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it will give ns to send and you to receive 
One of the very valuable Breeding Animals § 
Or a pair of the very beautiful Poultry 5 
Or a choice Parcel of excellent Seeds; 
Or $20 worth of reliable Nurscry Stock; 
Or a choice from the best Sewing Machines; 
Or the best Clothes Waslier or Wringer | 
Or Some of Hart's Extra Plated Ware ; 
Or Patterson's unsurpassed Cutlery; 
Or one of Prince’s melodious Melodeons; 
Or Stcimvay’s Superb Piano; or a Collbri; 
Or a genuine American Watch; 
Or one of those excellent dines, (two kinds); 
Or a valuable Chest of A No, 1 Tools; 
Or a good Bold. Pen, “ mightier than a sword 
Or a Woodruff's most valuable Barometer; 
Or a Mowing Machine that is a Mower; 
Or a Valuable Plow (two kinds offered); 
Or a Maud Engine of great convenience ; 
Or a “ Just Weight and Balance,” (Fair banks’.) 
Or a Bex of Crandall's Blochs for Little Polks; 
Or an “ Open and Shut” Pocket Lantern ; 
Or a Magnificent Library (in the Cyclopedia); 
Or a Great and Valuable Dictionary ; 
Or a Set of our fine Back Volumes ; 
Or your choice of the best BOOKS. 
Choose one or more things, and get 
them this year, and then others next year, 
and so on. A Premium Club now will 
open the way for a larger one next year. 
Determination, and perseverance will se¬ 
cure it. What thousands of others have 
done successfully, you can do. And it 
may as well he done now, as next week. 
“Push things,” and you will have the 
Premiums secured in “ Double Quick 
time.” Let ns have the first instalment 
of names on your Premium List, the first 
week in December. 
Read atid carefully note flic fol¬ 
lowings (a) Get subscribers any where ; all sent by one 
person count together, though from one or a dozen 
different Post-Ofiices. But_( 6 ) Say with each name 
or list of names sent, that it is for a premium list, and we 
will so record it... .(e) Send the names as fast ns obtain- 
cd, that the subscribers may begin to receive the paper at 
once. Any time, from one to six months, will be allowed, 
to fill up your list as large as you may desire. The pre¬ 
mium will be paid you call for it.... (e?) Send 
the exact money with each list of names, so that there 
may be no confusion of money accounts_(e) Old and 
new subscribers all count in premium clubs, but a portion, 
at least, should be new names; it is partly to get these 
that wo offer the premiums....(/) 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- 
enpe of the Postmaster, and take his receipt for it. 
Money sent in .any of the above ways is at our risk. 
[In tins table are given the regular casli prices of each 
article, and the number of subscribers 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.] 
II 
Table of Premiums and Terms, 
For Volume 28—(1869), 
Open to all—No Competition. 
Wo. Names of Premium Articles. 
