Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-21

The wireless is now being used by
state and federal agencies to broad
cast national and local agricultural
market reports throughout virtually
the entire country. Reports on the
national markets are dispatched
daily by the United States depart
ment of agriculture from wireless
stations Of the postoffice depart
ment at Cincinnati, Omaha, Wash
ington, North Platte, Neb., Rock
Springs, Wyo.; Elko, New, and
Reno, New. These reports are re-
ceived by hundreds of amateur wire
less operators. National market re-
ports are also received by state bu-
reaus of markets and agricultural
colleges, supplemented with local
market reports, and relayed by wire
less telegraphy and telephone to
farmers, shipping associations, news
papers, banks and other agricultural
interests.
The st. Louis university at st.
Louis, Mo-, was perhaps the first
among educational institutions to
broadcast market reports by wire
less. These reports are received by
hundreds Of farmers, shipping asso-
Citations, banks, and other agricul-
tural interests, and q telephone COM
pany in eastern Illinois which re-
ceives the reports and telephone the
news regularly to it's 5000 sub
scribers.
At Lincoln, Neb., the University OF
Nebraska and the Wesleyan unlver-
sity are cooperating in broad
casting crop and market reports
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markets. Both radio telephone and
telegraph are used. At Wisconsin
the state department of markets
breakfasts national and local market
reports from the University of Wis
conSin wireless station at Madison.
At Minneapolis, crop and market re-
ports are broadcast from the Uni
versity Of Minnesota radio station.
The Minnesota College Of Agri-
culture has also assigned on ex-
tension representative to instruct
the farmers in the use of wireless re-
ceiving apparatus. The College of
Agriculture of Cornell university has
assigned an expert for similar work,
and to assist rural radio clubs that
are being organized in New York.
A high-powered transmitting wire
less telephone is being installed in
the office of the Missouri state mar
ket bureau at Jefferson City, Mo-,
and will be ready for disseminating
market information about January
10. Government reports from the
larger market centers Of the country
will be received by means Of a
drop from the leased wire system
of the United States department of
agriculture, and transmitted by
radiophone to all sections of Mis-
souri,. Demonstrations intended to
interest farmers, dealers and ship
pers in installing the necessary wire
less receiving apparatus Will be held
in various rural communities of the
state, and it is anticipated that tele-
phone offices, newspapers, chambers
of commerce, county agricultural
agents, banks, high schools, and CO.
operative marketing associations will
be among the first to install receiv-
ing sets.
A most complete program in the
dissemination of market reports by
wireless is being planned by the
state bureau Of markets in Ohio,
specially constructed radiophone
transmitter of the most improved
type being installed in the radio sta
ton of the University Of Ohio for
that purpose. The Texas markets
and warehouse departments are also
planning a market news service by
radiophone for farmers, dealers, and
shippers in Texas, arrangements be-
ing made to use the radio equip
ments being made to use the radio
equipment OF the University of
Texas at Austin.
The first national market report
to be broadcast by wireless any
where in the world was sent out by
the United States departments of
agriculture from the RADIO station of
the United States bureau Of stand
ards, only little over a year ago.