@article{Davis:324009,
      recid = {324009},
      author = {Davis, Joe F.  and Strickler, Paul E.},
      title = {Electricity on Farms in the Eastern Livestock Area of  Iowa},
      address = {1950-09},
      number = {1485-2022-1525},
      series = {Circular No. 852},
      pages = {93},
      year = {1950},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report:  Farm electrification has made  rapid progress in the part of Iowa that comprises the  eastern livestock-producing type-of-farming area.  Farm  after farm has been quickly added to the number that have  electric service and the actual use of electricity in farm  homes and service buildings has steadily expanded.   Supplying farmers with electricity and electrical equipment  has become a big business in eastern Iowa.  The study here  reported is one of a series of related studies that deal  with certain economic aspects of farm electrification.  In  their broad aspects, these studies are being made to  develop information leading to more economical distribution  systems in rural areas and to assist farmers in effecting  labor savings in the production of crops and livestock in  various farming areas.  This study in Iowa was undertaken  to make available to farmers and to suppliers of  electricity the experiences of farmers who have used  electricity for some time, as a basis for evaluating  farm-use potentialities in the field.  Another purpose was  to examine the relationships between certain economic and  physical farm conditions as they relate to the use of  electricity; the principal conditions considered were type  of farm, size of farm, size of specific enterprises,  farmer's income, and tenure of operator.  A third purpose  was to analyze the costs of using electricity including the  costs of the energy used, of farmstead wiring, and of  electrical equipment and appliances.  A fourth purpose was  to discover some of the principal effects of  electrification on the organization and operation of the  farms, with special reference to changes in productive  enterprises and uses of power resulting from  electrification.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/324009},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.324009},
}