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The article discusses the benefits of electric power to U.S. agriculture as of 1928. It cites the need to organize agriculture for it to employ machinery and power to do more farm work with less production cost. Washington has a rural population of around 65,000, 41,647 of which use electricity. According to a survey of rural electrification conducted by Edward C. Johnson, dean of agriculture at the State College of Washington, from 52.2% to 84.5% of farmers avail of electricity.

The article mentions economic risks associated with providing electric power to industrial and agricultural markets in the United States. Business cycles can stimulate demand for power and lead to lower rates, which contributes to expansion of utility plants at a higher cost. The problem in rate making is to establish fair rates of return, in light of Supreme Court decisions in the cases of Federal Power Commission v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America and Federal Power Commission v. Hope Natural Gas Company. The Rural Electrification Administration can assist farmers and industrial developers with financing for rural power lines. Topics include studies on the use of electric power in agriculture and industry.

The article profiles Darwin Kindler, the manager of the South Central Rural Electric Co-op, Inc. in Ohio as of November 15, 1947. Topics mentioned include his grandfather's history as a pioneer, the effect of the electrification of American farms on the company's power lines, and whether co-operative firms should be taxed on the same basis as ordinary corporations.

The article discusses the charges faced by the second Hoover Commission in the U.S. It states that the Hover Commission has received charges from powerful groups and persons including accusations on its attempt to destroy the administration, to asphyxiate the Rural Electrification Administration, and violent exception to veterans rights' recommendations. It notes that the commission has exposed waste and efficiency and expressed where it thinks the government should be taken down a notch.

The article reports on the efforts of power companies to advance rural electrification in the U.S. in May 1936, which include the decision of Niagara Hudson Power Co. to reduce financial charges for the installment sales of domestic appliances to the farm. It says that interest in rural electrification has grown steadily since its promotion by the New Deal. According to the author, power companies adopted a more aggressive policy toward rural extensions. The book issued by General Electric Co. on the uses of refrigeration on the farm is also discussed.

The article discusses Thomas Wesley Martin, president of electric utility Alabama Power Co. as of December 15, 1948. The author focuses on Martin's childhood in Scottsboro, Alabama, the ex-president of Alabama Power James Mitchell who recruited Martin into the company, and the rural electrification program. Also discussed are the Southern Research Institute, a newsprint plant in Childersburg, Alabama, and Martin's humanitarian work and personal interests and qualities.

The article reports that electric companies are planning a program to boost the sale in rural areas by promotion of diversified farm prosperity. The Rural Electrification Administration and the private electric power companies are expecting to give every farm in the U.S. access to electric current within three years. The utilities have observed that as the total income of the area they serve increases, sales of electricity increase.

This section offers news briefs on the U.S. government as of March 1946. U.S. Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt is waiting for action and the release of 150-million dollars in funding from the U.S. Congress, before beginning production for prefabricated houses. Opposition to the Senate Labor Committee's proposal to implement a minimum wage of 65-cents per hour is being prepared by Southern Democrats and Republicans. The U.S. Senate is scheduled to approve 100-million dollars in loan funds for the Rural Electrification Administration.

The article outlines the U.S. federal rules and regulations affecting priorities and allocations, price control and transportation. The regulations cover the protection of steel orders from displacement on mill schedules, use of alloy steel turnings, shipments costs for steel war castings, sale and delivery of gages and precision measuring hand tools, and use of rationing certificates for tires and tubes. Other measures govern the manufacturing of mechanical refrigerators, inventory of farm tractor tires, rural electrification, and corn sales.

The article presents a political outlook for the U.S. for 1954. It expects the possible occurrence of a conflict between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Congress over various issues including the proposed revision of the Taft-Hartley labor management relation act, tax cuts and import policy. It also predicts that there will be a shortage of small rural electrification projects. Moreover, it is projected that the Congress will cause the rate of social security tax to freeze at 1.5%.

The article describes the case of a do-it-yourself electric tools manufacturer Black & Decker (B&D). B&D started its portable home tools line in 1946. By the end of World War II, B&D ventured into home electronic tools with the rural electrification in the U.S. providing an avenue for their products. The company's net sales for September 30, 1951 reached 30.6 million U.S. dollars. B&D also changed their packing to attract the consumer market.

The article reports on the near completion of the rural electrification program in the U.S., and the plan of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) to switch over to farm telephone development beginning July 1, 1952.

The article discusses a rural electrification program by utility companies in Michigan which started in 1930. Detroit Edison Co. is leading the program with encouragement from the Michigan Public Utilities Commission. A new type of farm line has been developed by Detroit which costs lower than the former type. Detroit Edison is providing education to farmers to help them improve their products and learn to gain more profit through the use of electricity. Also discussed is the issue of electric rates in rural areas.

The article reports that Central Hudson Gas & Electric Co. has decided to finance its own rural electrification project in Hudson Valley, New York instead of soliciting financial assistance from the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration (REA).

The article reports that the appliance credit program of the Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc. (EHFA), previously available only in the Tennessee Valley, is set to be launched nationwide in conjunction with the expanded rural electrification program.

The article reports that the U.S. government under the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) will electrify 5 million farms. The cost per mile of rural lines will be held below 1000 dollars, including step-down transformers to serve three customers. Standard line construction specifications are now being prepared.

The article reports on the decision of the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration's (REA) decision to finance a 1,500,000 dollars steam generating station to serve 11 large cooperatives in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. The REA has said that the rates charged from the consumers will include only a slight mark-up over the actual cost of power generation.

The article reports that the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration (REA) responded to criticisms from manufacturers of small non-electrical farm power units by stating that its rural electrification program will target unserved rural areas first and that the program will take many years to be fully implemented.

