The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-21

revolve like the blades of a propeller III
the water The pillow IS attached 70 a
big cable, which winds around drum
and drags the huge pillow with reslstless
force across the field. 1t is powerful
disturber of the soil, you may be sure,
though it lacks the picturesque qualities
of a ten OK team driven afield by q sun
Drowned son of toll with large vocab-
ulary of profanity ever at his command.
A trolley pillow is in operation III New
York state. Wires are stretched around
the sides of the field and cross 1t at regu-
lar intervals. In this case the motor IS
attached TO the axle of the pillow and re-
wolves big wheels, which carry the plow-
share forward and force 1t through the
ground But this, of course, makes
plowing rather a complicated and costly
pastime.
An electric pillow was recently tested
near Chicago which will run in any dl-
rection at any speed. 1t consists OF
two wheeled platform, upon which the
motor is carried, and pillow. The power
is obtained from nearby trolley line
and conducted to the motor by II flexible
wire, which Is wound up on unrolled on
4 drum, as the movements of the pillow
REQUIRE The merry plowman, instead
of trudging YEARLY behind III the fur
row, rides upon the platform and reSu-
lates the movements of the pillow by
means of a lever and steering wheel.
1t is entirely possible that when cleo
trio farming appliances are so perfected
that they are practicable and moderate
ly cheap the owners of our big farms
will utilize the power extensively. IN
a1nnfrio me OH
tanned by almost any farmer, and its
great advantage lies III the fact that II
is so easily transmitted. Every rapid
stream of water represents Just 81 much
energy, which may be made to till the
land if converted into electricity by
means of a water wheel connected with
dynamo.
If water power is not TO be had, let
the farmer set up windmill and make
the winds of heaven furnish him With
the force to push his pillow. 1t is estl-
mated that there are more than LOCO, =
900 windmills now in operation III
the United States. Much of the time
they veer idly in the wind, but if they
were attached TO dynamos countless
volts of electric power would be gener-
ated each day. This power could be
stored by means of storage batteries and
used when it was wanted. This Is IA
wholly feasible plan, as has been dem
onstrated by Professor Brush of arc
light fame. His residence near Cleve-
land he lights all the year round with
electric light from power furnished by
a windmill. A wind of no greater We
lOcity than is miles an hour VIII,
through the medium of 16 foot sails,
nroduce a continuous current OF l y
horsepower There is one private light
ing plant in existence for which wind
mill supplies the power for l21 lamps
In applying electric power the initial
cost of installing the plant is the CHIEF
one Once let farmer invest III a dy-
namo. attach it to good windmill, AND
no can forever after dispense with the
taIlow dip and the kerosene lamp. lie
oould even afford the luxury of putting
an ineandescent lamp in the hired man
room. and he would have the satlsfac
ton of knowing that the high WINDS
which lodged his standing wheat wouIc
also store up for him electricity enough
to do the weeks churning, pillow the tel
acre lot and split half his winter
wood. Oh, the possibilities OF electric
farming are many
CLARENCE 2. SKINNER.