Electricity for the farm

Manpower costs over one hundred times more than electric power. The farmers should therefore use as little as possible of this expensive power and the largest possible amount of the cheap electric power. Farm machinery nowadays is designed for electrical operation with the motors built in as a part of the machine.

Electricity gives us power in its most convenient and easy form – the electric motor. This is the simplest and most reliable machine in the world. Ease of starting and control is a time-saving feature. Power is provided without fumes, noise or dirt. An electric motor is often cheaper than any other power unit. It will run for many years with very little attention and without need for spares.

Electric motors take care of all stationary work. They operate irrigation, pumps, threshing, fanning, grain-drying machines and other installations connected with field husbandry. Electrical machines supply water and heat the cowhouse, cut ensilage, actuate milking machines, feed forage to the cattle, remove manure, et cetera.

Electric incubators hatch chicks and ducklets. Eggs are electrically gathered, graded and packed. Besides, electricity is operative in warming hotbeds and thus helps to grow vegetables.

At present electricity has found a new sphere of application as the source of ultraviolet and infra-red rays. They contribute to good metabolism and generally to the growth and development of young domestic animals.

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