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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[March, 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
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If we recollect rightly, wo have previously said 
something in these columns about giving “premi¬ 
ums.” Lest we may have omitted to do so, we 
will just say here, that the Publishers of the 
American Agriculturist “invented” a custom sev¬ 
eral years ago which has been widely imitated by 
others—a strong proof that it Is a good custom— 
viz., that of issuiug sundry “ tokens ”—premiums 
-—to those friends who interest themselves in 
securing and forwarding subscribers to this paper. 
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The number should exceed twenty-five thousand— 
pr, at least one or more, for every Post-office in the 
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Reader, may get one of them just as well as 
NOT, DURING THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, 
The whole thing is in a “ nut-sliell.” The next 
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poor thing among them. The Publishers could 
not afford to send out anything but the best. 
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7(0 one in your neighborhood is without this 
paper who can possibly he persuaded to take 
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from the prize list—something that will be useful. 
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you have not our last October number on hand, send 
to us promptly, and get a full descriptive list, 
free. YOU can get one or more of these premium 
articles, no matter how many premiums have been 
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notice. Please take hold of this matter, beginning 
to-day. If you get but two or three narqes this 
month, it will open the way, and give you experi¬ 
ence for getting a largo premium later on, or next 
year. Try it to-day. The “Special Notes” in the 
Third Column give some particulars to ho read. 
U5T’ “What you Trill to do, you can do.” 
[In the following table Is given the price of each arti¬ 
cle, ami the number of subscribers required to get it free, at 
$1.50 a year, or at the lowest club rate of $1 a year. For full 
descriptions of the articles send for our Special Sheet.'] 
Table of Premiums and Terms, ,, 
For Volume 29—(1870). ! 
Open to all—Nri Competition. ( 
No. Names of Premium Articles. 
1— Shorthorn Bull . $500 oo 
3 —Shorthorn Bull.. .. . .$600 00 
3—Shorthorn Bull .$703 00 
5— Ayrshire Bull . $150 00 
6— Ayrshire Bull .$-:no 00 
7— Alderney Bull .'..$200 00 
8— Alderney Bull .$’01 00 
9— Alderney Bull .$100 00 
10— !Devon Bull .$100 00 
11 —Devon Bull .$150 no 
13— Dero > Bull .$200 00 
13 — Cotswold Bam . $100 00 
14— Cotswold Bam .$200 00 
15— Cotswold Ewe .$100 00 
10 —Cotswold Ewe. . $150 00 
17— South clown Bam .$100 00 
18— South down Bam .$150 00 
19 —South down Ewe . $75 00 
30— Southdown Ewe .$100 no 
31— Chester White Pig . $30 no 
33 — Essex Pig . $50 00 
34— Houdan Fowls, one Bair . $10 00 
35— Creve Coeur Fowls, one Pair . $40 00 
36— Black Spanish Fowls, one Pair . $20 00 
37— Brah mas. Light, one Pair .$15 0.0 
38 —Cold Laced Sebright Bantams.one Pair $15 00 
39 —Bresee's King of the Earlies, (21b. pure.) $2 00 
30 —Norway Oats,'( 1 peck, Ltamsdell Co.) $2 75 
31— Carden Seeds for a Family (40 kinds) $5 00 
33 —Flower Seeds for a Family (100 kinds). $5 00 
33— Carden Seeds <fc Flower Bulbs (Selection)§2 00 
34— Nursery Stork (any kinds desired) . $20 00 
35— Set of Field Croquet .$8 00 
36— Sewing Mach ine (Grover <6 Baker)_ _$55 00 
37 — Setcing Machine (Florence) .$03 00 
38— Sewing Machine (Wilcox it Gibbs ).$55 00 
39— Lamb Knitting Machine .$00 00 
40— Washing Machine (Doty's) .$14 00 
41 — Clothes Wringer (Best—Universal) .... $10 00 
4 'i—Tea Set (Harks best Silver Plated) .$50 00 
43 —Caster and Fruit Basket (do. do.) _$30 00 
44 —Cake Basket (do. do.) _$12 00 
45— Devolving Butter Cooler (do. do.) _$8 00 
46 — Lee or Water Pitcher (do. do.) _$18 00 
47— One Dozen Tea-spoons (do. do.) _ $6 00 
48— One Dozen Table spoons (do. do.) _$12 00 
49— One Dozen 'Table Forks (do. do.) _$12 00 
50 — Knives and Forks (PattersonBros.) _$14 00 
51 —Knives and Forks 
53— Knives and Forks 
53 — Knives and Forks 
54— Carver and Fork 
55 —Fluted Steel 
56— Packet LCnife 
57— Packet LCnife 
58 — Pocket LCnife 
59— Ladies' Pocket LCnife 
do.) _$18 50 
do.) _$22 00 
do.) _$25 50 
do.).... $5 00 
do.).... $2 50 
(J. P. Swain).... $1 50 
(do. do.) _ $2 00 
(do. do.) _ $2 50 
(do. do.).... $2 00 
(do. 
