To each Subscriber who will remit us $2 00 between now and February 1st, 1884, we will mail a copy of THE PRAIRIE FARMER FOR ONE YEAR, AND ONE OF OUR NEW STANDARD TIME COMMERCIAL MAPS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA—­showing all the Counties, Railroads, and Principal Towns up to date.  This comprehensive map embraces all the country from the Pacific Coast to Eastern New Brunswick, and as far north as the parallel of 52 deg., crossing Hudson’s Bay.  British Columbia; Manitoba, with its many new settlements; and the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, completed and under construction, are accurately and distinctly delineated.  It extends so far south as to include Key West and more than half of the Republic of Mexico.  It is eminently adapted for home, school, and office purposes.  The retail price of the Map alone is $2.00.  Size. 58x41 inches.  Scale, about sixty miles to one inch.

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ANOTHER SPECIAL OFFER.

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“THE LITTLE DETECTIVE.”

WEIGHS 1/4 OZ.  TO 25 LBS.

Every housekeeper ought to have this very useful scale.  The weight of article bought or sold may readily be known.  Required proportions in culinary operations are accurately ascertained.  We have furnished hundreds of them to subscribers, and they give entire satisfaction.  During January, 1884, to any person sending us THREE SUBSCRIBERS, at $2.00 each, we will give one of these scales, and to each of the three subscribers Ropp’s Calculator, No. 1.

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The sorghum-growers of Kansas are invited to meet at Topeka, the second Wednesday in February.  The Kansas wool-growers meet on the 15th of this month.

Do not forget the Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society meeting at Kansas City, January 22-25.  This will prove one of the important horticultural events of the year.

If any of our friends have Vols.  I to XIV, and the years 1861, 1863 to 1873, and 1875 to 1883, of THE PRAIRIE FARMER, they would like to dispose of, we should be glad to hear from them.

The fifteenth annual exhibition of the Montana Agricultural, Mineral and Mechanical Association, will be held at Helena, September 8th-13th, 1884.  President, S.H.  Crounse; Francis Pope, Secretary.

The twenty-fifth annual fair of the Linn County (Iowa) Agricultural and Mechanical Society will be held on the fair grounds at Cedar Rapids, September 9, 10, 11, and 12, 1884.  C.G.  Greene, Secretary, Cedar Rapids.

If you are in need of a first-class wind mill, find out all about the Nichols’ Centennial as advertised in our columns by Nichols & Daggett, and see if you do not think it just fills the bill.  It is strong, durable, steady, and it takes and uses all the wind there is going.

Hon. E.B.  David, member of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture from Mercer county, made a brief call at THE PRAIRIE FARMER office last week.  From him we gathered the facts regarding the late meeting of the Board mentioned elsewhere.  Mr. David has long been a staunch friend of THE PRAIRIE FARMER, and his call was a very welcome one.