cited reference, The Department of Agriculture, Victoria, ran a talk-back programme, "Phone the Farm Panel", over radio station 3GL, Geelong, between April 1971 and August 1972. The station's receiving area corresponds closely with the Department's Port Philip extension district, The experience suggested that urban listeners participate in such programmes more than do rural ones, and women more than men, which may be explained by the differing nature of their occupations. The exercise gave the extension officers involved valuable publicity and experience.
Carter, E.I. (author), Murray, A. (author), and Dairy Field Services Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland; Dairy Field Services Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1973
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05546
Palmer, G.K. (author / Extension Liaison Officer, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Bunbury, W.A.) and Extension Liaison Officer, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Bunbury, W.A.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1973-07
Published:
Australia: Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05494
cited reference, In Western Australia in 1972, the Busselton-Margaret River Agricultural Memo was sent out to farmers, using the P.M.G. "Householder" service. After four issues, two questionnaires were sent out by mail, a month apart, to 200 farmers in the area. The usefulness of the Memo and of its altered delivery system were positively confirmed.
Carter, E.I. (author / Dairy Field Services Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland) and Dairy Field Services Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Queensland
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1976
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05545
Russell, H.M. (author / Senior Scientific Services Officer, Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Australia) and Senior Scientific Services Officer, Department of Agriculture, Victoria, Australia
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1976
Published:
Australia: Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 45 Document Number: B05495
cited reference, The training of farmers to act as "counsellors' to other farmers who may need assistance to cope with problems of change was proposed. The evidence of similar ventures would suggest that the idea of employing non-professional counsellors as paid opinion leaders was unlikely to achieve results in the matter of farmers' welfare, although some non-professional extension aides make important contributions as members of existing extension and welfare services.
cited reference, Results of a pilot survey of farmers' machinery problems made in 1973 showed that farmers largely depended on their own experience and that of other farmers for information on machinery problems.
Reprint provided as CD in John P. Brien, "Research contributions in agricultural extension and communication," a thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Agricultural Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science, University of Queensland., Author makes some observations about agricultural extension and communication in the United States vis a vis Australia.