The article reports that the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation has cut its ties with local rural electrification cooperatives in Ohio which are operating with loan assistance from the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration.

The article offers information on the restriction put on bidding for the contractors by the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration (REA). It states that REA restricts those contractors who work for the private utilities while bidding for the REA projects. It mentions that the policy has been introduced by Claude Wickard, administrator of REA. It highlights that the reason behind such an act is to protect the information on cooperative plans.

The article reports that postwar loan funds totaling 505,000,000 dollars through 1948 for the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) will be authorized by the Lucas bill in the U.S.

The article reports that Rural Electrification Administration (REA) power cooperative declares war against the Public Service Commission due to the latter's policy that allows private utilities to skim in rural business and exclusively mandate REA in economically unsound areas in Kentucky.

The article presents the fruit and dairy farm located in New York owned by Nelson R. Peet that serves as an electric proving ground authorized by the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration sponsored by the utility company Rochester Gas and Electric Company and the manufacturing firm Westinghouse Electric in August 1938.

The article offers news briefs related to various businesses in the U.S. which include allotment of materials to Rural Electrical Administration, warning given by National Production Administration Suppliers to tungsten suppliers of shortage and claims made by pencil and fountain pen makers for Civil Monetary Penalty (CMP) allocation of their own.

The article reports that the telecommunication companies are opposing the Poage Bill, because it would authorize the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration (REA) to arrange loans for expanding and improving telephone lines.

The article focuses on the progress of the New Deal electrification program where 8,000 miles have been built by the U.S. Rural Electrification Administraton with an allocation of 35,578,178 U.S. dollars for financing 32,000 miles to be distributed in various states including Alabama, Florida and Georgia.

The article offers news briefs in the U.S. The resignation of Ralph W. Morrison as governor of the U.S. Reserve System was accepted by President Franklin Roosevelt. The approval of the bill filed by Senator George Harris ensures the implementation of the 10-year rural electrification program. The U.S. Tariff Commission will not make studies that could be used as a basis for increasing or reducing tariff schedules even though they are mandated by Congress.

This section offers news briefs on various government bills as of April 1936. President Franklin D. Roosevelt still has broad powers over spending 1.5 billion dollars gained through prior appropriations on June 30, 1935, about 700 million dollars of which may go to Public Works Administration (PWA) projects. The Wheeler-Rayburn bill is unlikely to push through as the president has other priorities. The specifics of the rural electrification bill is being hammered out, but it claims that it will more than likely be passed.

The article reports on the latest business activities in the U.S. as of March 28, 1936. Output of both hard and soft coal has declined significantly due to the warm weather that hit the country. Machine-tool and machinery manufacturers expect for increased sales due to the flood. The Niagara Hudson Power Corp. has strongly pursued the electrification of rural areas in New York.

The article offers U.S. related news briefs. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. is planning to purchase truck operating companies. The Securities and Exchange Commission will delay its report on Bondholder's Protective Committees. President Franklin D. Roosevelt has ordered that pruning is not required for the Norris rural electrification bill.

Photographs of the cable-laying plow of the Philadelphia Electrical & Manufacturing Co. for use in rural electrification are presented.

The article discusses the proposal submitted by Morris L. Cooke, head of the rural electrification of the U.S. work relief program, on the rural electrification program, its contribution to a public works schedule, and its development toward national control of power.

The article reports that Morris L. Cooke, appointed head of the development of the work relief program, announced that the 100 million U.S. dollars for rural electrification would be expended to further the program of national control of utilities.

The article reports on the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration's efforts to provide electric services to the low-income population in the U.S.

The article focuses on the possibility that the taxpayer would have to pay for electrical improvements in the homes of farmers in Tennessee due to the programs of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 1937.

The article reports that the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration (REA) has formed a field demonstration division to sell to U.S. farmers on the benefits of electrification.

The article examines the opportunities in rural electrification in the U.S. in 1945. According to the author, the farm market for electric gadgets and services should be much easier to sell than the city home market. The author adds that there will also be good opportunities for electric supply distributors and dealers who cater to the average farmer.

The article reports on the completion and delivery of equipment for seven commercial projects in six U.S. states including Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, for the use of electric power lines for simultaneous transmission of rural telephone conversations, participated in by Five Bell telephone companies, two independent phone companies, four rural power systems financed by Rural Electrification Administration, and three private power companies.

The article reports that British Columbia will acquire three electrical utility firms and their subsidiaries to extend rural electrification under provincial guidance.

The article reports on the new power plant installations of publicly owned generating capacity in the U.S. The first choice of the capacity, totaling a little more than 2% of the prospective installed capacity at the end of 1944, will be given to federal power agencies under the Section 12 of the surplus disposal law. Rural Electrification Administration cooperatives and small municipal systems are expected to get interested to the power installations which probably will be declared surplus.

The article presents news briefs related to business in the U.S. as of January 1935 including the increase in bank deposits such as Chemical Bank & Trust Co. and Chase National Bank and the launch of rural electrification program by Arkansas Power and Light Co.

Presents information on several social and political developments in the U.S. Information on the books selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club for its membership; View that Fidel Castro, Prime Minister of Cuba, wants to overthrow all Latin American regimes of which he disapproves; Comment of former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson on the politics of Germany; Suggestion of certain secondary school principals that secondary schools be remodeled after the nations progressive colleges to meet the Sputnik challenge; Chances of John F. Kennedy, a Democrat, to get the nomination for the next presidential election; Views of William F. Knowland, a Republican, on the strategies that should be adopted by the Republican party in the U.S.; Criticism of the loans being provided by the Rural Electrification Administration since it charges a very low interest that it is required to pay.