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w/t,-,* Tc. T+ > The Practical Farmer Is a weekly 

 W nai IS 11 ; agricultural journal, published in Phll- 

 - adelphia, Pa. It is the most purel3' 

 practical farm paper published, its editors and contribu- 

 tors born and raised on the farm, and doing practical 

 work on the farm to-day. They write of what they have 

 done; of what they are doing. It has the regular depart- 

 ments found in almost all flrst-class agricultural papers : 



T. IJ-- An Agricultural DEPARTMfeNT, conducted 

 11 XldS by T. B. Terry, whose name is a household 

 - word all over" the land, and who writes exclu- 

 sively for The Practical Farmer. 



A Garden Department, conducted by T. Greiner, a 

 widely known practical gardener. 



A Stock and Dairy Department, conducted by Dr. 

 Galen Wilson, a practical stockman and veterinarian, 

 who answers all questions relating to animal diseases. 



A Horticultural Department, conducted by the old 

 reliable Joseph Meeh.\n. 



A Poultry Department, contributed to by practical 

 poultry raiiers, male and female. 



A Home Circle, conducted by Mrs. V. C. Melville, for 

 the pleasure and information of the ladies and children. 



A Query Department, in which all questions pertain- 

 ing to farm management are answered by its editors, in 

 most cases the answers coming from an editor living in 

 the same section of country from whence the query came. 



It also publishes complete and reliable market re- 

 ports and a. careful summary of the news of the world. 



These are the general features. In addition It has 



Original Special Dep artments ! f^Vtlfr 



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 tural journals, and which give The Practical Farmer a 



IT^i^A^n '\^Ai-.,iA.^^\ii~,r which must be seen, read 



Unique lnaiviauaiity» and studied to be fuiiy 



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" Our Experience Pool " is a page under the editorial 

 charge of Prof. W. F. Ma&sey, which is really a Weekly 

 Farmers' Institute for the exchange of practical ideas by 

 practical farmers. A topic is presented for each week, 

 and its discussion participated in by all P. F. subscrib- 

 ers who desire to, thus bringing in the experience and 

 methods of thousands of practical men during the year. 



" Short Cuts " fills another page, under the editorial 

 guidance of T. Greiner, In which is published all actual 

 labor-savlni; short cuts made by the farmer on the farm 

 and the housewife In the home, methods of management 

 or manner of using implements to save time, labor and 

 money, or Increase their efficiency. 



"Mistakes, Failures, and Successes" occupy another 

 page, edited by Geo. T. Pettit, in which are published 

 the mistakes, failures and successes of its subscribers as 

 told by themselves. A diary of actual dally experience 

 on the farm. 



"Postal Card Correspondence" Is short, sharp re- 

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 giving notes on crops, prices and other Items of weekly 

 Interest. 



These four departments are sustained solely by subscrib- 

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 their brother farmers all over the United States. 



Cash Prizes are paid each week for the best contribu- 

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"Thi: Cream of the Bulletins" is another Special 

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 lege Experiment Stations are boiled down and put in 

 plain language, so that "he who runs may read." 



Another Special Attraction, numbfr of'crop 



Now a Word pr 



Specials will be 

 published. These are original with and peculiar to The 

 Practical Farmer. Some one crop, like wheat, corn, 

 potatoes, or some phase of farm management is selected, 

 and an entire number of the paper devotsd to its discussion 

 by its subscribers. The value of these Specials lies in the 

 fact that farmers inevery partof the country send articles, 

 so that the subject is discussed from every possible stand- 

 point and condition by men who know what they are talk- 

 ing about and write of what they do. The following Crop 

 Specials bave already been arranged for 1898, with more to 

 follow : 



Dairy Special. January 15. 



Small Fruit Special. February 19. 



Cotton Special. March 19. 



Farmers' Garden Special. April 16. 



Grass Special. May 14. 



Wheat Special. July 2. 



Cash Prizes of S50 for the best three articles contributed 

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! in the South. There are six agricultural papers published 

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\ any farm paper he knows of. There are eight agricultural 



[ papers in that State. A Maine farmer has learned more 

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i takes, and he has five published in his own State to select 

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[ classed as agricultural right in his own State. A South 

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