Show 95 Percent of Farm Homes Have Electricity With almost 95 per cent of today's farm homes now having electricity an an Increase of more than Ulan 50 per percent percent percent cent in 10 years years farmers farmers today are running the city cousins a close race in equipping their places with everything everything everything every every- thing from toasters and trimmers to thermostats and television A recent study of the buying habIts habits habits hab hab- its of the American farmer showed that electric ranges dishwashers refrigerators laundry equipment clothes dryers and toasters and automatic heating systems were becoming becoming becoming be be- coming standard items in most homes served by rural electrification tion systems More than families installed thermostat con trolled heating systems from tram 1947 through 1949 The study also Indicated a close relationship between electrification and general home improvement on farms For example approximately was spent from July 1947 to December 1948 1048 alone for home farm modernization Approximately of the occupied farms and almost of the occupied rural dwelling will soon have electricity I |