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Q. Did it often piiffor injury from violent gales of wind? 

 A. Never, at any time. 



Q. Was it, on tlic whole, considorod a successful, cheap, aud reliable plan for watering a 

 stoek of cattle ? 

 A. It was. 



The above letter of Dr. C, and the answers of Mr. A., will suffice to put to rest the 

 article which appeared in the Cultivator, It would be needless, in Ohio, to add that 

 the statements of these two p;entleiiien do not admit of a doubt. I will only add that, 

 of the numerous letters which I hace received in regard to the machine, since the 

 description of it appeared in the Horticulturist, nine-tenths of them have contained 

 suggestions for improving and complicating the plan. Its simplicity is the surety for 

 its success. Every proposed change would either increase the friction or the power, — 

 the one would render a stronger wind necessary to set it in operation, while the other 

 would result in racking the machinery. 



Several have been constructed, and failed because the cranks Lad too rauch sweep, 

 and the wheels were too large. The flange on the axle should be only an inch and a 

 half long, allowing a play of three inches ; and the diameter of the wheel should not 

 exceed four feet. I would in no point vary it from the plan figured and described in 

 my first article. 



The present season has shown the want of sucli a machine on the premises of 

 almost every individual who owns an acre of ground in our country, and it is a mat- 

 ter of surprize that our ingenious mechanics do not supply what the public stand 

 ready to purchase. 



ARCHITECTURE — STYLES AND CHANGES. 



A CORRESPONDENT requcsts us to give some remarks on the difterent styles of archi- 

 tecture, for the information of himself and others. In a letter now before us he says : 

 "I am often puzzled, when reading articles on architecture, for want of some know- 

 ledge of the elementary principles. I often see buildings in wliieh there appears to be 

 want of symmetry, or adaptation of parts to each other — sad incongruity; and yet I 

 am unable to tell where the defect is, or what would remedy it. I am afraid, if I 

 should undertake to build myself, I should commit some great blunder. To be sure, 

 you may say, get an architect. That is right; but every one who builds, should study 

 the matter himself — certainly enough to understand the rudiments of the science. 

 And then, some of us at the west, who wish to put up a cottage, or make an addition 

 to a house already built, can not command the services of an architect." 



To answer our correspondent, perhaps we can not do belter than to quote pretty 

 freely from Repton's Landscape Gardening. In this country we have very few purely 

 Gothic, or even Grecian buildings. A glance at tlie annexed engraving will show 

 they are scarcely suited to huiiian habitations, much less for private residences 





