| Summary: | This is the volume XI, issue 6, March 1931 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: Competitors in cotton production--Foreign production of cotton ceases to be a minor factor in exportation and price control; Living at home during 1931--Diversified farming and the practical application of sound financial principles offer a partial solution to the farmers' problem; Kudzu to the front--Drought resistance, the ability to make fair yields on poor land, and soil improving qualities tend to increase the popularity of this new legume; Hydrophobia--National terror--One of our most virulent and fatal diseases has successfully been brought under subjection by our modern scientists; Our friends of field and wood--Our feathered songsters contribute commercially as well as aesthetically to our daily scheme of existence by ridding us of insect enemies and in other ways; (editorials); Campus demoncracy (editorial); Honesty (editorial); Rigid culling of cows is essential (editorial); Kudzu plantings are being made; Gardeners handbook for free distribution; Release of latest yearbook announced; Alabama's rat tax is $3,000,000 a year; Is champion 4-H Holstein girl; From far and near over the globe (Ship launchings in 1930 largest in nine years; The foggiest spot on the Atlantic coast; Chinese use sixty billion cigarettes per year; Television apparatus for the home shown in Paris; 'Baby' taxicab operation considered in England); Ag alumni news (Mammoth alumni meet to be held); Oats for feed are advised by Auburn; Forest fires cost millions each year; Good cotton seed saved in Alabama; Alabama Farm Woman (The home garden as a health promoter; A fashion show and a new fabric debut); College Veterinarian (The veterinarian and agricultural worker; Holsteins cheapest government shows); Spring garden seed a good investment; Alabama butter is found better; A Chinese treasure; Campus Farmer (Enrollment for second semester shows increase; Governor Miller pays official visit to Auburn; Granade elected business manager of The Farmer; Dr. Gardner addresses biological club; Australia hears of work done at Auburn; Robinson attends Atlanta entomological meeting; Religious Week; Auburn dairy department receives high praise; Band again attends Mardi Gras festivities; Professor Trollope makes poultry recommendations; White elected president of the Education Club; Big laboratories near completion; Cocoanut cow ruling affects dairy industry; Lee farmers have an advisory committee);
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