Country Life
ELECTRICITY ON THE Feast.
A farmers' conference on electricity in rural places was recently held, and its recommendations are of some national importance. The chief paper, giving details of the effect of light and power on the farm or the small holding, concludes with this passage : " The improved conditions of life in the country following electrification should play a large part in encouraging people to return to the countryside, and so help to transfer many who are now living in cities to more attractive and healthier surroundings." This is, of course, true and important. The trouble is that the so-called electric suppliers, especially in the North Metropolitan area, refuse to supply any district that may be described as outlying with the current. Farms and cottages are both deprived of a boon that should be theirs, almost of right. The Ministry of Transport, under which, for some reason the electric dispensers are placed, has been remiss in this regard. Marvels have been done for the roads, largely to the benefit of distant and urban dwellers, and, indeed, to the detriment of horse transport ; nothing has been done for the rural homes and farms.
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