Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-31
ELECTRICITY on THE FARM
MEANS EXTRA PRODUC-
TIVE WORRYING HOURS

. How many working hours per year
are necessary TO keep your farm up
to its normal production?
If it is an average sized farm-l4O
acres-it will require from 1000 to
s 900 hours for three workers, the
owner, hired man and the farmers
wife.
If it is your desire and purpose to
increase the production on your farm,
it will be necessary to increase the
number Of working hours, or 10 make
some of these hours count" Tor more
than they would ordinarily.
Or it may be that you are finding
it necessary to get along without the
hired man, as many others are doing.
That means a reduction of some 2300
to $500 working hours mot counting
the hired man for the full year, and
production must be lowered, or again,
some way must be found TO make the
hours count for more than usual.
While we do not always stop to
think of it, we have been trying for
years to make the hours count" for
more on the farm, in other words, to
increase the efficiency of the workers.
1t is TO this end that we have come to
use improved machinery TO replace
land labor.
One of the most modern aids to the
farmer and his household is electrici-
| ty. In most instances this is secured
from a private electric plant installed
on the farmers own premises, because
most farm homes are beyond the reach
of the central power station.
Usually the farmer secures an cleo
trio plant with the idea of getting the
most of the benefit from the electric
light. And it is very considerable
benefit, for aside from the pleasure
and satisfaction of having the most
modern form of home-lighting, there
is considerable saving of time and
labor about the house and barn when
the kerosene lamps and lanterns are
put away and light is obtained just by
turning switch. If this saving is
only one-half an hour a day, that is
lS0 hours a year saved, to be added
to the productive working time.
! 1t is in the use of electric power
however, that the most striking ex-
amples of time and labor saving are
found.
However, there is usually a machine
about the premises that someone or
dinarily must turn with a crank. That
machine can be run with a small cleo
tric motor at saving of time and
labor that every farmer is in duty
bound to consider at the present time
Take the churn, cream separator
or washing machine. With an electric
motor there will be saving, on the
average, of from 2l2 to 3la hours a
week from each of these machines
Electricity from the farmers own
plant to run these machines will cost
no more than two cents per hour
They can all be run by the use of the
same portable motor and nine more
hours week, let US say, can be saved
for necessary hand labor. Nine hours
a week are 46S hours more a year tc
be devoted to productive work.
If the farm dairy herd is milked
with milking machine, that too. car
be run with electricity, with mini.
mum of care and attention, and with
a saving of an hour or more for the
milking. So let's add to the annual
saving at least 365 hours on account
of the milking machine.
Then there are machines used occa.
sionally, like the grindstone, the fan.
ming mill, horse clippers, or sheer
shears, sausage grinder, and other.
that the farmer will be able to operate
the saving from which would easily
total to another 100 hours year.
One of the most striking instance.
of time and labor saving is fount
where a water pressure system i.
operated by means of an electric mo.
tor. This is an absolute automati,
system, in which the motor runs wher
the pressure in the tank goes dow1
and in which water is maintained a,
pressure to force water through
pipes to faucets all about the premises
Thus one can have water piped fol
complete household Service, kitchen
bath, and laundry, without any Of th.
tabcrious pumping and carrying; fol
watering the stock. without any pump
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