Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1920-02-27
ELECTRICITY FOR
EVERY FARM HOME
Over 100000 Delco Plants Now
In Use And Proving A
Wonderful Benefit

over 100000 Detco-Light electric light
and power p.snss in service on Ameri-
can farms. To those who have watch
ed the progress of agricultural i'm
provement and advancement in this
country this announcement gives cause
for thought as to the future of electric
service For the farm.
lie. us go back for minute and look
at another mechanical product of rath-
err recent origin, but in almost univer-
sal use today on the farm as we'll as
in the city.
In September, 1902, the town of Leb-
anon, Ohio, held its first Centennial
Celebration. There were at that time
two residents of the village who own
ed automobiles, wheezy and asthrnatic
affairs Of the "one-lung" type, resem-
bling ,aade-over buggies in appear
ance. Occasionally they could be per.
suade to run for short distance, but
most Of the time they We're STALLED"
in the barn or on the streets, and
their owners were stretched on their
backs underneath, tinkering with the
insides.
Now one of the features of the Cen
tennial Celebration was a street par
ade consisting of many horse-drawn
floats and other vehicles. And it is
matter of record that His Honor, the
Mayor, issued an order on that day
that the towns two automobiles be.
parked in the parade"
What change Is years have made!
The horse of today, what is left of
him, casts an Indifferent eye on cars
of all sizes and kinds, whizzing by
him at all speeds. And the automo-
bile is the universal means of trans
portation for both city and country.
Three things are responsible for
this universal usage. They are, first,
the sound sense of the self-propelled
vehicle idea; second, awakened public
interest in that idea, and third, the
Tremendous Improvement in the design
and construction of the modern auto
mobile, as compared with that Of 1902.
The history of the automobile sug-
gests a prophesy for the future of
electro: service on the farm. And in
deed today we find that prophesy well
on it's way toward fulfillment. =.
.. The first farm electric plant was in
stalled some 80 years ago and there
seems &c have been little progress dur
ing early years toward Improvement
along mechanical lines. Like the first
automobile it had a great many me-
chanical faults. Furthermore, little if
any effort was made toward stimulat-
ing interest in the idea of electric SER
vice for the farm. The natural result
was that despite the fundamental
soundness of the idea, only 10000
plants had been installed on farms in
this country up to four years ago.
Then suddenly change took place.
The Dayton Engineering Laboratories
Company, of Dayton, Ohio, known all
through the automobile world as max
ers Of "Delco" starting, lighting and
ignition equipment, announced that it
would market a farm electric plant
designed and built along new lines. The
experience of this company in building
electrical! apparatus for automobiles
was doubtless of invaluable assistance
in the early engineering work and
probably helped them to produce a
4 plant which was successful from the
the first. A new concern, now known
las the Delco-Light Company and also
located at Dayton, was organized for
anufacturing and selling work. The
product was produced under the name
I"Delco-11 Light" (
I The Delco-Light Company and 9TH
Ter manufacturers have placed about
10000. plants in service during the
last four years, a record which estab-
fishes beyond question the soundness
of the idea of farm electric service. A
great amount of educational work has
been done, not only for electric plant
manufacturers but by agricultural col
leges and other educational institu-
tons as well. And there has been
constant and sincere effort on the part
1 of the manufacturers to improve their
prolucts. The plants produced today
are we'll made and are reliable in OPP
/ GRAFTON. They can be counted on to
deliver continuous and satisfactory SER
vice.
All this means just one thng-that
the next few years will. see the farm
electric plant as common thing as the
automobile see the vast majority
of farms in this country enjoying the
same kind of dependable electric SER
vice as we find in the city.
It's long cry from the Centennial
Celebration in Lebanon. Ohio, to
electricity for every farm" and the
average citizen Of that day probably
dreames1 neither of the automobile as
a real means of transportation nor of
the even rer1ota ,,oss;h;lifv of cIo<&y;r