1878.
1878.
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SPECIAL PREMIUMS,
LIBERAL INDUCEMENTS
TO  AGENTS.
A little effort only required to secure
what many dollars would be required to buy.
DO GOOD TO
ALL  TOUR   NEIGHBORS,
By getting them to take a good paper, and get a useful gift for your
labor in the bargain.
TERMS:
The Fabmeb and Farm Account
Book, $2 00
The Farmer alone, club of four   .   1 75
The Fabmeb alone, club often and
over 1 60
INDIANA FARMER
Is an "easy paper to work for." Everybody that has read it likes it, and
speaks well of it.
You will have no trouble in getting
names if you start out with the determination to succeed and persevere.
Take a copy of the Farm Record and
Account Book when out canvassing.
AWARDING THE PREMIUMS.
The premiums will be awarded on the
lst day of April, 1878, and to the agents
in proportion to the size of their clubs.
The agent sendiDg the largest club to get
the best premium, and so on. We shall
endeavor to accommodate all in choice
so far as it ia in our power to do so.
SHORT HORNS-
We are expecting to secure a young 8hort
Hom. from one of the best breeders of
the West, for Premium No. 1. Oar next sup-
plement will contain the numbers of all the
premiums, with the additions to come in hereafter.
H. L. Benson, of Groves, Fayette county, Ind., gives a choice P.,Und China pig, of
fine strain, that will repay the best efforts of
some good agent.
Idr. 8 E. Hollingsworth, of Blcknfll,
Knox county, lad , gives a valuable premium
to our ageats — a tine Polaud China pig—
agent's choice of sex, to be worth $25. His
is the best and most popular strains, and the
premium will be a valuable one.
Mr. J. H. Parron, of Bainbridge, Ind,
furnishes us with a fine male Poland China
pig, from three to rive months old. for some
good agent. It will be pure stock of best
strains.
Messrs. West & Whicker, of Pecksburg,
Hendricks co , lad., breeders of Poland China
and GhesUr White pi»;8 aud poultry, give a
i>ice Poland Chlua male pig for our premium
list.
W. H. Hartman, of Southport, Marion
county, Ind., will give as a premium to one of
onr successful agents a Poland China boar pig,
of finest Btrains—Mustard and Forsy the stock.
Emanuel 8m,th, of Gretnfield, Ind.,
gives a choice PolaHd China pig. Mr. Smith is
a careful breeder and an honorable gentleman,
and this premium will be a valuable one.
W. H. Spahr; of Millenmlle, Marion
county, Ind., ptomi.es one of his best Poland
China pigs, and it will be a good one, from a
fine breeder.
Mr. S. R. Quick, of Colnmbns, Ind.,
places a thoroughbred P.,laud China on
our list of premiums. Mr. Q tick is a widely
known breeder of Short-Horn cattle and Cotswold sheep, as well as pure Poland Chinas,
and this will be found a valuable premium to
some good agent.
BERKSHIRES,
-Mr. A. 0. Harvey, of Lafayette, Ind.; a
choice pure bred Berkshire pig, either sex, of
th - Meredith and Barker strains. This comes
from a fine breeder and an excellent man.
James Riley, of Thorntown, Ind., one of
his very best Berkshire pigs, as a premium
The fortunate agent who is entitled to Mr. Riley's premium can have either a male or female
pig, and it will be sure to be a good one.
Messrs. Todd, Clifford & Co., of Vermillion, Ohio, well known breeders, a fine Berkshire sow pig, of the very best strains in the
United States, which will be worth $50 to any
agent.
Mr. W. A. Maze, of Sharpsville, Ind.,
places one of his best Berkshire pigs on our
list. It will be a male pig, from his celebrated
sow '!Peerless," sired by "Dandy Jim," b.ith
pure Euglish Berkshires. The pig will be No
1 in every respect, well worth working for.
Mr. Ri.bert N. Priest, of Bainbridge,
Ind , gives one ofhis best Berkshire pigs from
his best stock, aud that promises a valuable
premium, for his stock is well-known to be of
the most valaable strains.
Mr. A. H. McCoy, of Gentry ville, Spen
cer county, Ind., places one of his flue Berkshire pigs on our list a gain.   We are assured
by those who have|seen his stock this season
that they are very fine.
