Content analysis of agricultural and home economics news in Vermont's 11 daily and 27 weekly newspapers. Results showed that such news accounted for 3.6 percent of news space in dailies and 8.1 percent in weeklies. The survey underscored the importance of helping local extension personnel as editors are interested in stories with local angles.
Author reports that weekly newspapers in New York State are not losing influence. Reports kept by months at Cornell show that the newspapers are using not only more of the college editors' material, but more agricultural news in general.