| Summary: | This is the volume XI, issue 5, February 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: Livestock vs. King Cotton--Does the present depressed prices of field crops warrant the taking up of some form of livestock production as a major farm enterprise?; Foiling a soil thief--Erosion annually costs the farmers of Alabama thousands of dollars--Terracing offers a practical method of cutting down on this loss; Cowpeas as a hay crop--Early maturity, unusual soil adaptability, heavy yields, and a high percentage of several important nutrients combine to make cowpeas an ideal hay crop; The 'D' in poultry production--Normal growth, the building of a strong skeletal system and maintenance of vitality in the flock are functions which this vitamin fills; Combating an orchard menace--Controlling one of our most common orchard ills is comparatively easy but it continues to take an annual toll from home and commercial orchards; (editorials); Caring for the baby chick--The building of a healthy, vital, and profitable laying flock hinges on the treatment of the baby chicks during the incubation period and the first few weeks of growth; Safe fertilizing urged for 1931 crop; Farmers cautioned about truck crops; Plant more hay and less cotton; Kudzu is good hay and grazing crop; Radio broadcasting shows improvement; From far and near over the globe (Florence to celebrate cultural development; London theatres increase seating accomodations; Live fish transported by rail in Sweden; Paris movies attendance to exceed 1930 record; Czechoslovakia imports more United States cotton; Crude oil discovered in Czechoslovakia; New synthetic gasoline process reported; Bus transportation services expanding in China); Ag alumni page; Dr. Knapp writes on 1931 safe farming; Alabama Farm Woman (The new generation for the New World); College Veterinarian (Poultry mites and how to eradicate them; Milk used in the manufacture of perfumes; Veterinary medicine takes a stride); Campus Farmer (Senior class president resigns from school; New soil expert engaged by state experiment station; Students aid in rat extermination; Grads turn professional; Ag club elects officers; Tigers face heavy 1931 football schedule; Sigma Pi frat wins discussion group contest; Seminar organized by ag faculty; Annual summer school for extension workers; Alabama coal mining in second century (editorial); Better Homes Week suggested (editorial); Foundation for food research organized (editorial); Tobacco exports show increase; Farm inventory has real value);
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