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SHE PINCH OF HARD TIMES has left its im- 
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the exceptions to it are few and far between. 
A notable exception in agricultural journalism 
: is THE PRACTICAL FARIIER. All through 
the stress it has never lowered its standard or abated the 
steady progress which it is ever making towards that per- 
fect ideal which is its ultimate aim. Throughout the dull 
Summer months, when even in prosperous years the average 
agricultural journal fills up its columns with much that is 
of no real practical use to its readers, the pages of THE 
PRACTICAL FARMER have each week presented some- 
thing worthy of the pens of its contributors. Such men as 
Dr. Peter Collier, T. Greiner and John E. Read, of 
New York; T. B. Terry, John Gould, Waldo F. 
Brown and J. McLain Smith, of Ohio; ‘Galen Wil- 
son and Joseph Meehan, of Pennsylvania; J. M. 
Smith, of Wisconsin ; Benj. F. Johnson and John M. 
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It would serve no good end to try to disguise the fact that the 
past year has been a hard one on the average farmer. Wheat 
touched the lowest point in the history of that cereal, and in almost 
everything else that the farmer raises as a money crop, either he 
was met by low prices or unfavorable surroundings for such crops. 
Yet, in spite of this general depression, many farmers have more 
than made a comfortable living, with no better natural advantages 
than are possessed by thousands who have failed to doso. The 
failure to do this is not altogether, or even largely, due so much to 
low prices and unfavorable legislation, giving to each the full credit 
of their share, as to the inability of the farmer to make the most of 
what he has, to make his soil produce all that it is capable of pro- 

can accomplish it, constantly and we believe successfully, endeav- 
ors to place American Agriculture on a higher and more profitable 
plane. This has been its purpose and aim in the past, and we can 
give no better promise for the future than by pointing to its per- 
formance inthe past. In thus laboring to better the condition of its 
readers, the P. F. has not lost sight of the Home Circle. Fertile 
fields, laughing harvests and well-filled barns do not constitute the 
whole of a farmer’s life. A bright fireside, congenial home sur- 
* | Push, Pluck and Perseverance 
Stahl, of Illinois; Prof. W. F. Massey, of North Caro- 
lina; C. E. Caldwell, of Louisiana; G. H. Turner, of 
Mississippi, and Hon. Warren Brown, of New Hamp- 
shire, form our regular corps of contributors, and we draw 
on them for the benefit of our readers just as freely in the 
Summer months as in the Winter; in fact, more freely, 
because of the larger space we then have to devote to read- 
ing’matter. Contrary to the usually accepted theory that 
the farmers cannot find time to read during the busy days 
of the Summer, the readers of the P. F, find that it pays to 
read it every week in the year, because in every number 
they find something that is of special interest to them, that 
just fits into their present work or will help them in ‘plan- 
ning for the future crops. So the subscribers of the P. F. 
have come to look upon its visits as a part of their life from 
week to week. It has no off season or vacation, but 
pushes steadily along throughout the entire year to the 
final accomplishment of its one purpose. 
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ducing, Lis stock develop all that it is capensis of developing. The 
purpose of the P. F. is to educate its readers, that they will be better 
business farmers, more capable and ready to get all out of their 
farms that there isin them, make the best use of the opportunities 
which they have. Todo this, it commands the services of the best 
and most practical agricultural workers and writers that money and 
enterprise can procure. By means of Special Departments, it en- 
lists the experience and thoughts of those of its readers known in 
their res ESTE neighborhoods as successful, go-ahead, business far- 
mers. b publishes from time to time during the year special 
numbers which are almost entirely devoted to the discussion of 
the leading crops, and in every other possible way in which 
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roundings, a happy family circle, are needed to round out and com- 
plement these material blessings. So the Home Circle, especially 
devoted to wifé and children, is one of the most carefully edited De- 
partments in the paper. It has won for itself, under the wise and 
able management of Mrs. Velma C. Melville, the distinction of be- 
ing the ideal family corner of the Agricultural Press. Pure in tone, 
elevating in sentiment and helpful in suggestions, it is welcomed 
by each one in every house in which it enters. 


Its The exclusive services of T. B. Terry for its columns. 
Good Points charge of John Gould. The Garden Department, conducted by T. Greiner. 
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The Horticultural 
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