ELECTRICITY ON THE MODERN FARM

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 19, 15 October 1937, Page 26 (Supplement)

ELECTRICITY ON THE MODERN FARM

' Electricity is proving its value for many i'ann purposes l)ut its greatest value," according to recent " American experience, is for the ,cooling of cream on the fann, Where a sufficient premium for Mghrgrade cream is paid the increased return, according to an American surveyf is sufficient to pay for the total cost of electricity to the farm. * This sbunds good. It= would be" interesting to have the cost to the American farmer of the eiectrical refrigerator, and to know if the refrigerators heing' used for * cream cooling are " mtfch cheaper than the household types of refrigerators tecommg so popular in this ceuntry. This matter deserves immediate investigatiom Another American farm use of electricity is the electric fly screen. This screen is not really a screen at all but is a panel to place in the window or door made up of parallel bars of wire ahout three iiiches apart. A charge of electricity is maintatned in the wires sufficiently Strong to kill any insect attempting to get through, even though it does not touch the wires. Being moist, the insects body- acts as a conductor of the electricity and will cause a spark to jump "between the wires strong enough to kill the bug instantly. A special transformer keeps.the voltage high enough to snake the current very Jumpy, hut the amperage is low enough to inaure na harm heing done to humans cr livestock.