. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. Portable Motor attached to Threshing Machine on % German farm. Illii-traticiii liy Sieiueus , Ltil, enormous value l)otli foi- iiraziriy pufposcs and for tViiit- ^^t•o\vitll,^ In t his section scviral illus- trations of electricity as applied to farm operations in Jiermany are from copies lent InvMi' I^ros., Ltd., Lcntdon and Sydney. The •extensive electric plant at the H illgi'ove MininLC W Orks, the power for whicli is carried from a water source 20 miles (hstant, was supp
. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. Portable Motor attached to Threshing Machine on % German farm. Illii-traticiii liy Sieiueus , Ltil, enormous value l)otli foi- iiraziriy pufposcs and for tViiit- ^^t•o\vitll,^ In t his section scviral illus- trations of electricity as applied to farm operations in Jiermany are from copies lent InvMi' I^ros., Ltd., Lcntdon and Sydney. The •extensive electric plant at the H illgi'ove MininLC W Orks, the power for whicli is carried from a water source 20 miles (hstant, was supplied hv this tirin. 14. Electricity in Farm household life and field work, in Australia. In Australia, electricity for illuminating' or (hi\iiii;' purposes is at present little used on farms or stations. In this State it has been installed on Sir Samuel McCaughey's homesteads at Yankoandat Coonong, in the Riveriiia ; at Mr. R. J. Simpson's station, at Morduval, near Quirindi : at ]\Ir. G. Binnie's station, near (.Quirindi, it is used for pumping as well as for lighting; on the estate of Mr. H. R. Denison, , near Guntawang, in the ]\ludgee district ; at Toonia, in the Upper Murray district, for lighting and dii\ing ; at Butterbone Station, in the Warren district ; at Werrina, near Miiiigindi ; and at Conargo Station, in tlie Riverina. At the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, Richmond, in addition to the whole of the 2^i' being lighted by electricity, the current is also utilised as a motive power for numer- ous purposes. Ttiere is at the lighting station a storage battery, from which power is distributed to the motors in the dairy for separating milk, and (h'iving churns, butter- workers, and pumps ; in the feed-room there is ;tn S horse power motor for cracking maize, and another motor for shelling corn ; a portabl(> S horse-jjower motor used for cutting chaff at the reduces the risk of fire; silajje is also cut by electricity; pumps at the
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