1874.] 
AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
Ays 
xnium canvassers. There are few Post-offices 
where there are not families enough who ought 
to have the American Agriculturist, to make up 
half a dozen larger or smaller Premium Clubs. 
Many LA1>1E§ have been successful in get¬ 
ting Sewing machines, and other household articles; 
others make their entire living by canvassing and selling 
the articles. Some are annually laying up money in this 
way. (We have canvassers, who have worked thus for 
a dozen years or more.) 
Many ItOYS and GIRLS have been 
■quite successful in securing Dictionaries, Melodeons, and 
many other articles for themselves, and for presents. 
SCHOOLS often unite their efforts and se¬ 
cure Melodeons for their rooms, teacher’s presents, etc. 
CLERKS in Stores, Post-Offices, etc., 
have excellent opportunities, and many of these have 
obtained Watches and numerous other good articles. 
Many 9IABRIED MEW have quietly 
gathered clubs of subscribers, and surprised their wives 
with a Sewing Machine, articles of Silver Ware, etc. 
Many YOUNG MEN have done the same 
thing for female friends. 
MEMBERS OF CHURCHES have 
united their efforts in making up clubs of subscribers, 
and obtained Sewing Machines for the Pastors, Melo¬ 
deons for the Churches, or Sunday School rooms, etc. 
Many SOLBMERS’ WIDOWS, and 
poor Tailors, have receive 1 Sewing Machines for 
clubs raised by a few kind hearted neighbors. 
FARMERS’ LIBRARIES have been 
•obtained for common use by the combined efforts of a 
few persons in a neighborhood, who have made np a pre¬ 
mium club of subscribers, and received our Rural Books. 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES 
have subscribed for a premium club, giving the paper out 
as premiums to exhibitors, and received a Reaper, a Me- 
Sodeon, or other article, from us, exhibited it at the Fairs, 
and then sold it at auction. Sometimes they raise sub¬ 
scriptions among members, and turn over the money re¬ 
ceived for the sale of the premium to the general fund, 
MERCHANTS often make up clubs in 
their stores, and obtain the premiums for themselves. 
MERCHANTS, SHOE-MAKERS, 
TAILORS, and others, have subscribed for a whole 
premium club, given a subscription to any customer buy¬ 
ing $10, $15, or $20 worth of goods, and retained the 
premiums themselves. 
And NOW 
Xiet us look at some of the Premiums which 
are offered. The next Table tells the name and 
cash price of each article, and, (in the last 
column but one), gives the number of names 
sent in at the regular price of $1.50 a year that 
will secure any premium article. (The last 
column gives the number of names at the low¬ 
est club price for 20 or more names, that is $1 
each. Some persons quickly raise large clubs 
by taking all the names at $1 each, and them¬ 
selves pay the difference, 50 cents each, and 
thus get the premium articles very cheaply.) 
Explanatory Notes. 
NoM* 
Read and carefully Note Mae 
fallowing Items: ( a ) All subscribers sent by 
■one person count, though from several different Post- 
offices. But_ (b) Tell us 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 you 
wish up to next July, to complete your list... .(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 por¬ 
tion, at least, should be new names; it is partly to get 
these that we offer premiums to canvassers_(/) Spe¬ 
cimen Numbers, etc., will he supplied free, as needed by 
canvassers, hut they should be used carefully and eco¬ 
nomically, and where they will tell... .(g) Remit money 
in Checks on New York Banks or Bankers, payable to 
order of Orange Judd Company, 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 presence of 
the Post-master, and take his receipt for it. Money sent 
in any of the above ways is at our risk; otherwise it is not. 
Table ©I' Premiums. 
[In the following table is given the price of each article, 
and the number of subscribers required to get it free, at the 
regular rates of $1.50 a year, and also at the club rates of $1 a 
year.) Description of Premiums on isext pages. 
TABLE of Premiums and Terms 
For Volume 34—(18 75). ©>S 
BEGINNING NOW. || 
Open to all—No Competition. 
