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Podcast: Radio Moments - Clips
Episode: Broadcasts for farmers
Description: 1925 saw the announcement of programming for rural workers but came to be enjoyed by listeners generally.
A new morning weather forecast was introduced - and a weekly summary of farm produce prices in the home markets.
The market prices for farmers were an addition to the regular Farmers' Talks. These appeared amongst the specialised talks that comprised a fair proportion of early radio broadcasts, and made no allowance for the general listener. Typical talks for farmers at the time included Ducks for Egg Production, Experiments on the Manuring of Roots in Dorset, Phosphatic Manures for...