Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1892-12-08
FOR FARMERS USE.
ELECTRICITY AS A MOTOR ON
THE FARM.
The Economy in Time and Labor the
Scheme Will Effect-Churntng
Butter and Lighting Farm
houses by Electricity.

~ LECTRICAL engineers have
been at work for several years
= TO devise feasible plan for
using electricity as power on
country roads and farms. There is a
great economic loss through the waste
fulness of the customary sources OF
power on farms during harvesting and
threshing, and much more in transpor-
tation over country roads to and from
the market. The electricians figure
out that there is a waste every year
through the time lost in transportation
over country roads, with delays and
breakage of gear, and the cost of the
millions of horses and wagons required,
and like waste of power in other work
about farm, which, if saved, would be
more than enough to pay the amount OF
all taxes of whatsoever nature borne by
the farmers. On every farm enough
horses have to be kept the year round
to do the work at the busiest seasons.
This means that for few weeks of &C.
tivity ANIMALS must be fed and kept for
the entire year. The corn, oats and hay
which horse eats in one month would
buy enough coal in most parts of the
country to furnish more power than the
work of the animal in year.
The development Of the trolley system
On cheap and extensive scale is what
certain electrical engineers are now
working to accomplish. Plans have been
made for an experimental PLAINTIFF use in
the level aud rich farming country in
Illinois, where there will be minimum
OF mechanical obstacles to overcome at
the start, aud the engineers hope to per-
feet thus plant, 50 that it may prove
available and useful.
There are in common use two kinds
powef-steam and water. In many farm
ing neighborhoods there is abundant
water power which is now only partially
utilized. The saw mills, -four mills and
like local industries exhaust onlya small
part of it. Wherever such water sup
DIV exists it could be employed to de-
velop electrical power. The plant re-
quired would consist of only water
wheel and dynamo supplying the power
directly to the wires, and one electrician
could look after several plants. The son
Of some farmer in theneighborhood could
soon learn enough to take care of the
plant, and to run it would not take all
Of his time The power is transmitted
readily over the wires, so that plant
may be erected at some distance from the
place it il intended to supply
In parts of the country where the
water supply is deficient or coal is very
cheap steam might be used as substi-
tute for water in running the dynamo.
1t would be less economical, because the
original cost Of the steam plant would be
greater and it would require constant
attendance. The power house, with
engines and boilers, would require al
most constant care, while turbine
wheel properly set needs to be looked
after only occasionally. OF course,
there would be places where neither
power would be available and whore the
plan of the general use Of electricity for
farming purposes would not be econon-
ically expedient.
After the plant and power are secured
iii proposed to run Fower wire on the
main road through the neighborhood
which contributes to the expense. In
case there il turnpike the wire would
be run over that, Of il there i not, over
the main road. whAtevsr Il nay b.