; and it is a pleasure 
to think that there are so many new homes where the 
paper will carry pleasure and instruction during all this 
year. We firmly believe that every reader will be directly 
or indirectly benefited in heart and mind, and we hope 
in the end pecuniarily benefited. So, with all its hurry 
and work, our harvest season is a very pleasant one in¬ 
deed, aside from any profit. But a very large number of 
our .READERS have 
a rich harvest also. The splendid Premiums that go out 
daily from our Office cannot fail to please the recipients. 
The table in the third column gives the names of the good 
things we are sending out as presents to those who gather 
and forward lists of subscribers; and everything there 
named is good and desirable.—Our letter files give many 
almost wonderful accounts of the speedy manner in which 
our subscribers have secured coveted premiums. Many 
And the people all ready and waiting to give in their 
names. Probably a thousand persons have taken pre¬ 
miums, worth, on an average, $13 each, which have not 
costovcr six or seven hours’ time—giving them $2 an 
hour. Others have even made $5 an hour in canvassing. 
Others have done poorly at first, but, by perseverance, 
have come out splendidly in the end. One lady has alone 
earned over $2,000 since the middle of September. Others 
have made large sums, and arc adding daily... .But aside 
from the many cases of large success, there is abundant 
OPPORTUNITY 
for smaller clubs, bringing premiums of $10, $20, or $50 
in value. The book and other premiums range even 
smaller. Many keep the matter in hand from day to day 
and week to week, adding names as opportunity occurs, 
without devoting any time specially' to the business, and 
thus gradually accumulate names enough to get an article 
of considerable value. The fact is, there are persons enough 
at every post-office who need this journal, who would be 
greatly benefited by it, and who would take it if properly 
presented to them and its value and usefulness impressed 
upon them. We desire by the offer of these fine premiums to 
have this done by some one ; and one or more persons at 
every post-office in America, and many beyond our shores, 
may now go to work and secure a very desirable premium 
IN FEBRUARY 
by a very little effort. It is the reading month of the year. 
The past year’s work is finished, and people are looking 
ahead, laying out plans for the next active season. They 
want every help possible. A single hint will very often 
lead one’s thoughts into a channel that will terminate in 
success, when without this hint his mind would have run 
in au entirely different direction. Successful labor is 
only the carrying out of well-conceived plans and modes 
of operations. In the aggregate, untold millions of dol¬ 
lars have been secured by our readers alone, simply from 
hints and suggestions they have derived from the pages 
of the Agriculturist during the past twenty-seven years. 
We know many persons can themselves readily tell what 
particular hint gave their minds the direction they took, 
FOR A YIRY 
great number have written us, tracing their success with 
a crop, or in a business enterprise, to some idea thrown 
out in these pages. The more any man reads and thinks 
—and the more he reads the more lie will think—the 
more will his head help his hands and his muscles. So 
we say to every kind-hearted person, who desires the 
prosperity of his neighbors, get them all to reading, 
as much as possible—not trashy novels or fictitious sto¬ 
ries that merely lull the mind, or instil false and vision¬ 
ary notions—hut reading matter that will awaken thought, 
that will stir up the reasoning faculties, lead to investiga¬ 
tion, and afford practical information....Such reading 
matter abounds in the Agriculturist , and NOW, in this 
montli of February, is a good time to do something 
toward getting people to read. To stimulate efforts m 
this direction, we ofler good articles as tokens or prizes. 
Many are getting them, and they are thus enjoying A 
RICH HARVEST, 
and we invito YOU, Reader, to go into the field and gather 
a sheaf. There is abundant room. There are a million 
families yet to he supplied with the Agriculturist, many 
of them residing near you, and we give plenty of time to 
fill up lists already under way, and to start and fill up new 
premium dubs. Read the list in the next column; also 
the Descriptive List, which we will send to all appli¬ 
cants not having it already. Choose the article most de¬ 
sired, and a few odd hours will secure it. Try it— to-day. 
3— Ayrshire Bull, 
4— Ayrshire Bull. 
[In this table are given the regular cash prices of each 
article, and the number of subscribers required at $1.50 a year, 
to get it free, also at the lowest club rate of $1 a year. For 
full descriptions of the articles see extra sheets, sent free.] 
TFable of Premiums and Terms, v 2 
For Volume 28—(4869). 
