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The Red Wing Project on Utilization of Electricity in Agriculture

In 1923 a state committee on "The Relation of Electricty of Agriculture" was organized. The Division of Agricultural Engineering had been making a study of electric service and rates for Minnesota farms. The committee was organized to assist in carrying forward the study on farm electric service and rates. Subsequently, the department established an Experiment Station project, No. 17, entitled "The Utilization of Electricity in Ariculture" and familiarly known as "The Red Wing Project." The object of the project was "To determine the optimum economic uses of electricity in agriculture and to study the value of electricity in improved living conditions on the farm."

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