The border vidette., 1927-09-17
RADIO PRoGAM FOR Is27-2s

/ features forming the extended
1928 program of the Radio
Service, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, are an.
nounced for broadcast beginning
October 3, 1927. The schedule
listing the full program has been
sent to radio stations in all parts
of the United States and a full
list Of stations which will broad.
cast Radio Service features dur.
ing the coming year will be re.
/ leased soon.
The new seasons program in
cludes three of last years favor.
ties: Aunt Sammy's" Daily
Housekeepers' Chat, the Noon.
time Farm Flashes. and the
United States Radio Farm
School, as well as eight special
features" some of which will be
put on the air for the first time
when the season opens early in
October.
Aunt Sammy's" Chats will
continue as the 10 minute, five
day per week program which
proved popular last year. These
Chats are written in an informal
style and contain brief discus.
siQns of such inn portant problems
of home.making as meal plan.
! ming, marketing. cooking, can
ming, health and food habits of
children, sewing. home furnish
ing, decoration. gardening, and
other closely related subjects.
The chats have been reduced
from Is to 10 minutes in length
to comply with requests for
shorter programs.
Practical and useful informa.
tion dealing with poultry keep.
ling, dairying. livestock, crops
and soils, fruits and vegetables,
the farm woodlot. andsmarketing
farm products will feature the
Noon time Farm Flashes this
year. The Flashes are put on
the air i've days each week; the
talks are ten minutes long, and
take the form of a rapid fire
question-and answer converse.
ton between q farmer and his
county agricultural agent. This
was a Is minute program last
year, but has been cut down to
10 minutes.
The United States Radio EARN
School has also been reduced
from Is to 10 minutes inIength.
Farm School talks will be broad
cast on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays, and will be a dia
logue program devoted to crops
and soils, farm economics and
community life, and livestock
material. The lessons will be
broadcast as popular discussions
between modern, practical farm.
ers and trained farm specialists.
The Poultry Chats. a new pro
gram worked out in answer to
numerous requests for special
poultry program, will be 10
minute, Tuesday, program deal
ing with modern methods of pro
fitable poultry production.
Other special features" each
of which will be broadcast once
a week, are: The Young Folks
Program. 10 minutes every Fri
day. Uncle Abe" will tell stor.
les with farm slants to children
of different ages. The Insect
aud Wild Life Allies and Enem.
les talks, a 10. minute Wednesday
program, will deal with farm in
sect and wild animal pests and
friends. The Primer for Town
Farmers, a 10 minute Monday
release, will take up gardening,
home Identification and economy
| with a town home slant. And
the Farm News Digest, z.
minute, Saturday talk, will re.
view briefly the farm news of
the week.
The seasons weekly. five.
minute Chats by the Weather
Man. will be heightened to 10
minutes this year and will be
broadcast on alternate Wednes.
days. This program deals with
the popular discussion topic.
weather.
The Radio Service announces
two special monthly programs
for this year: The Agricultural
Situation Review, to, be broad.
cast on the first Monday of each
month during the broadcast sea
sou, and the special monthly
Farm Playlets. The Review will
deal with crops and general cur.
rent farm conditions as we'll as
the agricultural prospects in the
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