1— Short-horn Bull, “ Clansman,"... .$500 00 
2— Short-horn Hull, “ Malcolm ”.$500 00 
%-Ayrshire Hull, “ Werner .$250 00 
4— Ayrshire null, “Duke of Hartford ”..$200 00 
ii—Ayrshire Bull, “ McKeown," ........... $200 00 
6— Ayrshire Hull , "Malvern." .$200 00 
7— Ayrshire Hull, “Dugal Grant" .$150 00 
5— Ayrshire Bull, “ Johnny Groat," .$150 00 
9 —Ayrshire Bull, “ John Brown," .$150 00 
1 ®—Ayrshire Bull Calf .$80 00 ; 
11 —Ayrshire Bull Calf. ..$80 00, 
1 2—Atlerney Bull, “Wachusett .”.$800 00 
13 — Alderney Bull, “ Ascutney," .$200 00, 
14— Alderney Bull, “ Ossipee," .$200 00 
15— Alderney Bull, “ Alleghany ,”.$200 00 
16 — Cotswold Bam .$200 00 
1 7— Cotswohl Bam .$200 00 
18— Cotswold Ram .$100 00 
19— Cotswold Ram .$100 00 
20— Cotswold Ewe . $100 00 
‘Z\—Cotsioold Ewe .$100 00 
33 —La Fleche Foiols, one Pair .$10 00 
33 —Houdan Fowls, one Pair ...$10 00 
AOt—Crevecoeuv Fowls,one Pair .$40 00 
35— Black Spanish Foiols, one Pair .$25 00 
36 — Brahmas, Light, one Pair.. .$15 00 
27—Brahmas, Dark, one Pair .$15 00 
38— Gold Laced Sebright Bantams, one Pair?? 15 00 
39 — Early Rose Potato, (Three lb. parcel). .$2 00 
30— Garden Seeds for a Family (40 kinds)..$5 00 
31— Flower Seeds for a Family (10® kinds).. .$5 00 
;?3 —Nursery Stock (any kinds desired) .$20 00 
33 —Set of Field Croquet .$8 00 
Sir-Sewing Machine (Wheeler <6 TTifeero).. $55 00 
35— Sewing Machine (Grover A Baker) .$55 00 
36— Sewing Machine (Howe Machine Co .)..$00 00 
37— Sewing Machine (Florence) .$63 00 
38 —Sewing Machine (Singer's Tailoring) ..$80 00 
39— Sewing Machine (Willcoxtb Gibbs) .$55 00 
40— Sewing Machine (Finkle <f> Lyon) . $60 00 
41— Washing Machine (Doty's) .$14 00 
4 2— 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 — Iceor Water Pitcher (do. do.)....$18 00 
40— One Dozen Tea. Spoons (do. do.) _ $5 00 
47— One Dozen Table Spoons (do. do.) — $12 00 
48— One Dozen Dining Forks (do. do.) — $12 00 
49— Tea Knives and Forks (Patterson Bros .)%20 00 
HO—Table Knives and Forks (do. do.) _$21 00 
HI—Carving Ifnife and Fork (do. do.) _ $5 00 
52—Melodeon, i-octave(G. A.Prince dcCo.’s) .$61 00 
HS—Melodeon, 5-octave (do, do.)......$112 00 
54— Piano, Splendid 'i-oct.(SleinwayitSons)&(M0 00 
HH—Colibri Piano (Barlow, Doehler <6 C'o.,)$450 00 
56— Silver Watch. (American Watch. Co.) _$40 00 
57 — Ladies' Fine Gold Watch(Am. Watch Co) $100 011 
58— Double Bbl.Gun (Cooper, Harris <t //.,)$30 00 
HO—Repealing Shot Gun (Roper Rifle Co .)..$60 00 
60 —Tool Chest (Patterson Bros.) .$14 50 
61 —Case of Mathematical Instruments .$0 00 
63 —Case of Mathematical Instruments .$15 00 
63 — GoldPen, Sil.Case,E,(WarrendcSpadone) $4 50 
64 —Gold Pen and Silver Case. F, (do. do.). $5 50 
OH—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 .$10 50 
60— Collins <£ Co.’s Cast Cast-Steel Plow _$25 00 
70— Pump and Sprinkler ( Page's ). $5 00 
71— Family Scales (Fairbanks’ <fc Co.) .$14 00 
73 —Building Blocks (Crandall ). $2 00 
73— Pocket Lanterns, One Dozen .$0 00 
74— American Cyclopedia (Appleton’s) .$80 00 
75— Worcester's Great Illustrated J>ictionary%Vl 00 
7 (i —Any Back Volume A griculturist 
77—Any Two Back Volumes do. 
78 —Any Three do. do. . do. 
79—Any Four do. do. do. 
80 —Any Five do. do. do. 
—(Each add'l Vol. at same rate) 
81 -Twelve Pots. XVI to XXVIT 
83 —Any Back Volume Agriculturist 
83 — Any Two Back Volumes do. 
84— Any Three do. do. do. 
85 —Any Four do. do. do. 
