12 New Hampshire Experiment Station [Bulletin 228 



FARM NO. 3 (WHOLESALE DAIRY) 



DESCRIPTION 



Three-man farm. Family of three adults, two children. Fourteen room 

 house. Large dairy barn with silo, horse barn, garage and shop, medium 

 sized ice house, granary, implement shed, and medium sized hay barn. Hill 

 farm of 330 acres of which 75 are tillable. 47 head of cattle, 27 milked. 3 horses, 

 one tractor, one delivery truck, pleasure car, modern machinery. Farm delivers 

 an average milking in morning and night of 225 to 250 quarts of milk and cream 

 per day to retailers in town three miles distant. House and buildings wired in 

 1903 from nearb}' line without construction cost. Transformers used, — light and 

 heat circuit 7.5 K.V.A., power circuit 2.5 K.V.A. 



EQUIPMENT COSTS 



Light Circuit Equipment. 



1. Wiring of house and barns, including fixtures $315.00 



Armored conduit, concealed wiring system. 



House lights — 55 outlets, average 40 watt lamps 22 00 



3. Barn lights — 20 outlets, average 40 watt lamps 8.00 



4. House water pump 75 00 



Installation cost — electric and plumbing 15.00 



5. Vacuum cleaner 52 00 



G. Curling iron $3.50; (7) Radiant Heater $7.00 10.50 



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Group Total $497.50 



Heat Circuit Equipment. (Installation of the heating circuit wiring is included 

 in the following installation costs.) 



8. Combination wood-electric range $321 50 



Installation costs — electric and plumbing 92 00 



9. Dishwasher 80 00 



Installation costs 00 



10. Clothes Washer 150.00 



Installation costs 00 



11. Hot water heater (July, 1926) 64.50 



Installation costs — electric and plumbing 27.67 



12. Waffle Iron $12.00; (6) Toaster $5.00; (7) Percolator $8.50 25.50 



13. Flat iron 5.00 



Group Total $766 17 



Power Circuit Equipment. (Installation of the power circuit wiring is in- 

 cluded in the following installation costs). 



14. 2 H. P. motor — operating the milking machine, cream separator and 



milk cooling pump $ 75 00 



Installation cost 35 . 00 



15. Centrifugal water pump for milk cooling 30.00 



16. Shafting, pulleys, hangers, belts, etc., for the above 25 00 



Installation costs 15 . 00 



(i roup Total $180.00 



All equipment total $1443.67 



DISTRIBUTION OF COST EQUIPMENT 



Lighting 

 Per cent of appliances 38.9 

 Per cent of total cost 34.5 

 Per cent of circuit 



cost for appliances 75. 84. 72 7 



Per cent of circuit 



cost for installation 25. 16. 27.7 



Of the total equipment cost 77.2% is for appliances and 22.8% for installation. 



