H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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That Best of All Farm Papers 
AND THE PRACTICAL FARM MEN OF THE SOUTH WHO MAKE IT 
Dr. H. E. Stoekbridge, Agricultural Editor of the Ruralist 
F. J. Merriam, President Southern Ruralist Company 
H E Clnrl/hrirloo We don't hesitate a minute to say 
■ “■ wlWURIINUge 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 Sumter 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 department 
of agriculture many years ago. Dr. Stoekbridge was the man chosen 
and spent four years in that country. He is a man of both national 
and international 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 most uned¬ 
ucated man is never at a loss to know exactly what he means. 
All agricultural matter for the Southern Ruralist goes under Dr. 
Stockbridge’s eye and you can rest assured that unless the infor¬ 
mation is practical and workable it doesn’t get into print through 
the Ruralist. 
F" J SV5<*rriant * s an °ther practical man who has done 
Jm mci ■ Hull an almost lifetime’s work in the few 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 agricultural paper of the South, going 
into over 265,000 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. Stoekbridge, 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 manage¬ 
ment, bad weather and good weather conditions, etc., just as you 
have. He is practical because he has had and is getting farm ex¬ 
perience right along. Mr. Merriam and Dr. Stoekbridge 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. 
Stoekbridge, 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 Vete¬ 
rinary Department, edited by Dr. Cary, veterinarian of the Alabama 
Experiment Station, Dr. Cary answering all questions asked by 
subscribers as to disease 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 Agriculture, 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. Stoekbridge, 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 
Southern farmers’ experience meetings. The articles are written 
strictly by farmers themselves. They give the actual farm experi¬ 
ences 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 planta¬ 
tion 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’t 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 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 
over two hundred and sixty-five 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 per¬ 
fectly fair, square offer and we take all the risk of your being dis¬ 
satisfied with your trade. 