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60 — Jfelodeon, -\-octave(G. A.Prince tf-Co.'s ).$67 00 
61— Mclodeon, 5-oclave (do. do.) .$112 00 
62— Piano, Splendid 'i-ocl.fSteimcay<(-Sons)$Gv>0 00 
G3 —Colibri Piano (Mathusheck P. F. Co.).$150 00 
64— Silver Watch (American Watch Co.) _$40 00 
65 — Ladies' FineGohlWalch.t Am. Watch Co.) $100 00 
66— Breech-loading Pocket Bide .$10 00 
67— Double Bbl. Gun, (Cooper , LLarris d- .//.)$30 00 
68— Repeating Shot Gun (Boper Sp A. Co.)$75 00 
69— Tool Chest (Patterson Bros.) .$14 50 
70— Case of Mathematical Lnstruments .$0 00 
71'— Case of Mathematical Lnstruments _ $15 00 
73 —GoldPen, Sil.Case,E,(Warrend-Spadone) $4 50 
73— Gold Pen. and Silver Case. F. (do. do.). $5 50 
74— Ladies' Gold Pen and Rubber Case (do.) $0 00 
75— Charles Pratt's Astral Oil (lean, 5 Gal.) $4 00 
76 —Barometer ( Woodruff's Mercurial) .$10 00 
77— Barometer (Woodruff's Mercurial) .$15 00 
78— Buckeye*Mowing Machine, No. 2. $125 00 
79— Patent Cylinder L'lowfB. LL. Allen d- Co.)$18 00 
80— Collins <fc Co.’s Cast Cast-Steel Flow .$25 00 
81 — Maud Cultivator and Weeder (Comstock) $9 00 
83 —Pump and Sprinkler (Page's) . $5 00 
83— Family Scales (Fairbanks' it Co.) .$14 00 
84— Building Blocks (Crandall) . $2 00 
85— Pocket Lanterns, One Dozen .$9 00 
86— New American Cyclopedia (Appleton’s) $80 00 
87— Worcester’s Great 'Lllustrated Dictionary $10 00 
88— Any Back Volume Agriculturist 
89 — Any Tiro Back Volumes do. 
90— Any Three do. do. do. 
91— Any Four do. do. do. 
,93 —Any Five do. do. do. 
—(Each add'l Vol. at same rate) 
93— Thirteen Vols. XVL. to XXVLIL. 
94 — Any Back Volume Agriculturist 
95— Any Two Back Volumes do. 
96 — Any Three do. do. do. 
97 — Any Four do. do. do. 
98 — Any Five do. do. do. 
—(Each add’l Vol. at same rate) 
$1 
$3 50 
I s = $5 25 
©S’ $7 00 
!Sf§ 
_$22 75 
.'$2 50 
• 3 §5 00 
3 a $7 50 
3 $-$io oo 
3J $12 50 
—(isacn aaa i vorui swn«ti 
99— Thirteen Vols. XVL. to XXVLLL. J $32 50 
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$10 00 
- s $15 00 
IS$20 00 
s, §.$25 00 
SrK$30 00 
:»7 $35 on 
c O$40 00 
®~*45 00 
a$3 $50 00 
$60 00 
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100— A SIO Library (YourChoice) 
101— A SI 5 Library do. 
102— A ($20 Library do. 
103— A *25 Library do. 
104— A S 30 library do. 
105— A *35 library do. 
106— A *40 library do. 
107— A *45 Library do. 
