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Show UTAH SECOND IN USE OFELECTRICITY OFELECTRICITY OF OFELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY ON FARMSProgressiveness FARMS FARMSPrcgrcssivencss agricultural Prcgrcssivencss Progl"CSSlveness ProglCSSlveness Progressiveness " of Utah Utahs s agricul agncul agricul- - . I Itural tural population was reflected in the theannouncement theannouncement ! announcement Sunday by the Edison EdisonElectrIc EdisonElectric EdisonElectric ElectrIc institute h1stitute that the stale state EdisonI hadclimbed had hadelnnbed hadclimbed I elnnbed climbed from sixth to second in the thenation thenartion . natIon in m the "percentage percentage " of farms farmsclectrifi farmselectrified farmselectrified farmselectrifiedThe clectrifi electrified d electrifiedThe The institutes Institute s report for the year yearending yearending yearending ending June 30 , 1935 , , reveals Utahonly Utah Utahonly Utahonly only surpassed by New Hampshire Hampshtre In In1934 1934 the state was topped by Cali Cal1- Cal1 Cali- California Cal1forma California - Islano.New IslanoNew fornia forma , , Connecticut , Rhode Islana Island . , New Hampshire and nnd New JerseyThe Jersey JerseyThe The report I rt shows 27,159 27159 , farms in m thestate thestate the thestate state , 16 16435 435 oi 01 605 per cent of which whichare whichare whichare are sened served with wlth electricity On Deccm Decem Deccmber December Deccmher ber 31 , 1923 . , only 3330 farms or 129 129per 129per 129per per cent of the total " were "ere ere electnfied electrified electnfiedThe electrifiedThe electrifiedThe The total number numbs numb r served in 1934 was was16 16 16130 130 , in 1933 , , 15 845 and in 1932 , , 15- 15 15I 15369 15-369 15 369 , - I 369 I I II |