Electricity for the Modern Farm: A Plea For Betterment of the Farm Home / Mountains, Rivers, and Lakes Part 3
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. “But behind this beauty there’s the grind of hard work for everyone on the farm.” Woman operates hand pump to draw water, carries bucket into house, man places bucket on pump. “Mother can’t help feeling tired and cross.” Woman and girl in kitchen - farmer feeds draft horses. “Still working at eighty. Grandmother can at least do the churning.” Woman churning butter. “Wash day. Rubbing, scrubbing, wringing and all the daily routine work besides.” Woman washing clothes by hand, ironing, sweeping. “One of the jobs that always takes two men - the endless turning of the crank.” Men operate a corn shelling machine. “A little later. The electric plant arrives at the farm.” Horse-drawn wagon with equipment. Rural scene. “Nature does her best to make country life beautiful and enjoyable.” Cows in a pasture, farm buildings, horse-drawn wagon, chickens in a barnyard. “The old coal oil lantern. Oily and smelly -- never did give much light.” “Evening. Poor light dwarfs and hampers the opportunities for rest and enjoyment that belong to the evening time.” Family gathered around a table, straining to read by light of a coal oil lamp, argue over its placement. Man reads newspaper, ‘The Progressive Farmer,’ with advertisement for ‘Delco-Light -- Electricity for Every Farm.’” “We should have had electric lights long ago. Let’s get ’em now.” Family reads explanation; envelope addressed to ‘Delco-Light Co., Dayton, Ohio.’ [1919] b. Rivers; dam; lakes; forest; rocks. Log pile - automobile passes horse-drawn wagon on rural road - beaded moccasin - river with wooded shore line - men climb rocks - forests and river, lakes - river banks. [1919]
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