Washington, D.C., Sept. 16 (AP)—More than 550,0000 farms in the United States are now equipped with radio, the Department of Agriculture estimates, following a nation-wide survey through county agricultural agents.
A similar survey last year showed 365,000 farms. This rapid increase in the use of radio by farmers is due, department officials declare, to the need for prompt market information in merchandising farm products, the educational value of the radio, and to its entertainment features. Many county agents reported that farmers have installed radio sets primarily to receive weather and market reports.
Southern farmers have been slow to put in radio sets, the survey shows. This is accounted for by the department by “natural conditions which hamper clear broadcasting and reception.”
From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1925
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