Farm radio makes tremendous gain: questionnaire shows that farmers buy good sets

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    1926-01-10
    Published:
    USA
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 148 Document Number: C23563
    Journal Title:
    Hartford Courant
    Journal Title Details:
    : D11
    Subject Term:
    adoption, farmers, market information, market reporting, radio, radio programs, radio stations, weather information, and weather reports
    Notes:
    Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers. 1 page., Surveys by county agents suggest that numbers of radio sets on farms in the U.S. had grown from 145,000 in 1923 to 365,000 in 1924 and 553,000 in 1925. A survey in1923 shows that the average price of the manufactured sets on farms was $175.

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