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Show UTAH LEADS NATION INFARM IN FARM FARl\I FARl I \ ELECTRIFICATION ELECTRIFICATIONUtah I IUtah Utah now ranks first in m the na- na natIon nation na nation - - fanns'lv.hich tion in the percentage of fanns'l fannsl farms farmswhich , ' v.hich vhich which . have dwellings d\\ellings d ellings \ \ valuedat valued -at at at - at$500 at500 $500 500 $ or over , , electrified , , it " was "as as dis- dis dis'I disclosed dis disclosed - 'I I ' closed in the Edison Edlson Electric In- In Institute Institute In Institute - stitute annual ! publication of fann farm fannstatlctIcs farmstatistics farmstatistics statlctIcs statistics ; for 1935The 1935 fannI I The . ' institutes mstitute institute s report reveals that that943 ' 94 3 per cent of the farms tanns thus thusclassified thusclassified thusclassified thatI I classified in the stateare state are -are - served servedI servedI servedwIth servedwith servedwith I wIth electricity electncIty Arizona Ari7.ona Ari7ona . . ranks ra.nls ranls second se- se second se second - I cond to Utah with 88 86 per cent of ofits ofits ofits its farms fanns electrified electnfied and North and andSouth andSouth andSouth South Dakota with 3 32 2 and 4 45 5 per percent percent percent cent respectively , rank lowest 10est 10\\ 10 lowestThe \ \ est The report explains expIams "the the " new newclassifications newclassification newclassifications classifications classification of farms fanns which ha\ ha hae hate had.elhngs hatedwellings havedwellings \ e d\.elhngs d.elhngs d .elhngs elhngs dwellings d.elhngsalued \ . \ valued \alued alued tialued at $500 500 $ or over 15 is 15used isused isused used in 111 prefeience prefe1ence to all farms fanns re- re rerortcd rerorted re reported - - ported rortcd rorted by the U S bureau of cen- cen census census cen census - - sus because about abJut abut : 400 400000 000 fanns farms fannsenunlerated farmsenumerated farmsenumerated enunlerated enumerated by the census actually actuallyhave actuallyhave actuallyhave have no housesat houses \ at \at all aU on them and andocf andtf and'cf andcf ocf tf ' the t total < > tal farms in the Umted United Umtedr UnitedStates UnitedStates | r States , , 40 pel per cent have hae hate , d\\elhngs d elhngs dwellings dwellingsvalued dwellingsvalued \ \ : valued . at less than $500 500 $ " GeOl Geoige George ge M Gadsby , , president of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Utah Pcwel PCel Power PC\\ PC , \ \ el d & . ( & ; Light comIh\ny comIh ny company companyin comIhnyin \ in commenting on the report reportpraised , praised the enterprise enterpn5e of the farm fann- fann farm- fanners farmers farmers - ers in bunging bringing about this tlus high per- per percentage per percentage er- er ercentage - centage of electrification in m the thestate thestate stateHe state He asserted the raroid rarold e .tension tension extension extensionof > . .tensionof of electric electnc service to farms fanns in 111 Utah Utahhas Utahhas Utahhas has been accelerated 3ccelerated by coopera opera- opera coopera- c < > operaI operat1 cooperative - I t1\ t1 tive t1e \ e effort of farmers fanners and power powerI powercompanies powercompanies powercompanies I companies companiesThe The repol repoit t discloses estimates recei re- re recel re received - cei cel\ cel ceived celcd \ cd ed from power companies compames na- na nationally nationally na nationally - I tionally indicate mileage of rural ruralImes rurallines rurallines Imes lines to be built in m 1936 , ' will ,111 111 'sill sill be beI bedooble bedouble bedouble dooble double the mileage for 1935 but be- be because because be because - I cause of leaner territory , the in- in increase inmease in increase - crease mease in m number of ' farms 1'anns 1anns will be beonly beonly be10nlY only 50 per ( ( per cent greater than 111 in in1935 10nlY 1935 |