Mr. L. T. Clark, of Onarga, 111., places
one of his best Berkshire sow pigs on our list
for agents. The high n-putation of Mr. Clark
as a breeder of Euglish Berkshires, and the
best strains of fowls as well, insures a fine
p--emlnm from his herd, and he writes that it
shall be one of his best, to be delivered on
board about June 10th.
Mr. Ran Beuoy, of Wheeling, Delaware
county, Ind., a Berkshire male pig, of the
finest strains, worthy tne best efforts of an active agent.
Mr. W. T Fenton, of Indianapolis, Ind.,
places a pair of his superb White '"ocbins on
nur premium list. Our reader* will remember his fine exhibit at the last State Fair.  .
Mr. Run B,raoy, of Wheeling. Delaware
county, Ind., off^refa pair ol Brown Leghorn
chicks, of excellent strain.
Mr. L 8 Goodwin, of Waterloo, Ind., a
choice trio of Black t'ochins' worth $15, bred
from the cock that carried away the red ribbon at the Siate Fair iu Ohio in 1876.
Dr. I. 8. Earheart, of Mulberry, Clinton county, Ind.. places a trio of Ivght Brahma
chickens on tbe list—pu.e stock and valuable
iu all respects.
Messrs. F. C. Barrett & Son, of Fort
Wayne, Ind., breeders of fine poultry, a fine
trio of Plymouth Rock chickens, abrtednow
mnch sought after in many-sections.
I. N. Barker, of Thorntown, the well
known Berkshire and chicken man, a prime
pair of Buff Cochins, which will be valuable
to some agent.
Mr. I. H.'Haynes, Delphi, Ind., a pair
of Pekin ducks, or a pair of Dark Brahma
chickens — agent's choice. His ducks and
Brahmas took several first premiums at the
late fairs.
Mr. TY C. Phelps, Greensboro, Henry
county, Ind., a pair of piiuie Buff OochiuB,
well worthy tflYins of some good agent.
A. C. Brown &. Sjn, cf Hall. Morgan
county, Ind., a trio of Cochins or Brahmas.
Thtir stock is of the b?st strains in all respects.
W. H. Todd.'of Vermillion, Ohio, a fine
pair of Rouen ducks, worth $25. This valuable premium, f,om a well known and honorable breeder, will be sought fot by our agents.
Mr. Alkire, of Alkire & Smyth. Lyons,
Ind., a pair ol Houdans. They will be num
ber one fowls of this excellent breed, from
good breeders.
Mr. J. B. Jacques, of this city, a trio of
Buff Cochins, Tutse birds will be fiom premium stock, bought of two of our best Western breeders.
Deloss Wood, of North Madison, Ind.,
a pair of Light Brahma chickens—value, $10
Tne stock of our frieud Wood is well known
to be of the beet strains.
Mr. John Goss, of Bellmore, Ind., gives
a pair of his flue Partridge-Cochin fowls, of
the Barker Btraln, which are known to ba
among the best, and Mr. Goss is a carelul
breeder.
Mr. J. M. Dye, of Northfield, Boone
county, Ind , agent's choice of one betting ot
eggs Irom his WhiteLfgttoms.ofJ B Smith's
(Todd) Btrain, or of his Light Brahmas, ol
of the Felch strain.
friends of the Fabmkb.   He is one of our foremost nurserymen.
THK RKCTANGDLAR CHURIf.
Messrs. Cornish & Curtis, of Fort Atkinson. Wis., place one of their No 1 Rectangular Churns on our list. This splendid churn
is rapidly taking precedence, leading tbe field
whertver it Comes to be known, and we are
glad to be able to offer so good a premium to
our agents.
BKMIU'OTOjr  -ST.B8EBIES.
Messrs. Traugh &, Son, of the Remington Nurseries, Remington, Ind., place agent's
choice nf the folio wing valuable articles on our
list: Either ten thousand No 1 Osage plants,
or one hundred first class assorted apple trees,
or two hundred No. 1 yearling Concord grape
vines, packed and on board cars. This is a
liberal offer from one ofour best nursery firms.
SPBAGUE- CBUBN.
J. ,L. Day, of this city, agent for the
Sprague churn, made at Hermon. St. Lawrence county, N. Y., will give a churn of this
patent, Valued at $10. Tnis churn is greatly
esteemed by the hosts of dairymen and others
now using it.
"    VALLET MILLS HURSERY.
Mr. J. W. Furnas, of Valley Mills Nur
sery, Ind , gives his No. 3 group of fruit trees,
worth $10. Tne well known character of this
nursery insures a good selection.