No. Names of Premium Articles. - 
1 —Tea Set (Lucius Hart Man'fact'g Co.). $50 00 
‘2—Ice Pitcher . (do. do. do.) ....$16 00 
3— Casters . (do. do. do.) ....$9 00 
4— Cake Basket _.(do. do. do.) . ..$12 00 
5— Revolving Butter Cooler (do. do.) ....$800 
6— One Dozen Teaspoons (do. do.) ....$6 00 
7— OneDozenTablespoons(do. do.) ....$12 00 
8— One Dozen Table Forks(do. do.) ....$12 00 
9— Child's Cup (do. do.) _$ 2 75 
10— Child’s Knife, Fork & Spoon (do.) ... .$ 5 00 
11— Moore’s Floral Set (Moore Man’f’g Co)$ 1 00 
12— Gold Pen, Sil.Case (Geo. F. Hawkes.). $ 3 25 
13— Gold Pen and Silver Case (do. do.).. $ 5 00 
14— Gold Pen, Handle gold-tipped(do. do.).$ 6 00 
15— Ladies’ Gold Pen & Rubber Case (do.).. S 6 00 
16— Paragon Pat. Revolving Pencil (do.). $ l 50 
17— Paragon Pat. Revolving Pencil (do.). $ 3 00 
18— Payson’s Indelible Ink—Pen, etc . 75 
19— Child’s Carriage...... .(C. W. F. Dare).^2P 00 
Swing (do. do.).$ 4 00 
" ' (do. do.).$ 5 00 
......... $ 2 00 
'id—Crandall's Masquerade Blocks . $ 1 00 
34— Crandall's Acrobats .$ 1 00 
35— Pocket Tool Holder (Miller's Falls Co.)$ 1 00 
26— Bracket Saw (do. do.) ..$125 
27— “ Peoples' Pump ” (W. S. Blunt) _..,$12 00 
28— Non-freezing Out-door Pump (do. do.)$21 00 
29— Excelsior Pocket Microscope ( Vulcan¬ 
ite Optical Instrument Co.) _$ 2 75 
30— Two. “Pocket Soap-Bubble Toy" (Bliss)§ 1 00 
31— Turn-table Apple Parer (D.H.Goodell)i} 1 00 
32— Climax Apple Corer tfc Slicer (do.) $ 1 00 
S3—Family Cherry Stoner (do.) $ 1 00 
34— Knives and Forks (Patterson Bros.) ..$15 25 
35— Knives and Forks (do. do.) ...$19 00 
36 — Carver and Fork (do. do.) ...$4 00 
37 '—French Cook’s Knife, Fork, and Steel $ 4 00 
38 _Pocket Knife (Meriden Cutlery Co.)..$ 1 50 
39— .Pocket Knife (do. do.).. $2 00 
40— Pocket Knife (do. do.)..$2 75 
41— Ladies' Pocket Knife (do. do.) ..$ 2 00 
4 . 2 —Multum in Farvo Knife (do. do.) . .$ 3 50 
Garden Seeds <6 Flower Bulbs(select'n) $ 2 00 
Ail—Automatic Family Knitting Machine 
(N. Y. Knitting Machine Co.)....$35 00 
45 —Sewing Machine (Secor )................$62 00 
Id—Beckwith Portable Family Sew'g Mach $20 00 
47— Washing Machine (Doty's). .$14 00 
48— Clothes'Wringer (Best—Universal) .... $7 00 
AQ—Melodeon,i-oct’e (G.A.Prince&Co.’s).$90 00 
50— Piano,Splendid '!-oct.(Steinwa?j&So's)$Si>0 00 
51— Silver Watch (American Watch Co .)..$40 00 
52— Breech-loading Pocket Rifle .....$16 00 
53 — Double-bbl. Gun (Edwin S. Harris)... $30 00 
Si—Charles Pratt's Astral Oil (lean, 5gal.)$ 2 85 
55 — Gaboon's Broadcast Seed-sower .$10 00 
56 — Hand Cultivator <t Weeder( Comstock)$ 9 25 
57 — Family Scales (Fairbanks it Co.) .$14 00 
58— Worcester’s Great Illust'ed Dictionaryi}Y) 00 
59— Any back Volume Agriculturist « $1 75 
60— Any Tico Back Volumes do. 
61— Any Three do. do. do. 
6 ‘2—Any Four do. do. do. 
63 — Any Five do. do. do. 
64— Any Six do. do. do. 
65— Any Seven do. do. do. 
66— Any Eight do. do. do. 
—(Each add'l Vol. at same rate.) 
67 — Eighteen Vols. XVI to XXXIII. 
68— Any Back Vol. Agriculturist 
69— Any Two Back Volumes do. 
70 — Any Three do. do. do. 
71 —Any Four do. do. do. 
7 3—Any Five do. do. do. 
73— Any Six do. do. do. 
74— Any Seven do. do. do. 
75— Any Eight do. do. do. 
76— Any Nine do. do. do. 
79— A SI 5 Library do. 
80— A *20 Library do. 
81— A 8535 Library do. 
82— A 930 Library do. 
83— A 935 Library do. 
84— A 840 Library do. 
85— A 945 Library do. 
