 Merging these two farm publications established the first publication in history to publish regional editorial specific to its circulation areas.This merger of the "Progressive Farmer" and the "Southern Farm Gazette" resulted in the need to have a production and printing facility that would be a one-day train trip to both of the editorial offices in Starkville and Raleigh, North Carolina, for receiving the typewritten feature stories for publication.In 1911, it was decided to establish a central office in Birmingham, while Clarence Poe and his partners remained in Raleigh and directed company operations from there.