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THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER 933 (2) What the Telephone Map Shows 56.8 Exchanges Bell-connected, bat not Bell-owned. 23.5 Exchanges Bell-owei. 10.5 Exchange not BeU wnoi r connected. 9.2 Places served by two ceapuuet. r EVERY dot on the map marks a town where there is a telephone exchange, the same sized dot being used for a large city as for a small village. Some of these exchanges are owned by the Associated Bell companies and some by inde pendent companies. Where joined together in one system they meet the needs of each community and, with their suburban lines, reach 70,000 places and over 8,000,000 subscribers. OFFICES: Birmingham, Ala., Raleigh, N. C, Memphis, Tenn., and Dallas, Tex. New York Office, 41 Park Row; Chicago Office, tH Advertising Building. COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING ADVERTISING OR SUBSCRIPTIONS MAY BE ADDRESSED TO EITHER OFF1CR. ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AT THE POSTOFFICE AT BIR-. KINGHAM, ALA-. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF MARCH . itTi. SUBSCRIPTION RATES On yer, $1: six months, 50 cwitaj three months, 25 cents. Long term subscriptions. If paid wholly in advance: two years, $1.60; three years, $2 ; ae years, S3. Foreign subscriptions, ft a year; Canadian, f OUR TWO DEST SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS One old subscriber and one new subscriber, if sent together, can get The Progressive Farmer one year for Sl.50. A clu of three yearly subscriptions, it sent together, all for S3. YOUR LABEL IS YOUR RECEIPT The date to which your subscription Is paid is given on the llttte red or yellow slip on page 1 opposite your name, printed thus, "John Doe, 11 Dec. 14," means that Mr. Doe is paid up to December 31, 1914, etc. After you . send in your renewal, it requires about ten days to have this date change1 and properly corrected on your label. Please advise us promptly if the label date does not properly show when your subscription expires. 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Readers in the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia and Florida should always address their letters to THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, Raleigh, N. C The pyramids sKowtkat only a minority of the exchanges are Bell owned, and that the greater ma jority of the exchanges are owned by independent companies and connected with the Bell System. The recent agreement between the Attorney General of the United States and the Bell System will facilitate connections between all telephone subscribers regardless of who owns the exchanges. At comparatively f etoirits are Over 8,000 different telephone there two telephone cornpahies, ." . companies have already con- and there are comparatively fewhected their exchanges to provide exchanges, chiefly rural, which do universal service for the whole not have outside connections. country. 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