ELECTRICITY ON THE FARM.

Te Puke Times, 31 January 1928, Page 2

ELECTRICITY ON THE FARM.

Visitors to Sweden othet continentiai countries express gsurprise at,the universal 5 use of electricity. There iteverywhere installed,i- Farm occupying small,holding; Of but 3u or 40 acres utilise it- to -thresh their corn, pulp their roots, pump |J|| their water, saw their their cows and churn their.-milk. Their wives find it even more help- v V ful to light their houses, boil their '1 water, cook the dinner and- wash the clothes. -The daily ure of-fid. will*. current to hot a hot dinner, teli*n<L.suppsr, togather with a for washing up, to meet the needs of a family .of - four, dfjmore people are concerned it done ' for less than Ijd.'per day for each ; % additional person. -V : S| Water power, it liasurged -J provides cheap so..td-xif; so in like manner can abou supply of coah There is little to : §k ’choose between them in cost, . The reason for the progress made abroad must els where be sought. The secret lies in ffi.eciejafemetbods ;; of distribution, not in the, cost in- V;; curred in generating current, f'xjl Electricity is needqcfin agricul- 3 tural districts for many.purposes^ It is required to to pump'for our ffeh alijj'Mrttfe- fen .y lands; the land from/.which we !/||| derive so large d : of our home-grown food resupplies; Many . drainage authorities would use electricity if only it ;! ' could be matte available. v t° them, : ! PoweHi&liiofe^^ ’ a second’ehotice to meet any em- - l urgency,v are and 3losi.oostlyio install andm&tain " ; and they fre- ii quently are,' with difficulties, con- || 4 : neeteß{with:fuel-supp3y;c ; % % ~ Currput4s already beipg utilised for mu^ih'g_hay + :ah'd corn has bee'n Suecessfully tre«TO'. | Abroad, market, gardeners are : ! forcing lettuces,"grfiWlng and other valuable fruit and vegsolely with the aid of.. electricity. |lts manifold uses.and 7; applications are^daily-j|g(pdhiing more and more