Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-08-27
WHAT OF ELECTRICAL FARM
Motor Power Like This Would
Lighter Many Burdens.
HUMAN AND BEAST SPARED
Are We coming 60 This a. ons OF
the Great Achievements Of rats
Age OF Modern Improve-
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IN tnese dayt when the metropolitan city /
may be described az a great electrical /
laboratory and consuming station. IL
should not be overlooked that the farm it.
self Is eoming in for lie share q this
universal source Of power
There are many ways through which the
farm that can afford the use Of the electric /
current nav have u FOR the trouble Of in
stauation. Some nearby intsrurban electric
line may have its surplus current for sale;
some stream close At hand may have
gravity waterfall 70 develop electricity suf-
neient for half a dozen farmers. or the
gasoline engine in connection with a
dynamo IL within comparatively easy reach
% the prosperous farmer who discovers
that to keep his boys on the farmer even
% make certain that his hired help Will
stay Hith him through the seasons-it Is W
70 him 70 tighten thoss old drudgeries %
twenty years ago.
IN the home Of the farmer the first
adaptation Of the electric current would be
in displacing the kerosene lamp. A motor
in the basement ane 8 pump and tank on
the outside will effect a system Of water
works for the house. In the dairy the
machinery for dairy necessities can be op-
Grated Laundry work-thst bugbear Of the
farmers wife--is simpHfed and lightened
to the last degree. Even the long sought
milking machine" is 70 receive an impetus
at the hands Of Yankee ingenuity. and II
It shall be perfected. the electric current
must drive H.
Electricity In the Stables.
electric bulb attached to wires in gaspipe
housings not only will give the safety light
for winter mornings and evenings but
already the vacuum cleaner has made its
appearance. adapted 70 the easiest and
most thorough eurrying and cleaning Of
the coats Of cows and horses.
Instead of the long and laborious process
Of ice cutting from ponds the electric cur
rent viii operate the refrigerating rooms
ammonia fluids, with automatic stoppage
Of the motor when the required degree OF
cold Is reached. The power may be di-
rected to the farm workshops, where
lzthes and srindstones and emery wheels
may be run for the farms "jack-of-all
trades" saving not only the charges OF
the village blacksmith in hundreds Of
troubles but saving the time Of driving 60
and from the town
In some o. the northern fruit-grovtng
sections the electric warning signal 10 set
for sroustng the whole farm population
any time in the night when the danger"
temperature is reached out Of doors This
means at the present tine that every avail
able worker turn out and kindle fires in
the smudse pots that are Get In the or
chards. prepared for the torches that shall
wipe out the dangers Of frost But as
electricity is light. power and heat, all in
one, may not the present srnudge pots
become electrical heaters, automatically
turned on?
Peak Loads Inevitable.
Today aside from the profits that are de-
manded by the great electrical systems
Of the cities, electricity should not be an
expensive power IL only the generating
stations might be run at maximum ca
pacty. The trouble is that II metropolitan
consumption the inevitable peak loads
occur, both in light and power consumption
plant must be built large enough to
accommodate these greatest demands for
current in certain comparatively short
periods- After these heavy demands are
satisfied, the generating plant must shut
down.
/ For eight months IN the year the peak"
tSdNS ADE generating STATIONS are greatest
/ at morning and evening Lights everywhere
in homes and shops and factories are at
greatest Mood In the operation OF the cleo
| trie railroads service the rush hours OF
morning and evening crowd the generators
plants to their capacity. For hours in day
light and for hours between u o'clock At
night and perhaps o'clock in the morning
single power units in . vast station are
sufficient for the demands for current
factor almost as great in the cost Of
electric power. too. is the vast machinery
for the collection OF power and light bills
Armies Of accountants. bookkeepers and
collectors. together with the postage and
stationery required for presenting bills and
reoeipting them twelve tines a year, pile
up an immense overhead charge upon the
cost OF the current Certain percentages Of
loss. too, must be charged against the book
profits Of the companies
Today there is not a practical electrical
enugineer who does not look upon the pres
ent state OF electrical service az in its in
fancy. We have the electrical city. How
long before the electrical farm Henry w
Brooks in Chicago Tribune