| Show electricity now lights one of three U S farms farma nearly of the nations farms have substituted electric lights for the traditional oil lamp in the past 6 64 years according to a report by the department ol of agriculture cu iture this brings the total to more imore than electrified farms out of a total of over farms in the nation this report prepared by the rural electrification administration Is eom compiled piled from rom various sources in eluding the REA estimate of farms required to be made each year under the terms of the R E act of 1638 1936 the actual number of farms arms receiving central station electric service from private power companies REA systems and all other sources Is according to the REA estimate as against on january 1 I 1935 the year in which REA was established today per centon the nations farms arms are elec dec trifled in 1935 only per cent had bad such serice |