8 H—Any Five do. do. do. 
—(Each add'l Vol. at same, rate) 
87-Twelve Vote. XVI to XXVI1 
Number 
of Sub¬ 
scribers 
required 
at I at 
$1.501 $l- 
1250 
1250 
TOO 
650 
650 
650 
525 
525 
525 
96 325 
96 325 
280 840 
220 650 
220 650 
220' 650 
220 650 
220 050 
110| 350 
110! 350 
110 850 
38 120 
22 - 
89—A i 
615 
Library 
do. 
90 —A S 
820 
Library 
do. 
91 —A h 
835 
Library 
do. 
93 -A a 
830 
Library 
do. 
93 —A ( 
S35 
Library 
do. 
94 -A ‘ 
640 
Library 
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9 H-A ( 
645 
Library 
do. 
96 —A ; 
$50 
Library 
do. 
97-A ’. 
$60 
Library 
do. 
98—A a 
875 
Library 
do. 
99 -A a 
5100 
Library 
do. 
100—A 
Choice of Good Books ( 
75 
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 
1000 
1250 
150 
350 
150 
210 
190 
55 
75 
35 
42 
65 
90 
450 
97 
120 
37 
70 
20 
48 
325 
65 
20 
29 
38 
47 
54 
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24 
36 
48 
60 
71 
128 
58 
85 
106 
125 
144 
162 
177 
192 
207 
237 
283 
360 
700 
525 
450 
320 
225 
Nos. 7# to 81—ToIsisBies of tlie 
American Agriculturist (Unbound). — These 
amount to a large and valuable Library on all matters 
pertaining lo 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. We 
have stereotype plates from the Sixteenth to the Twenty- 
seven th 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 be 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 
$30,000. Those obtaining premiums for less than twelve 
volumes can select any volumes desired, from 10 to 27. 
Nos. 83 to 87-IIiujiuI Volumes of 
Agriculturist.—These are the same as Nos. 70 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 »9—CtOOlV LIBRARIES. 
—In these premiums, we offer a choice of Books for 
the Farm, Barden, and Household. The per¬ 
son entitled to any one of the premiums SS to 99 may 
select any books desired from the list below, to the 
amount of the premiums, and the books will be forward¬ 
ed, paid through to the nearest Post-Office, or Express 
office, as we may find it most convenient to send them. 
No. IOO—G-emeral Book Premium.- 
Any one not desiring the specific Book premiums, 88 to 99, 
may select Books from the list below, to the amount of 
10 cents worth for each subscriber sent at $1: or 30 
cents for each name sent at the (ton) club price of $1.20 
each: or 60 cents worth for each name at $1.50. 
This offer is only for clubs of 35 or more. The books 
will be sent by mail or express, prepaid through by vs. 
101— Devon Bull “ Gen. Lyon'' .$250 00 
103— Devon Bull “ Jack ”.. .. $150 00 
103 —Devon Bull “ Bloodgood” .$125 00 
104— Devon Bull “ Pocasset ”. ..$ 75 00 
105— Devon Bull “ Cohasset" .$ 50 00 
ISP ”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 thirty-two Premiums , 
Nos. 29, SO, 31, 61, 62, 63, 64, and 76 to 
10O 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. 
Description of the Premiums. 
A Full Description of all the premiums is given on 
an extra sheet, a copy of which will be sent free to every 
one desiring it. Wc have only room here for the following: 
BOOKS FOB, FARMERS AND OTHERS. 
[For sale at the Office of the Agriculturist, or they will he 
forwarded by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. E5T" All 
these are included in our Premiums, Nos. 88 to 100, above.) 
