are turned on, the rugs, the furniture and other house 

 furnishings, which seemed satisfactory when kerosene 

 lamps were in use, are not now so attractive. The 

 electric power plant makes it far easier to have a 

 water system in the farm home, with indoor toilet 

 and bath, and have the water system 100 per cent 

 efficient. The power washer, the electrically operated 

 ironing machine, the vacuum cleaner, the electric iron 

 and the electric fan can be utilized. The water can be 

 pumped, the churn can be operated, the grindstone 

 turned, the cream separated, and a variety of other 

 minor operations performed in and about the farm 

 home by electric power. 



The installation of a water system and a lighting 

 plant raises the standard of sanitation in the farm 

 home. More soap and cleaning compounds of all 

 kinds are used. More frequent baths stimulate greater 

 pride in personal appearance, leading not only to a 

 demand for better clothes, but for more toilet prepa- 

 rations and all the other lines that are found essential 

 by the well-groomed man or woman. The furnace 

 eliminates the necessity of running several stoves and 

 the resulting labor and inconvenience. Briefly stated, 

 the modernizing of the farm home is an influence of 

 tremendous power in promoting a taste for more and 

 better things on the farm. 



The Automobile on the Farm 



The automobile has probably done more to revo- 

 lutionize the methods on the farm and the farm 

 standards than any other one influence. With the 

 automobile the farm family travels more. In the 

 next township they see farms with well-painted homes, 

 and barns and fences. A silo has been built. Plowing 

 is done with a tractor. When they call on their friends 

 they may find that they have modern conveniences in 



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