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Show 6TH HALF-YEARLY COMPETITON. The Most Interesting Contest Ever Offered by the Canadian Agriculturist. Ono Tliousuml Dollurn in Cash, n I'nir of IIiLiiilsnmu .Slii'lliLiul l'tiiiit-B, 'iirrinm.' niul llar-ues.s, llar-ues.s, uml over Iwo lli(iii--'iitnl oIIilt vuluabl, irics for lliu AKrif'iiIlnri.si'ft brltdiU'st renders! U'lin will have theuiV AccordliiK lu lite nsiml cu.liiin fur Hiiine yours pust the inililUliers of TlIK AtlltlCULTliUIKT HOW ItiViT llioir Hixth HllK-y HllK-y curly Cirni petilkm. Tills grund eimipciillttii will, noiloubt, be the musl h'iKHntie uud sue-i:ossfiit sue-i:ossfiit one ever presented lo the people of the United Sltiles and Canada. One TlnHiMtuid Dollars in Cash will he paid lo the person sending in the largest list of English wurds eonsirueleil from letters in the words "The Canadian Agrie-iilinrisl." 1 Five Hundred Dollars In cash will he given to the seeond largest list. A Handsome Pair of Shetland Ponies, Carriage and Harness will be given for the third largest list. Over one thousand additional prizes awarded in order of merit: One Grand I'iano; JIlOO Organ; f-ttK) i'iiinn; Dinner Sets; Ladies Gold Watches; Silk Dress Patterns; Portiere Curtains; Silver Tea Herviees; Tennyson's Poems, bound In (doth; Dickens in 1'2 voluuis, bound in eloth, etc. As them are more than 1000 good pri.eR, any one who takes the trouble lo prepare an ordinary ordin-ary Rood list will not fail to receive a valuable prize. This Is the 1 Iggesl thing In the competition competi-tion Hue that we have ever placed before the public, and all who do not take part will miss an opportunity of a life time. Kui.iis 1. A letter eannol be used oftcner than It appears in the words ''The Canadian Agriculturist." For im,tanee Hie word "egg" eonhl not he used, ns there is but one "g" in the three words. Words having more than one meaning but spelled the same can he used but once. 3, Names of places und persons barred, -I. Krrors will not invalieate a list lliu wrong words will simply not be counted. Eaeh list must contain one dollar to pay six monllissnbscriptloii to The Agiucultukist. If two or more tic, the largest list which bears the earliest postmark will take the first prize, and the olliers will receive prizes in order to merit. United States money and stamps taken at par. . The object in offering these miigni ticenl prizes is to introduce our popnhir magazine into new homes. in every paat of the American eon linen t. Every rninpetltor enclosing "0 cents In stamps extra, will receive free, by mail, postpaid, one of The Aguicui.turist'b Elegant Souvenir Spoons of Canada. Prizes awarded to persons rcstilinR In the United Stales will be shipped from our New York office free of duty. All money letters should be registered. j Ouit Foit.Miiu Competition, We have given away fi',000 in prizes during the hist two years, and have thousands of letters from prize-winners In every Klate in the Union and in every part of Canada and Newfoundland, Lord Kil-couisl", Kil-couisl", A. D. C, lo the Governor General of Canada, writes: "I shall recommend my friends lo enter your competitions," M. M. Braden, Vancouver, B. C, "received f 1,000 In gold" and we hold his receipt for same. A few of the prize winners: Miss J. Robisson, Toronto, flyOO; J. J. Bradon. Feienon Fulls, Out., ?lfO0; David Harrison, Syracuse, N. Y., $-VK; 11. Ifeavls, SI. Louis, Mo., J:-,H0; Jas. Bnptie, West Dulnlli, Minn., V00: Miss Georgia P.oberlson, Onk St., Brooklyn, $1,000; Fred H. Hills, :U State St., Bridgeport, Conn., and thousands of others, Address all communications to TllR AniUCtJI.TURIRT, Peterborough, Onlarlo. |