The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-01-18
Wireless Market
Reports Used
Department Of Agriculture
Providing Valuable Service
to Public

The wireless is now being used
by state and federal agencies to
broadcast national and local >agri-
cultural market reports throughout
virtually the entire country. Re
ports on the national markets are
dispatched daily by the United
States department of agriculture
from wireless stations of the post
office department at Cincinnati,
Omaha. Washington, North Platte,
Nebr., Rock Springs. Wyo., Elko,
New. and Reno. Eev. These re-
ports are received by hundreds of
amateur wireless operators. Nat
ionaI market reports are also re-
ceived by state bureaus of markets
and agricultural colleges. supple
mented with local market reports,
and relayed by wireless telegraphy
and telephoned to farmers, ship
ping associations, newspapers,
banks, and other agricultural in
terests. and telephone company
in eastern Illinois which receives
the reports telephones the news
to its 5000 subscribers.
At Lincoln, Nebr., the University
OF Nebraska and the Nebraska Wes-
leyan University are cooperating in
broadcasting crop and market re-
ports furnished by the state bureau
of markets. Both radio telephone
and telegraph are used. AT Wis
corsin the state department.. of
markets broadcasts national and
local market reports from the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin wireless station
at Madison. At Minneapolis. crop
and market reports are broadcast
from the University Of Minnesota
radio station. The Minnesota Col
lege. OF Agriculture has also as
signed an extension representative
TO instruct the farmers in the use
Of wireless receiving apparatus.
The College. of Agriculture of Cor
nell University has assigned an ex-
pert for similar work, and to assist
rural radio clubs that are being or
ganized in New York.
a high-powered transmitting
wireless telephone is being install
Cd in the office of the Missouri State
market bureau at Jefferson City,
Mo-, and viii be, ready for disse-.
ninating market information about
January 10. Government reports
from the larger market centers of
the country Will be received by
means OF a drop from tie leased
Wire system of the United States
department Of Agriculture. and
transmitted by radiophone to all
sections of Missouri. Demonstra-
dealers, $ and shippers in install
ing the necessary wireless receiv-
ing apparatus win be held in vari-
Gus rural communities Of the state,
and it is anticipated that telephone
offices. newspapers. chambers of
commerce, county agents. banks,
highschools. and cooperative mar
lleting associations will be among
the first to install rejecting 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 radiopfone
transmitter Of the most improved
type is being installed in the radio
station Of the University of Ohio
for that purpose. The Texas mar
kets and warehouse departments
are also planning q market news
service by radiophone for farm
ers. dealers, and shippers in Texas.
arrangements being made to use
the radio equipment of the Univer-
Sity of Texas at Austin.
The first national market re-
BORT to be broadcast by wireless
anywhere in the world was sent
out by the United States Depart
n1ent CT Agriculture from the radio
station Of the United States Bcreau
of Standards only little over a
year ago. The department. soon
demonstrated the practicabiiity of
utilizing the radio for. disseminat-
ing market information, and rapid
progress in expanding the work
has been made possible through
the cooperation OF State and Fed
eral agencies. To make the Anieri-
can farmer the best informed
farmer in the world is the aim Of
these agencies, and equal progress
during the coming year will so
far toward securing that result,
say officials Of the Federal depart
mont