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<br />0933CashAwardsfor IIltfyFavoriteAppliance" Letter
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<br />Tell ElllCtric App!iance You Like;. !How Many Appliances Do You Have? I
<br />Memhers May WID Up to $50 Prlz. e . To h.lp you In ,~..tlng In "'" "My Fovortto """'" Appll"''''''' "".
<br />test lor cash prtzes, till explained on this page, here are some reminders of the
<br />As shoWn on Page I, your Buml Electric News this Issue is offer.. appliances that are aVaIlable,1ns1de the home and outside.
<br />lng cash awards totaling $75 for the best letters sent from member.. Before you send In your letter of 100 words or Ie&!! on ''My Favorite Elee-
<br />COD8wners or members of their famIlles on what they, think, is "My trlc Appliance" why not' check down t.hrough these lists and .see just how
<br />Favorite Appliance." manY of these appliances you have. U anyone has them all, we would cer-
<br />The men can write about their taInly like to hear about It when you send In your letter.
<br />tavorlte electric equipment or tools IN THE HOME OUTSIDE THE HOME
<br />outside the house. The women can
<br />write about their appliance favorite
<br />In or out of the house.
<br />FIrst pme wW be $ISO. second prize
<br />$10 and there will be 15 U1lrd. prbes
<br />of'l.each.
<br />Please keep your letters at 100
<br />words or Jess and man them now- to
<br />Rural Electrio News, 1950 Curtis St.,
<br />Denver 2, Colorado. A group of 1m.
<br />partial judges wm declde the best
<br />letters on - the contents, not on how
<br />fancy they a", designed. Write your.
<br />letters In penell If you have to, but
<br />send,jt In. Deadllne Is ApI1l1.
<br />']be Bural Blectrlo News wants to
<br />prlnl-tbese IeUers 80 that other farm
<br />and l'aJlCh faDtUles may. get SODt&
<br />tips on how beR to use electrle1ty In
<br />nuaI ......
<br />Do it tOday!' Send In your thoughts
<br />on _ "My Favorite Appliance." You
<br />may be one of the winners, and all
<br />It wlll cost you Is a bit of thought and
<br />a 3-cent stamp.
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<br />Farm Power Use
<br />Shows Fast Rise
<br />Use 01 electricity both 'In farm
<br />homes and In tanning operations Is
<br />still Increasing, the U. S. Department
<br />of Agriculture says.
<br />Althou,th about 95 per cent of U. S.
<br />farms are noW electrUfed, average
<br />consumption per tann a.nd total elec-
<br />tric power consumption on farms
<br />continue to r~.
<br />A -report of a 18-year Federal-8fate
<br />survey, recently released by the De-
<br />partment, polnta out tha~ more, than
<br />4qO different appllilaUons of eleO'
<br />trWty on fa"", and In farm homes
<br />havE!,beaD IdentItled.
<br />The survey was made to estimate
<br />future,use ot ~lectrlclty"on farms of
<br />dlfierent .types, and to provIde Infor.
<br />matlon useful' to tarmers-Ior ex.
<br />ample, on how electricity can be
<br />used - to further the goals of termers
<br />and their femWes. Some 10 different
<br />types of terming areas In as many
<br />States were studied. Results 01 the
<br />survey have been published In USDA
<br />Agriculture Intormatlon Bulletin No.
<br />161.
<br />Far m households ln ge.aeral re-
<br />qllh'fl more ~trIo power than do
<br />actual fanninI' operaUol\& Ho~
<br />holds, dependlog on. tile region 8UJ'.
<br />ve~, 1JlIed 1S8;1o 87 pill' ~.t. of ,th_i'!'
<br />tolal' electric ,~01" _consumed on
<br />fanns, 'wbUe" fVmlng operatlOiui. took .
<br />onlS -8 to se per cent. An additional
<br />lSjo 26 per cent of the total was I'(lo
<br />q~ 10.- ~hllDl'- tann hontes IUld
<br />service buUdlnp.
<br />Use ot electrldty In pumping wa.
<br />ter was rather amall"averagtng on a.
<br />national basis about 20 kilowatt hours
<br />per month. ThIa Is only about a titth
<br />01 the power required for an electric
<br />range and less than a tenth of that
<br />used by an electric water heater.
<br />Electric water, heaters for homes
<br />use about 8,000 kilowatt hours of
<br />e1e~clty annually on the aVerage-
<br />more than anY, other type (11 farm
<br />electrical equJpment listed In the
<br />survey. Estlmated average annual
<br />kilowatt.hour requirements for sOnte
<br />01 ~e other appliances listed In.
<br />clude: washing machines, 35 .kwh.;
<br />television and l1Ifrlgerator, S60 el;lc:h; .-
<br />sewing machine, 10; mIlldng,machlne
<br />(per cow) 27; chick brooder (per 100
<br />chicks) 73; grain elevator (per 1,000
<br />bushels)-3; welder, 75.
<br />JQ the coUDtr1 as a whole, by mid.
<br />19M only five 9f tbe 48 States had
<br />lellS tllan ,&5 per ceDt of tanns eleo.,
<br />trllle4, New .)"el'leJ ranked first with
<br />99.1 per cent of ,farms' electrified and
<br />NevadA had. the .lowest percentace.
<br />79.0.
<br />Single copies 01 Agriculture Infor.
