| Summary: | This is the volume VI, issue 7, April 1926 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: Why do you live in the dark?--Electric lights add to the comfort beauty and value of your home--Farm light plants badly needed--Large generators and small batteries most economical; Legumes and grasses make good hay--Quick growing crops most desirable--Cowpeas, soybeans, millett, sorghum and lespedeza used; Forests rapidly disappearing--Lumber shortage impending--Conservation and reforestation urged; Insect pests devour garden crops--Control measures based on type of mouthparts; Why walk? Riding saves time--Properly adjusted cultivators give satisfactory results; Parasites rob and poison poultry; Higher standards of living needed (editorial); Editor's farewell (editorial); Alabama leads South in electrification; Record broken in tea drinking; Registered Jersey win; Million farm homes have radio sets; Calendar of thirteen months proposed; Randolph County inaugurates vetch festival; Alabama Farm Woman (Vegetable salads are appetizing and healthful); Sons of Auburn; Uncle Peavine's boiling pot; Start things moving; Why the hay shortage; The Campus Farmer (Scabbard and Blade holds election; Prominent men speak at ag club; Prize offered for radio program; Miss Northcutt speaks; A.F.B. eggs to be sold co-operatively; Home equipment course outlined; College herd holds register of merit; 150 courses offered in summer; King baseball here (editorial); 'A' day great success (editorial); Information please (editorial); Lady luck greets Gowder; Spraying trees in bloom injurious to honeybees); Are mammals passing?;
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