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Show $!50,M0 WORTH OF PUBLICITY According to the public statement of the publicity manager of the Minnesota Min-nesota Farm Hureau, the publishers of the North Star State contribute $160,000 worth of publicity to the Farm Hureau cause during the past year. This space was on front pages, In editorial columns, and could not have been purchased at any price. As a matter of fact, the Farm Bureau man has underestimated the donation dona-tion of the editorial fraternity. Measured Meas-ured by an advertising agent it would have been valued at least a half a million. And to think there are 4 8 Btates in the Union whore the newspapers are doing the same thing in the hopes of accomplishing something some-thing for the farmer, realizing that agriculture Is the basic industry and that without its success all other industry in-dustry must mark time. |