The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1921-05-06
SEND MARKET
NEWS BY RADIO
Wireless Service Extended by
United States Bureau Aided
by Postal Department.
EXPERIMENTS ARE SUCCESS
Amateur Operators Expected to Re-
ceive and Distribute Reports From
Central Statons-Give Prices
on Principal Products.

Washington. - The radio market
news service of the United States
bureau of markets has been expanded
to include the sending of agricultural
market reports by wireless from Wash
hgton, d. c., Bellefonte, Pa, st. Louis
and Omaha, at stated periods each
business day. This increased radio
market news service Is made possible,
it is announced, by the cooperation Of
the United States Post Office depart
ment which, through its air mail serv-
Ice has offered to send certain agri-
cultural reports of the bureau of mar
kets at specified hours from it's wire
less stations at the cities named.
/ "On December Is, 1920 the bureau
Of markets inaugurated an expert
mental wireless market news service
at Washington" statement from the
bureau OF markets reads, "for the pur-
pose Of determining the practicability
of sending daily agricultural market
reports to farmers by wireless. Re-
ports Of prices and conditions Of lead
ing fruits and vegetables, live stock
and meats, grain, hay and feed at I'M
portant national markets were pre-
pared, and at p. m. each day were
sent by wireless from the United
States bureau of standards Washing
ton radio station to farmers and other
agricultural interests within 200
mile radius Of Washington.
Proves Successful.
Largely as the result of the coop
GRAFTON of some of the radio experts
connected with the bureau Of stand
ards, the experiment proved success
full and the offer Of the Post Office de-
partment to send similar reports from
some of It's wireless stations was glad
ly accepted. The sending Of reports
from Washington which had formerly
been handled by the bureau Of stand
ards was transferred to the Post Office
department on April 5.
'The tentative schedule for sending
reports is as follows: From Omaha
complete report of the Omaha live
stock market will be sent at IL 10
each day Central standard time), and
IL AS a. nc. complete report on the
Kansas City live stock market. At
2:15 D. m. grain and potatoes report,
giving prices and conditions at the
Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City
and Winnipeg grain markets, and sim.
liar Information at the Chicago and
other potato markets, will be dis
patched. At p. m. daily radio
marketgram' will be sent, covering
national market conditions on live
stock, fruits and vegetables, grain,
hay, feed and seed.
Products Covered.
1.-THE reports to be sent from St..
Louis are a national stock yards live
stock market report at IL a. N. (cen-
tral standard time), Chicago live
stock market report at IL 80 a. M,
a grain and potato report at 2 p. M,
and the RADIO marketgram at Z p. m.
From the Washington and Bellefonte
stations will be dispatched a radio
marketgram giving a general daily
summary of eastern market prices on
live stock and meats, fruits and vege-
tables, grain, hay, feed and seed, at
p. 10. and p. M, respectively,
eastern standard time). The wealth
er report from the local office of the
United States weather bureau will be
appended to the forenoon live stock
report.
"These reports are intended to be
received by amateur radio operators
within the territory covered by the
3OO-mile radius of each of the four
wireless stations named. There are
some $500 licensed wireless opera
tors In the area covered, and the bu-
reau Of markets hopes that as many
of these operators as can convenient
ly do so will receive the reports and
see that they are placed in the hands
of farmers and other agricultural in
terests as soon as possible after the
information is received.
each operator indicating desire
to receive and distribute the market
reports will be supplied with blank
forms, so that it will be necessary for
him simply to fill in longhand the
prices and the brief comments on gen.
o,cl N, a ,.lyof conditions -