Rural Electrification

How Rural Electrification Transformed U.S. Farms

Dan Agri-Business, American Agriculture History Minute, Biofuels/Energy, This Land of Ours

Life Before Electricity on the Farm In the early 1930s, life in rural America looked vastly different from city living. Roughly nine out of ten rural homes were without electric power, leaving farm families to rely on daylight for nearly every task. Work began at sunrise and ended when the light faded. Without electricity, homes were illuminated by kerosene lanterns, …