1856. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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ENGINE PUMP FOR WEILS AND CISTERNS. 



A good pump on the farm is exceedingly desira- 

 ble. It ought to be one not easily put out of or- 

 der, one that will throw water rapidly, that may be 

 readily prevented from freezing, and that can be 

 purchased at a moderate price. The pump figured 

 above promises all these, excepting the moderate 

 price. A majority of our farmers ought to procure 

 a good pump at a less sum than twenty dollars ; 

 but if this one will accomplish all that is said of it 

 in case of fire, watering plants, washing windows, 

 &c., they are points which must be considered, and 

 may make this pump really cheaper than many of 

 those now in use. It is manufactured by Cowing 

 & Co., Seneca Falls, New York, and they speak of 

 it as follows : — 



This newly invented pump we deem the most 

 practical and useful improvement of the age. It is 

 not only adapted to the ordinary uses of a well or 

 cistern pump, of superior and decided advantages 

 over all other pumps, but combines the principles 

 of atmospheric pressure, or suction, with the force 

 pump ; and having the patent ventilating air-cham- 

 ber, is calculated to throw a constant and steady 

 stream, and by simply tightening the nut on the 

 top of the air-chamber, and attaching the hose in 

 the place of the spout, (which can be done in half a 

 minute,) it is at once converted into an engine force 

 pump, and with the power of one man a constant 

 stream of water can be thrown seventy or eighty 

 feet horizontally, or over a two-story house, with 

 ease, and by attaching suflRcient hose, water could 

 be carried over the entire premises. 



It is particularly adapted as a safe-guard against 

 fire, the washing of windows and carriages, laying 

 the dust, showering the flowers, &c. It is simple, 

 strong and very durable, being made entirely of 

 iron, and it will do good service forty or fifty years, 

 with the trifling expense of a new packing and valve 

 of leather, once in five or seven years, at an ex- 

 pense of twenty cents. The piston rod works 

 through a stuffing box at the top of the pump, ma- 

 king a tight top, which prevents impediments being 

 put in. The plunger or bucket at the lower end 

 works in the cylinder some three feet below the 

 platform, or top of the well, where is a small let-off", 

 which entirely prevents freezing in winter, — pro- 

 vided the well is covered tight. 



Directions. — When used as a common pump, 

 with the spout attached, the nut on the top of the 

 ail- chamber should be left loosened up about two 

 turns. But when used as an engine, with the hose 

 attached in the place of the spout, the nut on the 

 top of the air chamber must be screwed down tight. 



The shop price of this pump, including three feet 

 of hose and the discharge pipe, is $20; extra hose, 

 two ply, per foot, 25 cts. ; extra hose, three ply, 

 per foot, 31 cts. ; extra brass couplings, each, 75 cts. 



This pump should be used in wells not exceeding 

 thirty feet in depth. For wells exceeding that 

 depth, there must be an extension of the cylinder 

 or working part of the pump, at an extra expense 

 of 75 cents per foot. 



State or county rights for sale. 



