1926-03: Alabama Farmer Newsletter, Auburn, Alabama, Volume 06, Issue 06

This is the volume VI, issue 6, March 1926 issue of Alabama Farmer, a newsletter published monthly during the school year by students in the Agricultural Club of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). The newsletter includes articles of interest related to agriculture and agricul...

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Main Author: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Agricultural Club
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/stdtpubs,1011
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Summary:This is the volume VI, issue 6, March 1926 issue of Alabama Farmer, a newsletter published monthly during the school year by students in the Agricultural Club of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University). The newsletter includes articles of interest related to agriculture and agriculture education. 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: Napier grass is new addition to forage crops; Heredity determines intellect--Criminals and imbeciles must be prevented, not cured; Velvet beans toxic to hogs--Dead pigs result from feeding velvet beans to bred sows; How do honey bees labor and live?--Organization is the keynote of their successful operations; Small grains demand nitrogen--Phosphorus and potash also needed--Inorganic forms used; Why do cotton varieties run out?; [editorials]; What is wrong with the farmer? (editorial); Vocational agriculture needs publicity (editorial); Religious prejudice must go (editorial); Vegetable oils replace hog lard; T.C.I. and R.R.Co. will aid farmers; Alabama has fewer livestock; Alabama's forests (poem); Butter consumption; Causes of tough meat are sought; Station WAPI has formal opening; Successful sons of Auburn--What they are doing; J. A. McLeod is veteran in county agency work; Vetch makes best growth late; Changes made in summer sprays; The Alabama Farm Woman (Clothes create moods and denote personality; Feminine models (poem); New era predicted for near east; Care of clothing determines length of life); Hillside plow advantageous; Uncle Peavine's boiling pot; The Campus Farmer (Vets hold annual short course; In memoriam--Dr. John Hodges Drake; Extension Service plans new building; Gamma Sigma Delta holds election; Tune in on 'Glory'; Social workers convene at Auburn; On to the festival (editorial); Stay off the grass (editorial); The 100 per cent club (editorial); What ye say men? (editorial)); Believe it or not;