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nature, taking from the farm community, and leaving nothing 

 or less than nothing in return. 



Other Types of Farm Papers. Very few farm papers attempt 

 to be national in scope. Yet what may be termed the national 

 type is exemplified by the Farm Journal of Philadelphia. Pub- 

 lished in a great eastern city, this paper now circulates in every 

 State, and particularly in the West and far West. Its editorial 

 staff has been able to sense those questions and policies which are 

 primarily interesting to the farmer as a good citizen ; the questions 

 of technical farming horticulture, live stock, farm crops, market- 



FIG. 48. Henry Wallace, founder of 

 Wallace's Farmer. 



FIG. 49. W. D. Hoard, founder of Hoard's 

 Dairyman. 



ing, etc. have likewise been found to be of sufficiently nation- 

 wide interest to hold the readers. Hence this somewhat unique 

 journal has prospered and grown to over a million subscribers. 

 Another type of farm paper is that which reflects the outstanding 

 personality of one man. In such cases the original founder has 

 been a man of power and significance in the farming world a 

 real agricultural statesman. Two familiar examples of this are 

 the papers founded by Henry Wallace (Fig. 48) of Iowa and W. D. 

 Hoard (Fig. 49) of Wisconsin. 3 Each of the papers founded by 

 these two men became an institution in its community and in the 



3 Wallace's Farmer, Des Moines, Iowa. Hoard's Dairyman, Ft. Atkin- 

 son, Wisconsin. 



