Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Surveys by county agents suggest that numbers of farms equipped with radios in the U.S. grew from 145,000 in 1923 to 365,000 in 1924 to 550,000 in 1925. Farmers were found to tune in not so much for grand opera or baseball or political speecheds as for weather and market reports.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., A representative of the Federal Radio Commission, Sam Pickard, argues that the farmer and the small town listeners are entitled to good radio.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Senator Arthur Capper suggests that farmers are getting more than anybody from the radio. Cites the new USDA National Farm Radio School as an example.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., USDA reports estimates of more than 1 million receiving sets now in regular use on farms. Article describes listener acceptance of the new medium. Also describes response to the USDA experimental radio market news service announced on December 21, 1920, and developed thereafter.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., British post office offers special telephone service to rural residents who form a telephone exchange. Article describes advantages to the farm, in terms of various kinds of iuseful nformation available to farmers.
