H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
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Mr. C. A. Cobb, Agricultural Editor of the Rurali»t 
THESE ARE THE PRACTICAL FARM 
C A ^nhli want to introduce to our friends the new 
■ wUUM Editor, Mr. C. A. Cobb, formerly of the Missis¬ 
sippi Extension Force, and familiarly known throughout the South 
as “Corn Cobb.” 
For a number of years Mr. Cobb has been an outstanding figure 
among Southern agricultural workers. His particular field of en¬ 
deavor has been Boys’ Club Work. Due to his leadership, that work 
has grown until it is predominant in Mississippi and highly re¬ 
spected in every Southern State. 
Mr. Cobb has had a varied and fruitful experience. Raised on a 
Tennessee farm, the son of a Baptist preacher, educated by his own 
efforts in the Mississippi A. and M. College, principal of the first 
agricultural high school in that state—these things, together with 
his personal ownership and practical management of a modern 300- 
acre farm and the broad knowledge and mental balance developed 
by ten years of keen study and careful observation of agricultural 
conditions and progress, should, it seems to us, eminently qualify 
him for the position of Editor of the Southern Ruralist. 
He is brimful of energy, level-headed, well-informed. His per¬ 
sonality is most pleasing. He is a writer of exceptional ability. 
His character is one which any young man may well emulate. 
THE SOUTHERN FARMERS’ MO 
In addition to the editorial and special lines carried by Mr. Cobb 
and Mr. Merriam there are special departments, such as Dairy and 
Live Stock, Veterinary, Farm Machinery and Mechanics, Horticul¬ 
tural and Fruit Growing, Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs, Poultry, Home 
Department and many others, each conducted by a specialist in 
that particular subject. 
With all due respect to Mr. Cobb, Mr. Merriam and their special 
associates, the most interesting part to us is the every month "Ex- ' 
E’. J. Merriam, President Southern Ruralist Conqiany 
MEN OF THE SOUTH WHO MAKE IT 
F I another practical man who has done 
■ l*I“ri lain an almost lifetime’s work in the years that 
he has been at the head of the Southern Ruralist Company. Fnder 
his management the RurMist has grown from a little eight-page 
monthly paper of a few thousand circulation to the present 32 to 
5G-page, twice a month, leading agricultural 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 Mr. Cobb, 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 because he has had and is getting farm ex¬ 
perience right along. Mr. Merriam and Mr. Cobb know by actual 
experience and they pass this experience along to Ruralist readers 
through the Ruralist twice each month. 
NTHLY EXPERIENCE MEETINGS 
perience Meeting” of farmers and farmers wives. It goes under 
the general head of “What Farmers Are Doing” and it’s open to 
any one to tell what they have done on their farm. The subjects 
vary, of course, from mouth to month, but the competition is abso¬ 
lutely open to everyone. The “one-horse” farmer has an equal chance 
with the big plantation owner to write for the Ruralist. Ten or 
twelve of these are published each month and we are sure you will 
enjoy these accounts of actual farm “doings.” 
