The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-02
EVERY STATE NEEDS AFARM PAPER FOR |TSOWN PROBLEMS Alabama Has One in Farm
 Facts, Published
 Weekly PERSONNEL OF PAPER Its Contributing Editors Are the Best Authorities in the State on Farming and
 Live Stock
PERSONNEL OF PAPER

l Yesterday an article in this paper de- scribed the wonderful popularitv ,aired | by Alabama Farm Facts among the
 farmers and live stock raisers of Ala
 oama as an agricultural weekly paper de- voted exclusively to their interests This 1 is uay of specializing, whether in | manufacturing or any other industry | separate lines of human endeavor have l thelr own special publications The Oaslc industry of the nation has many
 excellent farn- papers and live stock 1 Journals, but Sney are in their relation l to the farming of one state like the great | periodicals of national circulation in their relation to the daily press. The inteI- | iectual food of the national pubrfca-
 lions forms the savory dish of the read ing diet; it is not an absolute necessity.
 On the other hand, the daily papers are vital to the existence of the people within their own territory. The farmers and live stock men of any state face conditions and problems which are not present in other states. They need a competent journal of their own which
 sfall discuss and find answers for their
 problems and assist to the fullest extent
 in the agricultural development of their 1 state, just as the cities must have their
 competent daily papers or they fall be- 1 hind in population, resources and en- ergy.
 | Alabama Farm Facts brides itself on being competent authority in it's par l ticuiar field and the personnel of it's edi- | torial staff is the best guarantee that I it is now and will remain in the future a great state vehicle for better agricul- | ture, for safe farming, for better live stock breeding and for the general inn provement of living conditions for the farmers of Alabama and their families The editor, John c. O'Conneu, has been tad xx,;t l press, mainly in an executive capacity. and has literally written thousands of columns boosting Alabama and it's re- sources. No editor in the state is more l familiar with the difficulties of farming l or more anxious. to make agriculture
 really prosperous During the war the editor of Farm Facts was chairman or active member of every patriotic com mittee in Mobile. including the commit | tees which oversold Mobiles quota of liberty bonds of each issue, and the local organizations which performed war work for the government.
 Prof. I. F. Duggar associate editor of Farm Facts, is one of the leading authorities on agriculture in the United States. his textbook on the subject belns the standard work in American aericuI- l tural colleges. He is director of the l government experiment station at Au- 1 burn and professor of agriculture in the | Alabama Polytechnic institute. l Prof. l.. N. Duncan director of exten-
 sion in Alabama, is another widely | known authority on general farming and
 an executive in the extension work who
 has made national reputation is l contributing editor
 I Dr. w. E. Hnds, Alabama entomologist ! anG leader in the scientific side of ag- | riculture whose name is familiar throughout the south, deals with sub ljects of special interest to the farmers of Alabama through the columns of Farm Facts.
 Other leading authorities whose names are found at the head of special pages 1 in every issue of Farm Facts are Prof. C. l.. Isbell. associate horticulturist at Auburn: Prof. A. F. Thiel. acting plant pathologist at Auburn; M L. Nichols, professor of agricultural engineering at Auburn and in frequent articles spe- lcially written for Farm Facts F. w. Burns, beef cattle specialist: M H. Pear sen, marketing specialist: K G. Baker.
 dairy cattle specialist and other state authorities
 Capt. W. k. Greene, secretary of
 the Alabama division of the American
 Cotton Association, and we'll known to
 the farmers of the state, is editor of
 the cotton Associations special page
 in each issue of Farm Facts.
 The Boys and Girls Club work has
 been given distinct impetus in the
 state by Alabama Farm Facts and
 weekly page will be found contributed
 by James l.. Heron, state leader in the
 club work.
 Last. but not least, each week Farm
 Facts carries an article specially writ
 ten by F. W. Gist, federal crop re-
 porter for Alabama and one of the best known agricultural statisticians in
 the country. These contributions are the
 most comprehensive of their kind and have been widely commented on through
 out the south.
 If you are an Alabama farmer and
 are not reading the weekly articles con
 tributed to Farm Facts by these au- thcrities you are not keeping up with
 the agricultural progress of vour state
 For 30 cents year, or $1 for three years.
 you can obtain the useful paper by ad-
 dressing Box BS, Montgomery. Ala.-Ad-
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