| Summary: | This is the volume X, issue 7, April 1930 High School Number 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: Roads beautified in Butler County; Poison bran mash to kill cut worm; Summer session at Auburn opens June 2; The advantages of a college eduction in agriculture; The students agricultural club--An ex-president of the liveliest student organization on the Auburn campus outlines the activities of this club; What Alabama 4-H clubs are doing--Seven hundred boys in this state find club work with calves enjoyable, instructive and profitable; Liming acid soils brings heavier yields--Experiment Station tests show that farming lands generally need sweetening with lime--Test yours for the acid reaction; The Southern corn root-worm--Robber--This is the thief in disguise that takes a heavy toll each year form Southern corn growers--Are you feeding him; Agricultural engineering offers unlimited opportunities to young men; (editorials); Common parasitic and predatory insects--A story of beneficial insects that save countless dollars for farmers yearly--Learn them--They are your friends; Early pullets require proper case--Give your potential layers every possible advantage through clean ranges, well-balanced rations and proper culling; Ag alumni page; Alabama Farm Woman (The whys and wherefores of home economics); Alabama farmers to turn cover crops at an early date; Top dress oats for high yield; The famous Auburn band--Oldest college unit--This musical organization has performed for thirty-two years--Aids materially in perpetuating the renowned 'Auburn Spirit'; Growing asparagus in Alabama; Plant vegetables after March frost; Auburn dairy work is being expanded; Extension workers fight illiteracy; With Four-H club members (Boys win radios with high yield; Alabama girls vie for health honors; Boys and girls join 4-H clubs; Atwater-Kent audition); Campus Farmer (Summer session varies--Larger number courses and increased faculty reported; New high record set in egg-laying contest; T.O.X. wins contest; Gray senior president; Trollope made head Alabama Egg Week; Science meeting here; Senate passes bill--Auburn is another step nearer government building; Campus beautification program being launched; Annual military inspection; Randolph places big chick order; Valuable pecan oil produced from waste; Farm facts (editorial); Airship seen as help to farmers (editorial); Fruit, vegetables supply vitamin C (editorial); Vitamin A needed for best health (editorial); Auburn says; Study proves egg a food aristocrat; Farmer turning to long staple cotton); Sports (Baseball; Freshman; Track);
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