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Show .ELECTRICITY EXTENSIONS $ MEASURE FARM PROGRESS j Says Illinois Rurallst "Every electrical line built Into the country marks another 8tep In j agricultural progress," according to I Dr. E. A. White of Chleaio, direct-. direct-. . or of the Committee on the Kela- tlon of Electricity to Agriculture. Speaking before the American Country Life Conference recently, Dr. White said that the iutroduc-tlon iutroduc-tlon of electricity on the farms of America la a "gigantic adventure onw on a scale of sufficient slae to Justify the assertion that this ; J service la now a national factor lu ; ; rural development" i ! ' He contrasted reports of the " National Electric Light Assocla- ; tlon for 1824 which showed that approximately 105,000 faring in the , United Sates were receiving service ; with reports for 1030, which show- ; ; ed that more than 025,000 are re- celviug central station service. This ', Indicates that only 2.0 per cent of the farmers were receiving service 1 ; five years ago as compared to near- ly 10 per cent to-day. lie said: ! , "The advent of electrical energy Into agriculture is undoubtedly an . epochal human adventure, the ultl-- ultl-- mate consequece of which no man can even begin to estimate. This Is the history of electrical service in every other field Into which it has made an effective entry." |