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I HSDAY, JULY 17, i:."3 ISURE WITH ON THE ELECTRIC FARM - ( Some Believe Also That Electric Power and Radio May Shift Cultural Centers of Future From Urban to Rural Districts. Within the last two years a convic tion hag found expression among a few public men, such as Senator Ar thur Capper, that the farm-electrical agitation Is about to bring about an astonishing economic revolution. Tie social influence of electrical methods on American farms in general will produce a new era of American na tional culture If these expectations "are realized. Speaking recently to a gathering of mid-western farmers, David Sarnoff, J - . " "1 .1.. ,-,.,11..-. ' -pK2i 1 Q n ' O ' Uv -fcWtu . 1.11-1 ILL Wt A X (V A united farm family on an electrified farm In the northwest Ice president and general manager of the Radio Corporation of America, said that radio's greatest contribution to American civilization will be its ef fect upon the farmer. On more than 300,000 farms radio has already less ened isolation, increased knowledge and spread .information and enter tainment , V As fast as electric lights and elec tric power are established upon the farm with the. maximum of benefit to .the farmer, Just so fast will leisure time on the farm Increase and over worked farm families will become a thing of the past. Then the radio set will be turned to even more eagerly. Its possibilities for taking to the farmer" culture, religion, education and all the finer things that compose great civilization will be multiplied. It is the belief of many that these new Influences will result in closely knit farm families In, the future, yet a oew kind of farm folk, who w!U prac tice co-operation for the good of all, , ( Tex Austin, a name that Is known frorses are bred or cattle raised. Such of experience to manage the Chicago iT KING OF THE RODEOS ,3 :Tt!!!!mys !' ' -A m ill 1 v s 'Sis i f 1 ' 1 ? r J 7 " v ....... "...''.? J iitooeo to De neiu. ror nine aays,,teginning August 15. King of the Rodeo" Is the title Austin has woa Born In the great star for which he was named, he was raised in the atmosphere of the range. De j)nrtidpr.led in the thrilling deeds of the famous contests of the Far West 'and then became a ranchman himself. Wherever the roundups have been ' a-ticd. Austin'j muno has become synonymous. with the cowboy snort In the . . ... . .. ft. - a I. t i. it m I . 1 1 - . j. - . . 1 . irort to pcrpeiiiuie me npini m me w enc, ne mnnageu ;mn directed n2iber iefis ro'Jcos in 'the Vest, also gft!ng the East, Its first thrills from cowboy ( .(.!:tc's. 'i'hen, Bprfiidlnx the farr of Uncle Sam further, he put on the great jttrnat;onil rodeo, ut WeiKblt;, England, under the ausiiiees of the British CULTURE who will be informed, discerning, thoughtful and well developed mental ly and spiritually as well as content ed with their blue-sky environment to such a degree that few will leave, the farm for the city. Tfyit, it is predicted, will mean that the future" cultural stability of the na tion will very likely draw much more from the farm and less from the city. If this occurs It will be due principal ly to electricity and Its off-shoot, radio, coupled with the freedom from urban distractions found in ruial dis tricts. ' . Owen D. ' Young of the General Electric Company, raised as a farm boy,, now a high official of an electri cal , manufacturing concern and therefore familiar with both subjects has glared thai in the days.tfblB youtti "the 'attraction of an occupa tion out-of-doors, with good food and comfortable living, was not enough to offset the cultural advantages of the city, its lectures, its music and 'Im mediate access to the "news, of the world. 'Q "Now all this has changed. Good roads have made the farms accessi ble. The mail carrier brings the news. The gas engine, electricity and improved machinery have assumed the drudgery. The telephone and-the motor car have enlarged the neigh borhood. Radio has brought listrnc tion, entertainment and cultural ad vantages, not from one city only, bat from many." rf1 v ' (Coprrlght by It It Doubled 17.) ' la every locality In the country where Is the man who will draw on his years Roundup and World's Championship MAFIUFACTUr.Eil3 t.lU3T HELP Farmers who will opon-mindedly eo-opurate are necessary to bring to pass electricity on the farm; accord ing to the conviction of Owen D.. Young, chairman of the board of di rectors of the General Electric Com pany. feo are power companies which will Btudy the farmer's problems in' an honest ttempt to solve those prob lems electrically. And so are mano-' facluring concerns which will develop electrical farm machinery, without which the farmer pannot hope to use electric power to advantage. Mr. Young discussed the obliga tions of all three of these groups in an address before a Joint conference of farmers and power company repre sentatives of New York state. His OWEN D. YOUNG Chairman Board of Directors, General . Electric Co. remarks, summarized, were as fol lows, speaking first, of the farmer: "The farmer, above all else, must he Interested in his business. He must be open-minded, and hungry to find new method's' by which he may make, his undertaking both more pleasant and more profitable. Pride In the advancement of his business, and the Initiative to advance, are essential. --. -,. . farm Owners to Be Leaders "Leadership must come from the men who own and live on their farms and take pride in their business. I am happy to say that this class yet remains as the great backbone of America. Whether one speaks econ omically, socially, or politically, "they are the anchorage of this country. The farmers should insist upon the study of electrification by their agri cultural schools and colleges; by their arm organizations, and require a con stant .and unending publicity of the results of such studies through their arm journals. They should welcome study by the power companies and manufacturing companies and should co-operate with them to work out practical plans to get effective results. Co-operation Among Farmers Needad "The farmer is too much of an in dividualist to be a good co-operator. He must learn. t(r co-operate if he Is to get electric service. "To sum , up, I ask the farmer to show the sajne initiative in the de yplopment of his business that the manufacturer does. I ask him to be open-minded as to new methods and to show a readiness to abandon the Old.'..:;; ., " "I ask him to leaim to co-operate with his neighbors for their mutual benefit, as well as to act individually on hlsown Recount. I ask, him . to exert both economic "effort and his political influence to" create such favorable conditions for the t supply of electriC'Eervice as to insure proper results' 1 . , , . .' . Taking up next what the power companies' attitude and policy should be toward - farm electrification, Mr. Young said that the time has come when these utilities should now give special attention and study to agri cultural problems and to ways and means, of, furnishing agricultural service. They should create agrlcuh tural departments, with men who not only know the electrical business, but who also know the farming business. "It will not do" , said Mr. Young, "for the electric oower companies to send men to the farms who do not know on which side of the stanchions to install a milking machine, One reason "why the farmer has not been open-minded is because the people who hare been trying -to sell him electric service have really " known nothing about his needs." 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