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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
[December, 
HAS ENTERED UPON ITS TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR, 
Considerably Enlarged. and 
This popular Journal has for 
many years retained the reputation 
of being one of the Best Family 
Journals Published in tlie 
United States, and as having the 
largest circulation of any 
Weekly in the West. It finds its 
admirers among all Par¬ 
ties, Its Patrons in all Sec¬ 
tions. It contains but a limited 
number of advertisements, and is 
filled with an immense amount of 
entertaining, instructive, and 
amusing reading matter. 
Ixxtpvo ve <tl. 
A Present to every 
Subscriber. 
UBisora iHiand 
This new feature, recently intro¬ 
duced, and which Rave such uni¬ 
versal satisfaction to our Sixty- 
live Thousand subscribers 
last year, will be continued tliis year. 
As complete and interesting as 
our patrons pronounced the Hand 
Book for ISOS to be, tlie one for 1SG9 
will be greatly superior. In addition to its being Beautifully Illustrated, we propose to make several additions 
to it, which will render it still more complete and valuable. It will contain over One Hundred articles on different sub¬ 
jects; the Statistical Tables have been prepared with the greatest care, and the different departments will prove to be of 
great interest to the Farmer, the Merchant, and the Mechanic. 
C3?” Out of ten thousand testimonials from its ipatrons in 
favor of the Weekly Times, we have room for only a few. 
Postmasters Encourage It. 
“I like your paper so well I want to see it in every family, 
am and have been Postmaster from 'til, and I will and 
■list say it: The Weekly Times is the best Family .1 ournal 
at comes to this office.” —Daniel Fkalick, i\ M., Broken 
1 am 
must 
that i. 
Sword, O 
“ 1 have tried the Weekly Times and find it suits my fami¬ 
ly well. Sound in morals, sound in politics, sound in'everv- 
thing tor a family. I love the Tillies.”—Tuos. Iamc. P. .1/., 
Port Perry, Pa. 
Democrats Speak Well of It. 
“ I am a Democrat myself, but still I like your paper as a 
family paper. My wife says she would sooner read your 
paper than any oilier printed in Cincinnati.”— E. D. 'Cul¬ 
bertson, Logan, O. 
“I never did like your politics, but as a family journal I 
think it is the best paper, for the monev, to be'found in 
America.”— C. W. Gregory, Fayetteville, Texas. 
Republicans Admire It. 
“I sent you a club last winter, and think I can do still 
better this year, as the Meekly Times sails all classes, espe¬ 
cially tlie Union-loving people.”— D. Litchfield, Busli- 
nell, HI. 
“ I consider the Weekly Times the best family paper T 
ever had tlie honor of taking. Its high moral tone and its 
truly Union sentiments endear it to the hearts of all liberty- 
loving men and women, everywhere.”— Wii. A. Curtis, 
New Carlisle, Did. 
The Ladies Will Have It. 
“The ladies are all constant readers of the Weekly Times 
In this neighborhood. In fact, all of botii sexes, old"as well 
as young, pronounce, it to lie tlie best family journal known." 
—J. B. Cummings, Xenia, O. 
“Next to providing for my family food and raiment is a 
good newspaper: and there is none within my knowledge 
that deserves that name more than the good old Meekly 
Times.”— A. Remser, Ida, O. 
To conclude, it .is the universally conceded opinion of Us 
SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND PATRONS, that 
Every Family Should Have It, 
Every Merchant Should Have It, 
Every Farmer Should Have It, 
Every Mechanic Should Have It, 
Every Woman Should Have It, 
Everybody Should Have It. 
Our fine colored engraving of the “GIANT TREES OF 
CALIFORNIA” will he sent to those who prefer it to the 
Hand Book. 
Single Subscriptions, - - $2.00 per year. 
TERMS: i Clubs of Ten, - - - , 
1 An extra copy to the getter up ot the Club. 
IS : j 
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£ 3 f Those desiring to get up Clubs will please send for 
Circulars and Club Lists. 
Persons remitting their subscriptions will also send 
six cents to pay postage on tlie premium. 
The total circulation of THE TRIBUNE is now 
301 000 
copies, and is divided as follows: 
Number of Copies. 
Number of Conies. 
Alabama. 
281 
Arizona. 
42 
Nebraska. 
1.059 
Arkansas. 
222 
California. 
1,(389 
New-Hampshire. 
4,271 
Colorado. 
357 
New-Jersey. 
. 9,694 
Connecticut. 
10,800 
New-Mexico. 
45 
Dakota. 
GO 
New-York. 
120.978 
Delaware. 
540 
North Caiolina. 
502 
District of Columbia. 
712 
Ohio.. 
. 18,139 
11 orkl a. 
139 
270 
Georgia. 
329 
52,975 
Idaho.. 
135 
Rhode' Island. 
. 1,890 
6,580 
487 
Indiana. 
6,513 
Tennessee. 
. 1,692 
Iowa.. 
0,913 
Texas. 
822 
Kansas.. 
2,097 
IT tall. 
199 
Kentucky. 
1,420 
Vermont. 
. 6,925 
Louisiana. 
291 
Virginia. 
. 1,144 
Maine. 
8,112 
1,040 
Maryland. 
1,124 
Washington Ter. 
08 
Massachusetts. 
8,813 
Wisconsin. 
4,092 
Michigan. 
0,085 
Canada. 
983 
Minnesota. 
2,294 
Foreign. 
0SG 
350 
Missouri'.. 
3,648 
Total circulation_ 
.301,000 
Advertisers are referred to the above table of circulation. 
Tlie Full Reports of the American Institute Farmers’ 
Club, and the various Agricultural Reports, in each number, 
are richly worth a year’s subscription. 
Ever since its commencement, THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE 
has been an authority upon tlie farm. We make features of 
tlie Farmers’ Club, and permit no question of interest to the 
agriculturist to pass without comment and advice. When it 
is remembered that this advice is given by one of tlie most 
conscientious farmers in tlie country, the reader may esti¬ 
mate its value. It has been well observed that a careful 
reading and study of tlie Farmers' Club Reports in THE 
WEEKLY TRIBUNE alone will save a farmer hundreds of 
dollars in Ills crop. We shall soon commence a series of ar¬ 
ticles on Agriculture by well known practical Farmers, 
which will add materially to the value of THE TRIBUNE 
to those interested in farming. As it is, no prudent farmer 
can do without it. As a lesson to his workmen alone, every 
farmer should place THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE upon his 
table every Saturday evening. 
Tlie enormous circulation of THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE 
enables us to afford it at a small profit on each copy. 
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The American Entomologist. 
EDITED BY 
BENJ. D. WALSH, ' ") State Entomologists 
.1 
and | of Illinois 
CIIAS. V. RILEY, I and Missouri. 
J 
Of practical value to 
Farmers, Gardeners and Fruit-Growers, 
And of interest to the Scientific Man. 
Profusely Illustrated. 
Gives descriptions and figures of new species, and the his¬ 
tory and habits of noxious and beneficial insects. Third 
number issued Nov. 1st. Published monthly at $1.00 a year. 
An extra copy sent free to anyone sending ns five names 
with i tie money. Sample copies sent on application. Pub¬ 
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HOW TO MAKE THEM, 
AND 
HOW TO USE THEM. 
By GEO. E. WARING, Jn., 
Author of “ Tlie Elements of Agriculture," “ Draining for 
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