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II. G. I.astiufrs Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
THAT BEST OF ALL FARM PAPERS 
AND THESE PRACTICAL FARM MEN OF THE SOUTH WHO MAKE IT 
Dr. H. E. Stockbridge, Agricultural Editor of the Ruralist 
H P don’t hesitote a minute to say 
■ that in our 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 Sumpter County, Georgia. He has been director of 
both the North Dakota and Florida Experiment Stations, and when 
the Japanese government wanted to organize a national depart- 
ment of agriculture many years ago. Dr. Stockbridge was the man 
chosen and spent four years in that country. With his national 
and international reputation and having been twice President of 
the Farmers’ National Congress he tells you exactly what you need 
to know. He has a way of putting the great scientific facts and 
truths relating to farming in such plain, simple, understandable 
words that even the most uneducated man is never at a loss to 
know exactly what he means. All agricultural matter for the 
Southern Kuralist goes under Dr. Stockbridge’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. Merriam, President Southern Ruralist Company 
P J IIMArriafn He is another practical man who has done 
■ ■ ■ ■«*■■■ an almost lifetime’s work in the years that 
he has been at the head of the Southern Ruralist Company. Under 
his management the Ruralist has grown from a little 8-page 
monthly paper of a few thousand circulation to the present 24 to 
56 page, twice a month, leading agricultui'al paper of the South, 
going into over 300,000 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 de- 
pendent 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 the farms near Atlanta he has had to “buck-up” 
against exactly the same things in farm methods and farm man- 
agement. bad weather and good weather conditions, etc., as you 
' have. He is practical becau.se he has had and is getting farm ex- 
perience right along. Mr. Merriam and Dr. Stockbridge know by 
' actual experience and they pass this experience along to Ruralist 
readers through the Ruralist twice each month. 
THE SOUTHERN FARMERS’ MONTHLY EXPERIENCE MEETINGS 
In addition to the lines carried directly by Mr. Merriam and Dr. 
Stockbridge, there are many spceial 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 Vet- 
erinary Department, edited by Dr. Cary, veterinarian of the Ala- 
bama Experiment Station, Dr. Cary answering all questions asked 
by subscribers as to diseases and injuries of all kinds of live stock; 
the Horticultural and Fruit Growing Department, in charge of 
Prof. T. H. McHatton, of the Georgia State College of Agricul- 
ture, and the Poultry Department is 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 middle of each month. 
These middle-of-the-month issues of the Ruralist are regular 
Southprn farmers’ experience meetings. The articles are written 
strictly by farmers themselves. They give the actual farm expe- 
riences of men right on the ground, day in and day out, of the 
“one-horse” farmer, the two or more horse farmer as well as the 
plantation owner. They all have their chance and tell it in their 
own language. The Ruralist is open to them all. They don’t tell 
what they are going to do, but what they have done and how they 
did: it. You can’s say that the experiences of 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. They tell 
it to you through the Ruralist just as your neighboring farmer 
friend would tell you about his farm work and which you are al- 
ways 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 
over three 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 dissatisfied 
with your trade. 
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