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Today on the Farm

Today on the Farm is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Today on the Farm rather than just read about it. In short: Today on the Farm is an American television program broadcast on NBC-TV from October 1, 1960, to December 26, 1961. Hosted by country musician Eddy Arnold, the weekly series includes a variety of features such as agricultural and farm news with Alex Dreier, Mal Hansen as a roving reporter, Carmelita Pope with women's features, and weather with Joe Slattery, who also served as announcer.

Key takeaways

Today on the Farm belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Today on the Farm to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Today on the Farm from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Today on the Farm is an American television program broadcast on NBC-TV from October 1, 1960, to December 26, 1961. Hosted by country musician Eddy Arnold, the weekly series includes a variety of features such as agricultural and farm news with Alex Dreier, Mal Hansen as a roving reporter, Carmelita Pope with women's features, and weather with Joe Slattery, who also served as announcer. Long-range weather forecasts were supplied by The Krick Organization. Regular performers included Arnold (backed by the NBC house orchestra) and The Tall Timber Trio (composed of Slim Wilson, Speedy Haworth and Bob White). Guests, booked by Si Siman, included Betty Johnson, Tex Ritter, Minnie Pearl, Chet Atkins, Bobby Lord, Brenda Lee, Molly Bee, Skeeter Davis, June Carter, Johnny Horton, Robin Clark, Jim Reeves and The Collins Kids. The show aired live from NBC's Chicago, Illinois studios from 6–6:30 a.m. Central Time on Saturday mornings for the Central and Eastern time zones, and was rebroadcast at 7 a.m. Mountain Time for the Mountain and Pacific time zones. Carried by 190 stations, it was believed to be the first sponsored coast-to-coast TV program aired at that hour on Saturdays (sponsored by Massey Ferguson). Despite Today in its name, the series was produced not by NBC News but by Crossroads TV Productions based in Springfield, Missouri.

References

Further reading McNeil, Alex (1996), Total Television, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-024916-8. "NBC-TV to Star Arnold In New Series" (September 12, 1960), The Billboard, p. 4 "E. E. Siman Jr. Picks Guests for Arnold Show" (October 24, 1960), The Billboard, p. 14

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Today on the Farm

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Today on the Farm claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Today on the Farm before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Today on the Farm ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Today on the Farm

In research: Today on the Farm appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Today on the Farm in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Today on the Farm is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1960 American television series debuts, 1960s American television news shows, 1961 American television series endings, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Today on the Farm outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Today on the Farm in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Today on the Farm means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Today on the Farm out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Today on the Farm in simple terms?

Why does Today on the Farm matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Today on the Farm?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Today on the Farm.