Show BG RADIO A DIO PLANTS NOW BROADCAST BROAr V L CAST WEATHER located so that all parts of country can be seral served d washington to meet popular demands the information sent out by the weather bureau of the united states department of agriculture by radiophone from several stations tins has been amplified and now includes river hier forecasts and stages conditions of highways as affected by the weather effect of we weather lither on crops weather reports from the principal crop areas and special forecasts for the guidance of farmers in harvesting operation cooperation co with a number of small stations with limited range has been discontinued and several large and more powerful stations added in many cases forecasts for several states are arc now broadcast from a single station the gradual discontinuance of the smaller and less powerful stations ions line has left the bureau with a chain of weli ds distributed tributes tri buted and reliable stations from which hearty and continued co opera tion hop rany may be expected d they are arc so located that ahat practically all sections ol of the country are assured of an opportunity to obtain tile the forecasts d directly I 1 r CC aly it Is impossible to approximately estimate the number of people being served in tills this way in addition ad dlton to the hundreds of thousands of receiving set owners who receive the recasts forecasts by radiophone larger large numbers ot of whom can obtain them in no other way many repeat them to their neighbors by telephone this latter form of service has become so potential that arrangements are in hand for a definite form of tion alon which may replace the telegraphing of forecast messages now s sent ent to centers for distribution it la Is expected that more effective service will be accomplished complis hed the that consider able econ economy orny will result |