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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
[March, 
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 to nineteen copies, $1.20 each: Twenty copies 
and upwards, $1 each. Papers are addressed to each name. 
MARCH OX! 
March is an excellent month for going forward with 
the premium lists. Many thousands of these clubs are 
in progress all over the continent, and beyond, and one 
or more instalments of names have already come in. 
These may all be filled during March, and the premiums 
obtained. So also may thousands of new clubs be started 
and quickly filled. Our premiums named in the next 
column are splendid articles, worth working hard for, yet 
many get them with very little work or trouble. Very many 
have earned from one to five dollars an hour for all their 
time actually spent in canvassing. A clergyman brought 
us on Thursday a list of ninety-six subscribers, gathered 
In his country village parish since Monday morning, 
and took home the $80 Cyclopedia, which was just what 
his library needed_A little country school-hoy obtained 
a $12 Worcester Dictionary in two days of Holiday 
Week, by obtaining nineteen subscribers. He will make 
his way in the world, and so will a good many others of 
these active hoys who exercise their business tact and 
cultivate their talents for persuading, while gathering np 
these premium lists. It would he a good business exer¬ 
cise and a development of tact, even were there no pe¬ 
cuniary reward for it. One of the most successful news¬ 
paper Publishers in New York, once a fanner boy, says he 
learned the secret of his success and acquired the mental 
and business training that has made him successful, by 
canvassing for subscribers to a newspaper as a means of 
paying his way at school. It would be a useful exercise 
for every boy in the country to take a little practice in 
the kind of business exercise required to tell the good 
qualities of a newspaper, magazine, or book, and show 
how much one subscribing for and reading it would he 
benefited....And it would do the Girls good to cultivate 
a little of the same business talent. Many girls, some of 
them quite young, are the happy possessors of a pair of 
fowls, a lot of flower seeds, a set of spoons for mother’s 
table, a dictionary, etc., etc., received from this office for 
lists of subscribers they have themselves gathered.... 
Hundreds of acres of grass will be cut next season with 
Mowers secured by a few days’ time spent in getting up 
subscription lists. Had we space, we could go through 
the whole table in the next column, and tell interesting 
incidents concerning the various articles—how they have 
been obtained by those who desired them, without money 
and with no real loss of time. Those ladies who are 
earning from $300 to $2,500 each, in canvassing lbr premi¬ 
ums and selling them this year, don’t permit us to pub¬ 
lish their names. They are doing a good work for them¬ 
selves, and for the sluggish people they are getting to 
read and think... .Weil, we would like to stir up a few 
thousand more to go and do likewise. There ought to 
be one in every neighborhood, at every Post-office, who 
will raise a larger or smaller premium list. We know it 
can be done at every Post-office. Suppose, Reader, that 
you attend to the work in your neighborhood. No mat¬ 
ter if some one has made up a list, there are plenty more 
people who need the paper, and would take it if it were 
properly shown. Pick out some article in the table, a 
small one first, perhaps, and by the time you get names 
enough for that, you will be likely to choose a larger ar¬ 
ticle instead, and get it. So it has worked in hundreds 
of instances. This month, people are waking up from 
the sleep of winter, and casting about for the summer 
work. The Agriculturist will give them many hints and 
suggestions that will put them on the road to better field 
crops, better garden plots, finer flowers, and better house¬ 
keeping. Got them to try it this year; you will receive 
their future thanks, and your present reward from the 
Publishers in the premium article you maybe able to call 
for. Try it this first week in March. MARCH ON! 
[In this table are given the regular casli prices of each 
article, and the number ofsubscribers 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.] 
Table of Premi ums and Terms, 
For Volume 28—(1889). 
Open to all—Wo Competition. 
No. Names of Premium Articles. 
3— Ayrshire Bull, “ TFe? , Mer,”..............$250 00 
4— Ayrshire Bull, “ Duke of Hartford ,”..$200 00 
Ayrshire Bull, “ McKeown," .$200 00 
6 —Ayrshire Bull, "Malvern,” .$200 00 
10 —Ayrshire Bull Calf.... ...$S0 00 
1 'i—Alderney Bull, “ Wachusett ,”...$300 00 
15 —Alderney Bull, “ Alleghany ,”...$200 00 
16 —Cotswold Bam...... ...$200 00 
17— Cotsivold Bam..... .........$200 00 
19— Cotswold Bam .......$100 00 
20 —Cotswold Ewe ...$100 00 
21 —Cotsivold Ewe ...$100 00 
22— La Fleche Fowls, one Pair.. .$10 00 
23— Ho udan Fowls, one Pair. ..$40 00 
24— Crevecoeur Fowls, one Pair. ...$40 00 
art—Black Spanish Fowls, one Pair. .$25 00 
26 —Brahmas, Light, 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 
32— Nursery Stock (any kinds desired )...... $20 00 
33— Set of Field Croquet. ... $8 00 
34— Sewing Machine (Wheeler A IDTscro)..$55 00 
35— Seising Machine (Grover & Baker) .$55 00 
36— Sewing Machine (Howe Machine Co .)..$00 00 
37— Sewing Machine ( Florence). .$03 00 
38 — Sewing Machine (Singer's Tailoring )..%80 00 
39— Sewing Machine (WillcoxA Gibbs) .$55 00 
40— Sewing Machine (Pinkie & Lyon)... ..$00 00 
41— Washing Machine (Doty's ).00 
42— Clothes Wringer (Best—Universal) .$10 00 
43 —Tea Set (Hart's best Silver Plated) .$50 00 
44— Castor and Fruit Basket (do. do.) _$30 00 
45 — Ice or Water Pitcher (do. do.) _$18 00 
46— One Bozen Tea Spoons (do. do.) _ $0 00 
47— One Bozen Table Spoons (do. 
