Gunnison news-champion., 1911-05-19

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sonn Vnuer hss>e abese. These q
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s.sllsd-
Upn eD~s "a ~s~ fssnd Ihas the
~AssA. ssA@r shis very lo~ head de-
vehSsd II hsr-epe~er In lne
pe~ss hssse Westinghouse asmaao
II ixs ksID~sss cspsesry wss pss IN.
Tks - eousecsed with the bssru
bssbdssGp BY JsD f.ses of base slssas-
aso cshh. In the kosse were placed
twsuAs $50 sixteen candle -po~er 2.u
vess leAss. aad in the barns s,.sh,
ssass, sbBsArle Illaus.aaa,oa besns che
SssA go ps,neIpsl object of the plsss
De bseete msre than two month@
s(sss Sod was started IN the he'd Of
the csssa D. build dam the plan,
was ssasssd up aud it has beea rua-
nsae sssssrsfully nigh, and day ever
ssses, ed with no attention what
ewes tsun sny one. save Ne 10 esI.nS
whsch = Uece.sary about once IN tso
wsssks The water wheel sad the
ayUaoe son contsaao.sly. and nos
thse ~ sGpense II purchasing and
rRseaDlsao chem Is over there is sbso-
ivsslv - expense CT trouble % IT..
and ~ ses' amount of labor ii saves
and sAs many lsxsries and coa-
vesissess 1T affords Mr. Miner and
h,s Sa.isy make life ON The f~Tm
seost - paeasaat ~ IL could he
Osty . email portion Of the power
shsa sssaA be gesesssed 10 necessary ,
sad ns. olner plseed . governor IT
the wAssa gate which requisites the
ssaosas q water passing through the
wkssa 70 ~ amesnt Of power needed
AIses sAe problem Of illsminst,on
on tAs essR bad heea solved two of
the snas proceeded 70 extend the
applioe1isa Of the power then st their
eo@assA. 1t wss in the winter, and
in tkis cliaate heet is essential, and
fsel. sisAsr wood on coal, 10 slwsys
expsasiso. So there was problem
10 solvs, Ast il WAS easy
Thy psrchased . 1900 watt heat.
or, pla6DA it in the house. and heated
two sOaos. one l6xl3x7a and the
other l2xl3x7a TO . semperstsre Of
rs deGssss, while out Of doors the
sAesnsosaer showed seso weather.
ARd lss0 chat extsssion q his sys-
- Mr. Miner hes contsnsed until il
sssos thal these csnnot b. farther
sse 70 put elsotricity TO on the farm.
In both ssobles and in the horse
barn there y ssnning wster pamped
in BY electrlcisy and there 10 plen-
tifsl supply II pure spring water ct
ell times fs sAe live stock All the
milk ing is qsickly done by electric
ally driven niDking machines.
In the cssanery, where the milk
from dairy a twenty cows is daily
transformed ieto butter, is a cream
separator, ths heavy bowl of which
msst he made 10 revolve at a speed
of Z 400 rev0lstions a minute each
morning and evening till the entire
milk prodacs Of the cows has gone
through it. Before installing the
electric powes The lsborious work had
to be done by hand and was counted
part of the hardest farm work. In
addition wss the big churn, which
for an hour - . time several DAYS a
week demasAed the strenuous atten-
tlon OF some muscular person who
NO doubt could have been profitably
spending his time at some other less
laborious work.
A wire wss ron into the creamery
and on coDcsete foundation a hall
horsepower motor was placed and
connected From this motor a mar
row belt wss run 10 the separator
Then the chsrn was placed on q
platform, swivelled from one corner
TO the floor, the other ,ree corners
resting on casterp. This arrange
ment permitted the churn to be
swung into line with the motor and
connected by . belt when the churn
10 10 be used. After the churnine
is completed The belt is stripped off
and the chsrn pushed bsck out of
the way
In a room sdjoining the creamery
VS. the grindsaone, that back break
ing arrangement that every farm boy
has cause 10 remember, especially
about harvesting time. Mr.. Miner
ran . small rosnd belt from the
motor through the open and around
the pulley On that axel of the stone
and labor on that crank was at an