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12/17/35
In its survey of "Radio and Rural Life", the Institute predicted that the farmer, because of his broader outlook devel¬ oped by radio, will make his influence felt in the Capitol more than ever before.
As well as making him a better informed citizen, the radio has also strengthened the farmer's economic position, the Institute found in its survey of which 250 agricultural leaders throughout the country participated.
The symposium and survey indicates that market and weather reports over the radio are among the most significant aids to the farmer. Millions of dollars are saved annually by announcements of price changes and variations in climatic conditions.
Among those who contributed their views to the survey were: Representative Fred Biermann, Iowa; Senator Arthur
Capper, Kansas; Representative John W, Flanagan, Jr. , Virginia; Senator Lynn J. Frazier, North Dakota; Representative Fred C. Gilchrist, Iowa; Senator James P. Pope, Idaho; Miss Ruth Van Deman, Bureau of Home Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture; and Louis J. Taber, Master, The National Grange; C. W. Warburton, Director of Extension Work, Department of Agriculture; M. C. Wilson, in Charge of Extension Studies and Teaching, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Senator Capper stated that radio has aided in removing "hit-or-miss" methods in farming. "It is a splendid thing", he said, "for farmers to learn what the scientists in the govern¬ ment service are doing and what the executives in charge of the Department of Agriculture think about the agricultural situa¬ tion from time to time. "
"I believe that the radio has been one of the greatest blessings that the farmers of my part of the country have received during my lifetime", said Representative Biermann. "It has enabled them to keep in touch as closely with the affairs of government, business and culture as people in the cities. Speeches and lectures on political subjects have been of great value to the farmers in these days of stress andgreat change. "
The results of the survey are published in a 68-page booklet by the Radio Institute with a preface, "Radio and the Farmer" by Edmund deS. Brunner, Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.
The symposium on "Radio and Rural Life" covers the following subjects:
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