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NEED HAY? By the time this gets in print I expect to have prices and description of hay that is for sale by four Augusta farmers. Every known source is being investigated, however, should any reader have any info on availability of hay let us know so we will be in better position to help our Rappahannock farmers locate winter feed.
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I’m told telephone charges are based on the distance of the home from the switchboard because of the cost to the utility company in constructing the line. Of course, I’m no utility expert, however, this looks odd to me. I’ve always felt a man paid for service or quality.
Our farmers, generally speaking, are on party lines. Party lines certainly afford less service.
We are told the farmer is now feeding 15 city dwellers yet his brother in the city pays less for his telephone service simply because his country kin is out there where he can grow the food while he is close to the switch board. Which gests the most service from his telephone?
Rates have gone up all over but I have yet to see any improvement in Rappahannock’s telephone service since July 1946 other than the dial system. To try and make a telephone call from Washington to Sperryvlle or vice versa is for the most part exasperating. How about improving , the service and having a common rate to every one?
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