USA: Delmar, Centage Learning, Clifton Park, New York.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D01730
Notes:
"As communicators, we are caretakers of an industry - one of the most important industries in the history of humankind. It is our duty as students and teachers of agriculture to learn, as efficiently and thoroughly as we can, the skills needed to tell a positive story about agriculture through words, pictures and Web site content. This book will help you in that goal." (p. xiii)
USA: University of California Press, Berkeley, California.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C21622
Notes:
237 pages, Includes a description of "Consumer Time," a radio program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and produced by Donald E. Montgomery, consumer's counsel for USDA beginning in 1935. At that time, the USDA was the only government agency with an "official" position devoted to the concerns of the consumer. (p. 145). Another program, "Consumer Flashes," was part of the "National Farm and Home Hour" broadcast on NBC "Red" Network. Also includes (p. 47) statistics showing how lower-income listeners made up about 80% of the U.S. radio audience in 1940. Programs such as the "National Barn Dance" on WLS Radio, Chicago, were cited as especially popular.