<br />matlon Bulletin No. 161, "Use of
<br />Electricity on Farms," can _ be, ob-
<br />talnec:!' free from. the OUlce ot. Infor-
<br />mation, U. S. Department 01 Agrlcul.
<br />ture, Washington 25, D.C.
<br />..' (010. Rvra! Uactrk News Mar., 1957
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<br />.One of the biggoot dntdgerie8
<br />of kitchen work is gone with- the
<br />electric dishtva8Mr. This i8 <me,
<br />of many styles and models avaU-
<br />able. Farm wives can have either
<br />bullt~in dishtva8hers or the port_
<br />able, roll-about type.
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<br />H~ is the: PtO~r8 ''0/ q_',~-
<br />feeding a herd of beef cattle. AU
<br />he 1uis to do is - {lip the motor's
<br />8Witck and "Winie Wiredhandn
<br />~ t~ fe6d,to the cattle.
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<br />AIr CondItfoner
<br />Blanket, Electric
<br />C1ean6l' 01' Sweep6l'
<br />Clook
<br />~~: IX:
<br />COrn Popper
<br />DlahW1ilih'ei"
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<br />Fan (Separate)
<br />Fan (Furnace Blower)
<br />i'reezor; 'Beach-In
<br />~,Walk.1n
<br />HAlrDrjrer
<br />Heater, Portable Wall Type
<br />Home COoling
<br />Hot Plate '
<br />llea,t I.alpp
<br />_Pad
<br />Home HeatlDg
<br />IroD
<br />Ironor
<br />LIghting', House
<br />M1x~
<br />Pfdure 'ProjeotoJ:'
<br />Poifable Heater .
<br />BaoIIo
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<br />RefrIgerator
<br />Boaster.,
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<br />"wIng .
<br />Stoker - MotGl-
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<br />ToaSter
<br />Tialn"El6Ctrfc
<br />"die Milker,
<br />Washer, (Automatfo~
<br />W~Il:6J'_ (~venttonal)
<br />W.tei"'BeI'ter
<br />W~l"S:Ystem
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<br />Rill"!lf .-=Iectric: .
<br />DirelftorDies . .
<br />_J::taY',~'_,MlUet of Strasburg,_'Vlce
<br />Pt&sj.derit'otthe Inter-Mountain-Rural
<br />Electi1c Association of Littleton; died
<br />of a cerebral hemorrage on February
<br />3, at hiB tarm. Funeral services were
<br />h_eld at Bullock's Mortuary at Engle-
<br />wood on February 6.
<br />Mr. MIHer, who was 18, had beeD
<br />a:, D.lreCtM.. of,., the.. inter-Mountain
<br />Co-op for 12 years and, according to
<br />Manager Charley See, was ODe 01 the
<br />hardest working Rural Electric Df.
<br />rectors on the board.
<br />,''Mr. limIer really worked _at his
<br />dl,CtIes B.s!orie 01 our Directors," said
<br />~: '';He: ':SP~t many ,a night years
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<br />The clean_ Btyli1ig of th-i3 1957
<br />electric'rang~'It/i1?es a'~
<br />P01:ary look in aiiiJ.-!arrii. kitchen, ,
<br />new or old. .This SO.inch, model
<br />fits into any cabi:net arrangement
<br />with simplicity.
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<br />AIr Compress01'
<br />Battery Charger
<br />Brooder tOk
<br />BrandlDg Iron
<br />Churn
<br />Cream Separator
<br />DaIry Barn Ve.atuatOJ'
<br />Dairy Watll1" HeI'ter
<br />Eleotrlo Stock Waterer
<br />_MIIJ
<br />Food GrbJder
<br />Fence, ElOOtrlo
<br />GraIn~u
<br />GraIn Elevator
<br />Head Bolt or BloCk Heater for Auto
<br />Heatmg Cable
<br />IncubatoJ:'
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<br />LIghts, lor Yard
<br />MUk Coolu
<br />MUklng Machine
<br />Motors
<br />PaInt Spmyer
<br />I'oultry Kcmse LIghting
<br />Poulky House VenWatinJ
<br />Sheep Shea:ring
<br />SolI H_
<br />Spray BqDlpment
<br />Stock Tank DelOO1"
<br />Water Warmer, PoDltry
<br />Wafer PmnpIDg
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<br />Wood Sawin&,
<br />DriII,'Portable
<br />Drill Press
<br />Bench Saw
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<br />Jointer
<br />Lolh.
<br />Power Hand Saw
<br />SlUIder
<br />SolderlngJl'OI!-
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<br />ago In ~old oo.untry schoolhouses helP..
<br />lng sign up members so - that Unes
<br />could be- btillt.
<br />Mr. MIller, who had been it wheat
<br />and hog taxmer at Strasburg, was
<br />widely known In Colorado. In addi-
<br />tion to his many years In Rural Elec-
<br />tric activities, he was a member 01
<br />the Colorado State BOIll'd supervlslng
<br />agr1cuItural colleges, including Colo-
<br />rado A &-M.
<br />PREDICTION. . . American Agrt.
<br />cultural Reports makes this predic-
<br />tion: Family farms will continue to
<br />domInate AmerIcan agriculture for
<br />many years. But farms will be larger,
<br />more speclallzed, more efficient and
<br />more profitable than at present.
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<br />I. tak.s more .hlln
<br />suds to.... your. wash.'
<br />+iOSPrrAL 'CLEAN!
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<br />. color-brighU
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