The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-12-26
WILL ABOLISH WEEKLY
COURIER JOURNAL
Farm and Family Monthly To
Take Its Place First
of Year.

With the issue of the Weekly
Courier-Journal of December 81, 1913
that publication VIII be merged into
a monthly paper, to be called Farm
and Family the first number OF
which viii. appear about the middle
of January. The day of the political
weekly has passed but there is. un-
questionably, a demand in Kentucky,
the South and the Southwest for an
up-to-date magazinc embracing all
matters Of interest to the farm and
the family Farm and Family" will
be a pub. ioation devoted to agricul-
ture, education, good roads and the
family, and it will cover these sub
Jects as ably and completely as a
modern organization equipped with
every means CT gathering informa-
ton and intelligently editing same
can possibly do. Mechanically it
will have every facility known to
modern invention. The editor will
be Mr.. James Speed, we'll and widely
known in connection with the move
ment for betterment in agricultural
and educational circles in Kentucky
and the South.
Naturally the magazine will have
these departments which are usual,
seen in rural magazines; but there
Will be others which have been gen
orally overlooked. For instance, it
will be the policy of Farm and
Family" to devote some space in
each issue to the Rural School. There
will be no effort to theorize or dis
cuss the school question from the
teachers viewpoint; but simply to
learn where in the Southland there
is a school that is really doing things
that are of vital Importance to the
community and give the story to the
readers.
The evolution of the Weekly Court
er-Journal into Farm and Family"
is in accord with the progressive de-
velopment of the times. Twenty years
ago the farmer depended on his week
ly edition Of the city daily for the
news of the word. But to-day he
Is not content to wait a week for
his news Of the world any more than
his easy-going neighbor, recorded
by Josh Billings, Is content to sit
and wait for the COW to back up to
be mflked. Better roads, better trans
portation facilities. rural free de-
livery. to say nothing Of other con-
ditiops, which are revOlutionizing
country life, have changed all that.
The modern farmer is fast coming to
demand his daily newspaper. and the
rapid extension and improvement OF
the postal service have made it pos
sibe to satisfy that demand. Having
his daily newspaper, he no longer
needs a political weekly. but he does
need medium of information and
stimulation, more specialized than
his daily can give him, within the
lines of his own vocation and environ
ment, through which he may keep
abreast with all that intelligent eff
fort is doing an improving agricul-
tural methods and results and better
ing the social conditions OF rural Life.
He does need a medium through
which he may learn all that is to
be learned for the promotion of good
farming, good roads. good schools
and contented homes. Such a medium
Farm and Family" proposes to be.
1t seems that the time is ripe and
ready for the launching of a maga-
zine which will give to the farmer,
his wife and his children a new idea
of the education which goes beyond
the school out into everyday life and
makes it amply worth while.
Farm and Family" will be pub
lished by the Louisville Courier
Journal Company, In its modern
printins plant at Third and Green
streets, LouisvEles Ky. The initial
number will contain "a or more quar-
to pages, and the price will be 25
cents year.
To fiji out the unexpired subscrip-
tons at present paid-in-advance
Weekly readers. the Saturday issue
o. the Daily Courler-Journal will be
sent. in addition to Farm and
Family. "-Counier-J Journal.