Show REA setup gives impetus to farm electrification hau half ol of all united states lanns farms have been electrified since the REA program was started in announcing the basic a allotments for or REA HEA loans in the states the department ot of agriculture compared the number of farms arms in each state with the total number ot of farms in the state to give the percentage of rifled farms the eight states having the tha highest proportion of electrified farms were connecticut A with per cent followed by rhode island massachusetts new jersey washington new york idaho idah and oregon rno all of which were more ore than 82 92 per cent electrified at the other end of the list were north dakota with only a little more than 15 per cent of the farms electrified preceded by south dakota mississippi nebraska tennessee new mexico montana and kansas which had nearly 42 per cent electrified the other 32 states ranged between the 42 per cent and 82 92 per cent mits limits for the country as a whole hole the july 1947 figures show 61 per cent of all farms electrified as compared with per cent a year earlier nearly farms were electrified during the 1947 fiscal cal year the largest increase on record for any year since the program started in 1935 less than 11 per cent of U S farms had electric service |