EAISmG- WATER BY WIND POWER. 



However, much of tliis will depend on the after cultivation. Lawns require to be 

 sheared, or fed down by sheep, a number of times in the course of the season, in order 

 to get a close, tight, firm sward. 



APPLICATION OF WIND AS A POWER FOR RAISING WATER. 



BT J. r. KIRTLAND. CLEVELAND, OHIO. 



A GARDEN engine, manufactured by Downs & Co., Seneca Falls, State of New York, 

 enabled me to preserve many valuable plants, shrubs, and trees, during the severe 

 drouth of last season. It was equally important as an implement of warfare in a 

 contest I waged with the cherry and pear slugs, and some other depredating insects. 

 The force with which it throws tobacco water, and other medicated washes, is sure to 

 reach those enemies, however securely they are concealed. Its principles are simple, 

 and the workmanship excellent. No gar- 

 dener can well dis^^ense with its use. 



To pump from a well the requisite sup- 

 plies of water was a work of no small labor. 

 It led to the investigation of a method of 

 working a pump by means of the wind. 

 The practicability of the plan I am about 

 to suggest, does not remain to be tested by 

 experiment. During former yeai-s, a small 

 wind-mill was in successful operation upon 

 the farm of Mr. Anderson, five miles west 

 of Ashland, Ohio, on the road leading to 

 Mansfield. It worked a pump that amply 

 furnished a large stock of cattle, which oth- 

 erwise could obtain no water. Tw'O days 

 only had it ceased to perform its duties 

 during more than two years, and that inter- 

 ruption was occasioned by the meddling of 

 mischievous boys. It is still in operation 

 for ought I know. The cost of this simple 

 machine, including pump, did not exceed 

 fifteen dollars. 



By reference to Plato I, the principles on 

 which it was constructed will be at once 

 comprehended. The direct application of 

 the power, without the intervention of any 



geering or machinery, obviates much fi-iction, henco a small amount only of power is 

 required. The diameter of the wheel should not exceed four feet, a few inches less is 



