Western Farmer 



GIVES YOU THE BEST, MOST PRACTICAL INFORMATION ON FARMING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 



A Home Paper edited for the Farmer and His Family, to promote profitable farming and to encourage right living and clear thinking 



Western Farmer has the loyal sup- 

 port of 70,000 paid in advance sub- 

 scribers— up-to-date farmers who live 

 and farm here in the Northwest and 

 we want your support to help us to 

 continue to make Western Farmer 

 the paper to live and farm by. 



\n addition to the special illustrated articles that 

 will appear in Western Farmer during 1919, a few 

 of the subjects to be discussed in the various de- 

 partments by the best writers in the Pacific North- 

 west will be: 



Better Markets. 

 Plans for Farm Buildings. 

 Bead Construction. 

 Bulk Handling of Grain. 

 Traetor Farming. 

 Tenant and Landlord. 

 Poultry for Profit. 

 Silos and Ensilage. 

 Alfalfa Growing. 

 Bee Culture. 

 Home Dressmaking. 

 Home Canning. 



Household Economics. 

 Handy Devices. 

 Slieep Baising. 

 Home Sanitation. 

 Baby Beef, 



Balancing Feed Rations. 

 Training the Colt. 

 Farm Motor Power. 

 Combating Insect Pests. 

 Small Fruit Culture. 

 Earning Pin Money, 

 Games for All. 



Poultry Feeds and Balanced Rations. 

 Problems in Dry Farming. 

 Making High-Priced Land Pay. 

 Commercial Potato Growing. 

 Lessening the Labors of the Housewife. 



An Interesting Home Story in Each Issue. 



The above is only part of the Western Farmer's 

 Bill of Fare for the coming year. 



Don't you think our bill of fare is brim full of 

 wholesomcf and profitable mentnl food? Yon should 

 sit at the first table, and share in llie good things that 

 are to be served during 1919. 



Yours for better farming, 



WESTERN FARMER. 



A Farm Paper 



Edited for the farmer and his family. It gives you 

 the best and most practical information on farming 

 as it is done in the Pacific Northwest. 



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