Arkansas newspaper cooperates with the University of Arkansas to hold a half-day School for Rural Correspondents, followed by a lunch at which the correspondents were guests of the newspaper. Cash prizes offered for the best rural correspondent's work in the next six months.
Editorial section of a North Carolina newspaper opposes those skeptical of having county agents spend their time furnishing news stories to newspapers. The information is considered valuable for readers, or it would not be used. "There is no dearth of matter to fill up columns."
"A newspaper mat service now in its third year of use by the Missouri Agricultural Extension Service is believed by the author to be one of the best informational mediums used by the state."
Reports three experiences in which Georgia State College of Agriculture contracted with commercial firms to provide information for paid advertisements and accompanying news releases to newspapers.
