Oldest magazine in AmericaPrairie Farmer Magazine: Celebrating the 175th Anniversary
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About Prairie Farmer Published in 1841 Promotes scientific farming practices Dedicated to improving rural life through education, recreation, and
better health practices Purchased radio station WLS in 1928 to offer farm programming, and
produced the National Barn Dance
The first copy of Prairie Farmer, printed in 1841. Photo taken from: http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=PFR18410201&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------#
Janurary issue of Prairie Farmer. Photo taken from: https://www.facebook.com/prairiefarmer/photos/a.443648899349.244761.142240394349/10154869210029350/?type=1&theater
Holly Spangler, editor: “Our mission has never wavered: We exist for farmers.
We’re here to help them build a better farm, a better environment, a better community and a better family.”
Fun Fact: President Abraham Lincoln subscribed to and read Prairie Farmer.
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Variation of Content
Prairie Farmer, 1994. SE.14.P.030
Prairie Farmer, 1991. SE.14.P.029
Prairie Farmer, 1994. SE.14.P.030
Prairie Farmer, 1941. RS.12.P.132
Prairie Farmer, 1994. SE.14.P.030
Prairie Farmer, 1928. RS.12.P.131
Prairie Farmer, 1987. RS.14.P.039
Agriculture in the late 1800s Pg. 66
Pg. 177
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John Wright, founding editor of Prairie Farmer magazine. Photo taken from https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89047173349;view=1up;seq=240
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Pg. 162
Pg. 175
“1841-1899: Time of progress” (Prairie Farmer, Dec. 2016)
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Pg. 106
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Agriculture throughout the 1900s
“1900-1959: Highs, lows, and in between” (Prairie Farmer, Dec. 2016)Evans, James F. Prairie Farmer and WLS: the Burridge D. Butler
Years. Call number: 630.5 PR2e
Evans, James F. Prairie Farmer and WLS: the Burridge D. Butler Years. Call number: 630.5 PR2e
Evans, James F. Prairie Farmer and WLS: the Burridge D. Butler Years. Call number: 630.5 PR2e
“1960-1999: Monumental changes” (Prairie Farmer, Dec. 2016)
Evans, James F. Prairie Farmer and WLS: the Burridge D. Butler Years. Call number: 630.5 PR2e
Prairie Farmer, 1987. RS.14.P.039
Prairie Farmer, 1994. SE.14.P.030
Prairie Farmer, 1994. SE.14.P.030
Prairie Farmer, 1987. RS.14.P.039
Agriculture throughout the 2000s
Ag precision technology. Prairie Farmer, December 2016
“2000-2016: Terrorism and technology” (Prairie Farmer, Dec. 2016)
“11 top agriculture issues of 2015Waters of the U.S., Section 179 and GMO labeling: We're taking a look at 2015's top agriculture stories”
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Citations http://www.wlshistory.com/WLS30/ http://www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/wls/barndance/index.html ntl barn dance airing http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1004.html http://www.penton.com/prairie-farmer-oldest-continually-published-magazine-america-cel
ebrates-175-year-anniversary/
https://archive.org/stream/prairiefarmer18700108prai#page/n7/mode/2up https://www.facebook.com/prairiefarmer/ https://www.facebook.com/prairiefarmer/ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89047173349;view=1up;seq=240
Digital exhibit Compiled and designed by Caeli Cleary
Senior in Agricultural Communications, University of Illinois Assistant, Agricultural Communications Documentation Center
February 2017
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