Open to all—No Competition. fi]?; 
No. Names of Premium Articles. _ 
1 —Short-horn Bull, “ Clansman," .$500 00 
S3— Short-horn. Hull. “ Malcolm ".$500 00 
Werner." .$250 00 
Duke of Hartford,'\.$m 00 
5— Ayrshire Bull, “ McKeown," .$200 00 
6— Ayrshire Bull, "Malvern," .$200 00 
9—Ayrshire Bull, “ John Brown," .$150 00 
lO —Ayrshire Bull Calf .$S0 00 
1 Z—Alderney Bull, “ WachuseU." .$:;00 00 
j3 —Alderney Bull, “ Ascutney .$200 00 
j4 —Alderney Bull, “ Ossipee .$200 00 
1 Alderney Bull, “ Alleghany .$200 00 
JV,—Cotswold Bam .$200 00 
-il—CotsiDold Bam .$200 00 
19— Cntswold Bam .$100 00 
•30 —Cotswold Bice .$100 00 
21 — Cotswold Buie .$100 00 
23 —La Fleche Fowls, one Pair .$40 00 
Zli—Houdan Fowls, one Fair .$40 00 
24 —Crevecoeur Fowls,one Fair .$40 00 
Za—Black Spanish Fowls, one Pair .$25 00 
26— Brahmas, Light , one Pair .$15 00 
27— Brahmas, Park, one Pair .$15 00 
ZS—Gold Laced Sebright Bantams, one Pair# 15 00 
29 — Early Bose Potato, (Three lb. parcel )..$2 00 
30 — Garden Seeds for a Family (40 kinds)..* 5 00 
31— Flower Seeds for a Family (100 kinds).. .$5 00 
3 Z—Nursery Stock (any kinds desired) .$20 00 
33 — Set of Field Croquet .$8 00 
34— Sewing Machine (Wheeler & Wilson )..$55 00 
35— Sewing Machine (Grover it Baker) .$55 00 
30 —Sewing Machine (Howe Machine Co.). .$00 00 
37 —Sewing Machine (Florence) .$03 00 
‘AS—Sewing Machine (Singer's Tailoring) ..$80 00 
39— Sewing Machine (Willcoxcb Gibbs) .$55 00 
40— Sawing Machine (Pinkie ife Lyon) .$60 00 
41— Washing Machine (Holy's ).$14 00 
42— Clothes Wringer (Best— Universal) .$10 00 
43— Tea Set (Hart's best Silver Plated) .$50 00 
4-1— Castor and Fruit Basket (do. do.) _$30 00 
45 — Ice or Water Pilcher (do. do.) _$18 00 
46— One Posen Tea Spoons (do. do.) _$6 00 
4 7 —One Posen Table Spoons (do. do.) _$13 00 
48— One Dozen Pining Forks (do. do.) _$12 00 
49— Tea Knives and Forks (Patterson Bros.) $20 00 
50— Table Knives and Forks (do. do.) _$24 00 
51— Carving Knife and Fork (do. do.) _ $5 00 
52— Melodeon, 4-oc.lavet G. A.Prince it Co. 's) $67 00 
5 3— Melodeon, 5-octave (do. do.) .$112 00 
54— Piano, Splendid 'i-oct.CSIeinicayitSonsi^CnO 00 
55 —Colibri Piano (Barlow, Poehler it Co .,)$ 150 00 
56 —Silver Watch (American Watch Co.) _$10 00 
57 —Ladies' Fine Gold Watch.(Am. Watch Co) $100 00 
5*4—Double Bbl. Gun (Cooper, Harris it //..)$30 00 
59 —Bepeating Shot Gun (Roper Rifle Co.;..$00 00 
60 —Tool Chest (Patterson Jlros.) .$14 50 
GI— Case of Mathematical Instruments .$9 00 
C, A—Case' of Mathematical Instruments .$15 00 
63 —GoldPen, Sit.Case,E,( Warren&Spadone) $4 50 
G4 —Gold Pen and Silver Case. F, (do. do.), $5 50 
G 5 —Barometer < Woodruff's j Mercurial) _$12 00 
C,n—Barometer (Woodruff's Mercurial) .$18 00 
G7 —Buckeye Mowing Machine, No. 2. $125 00 
gI— Allen's Patent Cylinder Flow, etc .$19 50 
69— Collins it Co.'s Oast Cast-Steel Flow _$25 00 
70— Pump and Sprinkler (Page's) . $5 00 
71— Family Scales (Fairbanks' it Co.) .$14 00 
72— Building Blocks (Crandall) . $2 00 
7 3 —Pocket Lanterns, One Pozen .$9 00 
74— American Cyclopedia (Appleton's) .$80 00 
7 5— Worcester’s Great Illustrated Pictionary%YZ 00 
7 (S—Any Back Volume Agriculturist 
7 7— Any Tiro Back Volumes do. 
78— Any Three do. do. do. 
79— Any Four do. do. do. 
80 —A ny Five do. do. do. 
—(Each added Voi.at same rate) 
81 —Twelve Vols. XVI to XXVII 
83— Any Too Back Volumes 
do. 
84 —Any Three do. 
do. 
do. 
85 —Any Four do. 
do. 
do. 
8G —Any Five do. 
do. 
do. 
—(Each added Vol. at same rate) 
87— Twelve Vols. XVI to XX VII 
88—A 880 Library (Your Choice).. 
89— .1 §15 Library 
do. 
90— A 830 Library 
do. 
91— A §25 Library 
do. 
9.2—.4 $30 Library 
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93— A *35 Library 
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94— .1 §4 0 Library 
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95 —A *45 Library 
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90— A *50 Library 
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97— A 800 Library 
do. 
93— .1 $7 5 Library 
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99—A Sl(X) Library 
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1 . . $1 75 
sS $3 50 
S S $5 25 
■ojf $7 00 
a S $8 i5 
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^2 $5 00 
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2 s* $20 00 
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3? $35 00 
Bc$!0 00 
®TS $45 00 
eg $50 00 
$60 00 
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100 —A Choice of Good Books (See Terms below.) 
191 — Devon Bull “ Gen. Lyoil ”.$250 00 
102— Devon Bull "Jack" .. $150 00 
103 —Devon Bull “ Bloodgood" .$125 00 
105 —Devon Bull “ Cohasset" .$ 50 00 
100— Breech-loading Pocket Rifle .$ 10 00 
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Every Premium article is new and of the very best 
manufacture. No charge is made for packing or boxing 
any article in our Premium List. The thirty-two Premiums, 
Nos. 20, 30, 31, 61, 62, 63, 64, and 76 to 
1OO inclusive, ivill each be delivered FREE of all charges, 
by mail or express, {at the Post-office or express office nearest 
recipient), to any place in the United States or Territories. 
— The other articles cost the recipient only the freight after 
leaving the mam factory of each, by any conveyance spited. 
Kead ami carefully NI«tc iliac fol¬ 
lowing;: ( a ) Get subscribers anywhere ; all sent by one 
person count together, though from one or a dozen 
different Post-offices. But_(J) Say with each name 
or list of names sent, that it is for a premium list, and we 
will so record it_ (c) Send the names as fast as obtain¬ 
ed, that the subscribers may begin to receive the paperat 
