Washington, D. C. : Farmer Cooperative Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Publisher Series
FCS information ; 49
Physical Description
[6] p. ; 23 cm
Notes
Cover title
A copy of each of these publications may be obtained upon request while a supply is available from Farmer Cooperative Service U.S. Department of Agriculture
Manitoba Pool Elevators was quick to realize the usefulness of the radio medium as a educational and promotional tool. It was also often used to defend the Pool and the co-operative movement in general on programs such as Farm Radio Forum. See fonds level description of RG 4 for complete history/bio of MPE.
Scope and Content
Sub-series MPE B.10 consists of textual radio broadcast transcriptions. The records include transcriptions from 1930 until 1971. Radio broadcasts are on a wide variety of topics, including argicultural science, the grain market and general economy of Canada and the world, government acts and legislation that affected the producer, co-operatives and the co-operative movement, rural life, young people, WWII, Manitoba, and the Manitoba Pool Elevators.
