The Bud of Industry is a handwritten newspaper edited by Alice Whiting (ca. 1854- ) and Mary Elizabeth (Libbie) Antes (1852-1904) and published during 1865 in Cicero, Onondaga County, New York.
Other contributors include George Wesley Antes (1849-1929), Mary J. Hoyt (ca. 1846- ), Mary P. Ball (ca. 1848-1918), Ardelia Eastwood (1854-1889), Janette Daniels (1848-1932), Elizabeth (Libbie) M. Button (ca. 1848- ), G. Brown, and Emily Germg.
The newspaper contains moralistic reflections about youth and old age, education, and perseverance. It also includes temperance articles about the immorality of drinking liquor, especifically whiskey, as well as smoking and chewing tobacco.