THB LBADIISO SEKDMAN.
Mr. J. A. Fi/Ote, of Terre Haute, Ind.,
one of the leading Eeedmen of the West, wili
give $5 worth of garden aud flower seeds.
SHErnKRD DOGS.
Mr. William Meikle, of Pendleton, Ind ,
a fine Bhepherd pui, from his pair of noted
Centennial prizewinners, "Watty aud "Meg."
Mr. Meikle is known to our readers as the Importer and owner of the Cljdesdule stallions
that drew so much notice at theState Fair.
MISCELLANEOUS-
8TAHDARD 6TOCK  SCALES.
Chicago Scales Co., Chicago, 111., pair of
Standard Stock Scales, of the best manufacture of this widely known and responsible
house, worth $G0.
POLAND CHINAS
James Mustard, of Broad Ripple, Marion county, Tnd, a very valuable Poland
CMd8 pig It will be from his '■ Perfection "
sow, that took first premium in her class, over
Bix and under twelve mouths, at the late State
Fair. She was one of the finest pigs shown
there He sold a pig from the dam of this pig
for $50 at the fair. The sire of this premium
pig is a prize-taking boar, bought last fall of
B. J. Orton, Cambridge, 111.
Joseph MortOD, of Oxford, Ohio, gives a
splendid Poland China pig It is to be a pig
of "Young Perfection." "Young Perfection"
took the first premium for Bweepstakes at the
State Fair, Paris, Ky., and at the Butler county, (Ohio) Fair. Tnis will be a Bplendid premium.
Msssrs. L. A. & 8. G. Kern, of Marion,-
Grant county, Ind., give one of their fine Poland China male pigs, the producers of which
they have spared no pains nor expense in procuring. It will be a nice prize, and worth
working for.
Messrs. J. M. Bray & Sons, of Deming,
Hamilton county, Ind., give a choice maU or
female Polaud China pig—agent's choic A
prime premium from best stock. This firm.••.
well known tobe faithful and honorable men.
Turner <fc Fosher, the well known breeders of Polaud China hogs, at Fincasile, Ind.,
offer a choice male or female Poland China, or
Chester White pig as a premium to our agents.
Mr. L. D. Milbourne, of Fountaintown,
Shelby county, Ind., places one ofhis best Poland China pigs— agem's choice of sex — on
our list of good premiums.
Parntll Bros., Waterloo, Ind., will give
a choice Polaud China pig, of either sex, to
one of our successful agents next spring. It
will be one of their best, and that insures a
good one, for they are honorable gentlemen.
I. B. Gilbert, of Lewisville, Henry county, Ind., gives two fine premiums, viz:
(1.) A pure Poland China male pig,
out of the best stock.
(2.) A thoroughbred Berkshire female
pig. These two fine premiums, from the herd
of agood breeder, are to go to separate agents,
who may prove successful in their canvass for
good lists of subscribers. Either will repay
the agent for active work in canvassing.
W. H. Guilliams, of Fincastle. Ind.,
offers a choice between his Berkshires, Poland
Chinas, or Chester White pigs. His stock is
excellent, and this gives a wide range of choice.
Messrs. A. S. Gilmour &. Co., of Greensburg, Ind., give a fine Poland China pig, out
of their premium stock. Their premiums,
so repeatedly taken at the State and County
Fairs, on their line stock, fully recommend
this firm and their stock.
Mr. D. Fosher, of Falmouth, Fayette
county, Ind., gives one of his fine Poland
China pigs as a premium to some active agent,
who will be well repaid for hia,labor.
Mr. D. Monfort, of Monroe Station,
Ohio, on the Dayton Short Line B. R., gives
one of his highly bred Poland China pigs,
which will be an excel lent one, we are assured.
Mr. M. is a careful breeder.
Mr. William Aldridge, of New Ross,
Montgomery county, Ind., gives agents choice
of either a Jersey Red or Poland China pig—
one that will make a fine show animal for the
' fairs. This will be a first-class pig for some
good agent.
CHESTER WHITES-
Mr. 8. H. Todd, of Wakeman, Huron
county, Ohio, a pair of choice pure Chester
White pigs, not akin, to be delivered in June
next, on cars at that place. They will each
be out of one of the following powb: "Lady
La Porte," «"01d Queen," "Buckeye Girl,"
•'Wakeman Belle," or "Sallie Second," all
sows that have acquired an extensive and unequaled reputation, both as breeders and in
show rings, and one will be sired by the grand
breeding boar, "Chester Kiug," who has not
been beaten, and the other by the noted boar
"Perfection," a hog that weighs seven hundred
pounds, and well sustains his name. The
pigs will be ten weeks old, and worth in cash
$50. 	
