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    1. 550,000 farms now possess radio sets

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1925-09-03
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23564
    Journal Title:
    Hartford Courant
    Journal Title Details:
    : 6
    Notes:
    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.

    2. A radiocasting service for agriculture colleges

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Biggar, G. C. (author)
    Format:
    Archive
    Publication Date:
    1925
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 106 Document Number: C09824
    Journal Title:
    Agricultural College Editors
    Journal Title Details:
    6(11)
    Notes:
    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.