Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-03-11
ELECTRICITY on THE FARM.
A Agricultural Possibilities Of the New
Motive-POwer

Agricultural Possibilities Of the New
MotivePower
Engineering Magazine.-In some To-
calities there is no reason why a cen.
ual station could not supply power To
several farms For example, lot lis
assume that we are in a neighborhood
wher farms are 50 located that we
could find one occupying a central Do
sition and four others in a radius of
one mile one central farm occupies the
center Of our circle, and the four 9th.
ers at the ends of two diameters in.
tersecting at right angles. This as.
sumed location of these farms is
good average. Assuming that the max
imum requirement for any one farm
at any time of the year is s horse
uoWer, our central station would then
need for the use of the five faIms.
say a 40 horsepower boiler. u 40 horse.
power engine, and n 20 horsepower
generator, Work viii be arranged on
these farms so that every Saturday or
son viii be "power-day' Of oftencr
when the years cotton crop must be
ginned or the grain crop threshed.
We will use the standard voltage now
in vogue 600 volts for transmission
Of power by electricity The 3 horse
power motor at each farm win cost
about $500 at the factory Two miles
of insulated wire zone mile for the out
going ana one for the return Of sutti-
cient size to carry the mayiDlum eur
rent with a loss of 10 per cent will cost
$40. Say the freight and poles viii
swell the first cost OF the plant for
each farm TO a total of S62J. This
amount would hardly pay for an
horsepower boiler, an S horsepower
engine, the pump, the settings Of boil
er and engine, Il well smOkeStacb. and
the erection of abuiding In our elec-
uic-motor system this building is an
necessary, for we could place our motor
IN the same building in which we have
located our Different machines.
For the ccutr3l station 4 40 horse
power boiler win cost $500. "a 40 horse
power engine Jue same and the gen
orator about $500. or say The whole
plHut set mp ready to start would
cost @i0.2 lh.s' oiF5a our among lile
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cost of TIE farm plants % $3.50 We
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