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To any subscriber interesting himself to send us a 
Club of five NEW yearly subscriptions at 
$ 1.50 each (Club rates), we will give 
A YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION FREE, 
to either THE RURAL NEW-YORKER or THE 
AMERICAN GARDEN. Also the privilege of select¬ 
ing from our Premium List articles marked with an * 
to the value of $2.00. This offer expires November 
1 , 1890 . 
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Special Offer. 
On Trial, 
We will send THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
for introduction only, to new readers 
10 Weeks for 25 Cents. 
Old subscribers in getting up Clubs do well to use 
this means to get subscriptions started. Eight trials 
count as one full subscription and these may also be 
counted as new subscriptions when you take the 
yearly subscriptions at the expiration of the io weeks’ 
trial. THE AMERICAN GARDEN is sent three 
months for 25 cents on the same terms. SEE fjgT" 
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EIGHT OF THE NEW EASY-TO-GET 
10 WEEKS’ TRIAL SUBSCRIPTIONS 
At 25 cents each, entitle the sender to ANY PRE¬ 
MIUM OFFERED FOR ONE NEW YEARLY SUB¬ 
SCRIPTION. And these trial subscriptions MAY 
AFTERWARDS BE RENEWED and counted in your 
Club THE SAME AS NEW YEARLY SUBSCRIP¬ 
TIONS, in case your Club numbers three or more 
yearly subscriptions. 
I3F* Following is a partial list only of our Premiums. We mention these to indicate the wide range of articles 
that we can furnish if desired. 
Ask for anything you want that is not included herein : 
“ Planet Jr.” Tools. 
The farmers who need to be told what these tools are, we 
fear are behind the times. We offer two of the tools this 
year, though we can supply, if necessary, any implement 
made by the ‘‘Planet Jr.” Company. The Combination 
Tools may be seen in the cut. It is a strong yet light 
implement, made of the very best materials, and with all 
the latest improvements. You know what it is. Tt is only 
™ lue H tion as to Aether you want it or not. Price, $12 
We offer it for eight now subscriptions at $2. 
The “ Planet Jr.” Steel Horse-Hoe is the best cultivator ; 
light, strong and effective in every way. Why use the old 
horse-killing tools when this one is so easily obtainable? 
Price, $12. Given for eight new subscriptions at $2. 
The Pruyn Potato Digger. 
Given for 70 New Subscriptions. 
The cut shows the construction of this machine The 
broad steel share in front scoops up potatoes, vines and 
dirt, making a furrow as deep as may be desired. The 
shakers above the share separate dirt and viues from the 
tubers, carrying the latter up to the back where they are 
dropped out be¬ 
hind. The ma¬ 
chine will also dig 
turnips and car¬ 
rots and can be 
used for beets, 
sweet potatoes or 
peanuts. The 
makers guaran¬ 
tee satisfaction. 
If the digger does 
not do the work 
_ properly you may 
send it back. Stop 
digging potatoes by hand. Combine with your neighbors 
in making up a club for The Rural New-Yorker and 
thus secure this digger. Save your back aud your pocket. 
Price, $90. Given for 70 new subscriptions at $2 each ; or 
20 subscriptions and $50 additional. 
Macomber’s Corn Planter. * 
Given for One New Subscription. 
This is one of the greatest labor-saving machines of the 
age. It is slow, tedious, back-aching work to drop corn by 
hand in the old-fashioned way. Thousands of these 
planters have been sold, and the demand for them increases 
every year. Price, $2.50. 
* Edison Incandescent Electric Lamp. * 
Given for One New Subscription. 
With these little lamps any one can 
with very little trouble or expense pro 
duce many interesting effects. Experi¬ 
ments with electric lighting are made 
easy with the complete little book of 
instructions sent with each outfit. The 
battery us. d is easily made at home, 
and the lights produced may be put to 
many practical uses. In fact, to the 
student of electric lighting there is 
nothing that offers a better opportu¬ 
nity for experiment than this complete 
outfit. We send 1 Edison lamp of M 
or 1 candle power, requiring 2 cells of 
battery, 4 carbon rods, 2 zinc rods, 2 
wooden tops aud 4 feet of wire. Ac 
compauying the outfit is a pamphlet of 
descriptions so simple and accurate 
that any one may learn from it how to 
prepare the lights. Price. $L50, post¬ 
paid. Given for one new subscription 
at $2, or eight trials at 25 cents. 
