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New Hampshire Experiment Station 



[Bulletin 228 



FARM HOME EQUIPMENT 



House Wiring. Sec Item No. 1 in each list of "Equipment Costs". The ten- 

 dency of regulations and codes in New England is to require wiring to be done 

 by a licensed and approved electrical contractor. 



House Lighting. This is the most common use of electricity and usually the 

 first to be suggested by an applicant for service. Properly installed, electric lights 

 should be an aid in reducing the heavy loss from fire that occurs annually on 

 New England farms. 



Such devices as curling irons, vacuum cleaners, sewing machines, waffle irons 

 and flat irons are commonly operated from a lamp socket. 



The farm homes range in size from ten to fifteen rooms. While 60 to 75 watt 

 lamps will be found in locations used considerably, the 40 watt size is the most 

 common. 



The many advantages of this system of lighting are too well known to require 

 discussion, but much can still be accomplished in the way of education in correct 

 and efficient illumination. 



Maximums, as shown in Table 9. occur from late December to early February. 

 The minimums occur, for the most part, in August. 



TABLE 9. House Lighting Records on Experimental Farms 



Sewing Machines. The current consumed by motor-driven sewing machines 

 is so small as to be difficult of accurate measurement and records are not given 

 at this time. The labor of which they relieve the woman of the house, however, 

 is quickly appreciated. 



One standard portable machine and three standard type machines with attach- 

 able motor drive are in operation on the farms. 



Vacuum Cleaners. Each farm is equipped with a vacuum cleaner which is 

 now considered as a necessary piece of equipment. Information on operation and 

 cost will be available. Fly trapping is an interesting new use for this appliance. 

 One housewife rids the house and milk-room of flies by attaching the hose noz- 

 zle and moving it past the flies at dusk or dawn when they are still sluggish. 

 They quickly disappear. 



Water Supply. Very little question exists as to the improved efficiency of a 

 water supply system operated by electric motor power; and while a long exten- 

 sion may involve a heavy first cost, the investment relieves the farmer of a great 

 deal of trouble. On the dairy farms, large quantities of water are used for wash- 

 ing utensils, for steam boilers and for milk cooling. Applications on the farms 

 are as follows: 



Farm No. 1. A shallow well, automatic pump, furnishing water to the entire 

 farm through a pneumatic tank system. One bathroom in the house. 



Farm No. 3. A shallow well pump furnishing water for household use only 

 (bathroom in house) from a storage tank in the attic. 



Farm No. 4. Deep well pump drawing water from 7.~> ft. artesian well and 

 supplying house (no bathroom) and barns. Drinking cups are used for the 

 cows. 



Farm No. 5. A deep well pump is required in this case to elevate the water 

 from a shallow well to a concrete storage tank on the hill above. A windmill is 



