Trees, fruits, and flowers of Minnesota . try Gentleman,published at Albany, by Luther Tucker, and still published by hissons. I read the former with interest as a young man, although thethought of publishing an agricultural journal myself would havethen been my last thought. Twenty years ago the agricultural press had recruited to itsranks more or less valuable sheets, mostly less. The great Westwas fruitful of these productions, because the West was chieflydepending upon agriculture; but the papers themselves, with fewexceptions, bore evidence of being edited by men of little practicalagricu
Trees, fruits, and flowers of Minnesota . try Gentleman,published at Albany, by Luther Tucker, and still published by hissons. I read the former with interest as a young man, although thethought of publishing an agricultural journal myself would havethen been my last thought. Twenty years ago the agricultural press had recruited to itsranks more or less valuable sheets, mostly less. The great Westwas fruitful of these productions, because the West was chieflydepending upon agriculture; but the papers themselves, with fewexceptions, bore evidence of being edited by men of little practicalagricultural knowledge or experience. A very noticeable improve- OY AGRICULTUEAL PRESS, ETC. 337 ment has since taken place in the general character of agriculturaljournals. As a class, they rank today as clean, wholesome and ablyedited as that of the best class of journals, and in my opinion theyare destined to wield an increasing influence for good in the land,particularly if they maintain the same ratio of progress along the. E. A. Webb, manager of The Farmer, St. Paul. lines indicated in the next decade as they have in the past two. Theimprovement in the character of agricultural papers has beenbrought about largely by a growing demand for better farm jour-nals, edited by men having practical experience and ability, and thenecessity for more scientific methods both in the cultivation of landsand breeding of live stock, which are found profitable and necessary 338 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. to compete intelligently and successfully with other industrial pur-suits. Second, the public readied: A farmer may take half a dozenpapers in these days without taxing- his annual, expense account toany great extent. The cost of papers is so low that few intelligentfarm homes in the country are now without at least one paper thattreats of agriculture in one or more of its branches, so that theagricultural press already may be said to reach people concerned inthis oc
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