* The ABC Book of Electricity. * 
Given for Three 25-Cent Trial Subscriptions. 
It is intended that this little volume should, as rar as 
possible, answer the question asked by thousands—” What 
is electricity ?” While the book is designed particularly 
for the instruction if young people, there are plenty of 
grown men and women who will welcome it as a clear and 
agreeable instructor. It explains just exactly the things 
that you want explained, defining the technical terms we 
meet with in books and papers, and explaining many of 
the methods and results which have long puzzled us. It 
seems more and more evident that electricity is lo be the 
great motive and lighting force of the future. All intelli 
gent meu will therefore interest themselves in studying 
out the nature of this wonderful force. This is an excellent 
book with which to begin that study. It is written by 
Win. H. Meadowcroft, of the E lison Electric Company, 
and indorsed by Thomas A. Edison. Price, 50 cents. Given 
*or three 25-cent trial subscriptions. 
Universal or Family Scales. * 
We have used a pair of these 
scales for years in making the 
weighings for our experiments, 
and they are always reliable. 
They weigh from % oz. to 240 
pounds. Price, $8. Given for 
six new subscriptions, Made by 
Jones of Binghamton, and “ he 
pays the freight!” 
Farm and Family Scales. 
The farmer who undertakes to do busi 
ness without a pair of scales works at a 
sad disadvantage. Successful market¬ 
ing is based upon accurate weighing. 
The calculating farmer weighs his milk 
and thus detects his robber cows, with 
the aid of a cream tester. When he sells 
an article bv weight he weighs it before 
it goes to market. He works on busi¬ 
ness principles—the result is success. 
The careless farmer “guesses” at 
weights. 
Jones’s Platform Barn Scales.— 
The large cut shows the 
shape. It will weigh from 
four ounces to 800 pounds. 
It is well made and reli¬ 
able in every way. Price. 
$22 50. We offer this fo 
12 new subscript o is at $2 
* Rural New-Yorker 
Scales. —These scales weigh from one-lourth of an ounce 
to 25 pounds. Nothing could be. nicer for weighing milk 
or similar products. Price. $3 50. Given for two new sub¬ 
scriptions ; or for one and 75 cents additional. * 
Farm, School and Church Bells. * 
Given for Two, 15 and 29 New Subscriptions. 
Everybody knows how useful a good farm bell is. it is 
worth its price to hear it give notice of a good meal. In 
case of fire or of a visita¬ 
tion from tramps the 
neighborhood can lie easily 
alarmed by a brisk ring¬ 
ing of the bell We give 
a bell costing $5 for two 
subscriptions at $2. It 
weighs 50 pounds aud is 
17 inches in diameter. 
The No. 24 bell weighs 
150 pounds or 225 pounds 
with mountings. Price, 
$25 ; we offer it for 12 sub¬ 
scriptions at $2. 
The No. 26 weighs 220 
pounds or 325 pounds with 
mountings. Price, $40; we 
offer it for 20 subscriptions 
at $2. 
These bells are first-class in every respect. They are 
made of an alloy of cast steel and crystal metal. They 
are of fine, clear tone, conveying sound from three to 
four miles. Warranted for two years. Twenty public- 
spirited men In any district or church society can form a 
club for The Rural, and thus secure a bell for the church 
or school-house. 
Combination Fruit, Wine and Jelly Press. 
Given for Two New Subscriptions. 
This press is not in¬ 
tended for making 
cider, but for pressing 
fruits like grapes, 
strawberries, cur¬ 
rants, pineapples, 
huckleberries, etc. It 
also presses lard, or 
beef in preparing beef 
tea for the use of in¬ 
valids. It is an excel¬ 
lent machine, strong, 
simple and cheap. It 
is the bestsmall fruit 
press on the market 
Price, $3. Giveu for 
two new subscrip¬ 
tions. 
* Self-Adjusting, Swinging Cattle Stanchion. * 
Given for One New Subscription. 
The fixed stanchion 
ii a barbarous affair. 
