. Journal of electricity . Where electric milking machines are used one personcan attend to the milking of several co^ws simultan-eously, thus saving a great deal of time on this other-wise laborious task. Milking done this way is not onlyquicker and easier but far more cleanlv and satisfactory. Only those who have drawn and carried bucket afterbucket of water from a well for watering stock, forwashing, cooking and a thousand other uses can fullyrealize the inconveniences of the old-fashioned farm,and the savings of an electrically-pumped water supply. November 15, 1920] JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY
. Journal of electricity . Where electric milking machines are used one personcan attend to the milking of several co^ws simultan-eously, thus saving a great deal of time on this other-wise laborious task. Milking done this way is not onlyquicker and easier but far more cleanlv and satisfactory. Only those who have drawn and carried bucket afterbucket of water from a well for watering stock, forwashing, cooking and a thousand other uses can fullyrealize the inconveniences of the old-fashioned farm,and the savings of an electrically-pumped water supply. November 15, 1920] JOURNAL OF ELECTRICITY 463 iiii iiiiiiiiiniiiiiii iiiiwiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I iiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiini iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiniiHi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiinniiiiiii iiikiiiiiiii lininiiiii^ TEN MILLION ACRES OF AGRI-CULTURAL LAND IN THE WESTREQUIRE IRRIGATION PUMPING. idaia^^imm Sixty-three acres of Tokay grapes savedthis year by electrical pumping produced25,000 boxes of fruit, selling for $3 to $4a box in New York. JijIltffJLr 1 ^ ^m m Mj^ ipum: ■nil \\\m ^k^ fe A 5-in. pump operated by a 5-hp. motor and having alift of about 8 ft., irrigates 20 acres on this farm. Themotor replaced a gasoline engine and proved cheaperand more reliable. Rent for a similar stream of waterwould be $ per hour and could be secured for onlyone hour a week. ■ ^^^^^^^HS ^^ff ^f^P^ ^•^l—l p-i^i dJllj^Pj^^? ^ ^^■%!^S^i>-^ :| :^M W^
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