JERSEY\REDS.
Messrs. J. P. Luse <fc Sons, of Montmorency, Ind , a pair of pure Jersey Red pigs.
They have the pure Jersey Red swine, and
have had a great sale for them, and the firm
is an honorable one and can be relied on for
all they state. This is a rare and valuable
premium, and will well repay agents to strive
for it.	
'SHEEP-
Messrs. Ensminger & Bros., of Danville,
Hendricks county, Ind., a pure No. 1. Cotswold buck lamb. This will be a valuable
premium for some one of our successful
agents, as their stock has a flne reputation for
purity.
J. T. Hanna, Carpentersville, Putnam
county, Ind., a Cotswold Bheep, of the finest
strains—one that will repay any active agent
in many days' work in making a big list for
the Fabmeb.
Daniel Shafer, of Shannondale, Ind.,
will give a pure bred Cotswold lamb, which is
guaranteed io be of tbe finest and best stock,
well worth an agent's efforts to obtain.
THE HEWBIBK STEAMER.
Mr. A. Newkiik, of Cleveland, Ohio,
places on our list one of his splendid Stock
Feed Steamers and Evaporators, worth $40
These food stfamers and cookers are in use
here in the central part of tbe S ate among
many of our stock men, dairymen, etc., and
are very greatly esteemed by all. They are
proving to be great economizers of feed, and
must speedily come into general use throughout the country. This is a valuable premium,
indeed.
OHIO  PBKMIUMS.
A 8t. Joseph combined Seed and Plaster
Sower, worth $50. will be givt-n to the agent
sending the largest club from O**io, of not les«
than twenty-fivesubscribers This implement
is very highly esteemed bv all who are u-ing
tbem, and are destined to come into general
use.
STAB FEED CUTTER.
A No 3 Star Fe-d Cutter, worth $35, is
also placed on oar list, to go to tbe agent in
Ohio sending the second largest club before
April, to the Fabmeb This valuable and well
known cutter recommends itself, aud in it
some agent will get a valuable premium.
BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE.  -
The old and reliable Bickford Knitting
Machine Co., of Bratileboro, Vt.. places a superb manufacturing knitting macbiaeon our
list—a No. 3 machine, price $10. This will be
one of their very oest machines for family or
manufacturing work.
J. H. V. Smith, of this city, offers one of
bis new and co . prehensive Maps of Bible
Bible Lands, revised edition. A very large,
finely illustrated and complete map and com-
pend of Bible History.   Price, $10.
Thomas R. Cook, of Mooresville, Ind .
one of his new patent two and three-horse
Draft Equalizers, which have proven a success wherever tried to plows or other implements.
The Fabmeb one year and a copy ofthe
Farm Rgister and Account Book will be given
to agents sending a clnb of ten yearly subscribers and over.
The Farm Regit ter and Account Book
will be given to agents who send us clubs of
five yearly subscribers and over.
PERSONAL AND LOCAL-
"Mil   1)1 PAETUHI       CULTIVATOR
Messrs. Pattee Bros. & Co, of Monmouth, 111., place one of their Buperb "New
Departure" Walking Cultivators on our premium list. The implement has grown into
great popularity among onr enterprising farm-
eis, and will be greatly prized by the successful agent who gets it, for it will be as good as
cash to him.
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FOWLS-
Mr. John Bennett, the well known poultry breeder, of 8unman, Ind., places agents
choice of either a pair of his best Light Brahmas, Black Spanish, or Pekin Ducks, on our
list of premiums.
Mr. O. P. Hollingsworth, Traders' Point,
Marion county, Ind., a trio of Light Brahmas,
or White Leghorns-agent's choice. Mr. Hol-
lingsworth's stock is made up fro™ "™s
bought of Messrs. Felch, J. Boardman Smith,
and others.
SINEX STEEL PLOW.
Mr. Sol. Beard, 69 West Market sheet,
this city, agent of the Siuex Plow Co., Richmond, Ind., places a three-horse steel plow,
and one of Fredericks' two and three-horse
Draft Equalizers—all worth $25—on our list
for a premium. ThU will be a superb premium
for some good agent.
