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Show ELECTRICAL SERYTCF DEMANDED BY FARMERS Rural Electrification Administration Admin-istration reports an increasing demand for rural electrification. More than 26,600 farm units in the 11 western' states were served with electricity for the first time in the vear ending June 30. 1917. In the 11 western west-ern states 399,400 farms out of 494,400 are electrified. Sixty-one Sixty-one per cent of all U. S. farms now have power and lisht. In Utah 20.965 out of 26.322 farms are being served for an average of 79 per cent. Two hundred and three units were added in Utah during the past year. |