108— A *50 Library do. 
109— A *60 Library do. 
110— A *7 5 Library do. 
111— A *100 Library do. ... 
112— A Choice of Good Books (See Terms below). 
%ET 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 tldvty-nine Premiums, 
Nos. 29 to 33, 5G to 59, 7 0 to 74, and 88 to 
1.12 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 Slates or Territories. 
—The other articles cost the recipient only the freight after 
leaving the manufactory of each, by any conveyance specified. 
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count, though coming from a dozen different Post-offices. 
But... ( b) State with each name or list of names sent,. 
that it is for a premium_ (c) Send the names as fast as- 
obtained, that the subscribers may begin to receive the 
paper at once. You can have any time, from one to> 
four months, to fill up your list... .(d) Send the exact 
money with each list of names, so that there may be 
no confusion of money accounts... (e) Old ancl new 
subscribers all count in premium clubs,but a portion, 
at least, should be new names; it is partly to get these 
that we offer premiums to canvassers. N.B.—The extra 
copy to clubs of ten or twenty is not given where pre¬ 
mium articles are called for_(/) Specimen Numbers, 
Cards, and Show-bills, will be supplied free, as needed by 
canvassers, but they should be used carefully and econom¬ 
ically, as they are very costly_ (g) Remit money- 
in Checks on New York Banks or Bankers, payable toi 
order of Orange Judcl & 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 tlie pres¬ 
ence of the Postmaster, and take his receipt for it.. 
Money sent in any of the above ways is at our risk.. 
Description of Premiums. 
Every Premium is described in the October Agricul¬ 
turist, and also in a Special SSEaeet, which will', 
be sent fa*ec to every one desiring it. We have room* 
here for the following only: 
IV©.<•. SO, 57, 58, 50—IPoclket Knives. 
—now for the boys and girls !— These Premiums are 
among the most pleasing and useful that we have over 
offered. Every boy, and girl, too, wants a pocket knife. 
We give them an opportunity to obtain a most valuable 
one for nothing but a little effort. These knives are made 
by Mr. J. P. Swain, whose work is equal to any done 
in this country or Europe. No. 5G is a neat, substantial 
Knife, with three blades and buck-horn handle. No. 57 
is a still finer article, with four blades and buck-horn 
handle. No. 58 is an elegant Knife, with four blades and 
shell handle. No. 59 is a Ladies’ Poclset Knife, a beam 
tiful article, with four blades and shell handle.. 
Nos. 88 to J>3.—Volumes of 4 lie- 
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. 
be obtained in books costing three times as much. The- 
price of the volumes is $1.50 each, at the Office, or $1.75; 
if sent by mail, as they must be post-paid.-They are- 
profusely Illustrated, the Engravings used in them having- 
alone cost about $35,000. Those obtaining premiums for 
less than twelve volumes can select any volumes desired, 
from XVI. to XXVIIL, inclusive. For ordinary use, the 
sets of numbers unbound will answer quite well. 
No*. ©A to ©©.—BSoeoaid. VolDicBies of 
tlie Agriculturist, —These are the same as Nos. S8 
to 93 above, but are neatly bound in uniform style, and 
cost us more for binding and postage. Sent post-paid.. 
No*. AO© to 111,—dootl EASsrsaa-ieso 
—In these premiums, we offer a choice of Boole* for 
the Farm, Garden, and Mouseiiold. Tlie per¬ 
son entitled to any one of the premiums 100 to 111 may- 
select any books desired from the list of our books 
published monthly, (see another page), to the amount ol' 
the premiums, and the books will be forwarded, Post or 
Expr«ps paid. $25 or $59 worth of books pertaining to- 
the farm will give the boys new ideas, set them to think¬ 
ing and observing, and thus enable them to make their 
heads help their hands. Any good book will, in the- 
end, be of fin- more value to a youth than to have nn 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. Let 
tlie Farmers of a neighborhood unite their efforts and: 
get an agricultural Library for general use. 
No. 118.—C3 ci&c»'«il 1 AS©©!*: E*ir<:mia»B»a. 
Any one sending 25 or more names may select Books 
from our published list to the amount of 10 cents for 
eacli subscriber sent at $1; or 30 cents for each name 
sent at $1.20 each; or CO cents 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. 
