The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-05-08
FARM DHELlERS
ASK FOR BOOKS


The announcement % tie enfranee
n the American Library Association
upon The Books for Everybody" move
ment aud stili later news accounts Of
The seiivities Of the organization slong
these lines resulted IN a widespread
appeal from residents Of the rural dis.
trlc,s Of the couuiry for books on farm.
Ing. Whether The American farmer Il
simply ~evldencing His ambition 10 do
a good Job better or whether the better
crops Of his nelehbor. who has attend
ed an agricultural college Or school has
spurred hilh on y a matter dinicali to
determine But the fact remains the
farmer = astinE for books. The great
majority Of American farmers ARE 81.
ther without Libraries and book service
or they are i~nadequately served.
One Of the points which the Amsri-
can Library Association In Its Books
sos Everybody" movement IL strongly
urging Is the extension OF the county
Library system IN states where enabling
acts have been passed-some twenty
a IN ~nufnber--and the proper legisla.
tion Ia others which have not yet TAX.
en- the step. The system, with ita cen
trail library and rAdiating lines to sta
lions In the remotsst sections Of the
county. assures good books 70 every
man. woman aud child who cares 10
reach out = hand aud grasp one.
Letters shew Need Of Services.
The American Library Association Is
not giving its entire attention 10 the
urban dweller. nor Is II neKlectIng the
centers Of population for the rural dis.
iricts and communities. II Is. however.
unqusstlonably eager to create n steady
flow Of informative reading to rural
America. That the need for such serv-
Ice exists and that Il Is anxlously
sought Is evidenced In every letter Of
this nature received BY state library
commissions aud by the A. l.. A. A few
excerpts have been selected because
WV HN't tAttNa3 HNsA AA1y hse
needs Of thousands Of others.
When Lydia carlsan, whose farm
Is beyond Mason. wis. asked for copies
Of Productive Farm Crops" "Pro
ductive Vegetable Growing and "Prln.
1nies OF the Practice ~ Poultry Rails
ing" she echoed the boob needs of her
nelghhnrs. Then she revealed the fact
hat her eyes are not aixays In ihe
burrows by asking for a copy Of Col
ins' "Boek of the Stars"
What Others Desired.
There was q pressing need hehlnG
The letter fran lanes nuna who lives
ten mites from Cnnyest. La. the neat
1T 'own. which has y populaiion OF
only roo people. Ne asked for q ropl
4 "Pmctical Farm Drainage The
TASK 90 keeping his Hcres dry wns he
rand him. Waller Williams 81 Osseo.
Wis. wanted to know II be- couid make
fuel uic0iiol from frozen potatoes aud
spolled fruits. nnl u he could. were
here any hooks on the subject. The
requests run the whole range OF farm
operations. Some wish "a know how
70 treat scale. others desire facts ON
hog raising. Books giving Information
on crop rotation are in demand.
The American Library Association
IS raising a S2OoO.0OO fund 10 fnHnce
the Books for Everybody" movement
which during the next three years viii
DO carriesi on 10 cooperation viii exist
ing libraries and library ageRcles. The
money Ia not being raised through the
medium OF mn intensive drive hut
through the individual efforts of the
librarians library trustees and friends
7 libraries.