March, 1927] 



Electricity on New England Farms 



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FARM NO. 5 (FRUIT) 



Fruit farms apparently offer less opportunities for electrification outside of the 

 home than any of the other types of farms considered. At the same time, some 

 of the problems arising such as dusting and spraying operations, insect trapping 

 by lights, cider presses, etc., are complex and will require special attention to 

 solve. This farm was the last one in the group to be equipped. 



DESCRIPTION 



Two-man farm. Family of two adults. Fourteen room house, with apart- 

 ment for hired man and family. Medium sized stock barn, two buildings 

 for handling and storing crop, garage, implement shed, ice house. 50 acres of 

 tillage, hilly with over 2.000 apple trees. Produced 1600 barrels in 1924. Ten 

 head of cattle, small flock of sheep, 2 horses, delivery car, pleasure car, modern 

 machinery. Farm located one mile from state road, two miles out from village. 

 Buildings wired in July, 1925. One extension of 1.5 miles carried service to 10 

 subscribers at a cost of $50 to $7.") each for construction. Transformer of 10 

 K. V. A. 



EQUIPMENT COSTS 



The following inventory shows new equipment in Italics. 



Lighting and Power Circuit Equipment. 



1. Wiring of house and barns $450.00 



2. House lights — 52 outlets 



3. Barn lights — 8 outlets 



4. Waffle Iron $15.00; (5) Tablestove 



6. Vacuum cleaner (June, 1926) 



7. Sewing machine (Aug.. 1926) 



5. Washing machine (Oct., 1926) 



9. Water pump (Sept., 1926). 238.50 



Installation costs and fu Id extension 182.35 



S14.00 



20 80 

 3.20 

 29 00 

 59 50 

 85.85 

 175 00 



Heat Circuit 

 10 



Equipment. 



Group Total $1244.20 



(Cost of luat circuit installation is included below). 



II. 



Kitchen raio/t 



Installation costs (Sept., 1926) . 

 Household Refrigerator equipnn nt 



Installation costs (April, 1926) 



$173 60 



97.40 



325.00 



22 30 



All 



Group Total $ 618 30 



equipment total $1842.50 



DISTRIBUTION OF EQUIPMENT COSTS 



Per cent of appliances 

 Per cent of total cost 

 Per cent of circuit cost 



for appliances 

 Per cent of circuit cost 



for installation 



Lighting 



'81 8 

 67 5 



73 .2 



26 .8 



Heating 

 18.2 

 32 5 



79. 



21. 



Household 

 63.7 



82.2 



Farmstead 

 36 3 

 17.8 



Of the total equipment cost 76.1$ is for appliances and 23.9% for installation. 



