AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
481 
PREMIUM RULES. 
All Collecting' Premium Names 
should carefully Note tlie following: 
SOMETHING 
HERE for YOU 
1st.— One can dose liis list of names at any time , and 
call for the premium or premiums due; or the list of 
names can he added to all the while up to June, 1884. BUT 
2d. —Send along the names as fast as gathered (with 
the exact money), so that the subscribers may begin to 
receive the Journal at once. XST~ Mark every name, or 
list of names “For Premiums," if so intended, and we 
will credit them to the sender in our Premium Record. 
3d. —New subscriptions all count for premiums, and 
renewals count in lists of two or more names, but we ex¬ 
pect a fair share of new subscriptions in such lists. Two 
half year subscriptions count as one full year subscrip¬ 
tion in premium lists. 
4th. —Any person aiming to get a particular premium, 
but who, after fair effort, or through sickness, or otherwise 
fails to complete the list, will be allowed a discount on the 
price of the article, in purchasing it, exactly in proportion to 
the number of names sent. 
Sth.— Premiums for single subscriptions are only for 
new subscriptions obtained and forwarded by the person 
desiring the Premium. One’s own subscription does not 
count for a single name premium, but may be counted 
where there are two or more premium subscriptions. 
6th.— All subscriptions for premiums are credited to 
the Sender, whether the subscribers receive their papers 
at one Post Office, or at a dozen or more different offices. 
7th.—German Subscriptions are at the same 
rate as the English edition, and count in premium lists. 
A premium list may be wholly of English, or wholly of 
German subscriptions, or be made up of a part of each. 
8th.—A Specimen Number of the American 
Agriculturist, (English or German), will be sent free, and 
post-paid to any actual canvasser. A few additional 
copies, if desired solely for canvassing, will be sent 
post-paid for 6 cents each. Price of numbers to others 
15 cents each. They are too costly to scatter free. 
9th.—Registering Premiums.— Every article 
noted to be sent post-paid, will be Registered if the 
Registering fee of 10 cents be sent us. 
10th.— Express or Freight Charges are 
usually low on Premium Articles. The cost can be best 
learned at one’s own nearest express or freight office. 
11th. —For a Premium or Purchased article, wanted 
at a Definite Time, give sufficient notice for us to 
order it from the Manufactory, and allow for accidental 
detention on the way; also for crowded factories, and 
express carriers, and freight trains, about the Holidays. 
12th. —No subscription can count towards more than 
one premium in any case. 
13th.—To Foreign Readers :—The above 
rnles about mailing Premiums apply only to the U. S. 
and Territories. Mailable articles not exceeding 8 ounces 
go to all British America, except Newfoundland, at 
10 cents per parcel, but packages overS ounces are ex¬ 
cluded from Canada mails.—To all foreign subscribers 
we will follow any directions given about sending arti¬ 
cles from the Premium List.—Subscription and postage 
rates on the American Agriculturist to the Canadas are 
the same as to United States Post Offices. To Newfound¬ 
land, and to all foreign countries embraced in the Postal 
Union, 20 cents a year must be added to the subscription 
rates, for extra postage to be prepaid here. 
AND FOR 
EVERYBODY; 
Hundreds of 
VALUABLE ARTICLES, 
including Many Good Books, 
WITHOUT MONEY. 
The Publishers of the American Agricul¬ 
turist invite the Reader’s special attention to 
the large, varied, excellent assortment of 
Useful, entertaining, and most desirable arti¬ 
cles, including many Good Books, described 
in the following 17 pages. (It will interest 
you to look over the descriptions and illustra¬ 
tions.) The articles are just as described, 
new from the manufacturers of each, and 
abundantly worth the regular price named 
for each, for Use, for Presents, or for 
Selling. They are selected and provided 
for the great American Agriculturist family, 
for purchase when desired (as stated at the 
foot of this page), or to be PRESENTED 
without charge, as follows: 
GETTING THEM FREE. 
Though this Journal is one of the most 
valuable in the world, for all classes, in City, 
Village, or Country, In-door and Out-door, full 
of useful information, illustrated each year 
with about a Thousand Engravings, 
and worth to every reader many times its 
cost; and though it has an immense world¬ 
wide circulation on its merits, and while it 
needs no inducement to Patronage, aside 
from its own real value, YET 
The publishers desire in every town one or 
more persons who will show the paper to 
others who do not yet take it, and also gather 
and forward the subscriptions of such old 
readers as are too busy to do it themselves. 
THEREFORE, to those who do this, we 
Present, without charge, one or more of the 
Premium Articles desired, for the number of 
names stated with each article. jgpSee how 
IT WILL PAY ANY ONE WELL, 
thus: A single name a day for a month 
brings a $25 Premium article; for two 
months, $50 ; for three months, $75 ; for 
four months, $100. This can be secured 
easily, without loss of useful time, on rainy 
days, and in evenings, at the fairs, on elec¬ 
tion days, etc. Many persons have done a 
great deal more than this. There are twenty- 
five to five hundred families, or more, in 
every town whom it would pay to take and 
read this Journal, and they will do so if 
called on and shown its value. The Pre¬ 
mium gatherer can canvass in as many 
towns as he pleases. 
AN EXCEEEENT BUSINESS. 
(Many secure large salaries or income 
bg canvassing, and receiving the Pre¬ 
miums, and selling them for cash.) 
PREMIUMS for SUBSCRIP¬ 
TIONS at CLUB RATES. 
All Premium Offers are based on the single yearly sub- | , 
scription rates ($1.50 a year).—BUT those who gather 
subscriptions at any of onr club rates (as three for $4.00, ' 1 
etc.), can themselves make up the amount to $t 50 each, 
as the premiums will well pay them to do; OR, if they 
send upwards of 10 subscribers at the lowest club rates 
($1.00 a year), they can, if they prefer, select any Premium 
Articles, or Books, to the amount of 12 cents for each 
subscription. If 5 0 or more such subscriptions are sent, 
15 cents each will be allowed in Premiums. But no 
transfer of names to another canvasser, or combination of 
lists will be allowed to take these premiums. 
gjJ^BeginNow 
l3F 0 Premmm Articles Ready. 
Subscriptions can start any Month. 
Every number of the American Agricul¬ 
turist is complete in itself, with no “to be 
continued” articles.—Subscriptions can begin 
with any number, and run a year or longer. 
ESP Those desiring Premium articles can 
begin gathering names TO-DAY, and receive 
the Premiums as soon as earned; or continue 
enlarging their lists. (See Rules 1, 2, 3, in 
first column.) 
Present subscribers can join Clubs, and have their 
time extended a year after present subscriptions ex¬ 
pire. New subscribers can, if desired, begin hack with 
any previous month, and receive the back numbers. 
The Fairs, Elections, other gatherings, 
etc., supply good opportunities for collecting 
names. —Begin Now, and secure a lot of 
good things for Hobday or other Presents. 
SUBSCRIBERS Can PURCHASE The PREMIUM ARTICLES when they have not time or 
opportunity to get them FREE as Premiums, or if they desire additional articles, or wish to procure them 
guaranteed and from a responsible source, and can get them best through this Office. Many things can be 
sent to any point, Post-Paid, as noted in the descriptions.* The regular selling price is given with each. 
Preserve this Sheet for Reference—Its Offers hold good from Sept. 15,1883, to June 30,1884, 
