Notes that farm papers, under financial strain along with their readers, are "sticking to their job of trying to help matters to mend." Says that the educational work of the colleges and experiment stations through local papers comes directly into the field formerly covered by farm papers, but "affords only a fraction of the service a live farmer wants. There is no displacing a good farm journal." Suggests that scientists should recognize the importance of the farm press in their contacts with the public.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 117 Document Number: C12877
Notes:
Proceedings of seminars organised by the Asian Mass Communication Research and Information Centre (AMIC) at Jaipur, Dhenkanal and Madras, India, during 1994, Chapter 8 in V.S. Gupta and Rajeshwar Dyal (eds.), Rural press: problems and prospects. Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, India. 106 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36888
Notes:
Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 22, Page 6 of Minutes of the annual APA membership meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 16, 1973., Discussion emphasizes that the strength of farm publications comes from freedom of the press, "but this story has not been told very well."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24862
Notes:
Bulletin No. 1, page 2., "The value of farm papers from many angles has been featured. But it may be news to know that a farm paper actually saved the life of Mrs. Frank Rosebough, Bridgeport, New York. Mrs. Rosebough was reading her paper when a disgruntled hired man fired a shotgun through the window at her husband. The charge missed the latter and would have killed Mrs. Rosebough except that the farm paper which was spread before her face broke the force of the shot."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C36814
Notes:
Agricultural Publishers Association Records, Series No. 8/3/80, Box 10, On page 3 of APA "Farm Conditions" bulletin., Cites a Kansas State Agricultural College professor who advocates using farm papers as supplementary texts in courses taught by high schools and agricultural colleges.
