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.
National Association of Farm Broadcasters Archives, University of Illinois. NAFB Publications Series No. 8/3/90. Box No. 3. Contact http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/ or Documentation Center, Past Presidents, 1944-85. 5 p.
Greene, Edward L. (author / National Vigilance Committee) and Agricultural Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Format:
Speech
Publication Date:
1925-05-27
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C24901
Notes:
Special Bulletin No. 50. 3 pages., Speaker from the National Vigilance Committee commends the agricultural press for protecting farmers from fly-by-night promoters and unfair advertisements.
Hayden, Victor F. (author / Executive Secretary, APA) and Agricultural Publishers Association.
Format:
Article
Publication Date:
1925-12-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C28857
Notes:
Agricultural Publishers Association Records, UI Archives., Letter to APA members. 1 page., Letter to agricultural publishers announcing that an APA-initiated proposal to establish a national, non-legal holiday, "Agriculture Day," had been endorsed by the American Farm Bureau Federation. Wording of the resolution included.