48 — One Bozen Dining Forks (do. 
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.) _ $5 00 
52 — Melodeon. i-octave(G.A.lh'inceikCo.'s).$<fi 00 
53 — Melodcon, 5-octave (do. do.) .$112 00 
54 — Piano, Splendid 7-oet.(Steinu’ayASons)$l>50 00 
55— Colibri Piano (Barlow, Doehler <k Co.,)$450 00 
CM—Silver Watch (American Watch Co.) _$40 00 
fiil—Ladies' Fine Gold Watch (Am. Watch Co) %\W) 00 
58 — Doable Ilbl.Gun (Cooper, Harris A H .,)$30 00 
59— Repeating Shot Gun (Roper Rifle Co .)..$60 00 
60— Tool Chest (Patterson Bros.) .$44 50 
61— Case of Mathematical Instruments .$0 00 
6 2— Case of Mathematical Instruments. _$15 00 
&3—GoldPen,Sil.Case,E,(Warren<&Spadone) $4 50 
64 —Gold Pen and Silver Case.F, (do. do.). $5 50 
65— Barometer (Woodruff's Mercurial) _$12 00 
66 — Barometer (Woodruff’s Mercurial) .$18 00 
67 —Buckeye Mowing Machine, No. 2. $125 00 
68— Allen's Patent Cylinder Plow, etc .$19 50 
GO— Collins A Co.'s (last Cast-Steel Plow _$25 00 
70 — Pump and Sprinkler (Page's).......... $5 00 
71— Family Scales (Fairbanks A Co.). .$14 00 
72 — Building Blocks (Crandall) .. $2 00 
73— Pocket Lanterns, One. Bozen ...$9 00 
74— American Cyclopedia (Appleton’s) .$80 00 
75— Worcester’s Great Illustrated Dictionary%\% 00 
76 —Any Back Volume Agriculturist ) . . $175 
77 —Any Two Back Volumes do. SS $3 50 
78 —Any Three do. do. do. 
79— Any Four do. do. do. 
80— Any Five do. do. do. 
—(Each added Vol.at same rate) 
81— Twelve Vols.XVIto XXVII 
82 — Any Back Volume Agriculturist 
83— Any Two Back Volumes do. 
84— Any Three do. do. do. 
85 —Any Four do. do. do. 
SG—Any Five do. do. do. 
—(Each added Vol. at same rate) 
87— Twelve Vols. XVI to XXVII 
10 Library (Your Choice).. 
815 Library 
820 Library 
*25 Library 
130 Library 
835 Library 
$40 Library 
95— A $45 Library 
96— A #50 Library 
97 —A $60 Library 
98— A $7 5 Library 
99— A $100 Library 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
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$7 00 
!§| $8 
_ $21 00 
. $2 50 
„..S $5 00 
H § $7 50 
sS-$io 00 
5 » 
^ $30 00 
*•$10 00 
5 * $15 00 
| £$20 00 
fe &$25 00 
73 £$30 00 
8? $35 00 
e S$10 00 
Srs $45 00 
s C$50 00 
§ 5 ; $00 00 
Sfe$75 00 
■sj*100 00 
100— A Choice of Good Books (See Terms below.) 
101— Devon Bull “ Gen. Lyon ”.$250 00 
102— Devon Bull “ Jack ” ... $150 00 
103 —Devon Bull" Bloodgood" .$125 00 
106— Breech-loading Pocket Bifle .16 00 
Number 
of Sub¬ 
scribers 
required, 
at | at 
$1.501 $1. 
700 
650 
650 
650 
325 
840 
650 
650 
650 
350 
350 
350 
150 
150 
150 
120 
75 
25 
37 
37 
97 
52 
240 
240 
270 
275 
320 
240 
270 
70 
58 
225 
140 
90 
45 
65 
65 
97 
116 
37 
295 
400 
1600 
1150 
150 
350 
150 
270 
190 
55 
75 
35 
42 
65 
90 
450 
97 
120 
37 
70 
20 
48 
325 
65 
20 
29 
38 
47 
54 
9S 
24 
36 
48 
GO 
71 
128 
58 
85 
106 
125 
144 
162 
177 
192 
207 
237 
282 
360 
700 
525 
450 
80 
fSP’Hvery Premium article is new and of the very best 
manufacture. No charge is made for packing oi' boxing 
any article in our Premium List. The thirty-two Premiums, 
Nos, 29, 30, 31, 61, 62, 63, 64, and 76 to 
1OO inclusive, will 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 manufactory of each, by any conveyance specified. 
