Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22493
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Agricultural Publishers Association Record, Jan 1, 1922 - Jul 1, 1922, Serial No. 8/3/80, Box 4, University of Illinois Archives., Special bulletin to APA members. 2 pages., Includes a letter to the president of the American Farm Bureau Federation expressing concern about reported occasions in which state farm bureau papers are competing for national advertising with commercial farm papers. Another concern involved inflation of circulation figures cited by state farm bureau papers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22518
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Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 5., Agricultural Publishers Association, Bulletin 26, pp. 2-3., Cites a letter from the chairman of the Agricultural Press Committee of the American Association of Advertising Agencies noting that advertising agencies "do not hold themselves alert to the agricultural paper idea." Too much focus on markets in cities, too little on those in county seat towns in agricultural districts. Cites the low cost of farm paper advertising and urges advertising agencies to open-mindedly work with farm publishers to develop business.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22521
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Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 5., Agricultural Publishers Association. Special Bulletin. 2 pages., Reports on influence of the farm press in identifying the source of an anonymous survey designed to gain publicity and make misstatements against other tractor manufacturers.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22525
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Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 5., Delivered to the Agricultural Editors' Association, Chicago, Illinois, May 16, 1922. Annual report, pp. 8-12., Examines the relationship between state farm papers and national farm papers/magazines.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22526
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Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 5., Delivered to the Agricultural Editors' Association, Chicago, Illinois, May 16, 1922. Annual report, pp. 12-16., Offers his suggestions and reports those of several advertising agency representatives he surveyed.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22527
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Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 5., Delivered to the Agricultural Editors' Association, Chicago, Illinois, May 16, 1922. Annual report, pp. 16-23., Offers perspectives on the relationships between editorial and advertising interests of farm periodicals. Urges editors to cooperate with advertisers when it will best serve reader interests.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22528
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Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 5., Delivered to the Agricultural Editors' Association, Chicago, Illinois, May 16, 1922. Annual report, pp. 23-29., Describes the editorial philosophy of the national farm magazine he edits. Argues that "human interest" is not merely a factor in publishing, but the fundamental factor. "Farming is not an end in itself. It is a means to an end - which is living."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C22530
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Agricultural Publishers Association Archives, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 5., Personal memo to farm paper publishers, June 28, 1922. 3 pages., Urges farm publishers to invest in an Agricultural Publishers Association campaign to build closer connections with marketers and advertising agencies.
