Western Rural

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{{Infobox magazine

| frequency = Weekly

| category = Agricultural magazine

| founded = 1862

| finaldate = 1901

| country = USA

| based = 113 Madison St., Chicago, Illinois
192 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

}}

Western Rural was a weekly journal published in Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan.{{cite web|title=Western Rural|url=http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=WRR18680104&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------#|website=Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections|accessdate=3 November 2014}} It existed between 1862 and 1901.

History and profile

Western Rural was founded in 1862.{{cite book|author=Frank Luther Mott|title=A History of American Magazines, 1850-1865|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lm7rSZ2BoK8C&pg=PA607|accessdate=16 October 2016|date=January 1938|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-39551-0|page=607}} It published information relating to agriculture, horticulture, and livestock as well as rural news and domestic affairs. It was intended for "western farms, western homes, and western affairs in general" as proclaimed by its masthead. The edition published in Chicago was intended for the western United States, while the Detroit edition was for Michigan and Canada.{{cite book|title=Rowell's American Newspaper Directory (Vol. 2)|date=1870|publisher=Nelson Chesman|location=New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j-tckWbcD8MC&dq=western+rural+newspaper&pg=PA267}} The magazine ceased publication in 1901.

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