Evening star., 1936-06-22
ELECTRIFIED FARM
WILL Be EXHIBITED.
AT POWER PARLEY.
200-Acre Place to Be 0per-
ated Near Herndon, Va,
in September.
LAB0R-SAVING DEVICES
TO Be DEMONSTRATED
R. E. A. to Cooperate With Man.
ufacturers' Group in Planning
Model Group.

A completely electrified farm on
which even natures work In the fields
and in the hen house will yield to the
subtle influence of amazing man
made devices will be conducted near
Herndon, Va. as an exhibit OF the
third World Power Conference, to be
held here in September.
A 200-acre dairy farm located on
the Leesburg Pike, with a rambling
old farm house that will be trans
formed into q model dwelling, the In
terror Department announced, has
been selected for the unique exhibit.
Replete with every kind Of labor saw
ing device, the ordinary chores OF
farm life will be done by electrical
power-from pitching hay to chopping
wood. Friend farmer. living under
such conditions, would have time to
spend idle hours before the radio, and
his wife and daughter, fresh from the
fatigue-saving work of an electric
kitchen and laundry, would have time
to pretty up for the movies with
electrical vibrators. curling irons and
hair dryers.
This 1886 electrically equipped
farm. it was said, would bewilder even
the most progressive farmers and
dairymen Of a few years ago.
The farm has been equipped
through the cooperation of the Ru-
raj Electrification Administration and
the National Electric Manufacturers
Association. Power will be furnished
by the Virginia Public Service Co.
The farm house will be air-condi-
toned. 1t will have electric heaters,
an electric churn, sun ray lamps,
washing machines, electric stoves, and
everything electrical, in fact. that any
housewife could possibly yearn for.
Flood lights will illuminate the farm
yard for chores that are done before
dawn. A portable electric motor can
be trundled to any part of the farm
and used for such chores as wood
chopping, hay pitching, sausage grind
ing, carpentry and other back-break-
ing work.
Electrically charged screens, which
not only keep out insects, but electro
cute them In the bargain, will protect
the household, and an electrically
charged wire fence will keep the live
stock within bounds.
In the dairy barn. in addition to
electric milking machines, will be q
milk cooler. Electricity will turn
night into day, and the hens, who
won't know better, will begin laying
their eggs in frantic haste. Ultraviolet
rays, which have a healthy effect on
chickens. will be feature of the poul-
try house.
An electrically heated hotbed makes
it possible to start vegetables early in
the season without fear of frost. Even
the water, which is incidentally hard,
will be softened electrically, and an
electric irrigation system will be in
stalled.
The farm, known as the Rosedale
Dairy Farm, has been under cultiva-
ton since the Revolutionary War, and
was fought over in the Civil War. It is
owned and operated by J. H. Hughes
and his two sons, Darr and Randolph
Hughes.
The farm exhibit will be open to the
public during the Summer and while
the World Power Conference Is in
session here September 7-12. More
than TOO leading scientists and elec-
trical engineers attending the con-
ference will inspect the farm.