The Greeley tribune., 1912-12-26
ELECTRICITY BEING Utilized
BF FARMERS MORE EXTENSIVELY
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nord Ogilvy in Denver PosD
Putnam A. Bates. famous cleo
trical engineer. says that others be-
sides farmers are beginning to ap-
preciate pretty clearly that the aver
age farmer has netted too small a
return for his labor and that what
he earned was at too great q per-
sonal sacrifice to himself and fam
lily. which probably accounts for the
fact that, whereas. sixty years ago.
two-thirds OF the population were
engaged in producing food and
clothing materials. nowadays less
than . third follow these pursuita-
New York state has laid out =
system to conserve Its water power
and apply II electrically for the
use Of the people Of that state at
somewhere close to the cost Of pro-
duction, expecting to reap its real
return from increased general pros
perity and return Of producing
population to the land. who may
feed the manufacturing folk Of the
city. and besides this there will be
return OF village industries with
convenient power. 1t 10 . mistake
to think that electricity on the
farm Is a hobby; on the contrary.
1t already has a very wide applica-
ton, and those who are not making
use of 1t simply lag behind.
Especially. close to the big noun
tain ranges of the southwest, has
electricity been introduced to do the
work where the heavy fall OF the
ground and melting SHOWS provide
convenient initial power to produce
the flexible. easily applied electric
current.
Salt River Plant
On the Salt River Project more
than a million dollars has been in
vested in power Of which the farm
ers raised 100000. Already the
power sold yearly amounts to 3144.-
900. with the plant but partially
buflt. Near Fresno. Calf. 140
pumping plants are At the same time
iotng and irrigatinE lands lower
down.
The charge Of $50 per horse
power . year for continuous ser
ice and the water costs Sl.25 per
acre per annum.
On . Plainsboro. N. j., 1900
acre farm. selling $500 to 1000
quarts OF milk. electricity has been
! ound almost necessity. although
1t has to be produced with q s.eam
engine at cost of cents ~,
kilowatt hour
Artificial refrigerating plants.
separators. churns, ETC., are all
more easily and cleanly run than
by other means, so long as the cur
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price.
At charge of 2h cents per
kilowatt hour the cost for electrical
power per pound of butter was from
one-half to one and a half mills.
J. F.. Forrest. Poynette, Wis. has
a wind mill that furnishes "a lights
from small dynamo OF six am
peres. 35 volts at 45O revolutions a
minute; II Is connected to the YER
tical shaft of the wind mill. This
plant develops current for "a 15-
watt 25-volt tungsten lamsp Its
whole cost. exclusive OF transpOrta-
ton. was $3.50 for the wind mill
dynamo storage battery. automatic
cut in. besides all other charges for
material The owner, however, did
the work OF wiring and arranging
lights and fixtures. The plant has
been In successful operation for two
years.
Cscs Around Home.
Around home some OF the most
successful uses OF electricity has
\ been pumping water for irrigation.
and under favorable conditions this
has been accomplished at a cost of
ta.4' per acre a. against $b.S5
ditch reservoir and maintenance
charges on some gravity systems.
The meter rate for northern Colo
RADIO starts with . readiness to serve
charke OF 81 per horse power Dor
month Tor lesser sizes. with Q small