Watson, J.A. Scott (author) and Hobbs, May Elliot (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
1937
Published:
UK: Selwyn and Blount, Paternoster House, London.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C25141
Notes:
287 pages., Chapter 10, The Press and the Pilgrims," describes the role of the agricultural press in the United Kingdom during the 1800s into the early 1900s and introduces some prominent agricultural writers/journalists of that period. Among them: Arthur Young, five Macdonalds (William, James, Alexander, Charles, Sandy), Archibald MacNeilage, John Chalmers Morton, James Caird, Philip Pusey, Rider Haggard, A.D. Hall.
USA: Ronald Press Company, New York City, New York.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C15134
Notes:
A general history, starting with English magazine origins. Emphasizes the "social and economic influence" of magazines. Includes descriptions of prominent national and regional farm periodicals: Country Gentleman, Farm Journal, Cappers Farmer, Successful Farming. Emphasizes agricultural leadership played by editors of farm magazines.
