Show Electric Lighting ing I Boon t to Farmers Farmer's s Wife The farmers farmer's wife after generations of Irksome toil toll is coming into her own With the universal adoption of the automobile and the more recent perfection perfection tion of Individual electric lighting and power plants her home life lite has undergone undergone under under- gone lone an epochal change While engineering science was developing developing developing devel devel- the reaper and binder the gasoline gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line engine the tractor th the truck and other machinery to aid the farmer fanner in in increasing increasing In in- creasing the acreage and production of his land it did nothing of vital Importance importance importance import Import- ance to relieve the work of the farmers farmer's wife She still was forced to adhere to methods which came into vogue ogue in the time of her grandmother For the most part she churned by hand washed by hand swept by hand and sewed by uncertaIn uncertain uncertain un un- un- un certain light The result was that she grew old before her time and enjoyed none of the pleasures to which she rightfully was entitled No development of the era has done quite so much to better her condition as the modem modern electric lighting and power plants With the perfection of these a decided change has been wrought in her dally daily life Where once she bent over a tub she now has a power washer The hand churn she has discarded for one operated by electric motor The old broom has been supplanted by a vacuum cleaner The smoking oil lamp has been replaced by an electric portable The sewing machine machine machine ma ma- chine and milk separator are now equipped equipped equipped equip equip- ped with motors The Tho ironing is done by electricity There is modern sanitary plumbing and running water in the house Improvements house improvements which may be traced directly to the new plants which furnish the necessary power for pump pump- Ing l For or the first time the women folks of the farm are living like Uke their city cousins cou cou- sins The recent announcement and demonstrations demonstrations demonstrations demon demon- of ot a new electric lighting and power plant known as Willys Light by the Electric Lite Auto-Lite corporation of ot Toledo has done much to bring the potential potential potential po po- value of these modern modem home electric electric electric elec elec- systems to th the attention of the farmer The Willys light plant is said to have been particularly designed for rural homes The compactness and simplicity of Its design together with the simplicity simplicity simplicity sim sim- quietness and economy of its operation mad made possible by the Willys- Willys Knight sleeve v valve sleeve engine are described as among the outstanding exclusive features features fea fea- tures which mako this plant especially adapted to the farm home |