| Summary: | This is the volume XI, issue 2, November 1930 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: Pooling the 1930 crop--Here's how--One avenue of escape open for the Southern cotton grower is offered in the pools sponsored by our state association; Hitting the price peak with eggs--We are sometimes prone to ignore the humble hen, but with the proper care and management she may become a valuable farm asset; Native shrubs for home beautification--Beauty in every farm home is made easy by intelligent utilization of the more common native shrubs; Fish--The new farm product--The grinding wheels of industry invade the peaceful sanctuary of the angler and cloud his horizon with figures of profit and loss; Fighting the Japanese beetle--One of our unwelcome immigrants meets a warm reception by entomologists and Department of Agriculture; Farms on a solid footing--Paving is generally considered as being limited to city streets but experience proves otherwise; Fighting intestinal worms in swine--Every herd owner should be in his management program provide for the effective control of this common parasite; (editorials); Adelle Hughes awarded club congress trip (editorial); Five counties to wage war on rats; Henry makes progress with purebred flocks; October time to plant sweet peas; Poison bran mash for grasshoppers; Suggests Bulletins for winter reading; Farm building improves in Argentina; News in brief; 'High life' will kill corn weevils; Ag alumni page; Alabama Farm Woman (Modern education for the pre-school child); Farmers save seed to improve staple; Utilization of cornstalks; New market for products seen in Canada; Rat-proof crib will save feed; From far and near over the globe (Ancient iron foundry discovered; Automobiles shipped on back of mules in Colombia; Brazilian pine seeking American market; Buenos Aires lumber market improved; City of Paris constructing auto tunnel; Lubricants produced from olive oil in Spain; American trucks ordered by Chinese army); Vitamins (poem); Fall garden hints; Sounds last call for bulb planting; Holstein herds growing in West; Italian rye grass will freshen lawn; Builds herd from one club calf; New Bulletin tells effect of legumes; Storing pecans; Auburn says; Bankers endorse program; Hundred sources of farm cash are named; Marketing pecans; Poultry hints; American honey popular in British Malaya; Turkey talk; Campus Farmer (Alabama hens win in laying contests; Pate accepts important position with United Fruit Co.; New dairy plant begins operation; City council orders extension of paving plans; Block and Bridle club entertains 4-H club; Research lab presented to entomology department; World's champion log chopper stages exhibition; Adope 'Butterfat only' records; Cottonseed meal for work animals; Farmers of Franklin grow better staple; Cooling facilities for fruits and vegetables established; Tendergreen popular; D.P.L 4-8 brings $10.00 bale more; 41 garments from sacks); Sports (Varsity football--Auburn 0, Southern 6; Auburn 13, Spring Hill 0; Auburn 0, Florida 7; Freshman football--Auburn 0, Birmingham Southern 0);
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