Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-10-05
THE ELECTRIFIED FARM.
Surely That IL not Fur Distant, NJ
Ieast Out West.
6ienry w Brooks in the Chicago
Tribune)

Tribune)
In these days when the netropo,,tan
| city may be described a great electri-
cal laboratory and consuming station,
It should not be overlooked that tho farm,
itself Is coming In for It's share of tbis
universal source of power. There are
| many ways through which the farm that
! can afford the use If electric current MAJ
! have II FOR the trouble OF installation
Some nearby in.erurban electric line NAV
! have its surplus current for sale; some
stream close ~ hand may have a gravity
waterfall to develop electricity sufficient
| for half dozen farmers; or the gaso-
| lene engine in connection with dynamo
is within comparatively easy reach Of the
! prosperous farmer, who discovers that &C.
! keen his boys on the farmer even a.
make certain that his hired help will stay
with him through the se9SonS-it Is Mp q
him to Tighten those old drudgeries Of q
! years ago.
In the home Of the farmer. the first
| ada ptation Of the electric current would
be in displacing the kerosene lamp \
motor in the basement and pump and
tank on the outside will effect srstem
! Of water WORKS for the house. In the darv
the cream separator, churn and the wash
ing machinery for dairy necessities can
BE operated Laundry work-that bug
! bear Of tho farmers wife--is simpl'fied
| and li2htened to the last degree. Even
the long sought milking machine" *
to receive an impetus at tho hands Of
Yankee ingenuity. and II IT shall ne per-
fected the electric current must drive
it
In the COW barns and horse stables the
electric bulb attached to wires In gaspire
housings not only will give the safety
light for winter mornings and evening",
but already the vacuum cleaner has mad.
its appearance. adapted 10 the ea..e-
and most thorough currying and clean
inS Of the coats OF cows and horses.
Instead of the long and laborous proc
ess of '"e-cutting from ponds the eiec-
trio current will operate the refrigerat NJ
! rooms ammonia fluids with automatic
stoppage Of the motor whom the right de-
gree Of cold IS reached Tho nower may
he directed to the farm workshops where
lathes md -riuastouee and emery wheels
may no run for tn" farms "Jack-of-all-
trades" saving not 0ni" -he charges 81
: the village blacksmith In hundreds ~
! troubles. but saving the time ~ driving
to and from the town
In some # tho northern frgit-crowiuy
sections the clect~i" warning signal IS set
for arousn- the whol, farm population
any time in the night when the danger
temperature Is reached ont Of doors This
means at the present time that ever
available worker turn out and kNdle fires
in the smudRe pots that are set I'm the or
chards. prepared for the torches that shall
wipe out the dangers Of frost. Bu, as
electricity Is light, power and heat. all in
one, may not the present sn7udEe pots
become electrical heaters automatically
turned on?
To-day. aside from the profits that are
demanded by the great electrical systems
# the cities. electricity should not he an
expensive power. II only the generating
stations might be run at maximum CO.
pacity. The trouble Is tina: in metropolitan
consumption the inevitable peak" loads
occur, both in light and power consump.
tion. A plant must he built large enough
to accommodate these greatest demands
for current in certain comparatively
thort periods. after these heavy Dc.
mands are satisfied. the generating plant
must shut down
For eight months In the year the
peak" loads for generating stations are
greatest at morning and evening. Lights
everywhere in homes and shops and fac
tories are at greatest flood. In the opera
tlon OF the electric railroads service the
rush hours Of the morning and even
ing crowd the generation plants to their
capacity. Far hours IN daylight and for
hours between II o. Cloct at night and per
Aaps o'clock in the morning single power
units in a VAST stgtion are sufficient Tor
tho demands f1r current
\ factor almost as great In the cost II