22 New Hampshire Experiment Station [Bulletin 228 



FARM NO. 6 (POULTRY) 



DESCRIPTION 



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

 house. Hay and stock barn, garage, main laying house, and 20 brooder 



houses and shelters. 180 acres of flat, sandy loam of which 30 are tillable. Lo- 

 cated one mile from town. 2500 laying hens, 20,000 to 25,000 broilers, 20,000 day 

 old chicks, 2 horses, 1 cow, 1 delivery car, 1 pleasure car, modern machinery. 

 6000 egg incubator using coal hot water heat. Buildings wired seven years. No 

 extra cost for line construction. Transformer of 7.5 K.V.A. 



EQUIPMENT COSTS 



The following inventory shows new equipment in Italics: 

 Light and Power Circuit Equipment 



1. Wiring House and Barn $350.00 



2. Wiring Poultry Buildings and Fixtures 210.00 



3. House Lights— 34 Outlets 14.60 



4. Barn and Poultry Lights— 30 Outlets 12.00 



5. Washing Machine 150 . 00 



6. Dishwasher 125.00 



7. Waffle Iron $12.00; (8) Heating Pad $8.00 20.00 



9. Vacuum Cleaner 60 00 



10. Poultry Drinking Fountains (12) (tested only) 21 .00 



11. Brooder (tested only) 20 00 



12. Water Pump — installed price 135 . 00 



Group Total $1117.60 



Heat Circuit Equipment 



General Heating Circuit Wiring (July, 1926) $ 51 . 10 



13. Kitchen Range 285.00 



Installation Cost (July, 1926) 93.40 



14. Hot Water Heater 132.50 



Installation Cost (July, 1926) 23.47 



15. Household Refrigeration 250 . 00 



Installation Cost (May, 1926) 18.70 



16. Flat Iron 5.00 



Group Total $ 859.17 



All equipment total $1976 . 77 



DISTRIBUTION OF EQUIPMENT COSTS 



Light 

 and Power Heating Household Farmstead 



Per cent of appliances 75. 25. 68.8 31.2 



Per cent of total cost 56.5 43.5 80. 20. 



Per cent of circuit cost 



for appliances 73. 78.3 



Per cent of circuit cost 

 for installation 27. 21.7 



Of the total equipment cost 76% is for appliances and 24% for installation. 



