AN ELECTRIC FARM
Hens will work overtime in electii-caUy-lighted laying houses, crpps will grow and bees will gather honey in a completely electrified farm, being planned for operation at the 1939 New York Woxld's Pair, it is announced. On an area of 32,400 feet, livestock will be installed and farming operations started months in .advance of tl>e fair opening. i',ruit trees will be planted and hot beds, electrically hSat'ed, will he sprouting seed to grow plants for transplanting in gardeiis
whelre overhead irrigation systems, electrically operated, will keep them growing at full speed. Barns on the display site will be fully electrified from the electric screens to keep out insects to the electric hoists and carriers for hay ahd grain. Maehinery in the dairy is to be operated by electric jnotors. In addition, cows will have feed and water placed before them ttvice daily by electrical devices. Electrically operated doors are planned to ease the farmer's tasks and an electrie burglar alarm system is expected to show how thefts of crops or animals may be prevented.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 37, 6 November 1937, Page 15
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176AN ELECTRIC FARM Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 37, 6 November 1937, Page 15
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