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., American Newspaper Publishers Association protests efforts by government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to control advertising content inappropriately. Article cites an example: "A 1933 order by the animal industry bureau of the Agriculture Department deleting from Jones's dairy farm advertising a jingle, 'Most little pigs to to market, The best little pigs go to Jones's,' on the grounds that it was misleading."
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 2 pages., Report of a nationwide survey among farm residents by the National Farm Radio Council. Identifies kinds of programs valued by listeners. Article also describes the role and organization of the Council.
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.
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Cites a reader who emphasizes the value of weather reports and forecasts to farmers. "Since the advent of the rural delivery, all up-to-date farmers get a daily paper, and its value can be made immeasurably greater by a careful study of the weather report."
Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Reports results of a survey by WLS Radio, Chicago, showing weather reports were the first choice of farm listeners.
