Journal of Agnculinrc, Victoria. 



[lo May, 191 2. 



DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AT THE PUMP HANDLE. 



FOR foolish it is for a man to try to raise water for stock or garden by means of 

 a hand pump. Windmills are to be obtained now so cheap that it is a folly, 

 rank folly, to waste one's time at the pump handle ; the windmill will not 

 only do the work better, but do it cheaper than any other method of raising water. 

 The farmer, or the farmer's man's time would be much better employed about the 

 farm. The first cost of a windmill is practically its only cost. All that is re- 

 quired to keep it in order for years is simply to lubricate it occasionally, and this, 

 with recent improvements, needs only to be done about once a month. For many 

 years the ALSTON Windmill has become a household woi'd. The fame of the ALSTON 

 mill has spread tar and wide. They have made their reputation b}- actual merit on 

 actual service, by their simplicity and superior construction. They have stood the 

 test of years. They have been erected in the most exposed sites with impunity. They 

 have been used successfully on wells and bores three and four hundred feet deep. They 

 have been used for pumping through miles of piping to higher levels. They have 

 been used for pumping for stock; for irrigation; for drainage; for house and for 

 garden, and almost everything that a pump is used for. 



The}' have been imitated and envied by rival makers but have never been ex- 

 celled. Every ALSTON mill that has been sold has been an advertisement for its 

 maker, and the demand for the ALSTON mill has increased year after year, and still 

 preserves its premier position in the Commonwealth. Thousands of the ALSTON 

 Windmills are made annually, and thousands of tlie ALSTON mills have been in constant 

 use for nearly a quarter of a century, faithfully doing the work of water-lifting, to the 

 satisfaction and delight of the foresighted and enterprising stock-owners who installed 

 them ; now, seeing the advantages of their use, thousands of others are following their 

 example. The windmill is, beyond dispute, the simplest, most reliable, and at the same 

 time the cheapest method of raising water for stock. If you are interested further, 

 write for a full and descriptive catalogue from the maker. 



The address is 



JAMES ALSTON, 



QUEEN'S Bridge, South Melbourne. 



This will give you a full and fair description of all different size mills that he makes, 

 from the six to the twenty-five foot diameter Avheel ; what each size Avill do, and v.'hat 

 they will cost. IT WILL PAY YOU TO DO SO. 