VANCAMP CULTIVATOR.
The Vancamp Cultivator Co., Metamora,
Franklin county, Ind., ia a machine of many
new and valuable features, that commanded
much attention at the State Fair and wherever it has been exhibited, and which has become a great favorite with farmers. It is
placed on our list of premiums.
PRETTY LAKE HURSERY,
Mr. William Holland, of the Pretty Lake
Nurseries, Plymouth, Ind., placee two haud-
sjme premiums on our list:
(1.) $50 in nursery stock, agent's choice,
for the largest list of sub.cribers to the Fabmeb in any State.
(2.) $25 in nursery stock, agent's choice,
for the largest list in Indiana. Mr. H. provides that if the first premium is taken in Indiana, the .second premium is to go to the
second largest list in Indiana, or to any
other State, as deemed proper. Th ese are both
most generous premiums, and our friend Hoi-
land deserves the hearty thanks of all the
TWO  I'ERSONAJ, PREMIUMS.
Waterloo, Ind., Dec. 10,1877.
Wishing to increase the circulation of
the Farmer, I will give the agent sending me
tha largest club of names, a Poland China pig.
either sex. The pig will be from the stock
which took the first premium at the last
Northeastern Indiana Fair.
(2.) Also, a pair of Buff Cochin chickens for the second largest club. This club to
be over fifteen. Pig to be delivered in May or
June next. The names to be sent to me at
Waterloo, DeKalb county, Ind.
H W. Beidler
ILLINOIS PREMIUM.
George W. Thomas, of Homer, Rush
county, Iud, gives us a fine Poland China pig,
to go to the agent sending the largest list of
subscribers to the Fabmkr, from the State of
Illinois, by the lst of April, 1878. This will
be a good prize for some Illinois agent. The
pig will be a valuable one.
WABASH  COUNTY  PREMIUM.
P H. G,i„dlander, of Wabash, Ind., offers? a fine Poland ('hina pig to the agent that
sends the largest club iluiiug the winter to the
Farmer, from Wubiu-h county. Mr. Good-
lnndt-r will himself make up a large club, but
will not compete for his own premium here
offered. Thanks to him for his generosity.
It will be a choice pig,
TWO HARBISON COUNTY PEEMICMS.
J. 8. Burgess, of Corydon, Ind., makes
the following handsome offers for premiums:
(1.) To the agent in Harrison county, Ind.,
sending to the Farmer the largest list of
names, to be credited to the club Mr. Burgess
himself is raising fur a general premium, a
Berkshire pig, warranted to give perfect satisfaction.
(2..) To the one sending the second largest
cluo from that county; to be credited the Bame
way, a pair of Light Brahma chickens. T^is
is a very liberal offer ior that county.
PERSONAL VEBMILLIuN C 1UNTY TBEMIUM.
George W. Campbell, of Turjmto, Vermillion county, Ind, will give a flue Berkshire pi ■—agent's choice of male or female—
to the agent tending him, at Toronto, the largest number of yearly euoscribers, to be sent
by him to the Fabmer, from Vermillion county. This will be a good premium for local
agents to work for.
TWO MONTGOMERY COUNTY PREMIUMS.
Jacob M. Harshbarger, of Ladoga, Montgomery county, Ind, gives to successful
agents the following handsome premiums:
(1.) A male pig, out of his finest stock, to
the agent that sends the largest club to the
Farmer from Montgomery county, Iud. The
pig will be ready to deliver by the lst of July
1878.
(2.) A ewe lamb out of his finest Leicester
stock, to the agent sending the second largest
club from that county. These are both fine
offers Irom one of our honorable and well
known breeders and importers.
SHELBY  COUNTY  PREMIUM.
Mr. Sid Conger, of Flat Rock, Ind., gives
a trio of Partridge Cochins, to go to the agent
getting up the largest club in Shelby county
for the Farmer.
DEKALB COUNTY PBEMIUM.
F. C. Barrett & S.»n. of Fort Wayne,
Ind., offer to the agent iu DeKalb county, Ind.,
who sends the largest list to the Fabmeb from
that county, a pair of his excellent light Brahma fowls.
- DELAWABE COUNTY PBEMIUM.
A. W. Ross, of Muncie, Ind., a pair of
Black-breasted Red Game chickens, to go to
the agent sending the largest cmb to the
Faemer from Delaware county, Iud.
