''The Farmer's Wife'' was a monthly women's magazine published in St. Paul, Minnesota. First published in 1897 and ending as an independent publication in 1939, it offered advice about farming, housekeeping and cooking, also publishing fiction. At its peak, it had well over a million subscribers nationally. The magazine was established by Webb Publishing Company, which was founded by

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newspaperman Edward A. Webb. The company moved to

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in 1890. The company continued to grow, eventually becoming one of the largest agricultural publishers in the United States. ''The Farmer's Wife'' was sold to ''

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'' in 1939. Their magazine was re-titled ''Farm Journal and Farmer's Wife'' (latter in smaller print) until 1945. It was then published as ''Farm Journal'' with a back section titled ''The Farmer's Wife'' until 1970.

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Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections: The Farmer's Wife (1906-1939)
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