The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-02-13
Farm Radio Program For
Week of February I8 to %

Had master farmer contests been in
vogue in George Washington's day,
The Father of His Country" un-
doubtedly would have qualified for
an award. Attention has been TO-
cused on Washington's achievements
in war and in statecraft. But farm
ers today owe much to his pioneer
work in improving agriculture. The
facts about Washington's farming en-
terprises and methods will be told
radio listeners on the 10th anniver-
sary of his birth, by DR.. o. c. Slime,
chief of the division of historical re-
search in the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Doctor Slime
will speak, along with Prof c. F.
Marvin, chief of the Weather Bur-
eau, in the department. regular noon
hour program sent through network
of seventeen stations associated with
the National Broadcasting Company
in the Middle West and South. Pro-
fessor Marvin takes occasion, on the
birthday anniversary of a man who
saw much needed simplification of
the calendar in his time to explain
new proposals for calendar simplifi-
cation which recently have been
placed before Congress and the pub
lie.
During the preceding four days
of the week, the Department of Agri
culture program will bring to listen
ers the facts about the world wheat
prices, on the trend of poultry prod
situation, about seed supplies and
ucts, and on the dairy market situa-
tion. There likewise will be present
ed summary of report just COM
pletsd, showing just what all the ma
lions of the world are doing to i'm
prove their livestock. Department
specialists will tell how to select the
best Insecticides and fungicides, the
results of twenty years of cow test
ing, and give practical pointers which
follow from poultry farm demonstra
tons conducted in various parts of
the country.
The complete program for the week
follows:
Monday, February 18-"The World
Wheat Situation in February" E. j.
Working, specialist in statistical re-
search; and "Know Your Insecticides
and Fungicides," w. S. Abbott, Food,
Drug and Insecticide Administration
Tuesday, February 19-"Seed Sup
plies and Prices This Spring." G. c.
Elder, specialist in seed supplies, Bur-
eau of Agriculture Economics; and
Livestock Improvement Goes For
! ward Throughout the World" D. S.
Burch, Editor, Bureau of Animal In
dustry.
Wednesday, February 20-"Poultry
Farm Demonstrations and What They
Mean," R. L. Shrader, extension poul-
try husbandman; and "The Trend of
the Poultry Products" DR.. S. A.
Jones, statistician, Bureau of Agri-
cultural Economics.
Thursday, February 21-"T h
Dairy Market Situation" Roy c..
Potts, in charge, division of dairy
and poultry products, Bureau of Ag-
ricultural Economics; and Twenty
Years of Cow Testing" j. B. Parker,
Bureau of Dairy Industry.
Friday, February 22-"G org e
Washington, Master Farmer" DR.. O..
C. Slime, in charge of historical re-
search; and simplifying the Calen-
dar," Professor C. F. Marvin, chief
of the Weather Bureau.
These talks are broadcast at 1:15
to 1 80 P. M, Eastern Standard Time,
or 1915 to 1890 P. NJ, Central STAN
dard Time, or 11:15 to 11:30 A. M,
Mountain Standard Time, by the fol-
lowing stations associated with the
National Broadcasting Company:
> WRC, Washington; xxx, Chica-
go; KDKA, Pittsburgh; KSTP, st.
Paul Minneapolis; WOW, Omaha;
WDAF, Kansas City; KVOO, Tulsa;
KWK, ST. Louis; WFAA, Dallas;
WoAI, San Antonio; WSB, Atlanta;
VINO, Memphis; WSM, Nashville;
WLW, Cincinnati; KOA, Denver;
WHO, Des Moines; WHAS, Louis
1yiIIa. WDAE Kansas Civ