Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-05-25
ELECTRICITY ON FARM

For many years the cities and
larger towns of this country have
been electrified, meaning that they
have enjoyed an abundance of cleo
trio energy for light and power At
result nearly every wheel that turns
in the city from the largest factory
to the street railway and the tiny mo-
tors used about the various stores and
small factories, are ruin by electric
power Now these electric lines, en-
ulating the trolley and the telephone
are stealing out into the country and
the farmers are adopting electric pow
err to take the place OF hired men and
horses.
To ascertain the economic values
of electricity as applied to farm work,
corps OF engineers recently visited
number of the most important
farms which have been electrified and
made some exhaustive tests. Some of
the most important tests were made
at the farm OF William Stroop, five
miles from Dayton. Ohio The Stroop
farm comprises l7S acres, devoted to
stock farming and the raising of grain
and fodder. Three electric motors
are used. two of which are small and
devoted to pumping, and the large hf-
teen-horse power motor being mount
ed on truck and used to drive all
kinds of farm machinery. Other tests
were made on farm at Chazy. n.
Y. where number of electric motors
are used.
A digest of some of the engineering
data collected follows:
Forty bushels of corn and cob were
ground in one hour with a fifteen
horse power motor at total cost of
4 cents bushel including labor at Is
cents an hour and interest and depre-
citation of the investment. The actual
power cost was less than cents
bushe, electrical energy being pur-
chased at 5 cents kilowat hour.
A six-roll shredder and husker pro-
duced nearly two tons an hour at a
total cost $2.S5 a ton, of which only
p cents was the actual cost for run
ming the Is horsepower motor, the
reset being the labor, depreciation,
etc.
A 20 horse power motor threshed
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cost of only 900 cents a bushel for
electrical energy consumed
Forty-one and a half bushels of
shelled corn were ground in one hour
for total cost of 024S cents per
bushel. of which .0136 cents was for
power.
Three washers full OF soiled cloth
ing were washed in 81 minutes for
AZ cents. including labor, etc
\ portable vacuum cleaner cles ned
100 square feet of floor surface for
cents.
The horse groomer cleaned seven
horses in an hour at total cost of 3
cents per horse, including help, etc.
The cream separator handled 1900
pounds of milk an hour at a total
cost of OPS cents per hundred: the
actual cost for current to operate the
one and one-half horsepower motor
being but 0019 cents per hundred
pounds.
Nearly hundred pounds of butter
were churned. washed and worked in
thirty two minutes at a cost of but
Pa cents. including labor. etc
Seven hundred and fifty pounds of
sausage were ground i'll one hour at
cost of 10 cents per hundred for
labor and power. etc. The cost of
energy consumed to grind 100 pounds
was but OPP cents
The hay hoist handled one ton of
hay for only 2H cents for power.
y root-cutter, operated by two
horse power motor. cut SIS tons an
hour at cost of but 0043 cents per
bushel for power
The corn shelter sheled ia bushels
OF corn an hour at total cost of
0022 cents bushel for power.
For ten cents a ton, the fodder
cutter will cut two tons an hour
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