Fry, John J., <br/><br/>
The farm press, reform, and rural change, 1895-1920 / 
John J. Fry. 
 - 1 online resource (xxviii, 230 pages) 
 - Studies in American popular history and culture .
 - American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm)) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. The rural midwest and the farm press during the progressive era ch. 1. "First class papers" and "never-stop papers" : twenty-five years of the midwestern farm press ch. 2. Editors and publishers : the faces behind the midwestern farm press ch. 3. "What farmers read and liked" : scenes of reading in the rural midwest ch. 4. "Who read the agricultural journals?" : farm newspaper subscribers in the lower midwest ch. 5. "Innumerable little white churches" : the rural church and the midwestern farm press ch. 6. "The school house at the crossroads" : the rural school and the midwestern farm press ch. 7. "Why leave the farm?" : the rural family and the midwestern farm press Conclusion. "Good farming, clear thinking, right living" : the uses of midwestern farm newspapers Epilogue. Midwestern farm newspapers since the 1920s. 
<br/><br/> An in-depth look at producers and readers of Midwestern farm newspapers at the turn of the twentieth century. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203958650 9781135475284 9781135475352 9781135475420 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9780203958650   doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Agricultural journalism--History--Middle West--20th century.<br/>Agricultural journalism--History--Middle West--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN4888.A43  / F78 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>070.449630977  / F946