Measures 8 ½" x 11 ¼", 24 pp. excluding the cover. Published by Farmer's Publishers, circulation 45,000 copies, printed on unbleached low-quality paper. Illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, and diagrams. The magazine is designed purely as a propaganda tool to convince the peasantry to join collective farms in order to pool their resources, to be able to afford more technological tools and implements, etc., etc., claiming that with agriculture collectivized, to quote the title of one of the articles, "poverty-stricken existence is left behind". Articles giving advice and technical guidance on the best use of agricultural machinery are also pure propaganda of collectivization because an average individual farmer could not afford such machinery.

In very good condition. The binding staples are missing but all the pages are in place, and stapling them together is a 1-minute job, if desired. The staple holes are small and neat, without significant rips. The cover is a little frayed along the fold line, not too intrusive to the eye. The internal pages are amazingly well-preserved, showing just barely noticeable storage wear.

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