Head atsd carefully Note Ilie fal¬ 
lowings (a) Get subscribers anywhere ; all sent by one 
person count together, though from one or a dozen 
different Post-offices. But ( b) 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 tlie subscribers may begin to receive the paper at 
once. Any time, from one to three months, will be allowed 
to fill up your list as large as you may desire. The pre¬ 
mium will lie paid whenever you call for it_ (d) Send 
the exact money with each list of names, so that there 
may he no confusion of money accounts... .(e) Old and 
new subscribers all count in premium clubs, but a portion, 
at least, should he new names; it is partly to get these 
that we offer the premiums. ...(f) Specimen Numbers, 
Cards, and Show-bills, will be supplied free as needed by 
canvassers, but they should be used carefully and econom¬ 
ically, for every extra copy of the paper costs, with the 
2c. prepaid postage, about 12 cents_ (g) Remit money 
in Checks on New York Banks or Bankers payable to 
order of Orange Judd & Co., or send Post-Office Money 
Orders. If neither of these is obtainable, Register 
Money Letters, affixing stamps both for the postage and 
registry; put in the money and seal the letter in the pres¬ 
ence of the Postmaster, and take his receipt for it. 
Money sent in any of the above ways is at our risk. 
If from any Cause one fails to get the larger pre¬ 
mium desired, the names can he used for a smaller one. 
A Full Description of tlie Premiums is 
given on an extra sheet; a copy will be sent free to every 
one desiring it. For New Premium 106, see page 32, 
January No. We have only room here for the following: 
No.43—Sslot.hes-Wringiirg'Iflacliin.e. 
—A very useful, time-saving, strength-saving, clothes- 
saving implement, that should he in every family. The 
wringing of clothes by hand is hard upon the hands, 
arms, and chest, and the twisting stretches and breaks 
the fibres with lever power. With the Wringing Ma¬ 
chine, the garments are passed rapidly between elastic 
rollers, which press the water out better than hand wring¬ 
ing, and as fast as one can pick up the garments. 
Nos. 76 to 81—Volumes of tlie 
American Agriculturist (Unbound). — These 
amount to a large and valuable Library on all matters 
pertaining to the Farm, Garden, and Household, and con¬ 
tain more varied information on these subjects than can 
he obtained in books costing three times as much. Wa 
have stereotype plates from the Sixteenth to the Twenty- 
seventh Volume complete, from which we print numbers 
as needed. The price of the volumes is $1.50 each, at the 
Office, or $1.75 if sent by mail, as they must he post-paid. 
They are put up in clean numbers, with full Index to 
each volume.-They are profusely Illustrated, the 
Engravings used in them having alone cost about 
$40,000. Those obtaining premiums for less than twelve 
volumes can select any volumes desired, from 16 to 27. 
Nos. 83 to SS'—Bound Volumes of 
Agriculturist.—These are the same as Nos. 76 to 81 
above, but are neatly bound in uniform style, and cost 
us more for the binding and postage. Sent post-paid. 
Nos.88 to SI®—«0«B» IJBRABSIES. 
—In these premiums, we offer a choice of Books for 
the Farm, Garden, and Household. The per¬ 
son entitled to any of tlie premiums 8S to 99 may select 
any hooks desired from the list on 3d cover page, to tlie 
amount of tlie premiums, and the books will he forward¬ 
ed, paid through to the nearest Post-Office, or Express 
office, as we may find it most convenient to send them. 
No. SO®—General Book Premium : 
Any one not desiring the specific Book premiums, S8 to 99, 
may select Books from list on cover, to the amount of 
10 cents’ worth for each subscriber sent at $1: or 30 
cents for each name sent at the (ten) club price of $1.20 
each: or 00 cents’worth for each name at $1.50. 
This offer is only for clubs of 25 or more. The books 
will be sent by mail or express, prepaid through by us. 
A Few Dollars’ worth of .books pertaining' 
to the farm will give the boys new ideas, set them to 
thinking and observing, and thus enable them to make 
their heads help their hands. Any good book will, in the 
end, be of far more value to a youth than to have an ex¬ 
tra acre of land on coming to manhood. The thinking, 
reasoning, observing man, will certainly make more off 
from 49 acres than he would off from 50 acres without the 
mental ability which reading will give him. Far better 
to sell tlie acre of land, than do without the hooks. 
Several good books are announced in the Advertising 
columns, and in the list on the 3d cover page. 
No. A66-P«clret B2Hie.—(Breech Load- 
j n g)._A full description of this beautiful implement, with 
illustrations, was given on page 32, of Jan. No. No one 
who enjoys shooting, or who has occasion to carry a light 
lint effective weapon in traveling or while at work, will 
regret tlie trouble required to gather the 24 (orl8) subscrib¬ 
ers required to secure this weapon free. gSiTTf any one 
does not care for the mahogany case, we will present the 
weapon all complete, with extension breech and 100 car¬ 
tridges, on receipt of 18 subscribers for 1869 at $1.50 each, 
all packed in a strong pasteboard box, neatly papered. 
