8 New Hampshire Experiment Station [Bulletin 22S 



FARM NO. 2 (RETAIL DAIRY) 

 DESCRIPTION 



Three to four-man farm. Family of three adults. Nine room house. 

 Large dairy barn with silo attached; two garages and implement shed. 75 

 acres of which 30 acres are tillable. 36 head of milking cattle, 2 horses, 1 tractor, 

 1 delivery truck, pleasure car, modern machinery. Farm located on state road. 

 Retails 250 to 300 quarts of milk and cream daily in city one mile distant. 

 House and barns wired 10 years under cooperative arrangement between farmers 

 and service company; 12 pole extension; cost $375. One transformer of 3 K.V.A. 

 capacity. 



EQUIPMENT COSTS 



Much of the following equipment has been installed by the men of the place 

 themselves, and this may account for some variation from the usual cost prices. 

 (The rate for current in this location practically prohibits the use of high-wat- 

 tage heating devices). 



Light Circuit Equipment 



1. Wiring of house and barns, including fixtures $450.00 



2. House lights— 25 outlets, average 40 Watt lamps.... 10.00 



3. Barn lights— 22 outlets, average 40 Watt lamps 8.80 



4. Flat iron 6.50 



5. Washing Machine 150 . 00 



6. Bottle Brush (No installation cost) 40.00 



7. Shop equipment (No installation cost) 25.00 



8. Vacuum Cleaner 60 00 



9. Special vacuum pump for milking machine 150.00 



10. 5 H. P. motor for milking machine 80.00 



1 1 . Battery charger (Jan., 1926) 19 . 50 



Group Total $999.80 



Power Circuit Equipment 



12. House Refrigeration machine (Rental contract) 



Initial deposit $225 00 



Rental charge ($2.00 per month) 34 months 68.00 



13. Dairy Cooling Room Machine (Rental contract) 



Initial deposit 225 . 00 



Rental charge ($2.00 per month) 34 months 68.00 



Insulation of cooling room (converted ice room) 13.00 



14. Milk Cooling Pump (No installation cost) 76 00 



Group Total $675 00 



All equipment total $1674 80 



DISTRIBUTION OF EQUIPMENT COSTS 



Light 

 and Power Heat 



Circuit Circuit Household Farmstead 



Per cent of total appliances 78.6 21.4 42.9 57.1 



Per cent of total equip, cost 59.6 40.4 51.1 48.9 



Farm No. 2 — Current Consumption and Costs. Table 2 shows the current 

 consumed on Farm No. 2 for 1925 and 1926. 



The full list of equipment given on the preceding page was operating for the 

 two-year period. 



The total consumption for 1925 was 3362 kilowatt hours and for 1926 was 

 3252 kilowatt hours. 



