Country Life
A BENEFIT WITHHELD.
Some very attractive displays of the value of electricity to the farm have been made this year at Western agricultural shows, especially by the Shropshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire Supply Company, who have indeed done yeoman work for the rural population, including cottager and farmer. A similar display was made at the Hertford- shire show, held on June 23rd, beneath the more than Elizabethan oaks of Hatfield Park. Unfortunately it cannot be said that the North and East have followed the practices prevailing in the West of England. Under the present policy of distributing companies such as the North Metropolitan, it is almost impossible for a farmer to be allowed -the benefit of electricity. Farm house and cottage, if not ideally situated, must both go without. It may serve the public advantage if I quote a purely personal experience ; for few things would 'give more advantages to life in the country than light and power.
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