Grandpa Fast Loved Newspapers and Magazines (2 of 15) -

Part 2 of the series about Grandpa David D. Fast's love of periodicals. See Part 1 here.

Farm Journal – Begun in 1877 by Quaker Wilmer Atkinson for farmers near Philadelphia and published monthly. He worked hard to develop it into a national publication with a million subscribers by 1915. It carried practical information about farming and rural life. The sample magazine cover from 1925 is in color, which shows the marketing savvy of the magazine staff. Farm Journal continues today with a wide range of print, radio, television, internet, and data products.