166 THE LURE OF THE LAND 



need not even depend upon the water power, which, in 

 the dry season of the - summer, often fails. The wind 

 is always with him, and is an inexhaustible source of 

 the energy to drive the machines of his farm, and to 

 heat and light his house. 



In this country a beginning has been made. One 

 electric turbine has been in successful operation on 

 Long Island for more than a year. The problems of 

 the control of the mill with varying velocities of the 

 wind have been solved. A suitable storage battery has 

 been provided. A factory at Lewiston, New York, has 

 been acquired and is in operation. The idea, however, 

 is so new that it has not had a great vogue. A few 

 more successful plants in different parts of the country 

 are needed as object lessons. Electricity bids fair to 

 be as useful and convenient to the farmer as it has 

 proved to be to the man in town. 



