HARNESSES WIND TO DO FARM WORK
Forrest, J. F.
Harnesses Wind to Do Farm Work Wisconsin Farmer Uses Windmill to Generate Electricity to Light Home, Shear the Sheep, Operate Saws, Thresh Beans and Fill Silo By J. F. FORREST (Farmer at...
...In calm weather the hard jobs are postponed and advantage is taken by having the wind blow and charging at the same time so that part of the current comes from the generat6r...
...If the tani, is full it will last a week or more so it is advisable to let the mill run a little every day when there is wind, so as to meet a calm with a fully charged battery...
...to a water tank...
...Electricity is coming into use more and...
...The 12-foot mill on the barn runs the feed grinder and charges the house lighting batteries...
...The man who pays for his current is apt to be saving, so his electric bill will not be so high...
...It certainly would not be the four-horse motor which est $100 and is used t run the rip saw, wood saw, bean thresher and silage elevator...
...Lifting The Burden THE farming business is made up of gathering together the littles...
...But with us, the more ways we can use it, the more profit is derived, as it costs no more to let the mill run than to let it stand still...
...Sometimes we leave the mill in gear letting it charge all night...
...That is what my windmill-driven electric power plant seems to say...
...Volts and watts are hired men who stick to their jobs, never shirk and cost less, in the long run, than any other form of farm assistance...
...I have often wondered which mo...
...Tuesday the batteries were given an overcharge...
...The dynamo cost $240...
...Like A Water Tank STORAGE batteries are simila...
...About 15 years ago I became Interested in a power windmill, that is, one that has a revolving shaft and not the up and down motion...
...rather, taking advantage of everything which saves labor and increases production is the thing to do...
...The farmer who takes advantage of every possible labor saving device is the one who is going to find farming most easy and who is going to have the home which will be the most attractive...
...When that time comes, the boys and the girls will be kept on the farm and farm life will have been made more attractive and satisfying than ever before...
...This motor cost $10 secondhand...
...Harnesses Wind to Do Farm Work Wisconsin Farmer Uses Windmill to Generate Electricity to Light Home, Shear the Sheep, Operate Saws, Thresh Beans and Fill Silo By J. F. FORREST (Farmer at Poynette, Wis...
...The original cost to us was $600...
...This 16-foot mill and tower cost $200...
...Where is there another farmer's wife who runs her electric automobile strictly along the line of intensive farming...
...Thursday the electric automobile went to town and back...
...Why not apply this conservation to our lighting and power plants and obtain power from the wind...
...well, I could not get along without that one...
...F. S. Culver, ar engineer, who had made extensive experiments was interviewed ane he ordered the necessary equip ment shipped to the Electric Farm The assembling of (Tie lightinj plant did not prove to be a vers difficult problem, everything work ed like a charm and still continues so after nearly 13 years of service The lighting batteries have had tht acid renewed once and the plate are in perfect condition, apparentl good for 20 years of service, whic" goes to show that a windmill i well adapted to keep storage bat teries in a healthy condition...
...This is a 16-foot wheel on a 50-foot tower and is erected on a hill 40 rods from the house so as to get the best possible wind exposure...
...The one-fourth horsepower motor that cost $5 is used to run the drill press...
...Considering that the electric farm is 265 feet in elevation above the village, the power consumed may be estimated...
...There is a one-sixth horsepower motor that runs the flour sifter in mill...
...It requires about 550 to 600 watts to run the toaster, heater or flatiron, and as these appliances are standard 110 volt equipment, we use them when there is a wind capable of operating any of these directly from the dynamo with the governor wheel controlling the current...
...The one-half horse motor that runs the washing machine does its work very easily...
...This has a governor wheel which consists of friction shoes with fly balls, with adjusting device so that any voltage or amperage can be secured...
...The motor which runs the hay hoist in the barn also runs a portable drag saw...
...There is always one job available...
...Monday it did the washing and ironing...
...Large sums of money are paid for a cow that will give a little more milk than another one...
...Wednesday this power sawed a load of wood...
...The electric car was a used car...
...Make 25 Miles On Charge WE have often made 25 miles on one charge of the batteries with the car over hilly, dirty roads, so it is not unreasonable to expect the hay hoist motor to unload 35 or more loads on one charge of the batteries...
...Unnecessary labor does ont advance a person...
...There is an opinion among farmers that a windmill is not reliable, seldom running enough to pump water...
...The batteries lasted three years, then five years ago a new set costing $310 was installed and they are still in fine condition...
...This 12-foot mill proved quite a success j as a feed grinder...
...After using three different high-speed generators, a slow-speed vertical machine that could be attached to the mill shaft and revolve with it making six revolutions to one of the wind wheel was installed...
...The 12-foot mill cost $65, and the lighting plant $300, including dynamo, batteries (14 cells 7 1/2 amperes), cut-in lamps, sockets, porcelain and wire...
...This governor is generally set so as to give 10 to 12 amperes on the 89-volt battery...
...We might sum up a week's work...
...At the lower end of this shaft is attached the feed grinder rings, bevel gears, and belt pulley...
...The fact is that their windmills are only make believe, being small sized on short towers in poor wind exposure with insufficient storage, so being wholly unsuitable for the purpose intended...
...more on the farms of the grain belt...
...I look forward to the day when every farmer will thus be equipped, by some system...
...The mill on the hill was erected in 1914, four years after the installation of the house lighting set...
...There is a portable motor that runs the fanning mill and also runs the she'?p-shearing clippers...
...Then again, we meet those who have their mills up and pumping water for 15 or 20 years with repair costs not worth mentioning...
...The motor that runs the turning lathe is of one horsepower, and also runs a beehive saw...
...Toasting The Bread THE household utensils are vacuum cleaner, toaster, fan, electric heater, heating pad, high frequency violet ray medical apparatus, and a flatiron...
...That is helping to heat the house with an electric heater which consumes 550 to 600 watts...
...This is another $10 machine...
...About the motor that runs the emery wheel...
...However, do not expect something for nothing, as there is a cerain amount of watchful care that a plant of this kind has to have...
...tor I had rather part with...
...This battery is in an electric automobile and is capable of running the car up the hills, using as high as 100 amperes, hence it is not unreasonable to expect this battery, when plugged to the wiring sysem, to run a motor in the shop which saws hardwood boards six inches wide, eveners, whiffletrees, and hundreds of other pieces out of round cordwood or other sticks, or to elevate ensilage 30 feet into the silo...
...Another motor runs the air compressor that pumps up the automobile tires...
...Friday it threshed three loads of beans...
...Universities and farm papers are teaching us how to make two blades of grass grow where one used to grow...
...The cut-in cost $35, and poles and wire 40 rods to house, about $25...
...WHAT is my next job...
...What would you think of the hired man that would be always coming around asking for the next job...
...Not over three or four times a year do we have to use lights sparingly on account of calm weather...
...It was bought second-hand and cost $35...
...On Saturday it sawed three loads of wood...
...Four years later the electric idea came to me and in 1909 Mr...
...Sunday the electric auto took the family to church...
Vol. 14 • December 1922 • No. 12
