| Summary: | This is the volume XII, issue 2, November 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: Development of agricultural engineering at A.P.I.--Agricultural engineering is serving an important place by reducing the cost of production in Alabama; Prevent weather damage to cotton--Thousands of dollars are lost annually due to improper storage of cotton; Is your land profitable?--Only profitable land should be devoted to cultivated crops, leaving the rest for pasture and timber; Cooling milk with machinery--Cooling milk with machinery is sanitary, very convenient, and more economical than ice; Ford's garden plan; Sugar industry is important in Cuba--Sugar cane in Cuba holds the same place that cotton does in Southern United States; (editorials); Value of crop reports (editorial); Sorghum syrup is ready for market; Prevent fires and protect farm trees; Insect control in dried fruits; State 4-H health champion named; College Veterinarian (Traumatic indigestion of cattle; Brief news notes; Kidney worm expensive pest of swine industry); Ag alumni news (It's a boy); Baptist movement gathers momentum; Income tax shows decrease; Campus Section (Ag fair is success; History of the Biological Club; Auburn R.O.T.C. is second in commissions; Prof. Burke attends dairy industries' exposition; Speaking of beauties Alabama grows them); Home Economics (Doings of home ec club; King Cotton goes into business for himself; The versatile lemon);
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