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death if inhaled. It has a characteristic odor which any one can easily 

 detect if it is escaping from the system. The light produced from this 

 system is white and considered excellent. 



4. Electrical Lighting. The lighting of isolated homes by a private 

 electrical system is generally thought to be an expensive luxury. However, 

 during the past twenty years the cost of living has increased about 20 per 

 cent and the cost of farm labor has increased about 35 per cent, but for the 



50 Light Plant 



ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANT FOR FARM HOUSE. 1 



same period the cost of lighting by electricity has decreased about 85 per 

 cent. This method of lighting, if correctly installed, is the safest, most 

 sanitary, most convenient and most efficient of all modern lighting systems. 

 There are manufacturing companies who are building very successful 

 private electrical lighting systems for farm homes. These operate on differ- 

 ent voltages, namely: 30 volts, 60 volts and 110 volts. If the system is to 

 furnish power for home conveniences such as operating churns, sewing 

 machines, etc., the writer would recommend the 110-volt system. A 

 storage battery will supply about two volts of electrical energy; therefore 

 the 110-volt system would require about 56 cells, whereas, the 30 and 60- 



1 Courtesy of Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Chicago, 111. 



