H. G. Hastings & Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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THAT BEST OF ALL FARM PAPERS 
AND THE PRACTICAL MEN WHO MAKE IT 
H. E. Stockbridge, Agricultural Editor of the Ruralist 
F. J. aierriani, President Southern Ruralist Co. 
H P Qf A^IrlirSrlo'A don’t hesitate a minute to say 
■ jjj QJ 2 J. opinion Dr. H. E. Stock- 
bridge is the best agricultural editor on any farm paper in this 
country. First and above all things he is a thoroughly practical 
farmer, and one of very wide experience. Second, he is thoroughly 
equipped from a scientific standpoint. He is the owner of a large 
plantation in Sumter Co., Georgia. He has been director of both 
the North Dakota and Florida Experiment Stations, and when the - 
Japanese government wanted to organize a national department of 
agriculture. Dr. Stockbridge was the man chosen and spent four 
years in that country. He is a man of both national and interna- 
tional reputation. 
With all his scientific and practical knowledge he has a way of 
putting the great scientific facts and truths relating to farming 
in such plain, simple, understandable words that even the un- 
educated man is never at a loss to know exactly what is meant. 
All agricultural matter for the Ruralist goes under Dr. Stock- 
bridge’s eye and you can rest assured that unless the information 
is practical and workable it doesn’t get into print through the 
Ruralist. 
' F J MArrSam He is another practical man who haS' 
I ■ ■ done an almost lifetime’s work in the 
few years that he has been at the head of the Southern Ruralist 
Co. Under his management the Ruralist has grown from a little 
8-page monthly paper of a few thousand circulation to the present 
32 to 56 pages twice a month, leading agricultural paper of the 
South, going into 175,000 Southern farm homes regularly. 
Mr. Merriam is a thoroughly practical Southern farmer. He 
knows exactly what it is to be in close touch with the soil and 
dependent on the right handling of the farm for his living. First, 
in Florida and later here in Georgia he has made his living and 
all his living from the soil. 
Like Dr. Stockbridge, Mr. Merriam knows farm prosperity and 
farm troubles. On his present farm near Atlanta he has to “buck 
up” against exactly the same things in farm methods and f.'.rm 
management, bad weather and good weather conditions, etc., 
just as you do. He is practical because he has had and is 
getting- farm experience right along Mr. Merriam and Dr. S ''ck- 
bridge know by actual experience and they pass this experience 
along to Ruralist readers. 
What Southern Farmers Are Actually Doing 
In addition to the lines carried directly by Mr, Merriam and Dr. 
Stockbridge there are many special departments cared for -by men 
specially fitted to handle these particular subjects. Among these 
is the Dairy and Live Stock Department, edited by C. L. Willough- 
by. professor of this subject in the University of Florida ; the 
Veterinary Department, edited by Dr. Cary, veterinarian of the 
Alabama "Experiment Station, Dr. Cary answering all questions 
asked by subscribers as to diseases and injuries uf aR'kinds of., 
live stock; the Horticultural and Fruit Growing Department, in' 
charge of Prof. McHatton, of the Georgia State College of A.gri- 
culture and the Poultrv Department so ably looked after by Mr, 
F. J. Marshall, a poultryman of national reputation. 
With all due respect to Mr. Merriam and Dr. Stockbridge and 
the able gentlemen we have just mentioned we get just as much, 
if not more, out of the special “What Farmers Are Doing” issues 
that come the middU of each month. 
These middle of toe month issues of the Ruralist are re.gular 
farmers’ experience meetings. The articles are written strictly by 
farmers themselves. They give the actual farm experiences of men 
right on the ground, day in and day out, the “one horse” farmer, 
the two or more horse farmer as well as the plantation owner. 
Tbev all have their chance and tell it in their own language. The 
Ruralist is open to them all. Thev don’t tell what they are going 
to do but what they have done and how they did it. You can’t say 
that the experiences of all these hundreds of farmers who write 
for the Ruralist every year is theory. It’s the actual statement of 
things-^actually done on their farms. Thev tell it to you through 
thejRuralist just as your neighborihg farmer friend would tell you 
about his farm work and which you are always mighty glad to 
hear from him. 
It’s just this kind of information on every farm subject in the 
course of a year that makes the Ruralist such a valuable paper to 
nearly two hundred thousand Southern farmers. If you are not 
already a reader, take advantage of our special offer of “Half 
Price” and “Money Back” on the opposite page. It’s a perfectly 
fair, square offer and we take all the risk of your being dis- 
satisfied with your trade. 