CARROLL, COUNTY  PREMIUM.
L. H. Haynes, of Delphi, Iud, for the
largest club to the Farmer from Carroll county, $10 worth of first-class fruit trees.
PUTNAM COUNTY PREMIUM.
T. J. Johnson, of Greencastle, Ind., a
trio of his fine Silver-spangled Hamburg fowls
to ihe local agent in Putnam county, Ind.,
who will furnish him the most subscribers, to
be seat to the Fabmeb to his credit, from that
eounty.
personal premium.
FillMi.be, Putnam county, Ind.
I will give a flrst-class pair of Brahma
chicks to the one who will send tbe largest list
of subscribers for the Indiena Farmer, to the
Farmeb office, to be credited to my list. All
who contend for this premium will please send
a postal card to my address, with their name
and address. E. W. Wise.
white couuty premium.
BeDJ. F. Moore, of Monticello, White
county, Ind.. a fine Chester White pig to the
agent in White county sending to him, to be
sent to us, the largest club in that county for
the Farmer.
TIPPECANOE COUNTY PREMIUM.
A. O. Harvey, of Lafayette, Ind., to the
agent sending the largest club from Tippecanoe county, Ind., twenty-five choice apple
trees, picked from a nursery of 100,000 These
are chnice premiums from an esteemed friend
of the Fabmeb
A GBANQE PREMIUM.
A. C. Harvey, of Lafayette, Ind., to the
Grange in Indiana sending the largest club to
the Fabmeb, three hundred Monarch or Chas.
Downing strawberry plants.
H. M. Clark, nurseryman, of Covington,
Ind., will give two good premiums, as follows:
BOONE COUNTY, IND.
(I.) To the agent who sends the largest list
of subscribers to the Fabmer from Boone
county, Ind., fifty No. 1 first-class apple trees,
assorted, three years old, and one hundred
Concord grapevines, two years old,
FOUNTAIN COUUTY, IND.
(2.) To the agent sending the largest list
from Fountain county. Ind, fifty assorted No
1 apple trees, three years old, and one hundred
Concord grape vines, two years old; trees to
be sent in April next.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY PBEMIUM.
A. J. Royalty, of Crawfordsville, Ind.,
one hundred apple trees and fifty Concord
grape vines; apple trees to be selected, three
years old, and grapevines to betwo years old,
tirst-class, and to be given to the agent in
Montgomery or either adjoining county in Indiana.
BLEVEN PKBSONAL PBENIUMS.
G. O. Child, of Claysville, Washington
county, Ind., who is perfectly responsible,
makes the following liberal offer:
(1) To the first ten persons sending five
yearly subscribers to the Farmer, and having
the names placed to my credit, I wiil Bend a
setting of eggs in the spring, from either of
Light or Dark Brahmas, Buff, White or Partridge Cochins, White or Brown Leghorns,
Houdans, B. B. Red Games, Plymouth Rocks,
Bantams, or Beven Pekin Dack eggs, from the
Todd, Riiey, Bennett, Twells, and other well
known strains.
(2) I will also give a pair of B.B. Red
Game Bantams to the first person sending a
club of ten, to be placed also to my credit. In
all cases send the money direct tothe Fabmer
Co. G. O. Child.
OHIO OB INDIANA.
Joseph Saylor, of Coesse, Whitley county,
Ind., offers as.follows:
(1.) I will give to the agent in Indiana
or Ohio sending me the largest club for the
Indiana Farmer, between December 25, 1877,
and April 25, 1878, a Polaud China pig, either
sex, from my premium-winning stock.
(2.) For the second largest club sent
me for the Farmer, between the same dates,
a pair of Pekin Ducks. Names may be sent
in addition to clnbs at any time.
Joseph Saylob.
three good pbemiums.
J. 0. Comstock, of Martinsville, 111., writes:
(1) I will give the agent sending the
Fabmer the largest list of subscribers during
the clubbing season, till May 1, aud ordering
the names to be credited to me, a pair of fine
Berkshire pigs out of premium-winning stock.
(2.) To the one sending the second
largest list, to my credit the same way, a pair
of Light Brahma chickens,
(3.) To the one sending the third largest list, ou same terms, a trio of Sebright Bantams. All contending for these premiums
will please notify me at Martinsville, Clark
county, 111., by mail. J. C. Comstock.
TWO GOOD PBEMIUMS.
