| Summary: | This is the volume XI, issue 1, October 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. Pages 6 and 7 are missing. 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: The cotton outlook for 1930--Present indications point to no immediate increase in price, but history is prone to repeat itself; Alabama takes up the fight--Alabama business men have waked up to the fact that it pays to use modern methods in combatting Billy; Eliminating a home-wrecker--Termites annually rob the Southern farmer of thousands of dollars without his knowledge of their presence; Dry-rot--Silent destroyer--With the approach of winter and abundant moisture dry-rot becomes an imminent menace; Farm facts; (editorials); Dr. Knapp suggests drought relief plan (editorial); Brown gives notes on home gardening; Time to plant winter legumes; More grazing is aim of farmers; Fall crops to plant as told by Auburn; More 'green' crops should be planted; Protecting our dumb friends; Cows milk best for race horses; Dairying like a balance wheel; Where they are--Class of 1930; Alabama Farm Women (Belgium's historic centenary pageantry; Meet Doctor Sunlight); Swimming bull starts for Puerto Rico; The silo and the drought; Knapp points way to better agriculture; Field is place to select seed; Russell plants legumes; 308 students get degrees at Auburn; Cow sets record; Farm and home facts; Green feed vital need of poultry; Farmers to plant winter legumes; Hens and cotton make a good team; Clarke pools cotton; Home ecs meet, order please!; Test cows produce 1,200,000 lbs. fat; Research work gets high official praise; Alabama girls win at Memphis Congress; Trials show meat canning profitable; News in brief; Auburn says; Campus Farmer (Rat rules will be enforced this year; Jefferson follows cooperative idea; Gardener now has 25 vegetables growing; Sophomore hop will open Friday afternoon; Auburn defeats Spring Hill; Second health race for 4-H club girls; Textile building nears completion; New animal husbandry building complete; Record enrollment); Alabamians attend leadership school; Farmers' aim is better cotton; Three-tonners plus pay most profits; Farmers using less cottonseed meal as fertilizer; Sports (Captain Dunham 'Red' Harkins; Erquiet 'Babe' Taylor; Football prospects; Freshman football);
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