1948-05: Alabama Farmer Newsletter, Auburn, Alabama, Volume 26, Issue 08

This is the volume XXVI, issue 8, May 1948 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 agricul...

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Main Author: Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Agricultural Club
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
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Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/stdtpubs,7273
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Summary:This is the volume XXVI, issue 8, May 1948 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: To all ag students (editorial); To would-be rainmakers (editorial); A personal word from your editor (Hints on house parties; Doctor Aamodt, speaker) (editorial); From the Extension Service--Enough tractor fuel predicted by Wilson; Spray outbuildings to keep down flies; Prehistoric bacteria revived; Commercial fertilizer the key to higher crop yields; Home of ag engineers; 2,4-D weed killer--A dream coming true; War comes to the farm--Flaming as a control of weeds; Late potato blight--Its danger and control; Food and the professional woman; Introducing (Sue Farrington; Maley Cofield); Hints for the Housewife--Bits of valuable information taken from here and there; Farming in Russia ... A comparison of accomplishment and methods; Korn and the kob (humor);