W. W. Hines, of Arcadia, Hamilton county,
Ind., makes the following liberal offers:
(1.) To the agj>nt sending the Fabmer
the largest list of subscribers, of not less than
twenty, to be credited to me, I will give a
Polaud China male pig, of the best strains,
from the stoik of Rankin Baldridge, a well
known breeder.
(2) To the agent Bending the next
largest club, of not less than ten, to be credited
to me also, I will give a pair of Light Brahma
fowls, both premiums, to be delivered next
summer. The names and money to be Bent
to the Farmer office, and with directions to
credit me with the names. All who try this
plan will notify me by mail.
W. W. Hines.
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To prevent and remedy damp giain.
To drive away rats and vermin.
Table showing the velocity and force ofthe wind.
Length and number of nails of all sizes to the pound.
Table showing what money earns at interest.
Comparative value ofthe different kinds of fuel.
Comparative nutrition in food.
A good method for keeping fruit and vegetables lithe winter, for every day use.
Business law.
Business maxims.
Table showing the diameter and and depth required
for cisterns to hold a given number of barrels
of water.
Quantity and pounds per bushel of the various kinds
of field and garden seeds required per acre.
A valuable explanatory table of various measures.
Book making and paper explained.
Shoemakers measures given and explained in inches.
Table explaining surveyors' measures.
English graiu measure.
To keep milk sweet any length of time.
Easy method of finding the number of brick In
a wall.
Size to make boxes for given measures.
Counterfeit money and how to detect it.
The best plan of poultry house ever invented—elevation and ground plan given.
TEBJIS  OP THE INDIANA FABMER AND
ACCOUNT BOOK TOGETHER.
The Farmer and the Farm Rj-gister and Account Book are both furnished together this
season for $2.00 to subscribers. The book is
put below the cost of it in order to introduce
it in this way, the proprietors believing that
the demand for it hereafter will fully repay
any losses thus incuired, as after the clubbing
season is over, the book will be sold at one to
two dollars each. None of the books will bs
for sal» before next spring, as the large demand
already assures us that it will require all that
can be got ready for subscribers.
The book is made for keeping the accounts
and registering the important matters of the
farm for four years, and the above contents
will show generally what it is. It will be sold
next spring at $1.00 to $2 00 per copy, according to binding. Our successful agents shall
then have the agency for the sale of the book.
Sending- Out the Book.
We have arranged with the express companies to send out the Farm Register and Account B;_ok by express, in packages to clubs,
in care of our club agents, prepaid.
By Mail —When the Book is Bent by mail
we will haye to ask subscribers so ordering to
send us fifteen cents extra to in part prepay
the postage, which is twenty centa on each
book.
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Subscription Terms.
The Farmeb one year and copy of the Farm
Register and Account Book are furnished to
subscribers at $2.00.
The Farmeb iu clubs per year at $1.60 each,
and Bingle subscription $2 00.
Agents forming clubs may send in the names,
ALWAY8 ACCOMPANIED WITH THE CASH, HS fast 83
they obtain two or three, if they wish.
Remittances should be made either by Registered Letter, Postal Money Orders, or bv
Bank Draft.
Address      INDIANA FARMER CO ,
Indianapolis, Ind.
Agents Wanted.
We want agents for the Fabmeb and our
Farm Register and Account Book, in every
section where there are none at work already.
Our Premium List insures better compensation to active agents than any paper ever offered, and far better than the cash commissions paid by other papers. The articles on
our list, in live stock etc., command ready
sale.
Some of our agents last year, who raised
clubs of thirty to thirty-five subscribers, sold
the premiums obtained on that number for
$20 to $30, but the most of them declined offers of much more than those sums, preferring
to keep their premiums. Many of our agents
took numerous cash premiums at the several
fairs the past season, on the flue stock premiums awarded them on their clubs of la^t winter. If they had been working on cash commissions, as paid by papers compensating
agents in that way, they would have realized
but $6 to $10 for clubs of that size. So it is
seen that our agents are far better compensated than cash commission agents are.
Notes to Agents.
THE FARM REGISTER
AND
ACCOUNT   BOOK.
The following table of contents will give the
reader some idea of the value of the Farm
Register and Account Bonk, which we have
copyrighted and begun publishing. We wish
all to bear iu mind that this is not a little
pocket edition, Buch as have been published
elsewhere, bat it is a substantial, ordinary
j-iz-d account book, printed on good paper,
specially ruled, for the various accounts indicated in the table below, and each page has
plainly printed headiugs, explaining themselves, so that any one can fully understand
them.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Annual Invoice of Property.
