884 Agriculturca Gazette of N.S.W, [i\^o?;. 2, 1908. 



Possibly also the power of some of the big mining works might be turned 

 to further account in generating electricity for this jiurposo, in wln'ch case it 

 could probably be effected with very little addition to the stall'. 



Last, but not least, with 

 the completion of the Barren 

 Jack scheme, there aiv also 

 vflst possibilities for a grand 

 system of geneiviting elec- 

 tricity which could be utilised 

 for various industries. As 

 the recent decision of the 

 Common weal tl i Pari iamen t 

 makes it highly probable that 

 the Austi-alian capital will 

 be in this disti'ict, additi(jn- 

 al interest and importance 

 attaches hereto. 



Wherever the power i«, 



nitrogen is close at hand. It 



is calculated that over every 



9 acres of the globe there are 



280,000 tons of nitrogen, which is the quantity that would be necessary to 



produce the e(juivalent to the present output of Chilian saltpetre. 



Stationary Transformer on a German farm, connected with 

 a supply station. From this point the cnrrent is transmit- 

 ted all over the farm. — Frmn illustration kindly lent by 

 Siemens Bros., Ltd. 



13. Electricity in Farm household life and field operations, in other 



Countries. 



A notice of this kind would not be com])lete without some reference 

 to the adaptation of electricity to farm-life, apart from its application to the 

 soil. Tn America it has effected an agricultural revolution. The electric railway 

 light lines have played a great 

 pai't in this development. 

 In a report on the subject of 

 these lines most of the towns 

 attribute great part of their 

 progress to an increase of 

 business from farms. Closer 

 contact between town and 

 farm is mutually advantage- 

 ous, but it makes more in 

 favour of the farm-house. As 

 well as better and quicker 

 transportation it means better 

 social conditions, more fre- 

 quent entertainment and 



anmsement, and suiierior edu- 



Portable Transformer and Distributor on a German farm, 

 cation. lUustnitiou l.y Siemens Bros., Ltd. 



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