large produce, and for the first time in
his life the resident of the country felt
as though he was not isolated entirely
from the busy world
A visitor among these Illinois farm
ers who has "tapped" the trolley trans
mission lines for current witt be sur
prised to see the ease and speed with
which the hardest work about the
farms is accomplished. Modern inven
tion quickly supplied a host of power
driven machines for the farmer and all
that was needed was suitable power.
The trolleys furnish this power and the
result is larger and better crops, less
hours of arduous toil and less backache.
On Several of these fafms the milking,
separating and churning is done by
electricity and the butter is hurried to
the market by electric express. Elec
tricity heats the incubators and brood
ers ice is even manufactured as requir
ed by a small, motor-driven, refrigerat
ing machine, the feed for cattle and
chickens is chopped and ground in mo
tor driven mills hay is unloaded, stor
ed and pressed with electric power wa
ter is pumped and all the small machin
ery about the buildings from the port:
able forge and grind stone, to the fan
ning-mill is motor driven. Incandes
cent lamps light the barns, wagon
houses, sheds, yards and even the farm
house itself. During the rush of har
vest it has even been found practical
to install temporary arc lights and con
tinue the work nights.
