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THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



the wheel and tail, consequently there is very little strain upon it even in the severest gale. 

 It regulates itself in turning out of position by simply raising a weight, which brings the 

 wheel back again when the wind dies away, on the same principle that a gate will shut itself 

 when hung with a weight. &quot;When the utility of wind-mills becomes better appreciated by 

 the farmers of the country, they cannot fail of being used quite extensively in the various 

 employments pertaining to the farm. 



Use Of Siphon in Water Supply. The use of the siphon has long been known and 

 applied to many valuable purposes. It consists of a bent tube, one portion of which is longer 

 than the other, and can be used in 

 conducting liquids from one place 

 to another, when the place of dis 

 charge is lower than that from 

 which it is taken, and the air 

 from the tube is exhausted. In 

 this manner, liquids may be con 

 ducted from a higher to&quot; a lower 

 level, over an obstacle, provided 

 the height be not more than that 

 of the fluid column the atmosphere 

 can support above the higher 

 level, like drawing the entire con 

 tents of one barrel into another ^ 

 when on nearly the same level, by I 

 inserting the siphon into the vent p 

 of each. The siphon can be used 

 to great advantage in conducting ~~ 

 water to a house or barn from a 

 well or spring, when they are 

 located a little higher than the 

 building they are intended to sup 

 ply. This is the cheapest and 

 simplest agent for transferring 

 water, where the circumstances 

 will admit of its use. &quot;When once 

 properly arranged, there is noth 

 ing to get out of repair, hence, is 

 a permanent water supply. 



A gentleman in Carlisle, 

 Iowa, has recently succeeded in 

 supplying his stock-yards with 

 water from his well by the use of 

 a siphon. He dug a well in front 



of his barn, and struck a large vein of water at ten feet. By putting in a half -inch lead pipe 

 from the water up over the top of the well, and extending it two hundred feet down a hill to 

 the corner of a stock-lot, a continuous stream, supplying about nine hundred gallons every 

 twenty-four hours, was secured. 



Mr. E. L. Lawrence, chief director of the Illinois Industrial University, gives the follow 

 ing result of an experiment made not long since on the farm connected with that institution: 

 &quot; The subject of obtaining water for stock being one of vast interest to the stock-growers of 

 the West, I propose to give the result of an experiment made on the farm of the Illinois 



