Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-09-12

IIldSdHluCS. OilS LA iAA~i 0e~iH 1ANS
his yearly outlay for newspapers
and magazines amounted to thir-
ty-fve dollars, and many re-
marked that at most times OF
the year they received as many
periodicals of one kind or anoth-
er as they could fine time to read.
The season is now approach
ing when the farmer and his fam
ily do the greatest part OF their
reading and study, and the ques-
ton OF the selection of newspa
pers and magazines is timely and
important. No question is more
likely to have a deep and lasting
influence upon the family life.
In our opinion it is quite pos
sible to overdo the matter of sub
scribing for reading matter. Ev-
cry member of the household.
not emitting the hired help,
should be considered and per
haps consulted in making up the
list for the year. There should
be an abundance of appropriate
reading matter for every one,
both the entertainment and in
struction being considered, but
when that point is reached there
should be halt, and the lmpor-
tunities of canvassers and solicit
ors should thereafter not have
much influence. To take only
what you can thoroughly read
digest is a good rule. The fol-
lowing list is made up of what
may be regarded as almostequal-
" necessities in a large number
of families:
A frst-class daily newspaper
for news and daily mar ket re-
ports. This applies, of course,
only to those who receive a daily
mail.
The best local newspaper in
your town or county, as a means
of keeping in touch with your To-
cal environment.
The best agricultural paper Of
which you have knowledge.
A good general magazine.
A magazine devoted to wom-
ems interests, including the home
and household.
A periodical for the children.
Special technical publications
adapted to the culture of those
members of the family showing
special aptitudes in any direction.
A good religious paper.
This looks like a liberal list,
vet, with wisdom in making the
selections, all of the above points
can be covered for from $40 to
SIS year. It should be remem-
bered that the dearest is not al
ways the best. Some of the dol
lar magazines are as excellent in
every way as their high-priced
competitors. Daily papers are
cheaper, as we'll as better, than
formerly. Some of the technical
and scientific journals are neces-
sarily high-priced, but they are
not wanted in a majority of
households.
Our readers need not be told
hold indispensable is a farm jour
nal of the highest class. We be-
lieve that carefully edited farm
paper can easily be worth a hun
dred times it's cost to the thoro
reader. 1t has been our aim, in
which our readers assure us we
have been successful, to prove to
the world that every line of a
farm publication can be made re-
plete with vital interest to every
member of the farmers house
hold; that it can be made abso-
lutely scientific and yet thorough
ly practical and intensely inter
esting. By assembling in a sing
lie editorial corps the highest at
tainable scientific knowledge and
skill, coupled with common sense
and practical experience, we be-
lieve that we have convinced ev-
cry competent judge that farm
paper can be made simply indis-
pensable to the progressive farm
er. So. in laying down the rule
of taking "the best agricultural
paper of which you have know
ledge" we feel that every reader