Index to:
Sanitary Home: 1899-1902
North Dakota Farmer and Sanitary Home: 1902- 1904
North Dakota Farmer: 1904-1918
Indexing completed through July 1906 only (3-11-04)
Sanitary Home (later called North Dakota Farmer and Sanitary
Home, and North Dakota Farmer) was a monthly periodical
published for rural North Dakotans from 1899-1918. It was conceived
and edited, and the early issues mostly written by Edwin Fremont Ladd,
professor of chemistry at North Dakota Agricultural College, 1890-1916,
and president of NDAC 1916-1921. The magazine was a communication
link between NDAC and the rural community of North Dakota; it served
the extension function of the College well before the Smith-Lever
Act of 1914 authorized U.S. Cooperative Extension Service.
Sanitary Home was published March 1899- July 1902 in Fargo
by the North Dakota Agricultural College. From August 1902- April
1904, the title was changed to North Dakota Farmer and Sanitary
Home, and Dr. Ladd took on two partners (W.L. Van Horne, and
J.W. Hilborn), and a manager W.G. Crocker. During this time the
magazine was published in Fargo by E.F. Ladd & Co. In July 1904
the title again changed to North Dakota Farmer, and publication
shifted to Lisbon, N.D. still being published by E.F. Ladd &
Co., but with associate editors J.H Shepperd, E. E. Kaufman, and
W.R. Waldron. In 1918, the publication was sold. The last issue
published was vol. 19 no. 11/12, May/June 1918.
Its original function was (according to 1899 masthead) as "a magazine
devoted to foods, hygiene, and university extension work"; later
mastheads reflected changing emphasis and circumstances: 1910, "North
Dakota Farmer for North Dakota farmers"; and during WWI in 1918,
"With Malice Toward None". Issues included information for farmers
and homemakers, articles by NDAC staff, and many times feature articles
by John H.Worst, President NDAC 1895-1916. Over the years, the emphasis
of the magazine changed from home life to predominantly agricultural
related articles, but always included some articles of interest
to rural homemakers. Topics ranged from cooking, fashion and family
life, to farming and livestock production, to water quality, food
adulteration and patent medicines. For a number of years a Nature
Study section was regularly included, intended to support natural
history courses in rural schools.
The magazine was distributed throughout North Dakota and surrounding
states for a subscription cost ranging from 50 cents per year to
one dollar per year; it was distributed for free to public school
teachers of the Dakotas and Minnesota.
All issues of the magazine have been microfilmed and are available
for InterLibrary Loan from NDSU library.
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Last Updated: March 11, 2008