USA: Oxmoor Press, a subsidiary of The Progressive Farmer Company, Birmingham, Alabama
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D10009
Notes:
Copy also located in the James F. Evans Collection, 114 pages., An edited collection written to "build something of the spirit that has always pervaded the lives of rural people." Features brief stories, poems, and commentaries. Sections include love of the land, joys of country living, the farmer and his family, creeds for farm living, the soil and growing things, cotton, animal friends, the business of farming, and the lighter side.
USA: Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21249
Notes:
Examines public issues related to farm size, ownership structure, labor, soil conservation, food supply, others. Includes a discussion (p. 99-106) about the inadequacy of the statement, "I speak for the farmers." Cites Prof. J.E. Boyle in the North American Review who once described farmers as the most organized Americans. Said Boyle: "Farming is not one business but an infinite tangle of competing businesses."
Harris, Craig K. (author), Molnar, Joseph J. (author), Wimberley, Ronald C. (author), and Tomazic, Terry J. (author)
Format:
Book
Publication Date:
2002
Published:
USA: Praeger, Westport, Connecticut
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C18454
Notes:
163 pages, Compares 1986 and 1992 survey data about U.S. public attitudes/perceptions of agriculture, in terms of agricultural policies, pest management, food safety, water quality, farm animal welfare, agrarianism and other aspects.
