Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-09-23
New Bower For the Farm.

The little motor threatens to revo
lutionize the back breaking business OF
farming, just as ii has almost every
other industry in the world Hundreds
of farmers are looking over the pros
poets of plant on their premises and
are making estimates of the cost.
In establishing such~a plant the 1ni-
tial cost ranges anywhere from $50 up
as 40 estimates can be given without
locations, facts and full details with
figures
OF course in establishing such .
plant steam power Is out of the ques'
ton, as it demands too muchtime and
attention. and the ccst for fuel would
eat up the profit Of the undertaking.
Some good source of power Is re-
CURED and very naturally the farmer
looks to the elements for 1t. Water
power appeals to him first, and If for
tunate enough to have stream OF any
size and fall on his premises the pow
or question resolves itself into the
easiest way to harness the water.
If the fall is great storage 'reser'
voir will be required with piping; ii
there is only few feet Of fall dam
of the flow type will have to be con.
structed.
The small turbine water wheel and
dynamo, directly connected, and other
fixtures are installed in tiny power
house. The current is led to the vari
ops buildings by insulated wires sup
ported by poles.
Such plant requires little atten'
ton; 10 more than oiling once in q
while and enough current can be gen
Grated to light the home, do the family
cooking, washing and ironing, and even
to run all the farm machinery If the
generator is large enough.
E. B. Miner of Oriskany Falls, N. T.,
has such plant and with only about
six feet of fall he gets enough current
to do all the hard work about the
place, such as running the churn, sep
arator, thresher, silo cutter grinders
and to light and heat the house.
The greater the fall the less water
is required, and all these things have
to be figured out in estimating the cost
Of such plant.
In the West a number of farmers
utilize their windmills to generate cur
rent for light and heat. A storage bat.
terry is provided to store away enough
current to last day or two in case
the wind falls.
In California even the sun is har
Messed to develop electrical power.
Huge refectors follow the course OF
the sun and focus the rays on the
boiler. The steam is conveyed to a
small engine which whirls the genera
tor
Pat Mobiles Of Indiana has construct.
ed a plant which is combination OF
both wind and water power.
The 14-foot windmill on 50-foot
tower drives a plunger pump which de-
livers water to a cylindrical reservoir.
The pressure in the reservoir is auto
matically maintained at rs pounds per
square inch by means OF weights plac'
ed upon a plunger in the cylinder
This water, under constant pressure,
is used to drive one-half horse power
turbine water wheel directly connect
ed to a one-fourth horse power 20
volt dynamo, arranged to charge al
storage battery of IL cells.
The battery has capacity sufficient
to supply electricity for 20 eight-candle
power lamps three hours, or 10 similar
lamps for six hours, when operated
alone.
During the winter the windmill has
to run but five hours to supply the
needed current and during the summer
but two hours.
In a number of communities where
there is abundant water power and the
farms are close together the farmers
have joined issues and erected nu.
tuaI plant, dividing the generated cur
rent among their respective farms.