Project Gutenberg 2008-11-14 Public domain in the USA. 381 Anderson, Frederick Irving 1877 1947 15007831 Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine Produced by Stacy Brown, Marcia Brooks, Steven Giacomelli and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University) "Electricity for the Farm" by Frederick Irving Anderson is a practical guide written in the early 20th century. This work is aimed at farmers, providing them with comprehensive knowledge about generating electricity for light, heat, and power using inexpensive methods, notably from water wheels or gasoline engines. Its central theme revolves around how farmers can harness the natural resources available to them for efficient energy use on their farms. The opening of the book introduces the concept of electricity generation for farms by revealing the potential benefits of utilizing water power, particularly from small streams that run through agricultural lands. It tells the story of a character named Perkins, who significantly improves his neighbor's farm by installing an electric generator powered by an idle water wheel. This transformation enables the farm to enjoy modern conveniences such as electric lighting and automated household tasks. The narrative emphasizes the practicality and affordability of installing such systems, suggesting that many farmers can overcome initial misconceptions about electricity being too complex or dangerous to manage. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 66.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Electricity in agriculture TK Text Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Category: Engineering & Technology Category: How To ... 383704 2025-06-11T08:55:03.109425 text/html 381473 2021-01-04T09:46:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3007119 2021-01-04T09:46:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3302874 2025-06-11T08:55:14.280341 application/epub+zip 3301898 2025-06-11T08:55:06.170438 application/epub+zip 201688 2025-06-11T08:55:04.341385 application/epub+zip 3453105 2025-06-11T08:55:19.641869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3409870 2025-06-11T08:55:12.442343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314505 2022-09-12T13:33:14.542414 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303940 2025-06-11T08:55:01.681441 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 303844 2021-01-04T09:46:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 106636 2021-01-04T09:46:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 303849 2021-01-04T09:46:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 106600 2021-01-04T09:46:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20465 2025-06-11T08:55:19.836861 application/rdf+xml 11480 2025-06-11T08:55:04.956393 image/jpeg 3192 2025-06-11T08:55:04.645374 image/jpeg 3133961 2025-06-11T08:55:03.349400 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog