Pages 75-77 in Extension Circular 521, Review of Extension Research, January through December 1958, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Summary of the thesis for a Master of Science degree in agricultural economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing. 1958. 138 pages.
Arbour, M.B. (author), Mason, I.C. (author), Peterson, S. (author), Sabrosky, L.K. (author), and Louisiana Extension Service, Louisiana State University; Division of Field Studies and Training, Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Division of Field Studies and Training, Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Division of Field Studies and Training, Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1946
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 27 Document Number: B02740
Notes:
Baton Rouge, LA : Louisiana State University, Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics, 1946. 8 p. (Extension Service Circular No. 434). Review of Extension Research 1946/47-1956, Extension Service Circular 506, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 161 Document Number: C26598
Notes:
3 pages., Summarizes principles identified in a book published 40+ years ago (Donald R. Murphy, What farmers read and like) and invites readers to compare them with guidelines used today for attracting farm readers.
Provides limited information in response to the question, but describes a readership analysis service offered by the Field Studies and Training Division of the Extension Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. It has analyzed extension publications from 46 states and Puerto Rico.
Online via keyword search of UI Library ecatalog., Report of newspaper reading among 241 farmers in Gujarat State, India. Findings suggested that newspapers play an important part in popularizing the agricultural practices of farmers. Author recommended that sufficient space should be given to agricultural information, and it should be published on time, more understandable, interesting, acceptable to readers, and in regional-language newspapers.
