June, 1932] 



Electricity on New England Farms 



19 



watt lamps; Washing machine; Sewing machine motor-drive; Curling iron; 

 Toaster; Percolator; two Radiant heaters; Battery charger; Oscillating fan; 

 Vacuum cleaner; Separator motor equipment. 



Heat Circuit Equipment: Combination coal-electric range; Ironer; Flat 

 iron; Combination dairy cooling room and household refrigerator. 



Power Circuit. (Special circuit wiring): Milking machine; Deep well 

 pump. 



The changes since 1926 consist of an increase in the total number of lights 

 from 51 to 70; the elimination of the hot water heater as not essential, in 

 view of the operation of the coal section of the combination range, which 



Table No. 4. 



Farm No. 4. — Kilowatt hours and current costs — five-year electrification 



period. 



Month 



Kilowatt hours used. 



Pre-elec- 



trification 



Period 



1925 



1926 



1927 



1928 



1929 



1930 



Monthly 

 Average 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Yearly total 



Ave. per month 



Daily ave 



Ave. rate per 

 kw.-hr 



505 

 491 

 422 

 449 

 486 

 572 

 792 

 800 

 714 

 676 

 692 

 492 

 7,091 

 590.9 

 19.4 



.042 



516 

 474 

 435 

 488 

 544 

 679 

 719 

 863 

 819 

 632 

 666 

 630 

 7,465 

 622.1 

 20.4 



.036 



444 

 490 

 414 

 560 

 578 

 673 

 694 

 752 

 914 

 768 

 698 

 457 

 7,442 

 620.2 

 20.4 



.036 



447.6 

 492 

 416.8 

 486.6 

 516.4 

 586.8 

 740.2 

 883 

 848.4 

 679.4 

 674 

 535.6 

 7,306.8 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Yearly total ... 

 Ave. per month 

 Daily ave 



Current costs. 



$20.27 

 19.42 

 18.54 

 19.56 

 20.83 

 23.38 

 24.30 

 27.63 

 26.86 

 23.00 

 23.75 

 23.18 



270.72 



22.56 



.742 



$19.03 

 19.78 

 18.08 

 21.12 

 21.80 

 23.30 

 23.72 

 25.14 

 28.57 

 25.79 

 24.18 

 19.13 



269.64 



22.47 



.739 



$22.99 

 24.30 

 39.52 

 22.14 

 22.00 

 21.98 

 24.28 

 28.03 

 27.62 

 24.60 

 26.97 

 23.33 



288.00 



