| Summary: | This is the volume II, issue 2, May 1879 issue of The Alabama Farm Journal: A Monthly Magazine for the Field and Fireside, a newspaper published monthly in Auburn, Alabama. The newspaper includes news, information, facts, correspondence, editorials, illustrated ads, and articles of interest related to agriculture and rural life. Topics include agriculture, livestock, birds, flowers, home economics, food, clothing and fashion, economics, politics, and statistics. Articles vary greatly in length and may be written by newspaper staff or outside contributors; summarized or copied from other newspapers; or summarized statements from public figures. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.State aid to agriculture; Farm accounts; Improvement by the use of good bulls; Terracing or hillside ditching; Insectivorous birds; Leather in one hour; Going West; Experiments on the College farm; Why stock farming Is better than grain farming; Care of poultry; U. S. Patents; Sweet potatoes; A map of the farm; Effect of selecting seed; Pruning of scuppernongs; An Alabama cattle and sheep farm; Pea vines as a fertilizer; The Jersey cow; Pearl millet; How to make hens lay; Monthly abstract of the weather; About the farm; Agricultural museum; Grass and stock essential to keep up fertility of soils; The Angora goat; Fencing and stock raising; Hill sde ditching; Hog cholera; We are getting poorer; Poultry; Harrowing the wheat in spring; Prevent land from washing; Fish culture; Strawberry syrup; Application of manures; The 'one idea'; An asparagus bed; The sort of girl to get; Railroad timetables;
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