Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-15


Eatons paper on electricity for farm
development, asserted that the art OF
agriculture makes a science of agricul-
ture necessary fer It's successful pros
| ecution.
The farm" said Mr.. Stetson. must
DO conducted on business principles
and the last detail must receive the
closest attention. The unproductive
method or enterprise must be aban-
| doned and the winner must take its
! place. Educated common sense ap-
piled to farming, makes II certain that
the earnings and profits will keep pace
| with the development of the industries
our conditions permit. great factor
in the solution of farm problems win
| be electricity on the farm.
For Cheap Power.
1T is said that Maine has water pow
er still undeveloped under storage sys-
tenn of two million horse power. II we
wish to develop agriculture to the lin
1t in Maine. we must have cheap pow
er on the farm and for transportation
Electricity generated from the water OF
our State is the first step toward this
| development. When we wake to a re-
alizatiOn of what our water powers are
worth to US and what they can do In
! the way of agricultural development,
we will wonder that we had not
thought of 1t years before. The help
ing to direct legislation along right
lines will be the most important work
we ever attempted.
Keep from Monopoly Control
| Our purpose, and our determined eff
fort must be to keep for Maine tho
water powers of Maine, free from mon
| opoly control.
Tho water powers OF the State are
great heritage. Properly utilized
they will make Maine great Industrial
state, cover the state with n net work
! of cheap trolley roads and increase
farm values by many millions. Rightly
used our water power is the talent OF
the parable that shall bring forth an
hundred fold, enriching and blessing
every individual and every interest of
the state. Exploited by monopoly, IL
becomes n menace, blocking Industrial
development, arrestinc farm prosperity
and turning the state backward In the
! March Of progress.
Farmers Must Fioht.
I NO state in the Union is more vital
~ interested In the great question OF
conservation of this resource than our
own, and urge every farmer through
out the state to take 1t up, study IL and
! demand that the LEGISLATURE take in
slant and positive action to safeguard
the interests of the people
Inc water powers are God eiven
ana belong to the people. Maine stands
thlrd In the list of states in possible
water power development Electrical
power Is the chea pest power Electric
lty can be generated from coal but
the process is too expensive. II should
he generated frcm the flowing waters
IN the state, which belong to the peopls
and which more and more each wear.
are being taken over by combinations
or capital. Isn't it time that we see
the necessity of claiming this bounty
and OF utilizing it for developing our
state, for furnishing cheap power on
me farm, for Transporting the products
OF the farm to the consumers at the
ieast possible cost, for lighting our
homes and for making life better worth
hVihg! isn't II time that we throw
oii the party yoke and elect men 10 en-
acS io"S Tor US who can find IT expedi-
ent TO make laws for all the popIep
Done by Electrical Power.
FARMERS who are situated where
they can tap a power plant for electric
lty, whether it Is generated by steam
water or gasoline, are rapidly awaken
ln2 10 tho fact that electricity r. their
coming hired hard Some OF the farm
macfines to which power is being at
tached successfully are.
reed grinders, root cutters. fodder
cutters tanning mills. grindstoncs.
circular saws, corn shelters. drii
T1Sf
horse clippers, milking machines. Grain
separators, thrcshirg machines. cream
| separators, churrs vacuum cleaners.
ice cream freezers, dough mixers,
chicken hatchers and numerous other
machines and implements
| Amy Of these machines can be oper
ated by small motors. Some idea Of
the amount Of work a small motor can
90 Is gained FRI m the following:
| Six horsepower will drive a grain
separator and thresh $500 bushels Of
oats in ten hours.
! Ihree horsepower furnishes all
power needed to make 5000 pounds of
milk into cheese in one day.
| Six horsepower will run q feed mill
grinding twenty bushels Of corn an
! hour.
Five horsepower grinds 25 to forty
bushels OF feed, or ten to twelve bush
els of ear corn an hour.
Seven horsepower drives an 1s-inch
separator, burr mill and corn cob
crusher and corn shelter. grinding from
WE'VE to fifteen bushels Of good fine
meal an hour.
DIX horsepower runs heavy apple
crater, grinding and pressing 200 to $50
bushels OF apples in ten hours.
"Evarv
teriai. the prosperity Of our state. the
welfare OF our people. demand that an
must unite in developing the resources
OF Maine and the farmer may be ana
Is TO be a felt force in forwarding this