| Summary: | This is the volume I, issue 10, November 1878 issue of The Farm Journal: A Monthly Magazine for the Field and Fireside, a newspaper published monthly by Herald and Times Steam Plant in Union Springs, 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 issue includes poetry, prose, and humor. 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.Autumn thoughts (poem); Root crops; Protect the birds; How to enlarge the farm without buying more land; Landed investment; An essay on Bermuda grass; Grass Is King and not cotton; Book farmers; The cultivation of wheat; Soiling; Sweet beggar-lice, or Indian clover; Crop liens; The crop lien law; Marketing the cotton crop; Alderney cows; Fallacies about sheep; Cultivation of wheat; Breaking corn roots; Advice to young men; Co-operation among farmers; New early peaches ; Sheep-killing dogs; Transplanting evergreens; Curing hams; Too much cotton; Corn fodder; To keep skippers from meat; Japan clover; Winter lettuce; The two hundred acre farm; Deepening the soil above the roots of trees; Altitudes in Alabama; Shoeing or not shoeing horses; 'Thoroughbred' seed corn; Northeast Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical Fair; Poultry breeding; Cows eating wood, bones, etc.; Is the South poor?; Vetch, Florida beggar-weed, prickly comfrey; Familiarity of cattle with children; The household ('Tis the last rose of summer (poem); Rules for home education; Take care of the dimes and the dollars will take care of themselves (household tips); To young men; Receipts (recipes); Okra soup (recipe); Don't hurry, girls; The strawberry's chief need; Our wonderful petroleum; East Alabama Fair ; Milk as a vehicle for quinine; The home value of pelts; Railroad timetables;
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