| Summary: | This is the volume VI, issue 5, February 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: Do you know your $2,000 unpainted farm house is losing $150 a year for you?--Paint used means money saved--Increased attractiveness is worth the price; Farmer must outmaneuver boll weevil--Active fertilizers, frequent cultivation, and early destruction of stalks effective; Feed baby chicks cautiously--First week is critical period; Dogs carry troublesome parasites--Easy to control in early stages; How is hog cholera serum made?--Only healthy hogs are used--Cleanliness must be practical; Lime needed in soil building; [editorials]; The test of a man (poem, editorial); Do home mixed fertilizers pay? (editorial); Extension livestock specialist employed; Ag workers meet; Less time devoted to millinery work; Demonstrations show increased production; Increase shown in vetch planted; Much fertilizer used past year; Successful sons of Auburn--What they are doing; Dr. E. D. King inspects meat and milk; Preserve tools with oil and paint; Lespedeza furnishes good grazing; The Alabama Farm Woman (Directions for removing stains; Good rugs look better and last longer; Formula for household); Do these things worry you?; Fur farming grows; The Campus Farmer (Sewell succeeds Prof. Burns; Steward returns to Alabama; Dr. Miles gets out new pamphlet; Believe it or not; New breeds not needed; Many club boys attend Auburn; Business men cooperate with boys; Pass it on (poem)); Boys club news; What is a community church?;
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