Annual report 1912 . Western Fair, London 300 gal. per hr.; a small automatic plunger pumping outfit, driven by a % , capacity 125 gal. per hr.; a windmill pump fitted with jack, run by % motor; a cutting-box, run by 1 motor; a turnip pulper, run by !/2 ; a food grinder run by 2 motor, and a circular saw, run by 2 motor. The dining-room. section was lighted by a four-lamp fixture in the centre ofthe ceiling, the large section by 500-watt tungsten lamps and concentrating re-flectors installed inside and above the opening in front of the booth, so arrangedtha
Annual report 1912 . Western Fair, London 300 gal. per hr.; a small automatic plunger pumping outfit, driven by a % , capacity 125 gal. per hr.; a windmill pump fitted with jack, run by % motor; a cutting-box, run by 1 motor; a turnip pulper, run by !/2 ; a food grinder run by 2 motor, and a circular saw, run by 2 motor. The dining-room. section was lighted by a four-lamp fixture in the centre ofthe ceiling, the large section by 500-watt tungsten lamps and concentrating re-flectors installed inside and above the opening in front of the booth, so arrangedthat the light was directed on the appliances and did not strike the eyes of thqspectators. Brackets with 150-watt tungsten lamps and radial wave reflectorswere used to illuminate a large sign outside of the booth. In another part of the grounds, the motor and transformer wagons, known as Outfit No. 2, were shown operating a large threshing machine. Current was sup- 136 FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF No. 47. Western Fair, London ...... *•• ^ii -|P| 1!^^ it > * j J II f By ,AJ^ iSKill Wm. i L Western Fair, London 1913 THE HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION 137 plied from the 2,200 volts mains within the grounds. The separator was driven atno load most of the time. A small German thresher, driven by a 5 motor wasalso shown in actual operation. Two large banners reading: HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER COMMIS-SION OF ONTARIO, Portable Motor and Transformer Outfit for the Farm,were stretched across the roadway. This part of the exhibit occasioned a consider-able interest and was surrounded by a large crowd most of the time. The smalloutfit, however, was the centre of the greatest attention, for a machine of thiscapacity costs very little and may therefore be purchased by the average farmerfor individual use. A great deal of interest was shown in both displays, so much so, in fact, thatit kept the engineers of the Commission, as well as the representatives of the localHydro-Electric Department,
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