American Seedsman

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American Seedsman
Front cover from March 1920, the magazine's first-anniversary edition
CategoriesAgriculture
FrequencyMonthly
First issue1919 (105 years ago) (1919)
CountryUnited States

American Seedsman was a monthly American agricultural magazine founded in 1919. It was based at 332 South LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois.[1][2] In 1920, it had a print circulation of around three thousand.[3] It featured articles on the growing and harvesting of seeds.[4]

In 1920, its former editor, Newton C. Evans, became managing editor, with John J. Garland succeeding him as editor. Garland joined the publication from Holmes–Letherman Seed Company in Canton, Ohio, for whom he was treasurer.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ayer Directory, Newspapers, Magazines and Trade Publications (1921), p. 1312
  2. ^ a b American Seedsman, Volume 2, Issues 1–6 (1920)
  3. ^ Crain's Market Data Book and Directory of Class, Trade and Technical Publications. Advertising Publications. 1920. p. 12.
  4. ^ "The Literary Market". The Editor; the Journal of Information for Literary Workers. 55–56: IV.