Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C15133
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Volume 1, Detailed chronology of magazines of this period. Includes a section on "Agricultural Papers," with a discussion about establishment of the Agricultural Museum in 1810. "... it was not until 1810, apparently, that any periodical was devoted wholly to agriculture."
USA: Harper and Brothers Publishers, New York, New York.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C15127
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352 pages., (Pages 123-124) "United States Farm Periodicals" -- cites changes in agriculture, identifies 126 agricultural and farm periodicals and provides 1954 data about combined circulation and revenue from subscriptions, advertising and miscellaneous sales.
USA: Ronald Press Company, New York City, New York.
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Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C15134
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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.