| Show REA setup gives impetus 1 I 1 electrification half of at all united states farms have been elec electrified trilled since the REA program wis was started in announcing the basic allotments for HEA loaris loans in the states the department of agriculture compared the number of rifled farms in each state with the total ri number aber of farms in the state to give the pei percentage of farms the eight states having the highest proportion of electrified farms were connecticut with per cent followed by rhode island massachusetts new jersey washington new york idaho and oregon all of which were more than 92 per cent electrified at the other end of the list were north dakota with only a little more than 1 15 per cent of the farms electrified preceded by south dakota mississippi nebraska ten bessee new mexico montana and kansas which had nearly 42 per cent electrified the other 32 states ranged between the 4 42 per cent and 92 per cent limits for the country as a whole tho the july 1947 figures show 61 per cent of all farms electrified as com compared pareA with 54 3 per cent a year earlI earlier eri nearly farms were electrified during the 1947 fiscal year the largest inq increase rease on record tor for any year since the program ram started in 1935 less than 11 per cent of U S farms farma had electric service i |