The cow cannot turn 
and lick herself, aud 
men that tie their cat- 
t le in this way do not 
generally spend much 
time with the card. It 
is true that animals 
may be packed close 
together when put in 
stanchions, but that is 
about the only argu¬ 
ment in favor of the practice. With the swing stanchions 
ttie cow can move her head and neck abou f and rest com¬ 
fortably. There no use talking about it, a co v muse be 
happy and contented before she can be expected to do her 
duty. “Ease, comfort, thrift ” may well be painted above 
these stanchions. Price, $2.50. Given for one new subscrip¬ 
tion. 
A Substantial Roofing Material. 
Given for Five New Subscriptions. 
This roofing has been before the public for years. We, 
have used it and find it an excellent substitute for shingles 
or slate. Is there 
not a space of 
roof on your 
premises that 
needs just this 
covering. The 
outfit we offer 
will cover 300 
square feet of 
roof, with the 
necessary nails, 
caps and paint. Price, $6. Given for five new subscriptions. 
The Perkins Wind-Mill. 
Given for 30 New Subscriptions at #2. 
The almost universal use to which 
wind-power may be applied aud its in¬ 
creasing importance ou the farm, in¬ 
duce us to offer this excellent mill, 
one of the best made. There is a force 
equal to 10,000 horse-power blowing 
away over your farm. We offer you a 
chance to capture a portion of it to 
turn to good account. Tame the wind 
and make it work for you. Price, $65. 
Given for only 30 new subscriptions 
at $2. 
Moseley’s Occident Creamery. 
Given for 28 New Subscriptions. . 
The inventor of this creamery s tys 
that he aimed at simplicity, durabil¬ 
ity, convenience, good finish auu cor¬ 
rect general construction. He seems 
t o have made a bull’s eye in each par- 
tioular, aud has certainly succeeded 
in producing an excellent creamery. 
The cans are oblon not round, thus 
taking up less space. It is notneces- 
sary to lift the canstoskim the milk. 
No sediment can be drawn with 
either milk or cream, and the depth 
of the cream in the cans can be seen 
with ease. There area number of spe¬ 
cial features about this creamery/ hat 
have been highly praised in these 
columns by our correspondents. The 
size we offer is No. 4, shown in cut, “ dairy class,” with re¬ 
frigerator; capacity 11 to 13 cows. Price $40. Given tor 28 
new subscriptions at $2. 
* Cream Tester and Test Churn Combined. * 
Given for One New Subscription. 
This is a tool that every dairyman should have. It is 
simple enough to suit anybody; it is accurate enough to 
save you a great mauy dollars during the course of tin 
year. How? It will enable you to pick out your Lust 
cows, because it will show you how one cow in your herd 
compares with another. Discharge the poor cows. This 
tester is the detective that will establish their crime be¬ 
yond a doubt. Price, $2. Given for one new subscription. 
Sent postpaid. 
Carter's Hand Butter Printer. 
Given for Two New Subscriptions. 
This is a self-gauging printer that does the work as well 
aB any. It is used by having the butter rolled up and 
pressing the print through il, the surplus butler going out 
at a small hole at the side. There is a very large class of 
customers who demand printed butter. As they are pre 
pared to pay for the printing, it is policy for the good 
dairymau to select the tools that will serve his purpose 
best in this part of dairying. Price, $2.50. 
The O. K. Barrel Churn. 
Giveu for Five New Subscriptions. 
This is a barrel churn, working end over end, bringing 
the butter by concussion, the true principle of butter 
making, as by this method it is easier to be sure thit the 
butter comes in true granular form The “ O. K.” is 
made of heavy white-oak staves, and put together iu the 
most substantial manner, with castings of malleable iron, 
tinned, and will not rust or stain. The churn we offer is 
No. 2, capacity 15 gallons, price $9. We can furnish any 
other size. We give the No. 2 for five new subscriptions. 
* Improved Fountain Gold Pen. * 
Given for Two New Subscriptions. 
This is an excellent fountain pen, durable, simple, per¬ 
fect. Never used a fountain pen ? Then you have lost a 
good many days hunting for “ something to write with,’ 
and dipping your pen into the ink after you found it. 
This is a gold pen, aud will last a li e-tim • Tue holder is 
of vulcanized rubber, and is fitted with ae finest quality 
of diamond pointed gold shading pen. it has no springs 
or valves or other delicate parts to get out of order. All 
you have to do is to fill it aud use it. Price. $2.50, by mail 
postpaid. Given for two subscriptions. The larger size, 
No. 4, is $3.00. 