86— A *50 Library do. 
87— A *60 Library do. 
88— A *75 Library do. 
89— A *100 Library do. 
90— A Choice of Good Books. 
© *14 
ft, $15 00 
$17 50 
g $20 00 
S $22 50 
_J_$15 00 
r $10 00 
Hg$15 00 
§£$20 00 
i S$25 00 
=[§$30 00 
S^$35 00 
eo$40 00 
£■=$45 00 
g|$50 00 
G$S0 00 
~ *$75 00 
. ^ 100 00 
(See Description.) 
Number 
of Sub¬ 
scribers 
required 
at I or 
at 
$1.50; $1. 
75 
97 
84 
34 
'22 
27 
22 
30 
22 
162 
270 
100 
70 
47 
320 
1630 
165 
80 
150 
27 
58 
54 
70 
58 
20 
29 
37 
47 
54 
61 
68 
74 
i45 
24 
38 
48 
60 
71 
82 
92 
102 
110 
83V Every Premium article is new and of the very 
best manufacture. No charge is made for packing or 
hmcing any article in our Premium List. The Premiums , 
Nos. 12 to 18, 22 to 26, 29 and 30, 38 to 43, 
and 59 to 90, inclusive , will each be delivered FREE of 
all charges , by mail or express (at the Post-office or express 
office nearest the recipient) to any place in the United States 
or Territoi'ies.—The other articles cost the recipient only the 
freight after leaving the manufactory of each, by any con¬ 
veyance desired. See Descriptions Following: 
PREMIUM No. 1.—A splendid Ton. 
Set of six pieces, full size, viz.: a Coffee Pot, a Tea Pot , 
a Sugar Bowl , a Cream Cup, a Slop Bowl , and a Spoon 
Holder— tasteful enough for the most stylish mansion 
—all beautiful, of uniform design, late pattern, with 
raised and embossed figure work. They are none of the 
common cheap silver-washed stuff that will look finely 
so long as unused, but are the best triple-plate on white 
metal. (See notes on plated ware, just below.) For all 
practical purposes, and for ornament, they will he as 
good as sohd silver, for years. No Premium we have 
supplied has been more commended than these articles in 
premiums 1 to 10. This No. 1, (and the others also), 
afford to a multitude of persons a rare opportunity to 
get beautiful and useful articles for home use and for 
marriage and other gifts. It will be comparatively easy 
to collect names of subscribers enough to secure one or 
more of these articles. A large number of persons have 
done so. JUST HERE, we append 
A few Hints about Silver Plated Ware. 
—By the Electro-process it is possible to spread a single 
silver dollar over hundreds of square feet of surface, and 
cover it so perfectly that nothing but pure silver will be 
seen , but the thin film quickly wears off. By the same 
process continued, the silver coat may he put on to any 
desired thickness. It will be seen, then, that the real 
value of plated ware depends mainly upon the honesty 
and integrity of the manufacturer. We would hardly 
take as a gift much of the plated ware sold in the gener¬ 
al market. Some of those articles can he bought very 
low, but they are very dear. As a security to our read¬ 
ers, and for our own good name, we get all our silver 
ware premiums from the Litcius Hart Manufactdbino 
Company, 4 & 6 Burling Slip. They warrant each article 
supplied to us to be the best Triple-plate , such as we 
have ourselves used many years with great satisfaction. 
N. B.—These articles are also made of a strong white 
metal base, so that if by accident, or long hard use, the 
heavy silver piate should wear off at any point or corner, 
it shows very little. The late Lucius Hart, the “Veteran 
Sunday School Man,” was engaged in the same place 
and business for nearly a quarter of a century, and we 
know he cared more for good repute and integrity than 
for profit. The Company which bears his name, (and in¬ 
cludes some of his family), we believe to be actuated by 
the same high motives, with a determination to sustain 
his high reputation, and wo feel great satisfaction and 
confidence in supplying premium articles manufactured 
by them, and we believe we do our readers a favor in 
offering them these articles, viz—Premiums 1 to 10. 
No. 2.—See (or water) Fitclier.— 
(See Engraving .)—A large highly Ornamental Article, 
that will adorn the table, as well as serve a very useful 
Premium 2 
purpose, and last many years, with no danger of break¬ 
age. It is of the same make, same metal, plating, etc., 
as No. 1 .—For 32subscribers, at $1.50 each, we will send 
the Pitcher and a round Salver, of pattern to cor¬ 
respond, (value $21.00).—For 44 subscribers we will send 
the Pitcher and a large 16-inch Oval Salver (value 
$30), which is large enough to hold the Pitcher and tw» 
