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THE supply of electricity to rural areas is continually extending so that increasing numbers of farmers are interested in this alternative method of lighting their farm buildings and conducting power operations in and around the homestead. In these circumstances a visit to a farm carrying a good equipment of the ordinary machinery as well as a complete electrical installation gives an excellent view of the possibilities. At Rothamsted, a thoroughly up-to-date electrical equipment has been supplied by the General Electrical Co., Ltd., and means are provided for making exact comparisons of electricity and oil as sources of power for farm operations. On June 19 a demonstration of the plant was arranged for a party of experts and farmers. The visitors were conducted round the farm buildings and examined a large number of power operations in progress, the motors ranging from 20 h.p. down to ½ h.p. according to the nature of the work. A very complete and efficient lighting system was demonstrated and electricity was in use for water heating, sterilising, and various other stationary processes. First-hand information with regard to the engineering details and performance of the machinery was also available. A demonstration of a number of uses of rubber on the farm was arranged by the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd. Various types of rubber flooring for stables, cowsheds and piggeries were on view. The visitors also examined the performance of heavily laden farm carts equipped with low-pressure rubber tyres and rubber-tyred tractors at work on the arable land.
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Electrical and Rubber Equipment on the Farm. Nature 131, 904 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131904b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/131904b0