Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-09-05
Electricity on the Farm.

ElcvtticliN ~ the greatest ana most
useful discovery of the aye. II Is he
most wonderful and h. most difficult e.
define or explain. sim We all know that
through Its use some uf the most won.
dcTtul records ana memorable achieve
mcnts have been accomplished. IL is
rapidly ,upplcmInting stcamlpowcr-
IL has rcvolutlunized warship prupul.
sion and design. II has improved iiv
ing conditions In ,hc cities and towns
To such an extent that we are now con.
frontcd with NATIONAL problem %
working out the economies II country
living IN such "a way as To conduCc viii
ingncW 10 stay an the land ana he'll
build II up.
Crcle sam. through thu Department
Of Agriculture. hopes Ia SCI this hus.
ness realized upon. Cor he IL very uiN
inus To- conserve Women Power" on
the farm. and by making the farm
home more attractive to women. rem.
der farming more popular
There was "a survey Of rural hon
conducted under the direction ~ The
United States Department If Agricul.
uIc. supervised by Miss Florence T..
Ward. expert In charge IL government
extension work. which covered thirty
three states and revealed tho fact that
practically fifty percent Of ,hc homes
hnd labor saving devices aid power Nv.
paralus for operations IN tho farm.
while the same advantages wcgc cni y.
ed by no more than twenty two per
cent ~ the farm homes, while in some
states only two percent Ind lalur say.
ing DEVICES IN the hCmc.
Thcrc' IN direct relation between
tho farm home equipment and the
number ~ children on tie farm and
this report shows there are an aver.
age al LIS children under ten years II
agc and only 50 children between ten
and sixteen.
~ a time like this when the scar
city az labor on the farm II a hig fac.
tor In production. II II suggested that
SONG III the money received by the
farmers, az a result ef the care and
feeding II animals might lie inycs
IN labor saving Ter the home. SO the
women can CIV more time and at
tiun e. feeding aud rearing her chill.
drcn. II would also be- an induccmcnt
to the young folks To- Ftay at home
on the farm ana not ga 20 the ciiit =
In search of better living con,lit,.
Most farm light plants while h.
grade piccc OF fmachnery. are by no
means a complicated one. The princi.
pile ~ operation being very easily az.
dcrstoOd when compared with other
machinery uf which We are all more
or less familiar. For instance Ger.
tain light and power plant consists a..
a GAS engine. generator. power hua
aud storage battery, having caua
uf 1000 Watt % Volt direct current
This compares with an ordinary pump.
-.
The Fas engine Is The driving pow.
'r that causes the prmp to raise the
water and store Il In the storage tank.
Tho capacity uf tho gas engine ~ mea
Eurcd IN horse power. tho capacity II
the pump and tank IN gallons. thu fiu.
ccton the pump " To control the flow
of wacr into the tank.
In the power aud light plant We
have Ia. same gas engine Tor driving
power. In place 81 the pump. W. J.
the generator that generates the cleo.
tI'iciiy. which instead uf being mcaSir.
al IN gallons. We measure In watts or
Rnp"rs =. the electrical equivalent. ~,
to speak, of gallons.
The Storage battery II the storage
tank. measured IN watts and avn.
i'ercS capacity. instc1d of gallons The
l'uwcr beard II the control parcl
faucet that regulates the flow - clcr.
iriciav into the battery, lust as ;hc
faucet controls the flow IT wacr from
Aonr pump into your storage tank.
The gas crsine needs no explanation
as most everyone understands the op.
triton ~ Eas engine.
When the generator trumpl rcvoi, -
at a given speed. Il produces electric.
Nv twaiefl which flows through the
ro-er conivnl panri fanccn int' tho
ri".'se battery uanhl