Household Expenses.
Farm Expenses—Stock Purchased.
" " Implements Purchased.
'* " Fertilizers Purchased.
Miscellaneons Expenses.
Expenditures   for Permanent   Improvements   and
Repairs,
Money Received from Sales—Orain.
" " "       "       Vegetables.
" " "        "        Hay and other forage.
" " "        "        Stock.
" " "       "       Poultry and Eggs.
" " "        "        Dairy Products. ■
" " "       "       Dressed Meats.
" '• "        "        Fruits.
" " "       "       Miscellaneous articles.
'* " "    other sources than salsa.
Record of Crops Cultivated.
Notes of Important Events.
General Accounts and Yearly Balance Sheets.
LEGAL FORMS.
Form of Contract with Laborers.
" Lease of Land and Houses.
" Agreements.
*' Power of Attorney.
" Bills of sale.
" Promissory Notes.
" Notice to Quit by Landlords.
'* "          "        '• the Tenants.
VALUABLE INFORMATION AND TABLES FOR
REFERENCE.
The following information and tables for
daily reference have been well attested, and
are made very plain and practical. The whole
book contains a vast fund of information, and
will be found very valuable.
Method of ascertaining what kind of fertilisers the
soil needs.
How every farmer may easily make a fertilizer equal
to guano.
The number of pounds of pork that can he produced
from fifty pounds of corn^prepared in different
ways for feeding.
Comparative Value of the different kinds of feed for
Stock.
Comparative value of different kinds of food for domestic animals.
Table showing the relative value of manures.
Price of pork per pound at different prices per bushel
for corn.
The effect of different crops on soils.
To find the number of tons and pounds of hay in a
stack.
To ascertain the number of acres In any field.
To find the amount of hay any sized mow will hold
To measure corn in the crib.
The weight per barrel of different articles.
Table of number of pounds per bushel of various
articles, according to the statutes of the several
States.
Table showing the number of trees, plants and hills
of corn on an acre, at different distances apart.
A table, foretelling the  weather, through  all the
year, the result of 60 years observation.
When names are once entered on our books
to the credit of one agent, they cannot be
transferred to the credit of another.
If you hear of any one offering the Farmer
for less than our published rates, please notify
us at once, and steps will be taken to stop it.
Money is at our risk when sent by Express,
Postoffice Money Order, Registered Letter, or
Bank Draft.
Leave specimen copies for i spection when
and where practicable. After a reasonable
time call on, or communicate with the people.
Many names are secured by this means, when
a personal canvass in the first instance would
fail.
An agent who gains a premium has value
received that can be converted into cash at a
profit at once, while, as articles of use or adornment, they yet maintain their pre-eminence as ,
the very best of their kind in the market. It
cannot, therefore, becj.nsidered boasting when
we claim that in no other way may articles of
a si uiilar value be obtained at so small an outlay of labor.
Outfits to Agents.
Since the announcement of the Farm
Register and Account Book, and our
proposal to club it with the Farmer this
season, we have received requests from
over one thousand agents, from all over
the West, to send them a sample of the
book and a copy of the Farmer, to aid
them in canvassing. Some have enclosed us fifty cents and some one dollar
to pay for the book, while others have
made no remittance. Copies of the
Farmer, subscription lists, etc., are sent
free to agents, but the demand for the
book by agents is so wide-spread in the
various States that we have concluded to
adopt this plan, viz.: Anv of our agents
desiring the book to solicit with who will
forward us fifty cento will receive a copy,
and when they have secured five yearly
subscribers for either the Farmer alone,
or Farmer and the book, they can retain
the fifty cents. Our agents will concede
that this is fair, when they remember
that we have so many agents, scattered
over the various States.
The_ demand for the Farmer and the
book is already very large, and the book
is going to be a great help to agents,
The book is really put below cost to club
with, simply for the purpose of introducing it, the proprietors believing that
the demand hereafter will fully compensate them for any loss.
Of course we can not furnish these
samples to any but those who obligate
themselves to canvaes for the Farmkb,
and those with whom we have had no
previous relations are requested to send
us as a reference the name of their postmaster. Address,
INDIANA FARMER CO.,
No. 8 Bate* Block,
Indianapolis, Ikd.