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Sheej) — Make the Wind work — Ho ! 



Vol. V. 



We may therefore set to work, and breed good 

 animals, without being compelled to go to 

 Albany for chapter and verse, for it would 

 seem, after all, that a good animal cannot be 

 of a bad colour ! Friend Sotham, we thank 

 thee for our cure. 



Joh:?j Westlake. 



Eastern S}iore Maryland, Dec. 18, 1840. 



Sheep. 



Late in the summer of 1830, I borrowed 



one hundred dollar^ and went into the neigh- 

 bouriiood and purchased sixty-eight sheep, at 

 the average cost of one dollar and thirty cents 

 per head, which left me on hand thirty-one 

 dollars of my borrowed money, and at this 

 time I had other twelve sheep, which made 

 me a flock of eighty. The next winter I 

 kept them on good hay, without grain, until 

 the 1st day of March, after which I fed a lit- 

 tle corn. The winter was extremely severe, 

 yet I lost but one sheep, and that by casualty. 

 I continued feeding a little corn until May, 

 when I quit it altogether. That season 1 

 raised thirty-six lambs, which increased my 

 flock to one hundred and ten, and I .sold the 

 wool, belonging to my old sheep, in June, for 

 one hundred and fifty dollar.s. I then went 

 and paid my note, and had forty-four dollars 

 left of the money for which I sold my wool. 

 The next winter I fed my sheep as before, 

 but lost three by death: my wool, the next 

 summer, sold for one hundred and five dol- 

 lars, and the same season I raised forty-five 

 lambs, and sold sixty of my old sheep for se- 

 venty-eight dollars and sixty cents, making 

 the amount of sales from my flock, that sea- 

 son, one hundred and eighty-one dollars and 

 sixty cents. In the winter of 18.32-3, I 

 lost six sheep by death, and sheared ninety- 

 one in the summer ; but, in consequence of 

 the great proportion of lambs, the produce of 

 wool was small ; some of this was retained 

 for home use ; the remainder sold for eighty 

 dollars. