June, 1932] 



Electricity on New England Farms 



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on Farm No. 4, has but one oven electrically heated, requiring all bak- 

 ing the year round to be done with current.) On early mornings on 

 this and many farms the air is chill and a fire is lighted to start the 

 day. Breakfast is prepared by wood or coal, the water tank is heated 

 and the chill taken from the room at the same time. Baking may also 

 he started, since the oven is well heated and ready to use. One opera- 

 tion thus begets another, and the wood section and oven may run 

 throughout the day. Only on days when the weather is exceedingly 

 hot is the housewife's attention forced to the electric oven. In this 

 more or less natural way the use of the electric oven is much reduced. 



Table No. 3. 



Farm No. 3 — Kilowatt hours and ciirreyit costs — five-year electrification 



period. 



Month 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Yearly total ... 

 Ave. per month 



Daily ave 



Ave. rate per 

 kw.-hr 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Yearly total ... 

 Ave. per month 

 Daily ave 



Kilowatt hours used. 



Pre-elec- 



trification 



Period 



1925 



218 

 179 

 259 

 132 

 173 

 162 

 156 

 171 

 197 

 195 

 222 

 269 

 2,332 

 194.3 

 6.38 



.0715 



$17.14 

 14.76 

 16.22 

 10.96 

 13.50 

 11.60 

 11.59 

 12.38 

 14.47 

 14.80 

 17.08 

 20.72 



175.22 



14.60 



.48 



Monthly 

 Average 



Current costs. 



263 



231.4 

 224.2 

 226. 



208. 

 224. 

 231 

 234. 

 242. 

 252.8 

 293 

 259 

 2,890.8 



.4 

 .6 

 .4 



.4 

 .6 



$18.96 

 16.66 

 14.07 

 16.45 

 14.40 

 15.24 

 13.97 

 14.30 

 15.92 

 16.35 

 19.26 

 18.28 



193.86 



