Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-04-01
HOW ELECTRIC POWER
SHOULD Be UTILIZED
Attractive Sliding Scale OF Rates
Should Determine Size OF
Pumping Plant
SHOULD BE SUBJECT or STUDY
Small Farm Reservoir Is Recommend
ed as Economic Device TO
Save Pumping Cost

The present month is undoubtedly
witnessing the most heated campaign
ever experienced in the West II the
installation of electrically operated
pumps. Thousands of new pumping
loads are S0or Ia exert their infIu-
rncc upon the central station meters
The rates as n whole which have been
instituted in the rural communities
by the central stations are Satisfac q
tory. They will enable the farmer
Ia send n better product upon the
market and IN larger quantities per
acre, thus insuring him greater net
return per acre through the uillzn-
ton of electric power.
There are, however, many addi-
Iional points that might be- borne in
mind both by the farmer consuming
The electrical energy and by the ccn-
trail station furnishing the supply.
IN many INSTANCES the farmer has
been urged by the over Jealous power
salesman to install pumping outfit
"I such proportions that hr will
scarcely utilize his minimum guaran-
lced consumption during the irriga
lion season and thus BE- unable Ia
take advantage of the attractive sid
ing scale of rates offered BY the cen
lral station. Such procedure n
this, white temporarily initiating the
boasicd connected load of the central
station, aids little in . broad policy
of educating the farmer in the econ
omic use of electrical energy. Only
by means of the power salesman :
being able to win the confidence OF
his Justly suspicious consumer eau
the ultimate universal triumph OF
electrical ENERGY consuming devices
upon the farm BE- attained.
Thus. the power salesman who
sees upon farm. from It's natural
topographic contiguralion, the posi-
biities of economically storing water
and fails to impress this economic
law upon his client will some day
awaken 10 the fact that cooperation
un the farm is an imposslbllity. III
those communities where the agricul
turist has been encouraged to store
water and thus enable him to operate
his plant upon hundred per cent
power factor while at his conyenlenc,
he is enabled to irrigate with proper
head of water from the reservoir
electrical consumption is by far tho
more advanced.
Such practice has the advantage
too, not only of making it possible IL
;rrigatc other lands thought to be be
vond the economic range Of the elec'
trically- operated pump, but 1t materl
ally aids in maintaining n better load
factor throughout the hydroelectrl'
network. The rapid growth of tn
electrical industry has indelibly ex
posed one glaring fallacy TO the en-
gineering world, namely that a de
creased consumption OF electrical en-
rrgv per unit of accomplishment de
rrrases the sales output accordingly
Such fallacv was long feared, bu
the advent Of the tungs,"n laml
wherein candlepower per kilowatt o
electrical energy Is vastly hghtened
! has Enthusiastically resulted IN increas
inc the electrical consumption III ev
erv American home by opening new
and broader fields of eectrical appll
cation.
And 50 il must be- upon the farm
I'm every ease wherein the farmer II
enabled to utilize electrical energ,
according to the most economic law
the central station will reap II CORE
,pondingly enlarged field of clerlrlca
consumption. The small farm reser
,oir, enabling the farmer to take nd
vantage of the cheapest rates, shoul'
he encouraged by the central station
whenever such practice is REASONABLY
feasible. -- journal of Electricity
Power and Gas.