| Summary: | This is the volume VI, issue XI, August, 1929 issue of The Digest, a newsletter published monthly by the Extension Service of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). Some early issues are also published with the Experiment Station and the Agricultural College of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. The newsletter includes articles of interest related to the Extension Service. Topics include general news, agriculture, agricultural extension work, home economics extension work, people, and research. 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.Articles: A review of Farmer's Week at Auburn; Farm Bureau report; Resolutions adopted; Duncan honored; Officers elected; Duncan Hall dedicated; As the editors see it (editorial); State Council meeting; Master farmers named; Research emphasized; Other speakers enjoyed; Crops, soils, fertilizers; More winter legumes wanted; Insect control; Major facts emphasized; More livestock needed; Farm machinery conclusions; Animal industry expansion; Auburn host to poultrymen; The Federal Farm Board and its powers; Editors study at Auburn; Barton resigns, Beaty succeeds; Some things county agents did in July; News from home agents' July reports; Ross cornerstone laid; Personal news of agricultural workers; 'Gardening in the Lower South' (book review); 'The Cooperative Pattern in Cotton' (book review); More work in economics; Ivey has resigned; Soil-saving work effective; To exhibit at fairs; Largest calf club; To buy Oregon seed; Calf club boys study; Dr. Knapp honored; Club has 100 per cent at Auburn;
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