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On tlic first farm, a 3-iiian dairy farm, using- $3,"^7r) worth of equip- 

 ment, six of the 23 i)ieccs of equipment were returned, inchichng a hot 

 water heater, vacuum cleaner, sewing machine motor, lYi horse-power 

 portable motor, I3/2 horse-]^ower shop motor, and yard and building flood 

 light. The investment on this farm was exceptionally high. 



The second farm, a 3- or 4-man dairy farm, returned only one of 1-t 

 machines, the battery charger, from a total equipment costing $1,675. 



On the third, a wholesale dairy farm, about $1,650 worth of equipment 

 was installed, and none was returned. 



On the fourth dairy farm, of a total of $3, 51!) worth of equipment, only 

 one of 21 pieces was returned, a hot water heater. 



On the fruit farm a])parently less opportunity for electrification outside 

 of the home was found than any of the other types. Only 11 machines, 

 costing $1,842, were installed, but none were returned. 



On a 3-man poultry farm, about $1,976 worth of equipment was bought, 



Dairy cold storage proved one of the most valuable electrical investments on 



the experimental farms 



and three of 16 items were returned, including the hot water heater, electric 

 refrigerator, and poultry drinking^ fountains. 



The types of equipment that the farm women thought most desirable 

 within the house were fiatirons, fireless cookers, percolators, curling irons, 

 washing machines, vacuum cleaners, household refrigerators, kitchen 

 ranges, sewing machines, lights, waffle-irons, oscillating fans and dish 

 washers. Two homes kept the hot water heaters as a convenience in spite 

 of a higher maintenance cost. 