Allen’s (L. F.) Rural Architecture.. . $1 50 
Allen’s (R. L.) American Farm Book. '1 50 
Allen’s Diseases of Domestic Animals.. 1 00 
Am. Agricultural Annual. 1867& 1868. each, pa.,50c.: elo. 75 
Am. Horticultural Annual, 1S67& 1868,each,pa.,50c„; clo. 75 
American Bird Fancier. . ... ..;. 30 
American Pomology—Apples—By Dr. John A. Warder. 3 00 
American Rose Cultuvist.... 30 
American Weeds and Useful Plants. 1 75 
Architecture, by Cummings & Miller. 10 00 
Architecture, Modern Am., by Cummings & Miller_ 10 00 
Bement’s Rabbit Fancier...).. SO 
Bommev’s Method of Making Manure.. 25 
Book of Evergreens (J. Hoopes). 3 00 
Boussingault’s Rural Economy. . 1 60 
Breck’s New Book of Flowers. 1 75 
lluist’s Flower Garden Directory. 1 50 
Buist’s Family Kitchen Gardener... 1 00 
Ohorlton’s Grape Grower’s Guido. 75 
Cobbett’s American Gardener. 75 
Cole's (S. TV.) American Fruit Book. 75 
Cole’s Veterinarian. 75 
Copeland’s Country Life. 8vo„ cloth,.. 5 00 
Cotton Culture, (Lyman). 1 50 
Cotton Planter’s Manual, (Turner).. 1 50 
Dadd’s (Geo. H.) Modern Horse Doctor. 1 50 
Dadd's American Cattle Doctor. 1 50 
Dana’s Muck Manual. i 25 
Darwin's Animals & Plants under Domestication,2 vols. 0 00 
Dog and Gun (Hooper’s).paper, 30c... cloth.. 60 
Downing’s Landscape Gardening (newEdition). 6 50 
Draining for Profit and Health, by G. E. Waring, Jr.. 1 50 
Eastwood on Cranberry. 75 
Elliott’s Western Fruit Grower’s Guide. 1 50 
Flax Culture. 50 
Field's (Thomas W.) Pear Culture. 1 25 
French’s Farm Drainage. 1 50 
Fuller’s Grape Cultuvist, (Revised Edition). 1 50 
Fuller’s Strawberry Guitarist. 20 
Fuller’s Small Fruit Cultuvist..... 1 50 
Gardening for Profit, by Peter Henderson.. . 150 
Gardening for the South, by the late Wm. IT. White... 2 00 
Gregory on Squashes...paper.. 30 
Guenon on Mileh Cows. 75 
Harris’ Insects Injurious to Vegetation,clo.,$4: el’d pis. 6 00 
Harris’Rural Annual. Bound, 8 Nos., in 2 Vols. Each 150 
Herbert’s Hints to Horsekeepers. 1 75 
Hop Culture. 40 
How Crops Grow, by Prof. S. W. Johnson. 2 00 
Hunter and Trapper. 100 
Johnston’s Agricultural Chemistry. 1 75 
Johnston's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry. 1 50 
Leucliar’s How to Build Hot-Houses. 1 50 
Miles on the Horse’s Foot. 75 
Mohr on the Grape Vine. . 1 00 
My Vineyard at Lakeview. 1 25 
Norton's Scientific Agriculture. 75 
Onion Culture. 20 
Our Farm of Four Acres (bound) 60c.paper.. 80 
Pardee on Strawberry Culture. 75 
Peat and Its Uses, by Prof. S. W. Johnson. 1.25 
Pedder’s Land Measurer. 60 
Percheron Horse...... 1 00 
Quinbv’s Mysteries of Bee Keeping (new) . 1 50 
(Randall’s Sheep Husbandry. 1 50 
Randall’s Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry. 1 00 
Rivers’Miniature Fruit Garden. 1 00 
Richardson on the Dog, paper 30c.cloth.. 60 
Saunders’ Domestic Poultry (new), paper, 40c., hound 75 
Schenck’s Gardener’s Text Book. 75 
Skillful Housewife. 75 
Stewart’s (John) Stable Book_/..■. 1 50 
Thompson’s Food of Animals. 1 00 
Tim Bunker Papers.. 1 50 
Tobacco Culture. 25 
Warder’s Hedges and Evergreens. 1 50 
Youatt and Spooner on the Horse. 1 50 
Youatt and Martin on Cattle..... 1 50 
Youatt on tlie Hog... .. 100 
Youatt on Sheep... 100 
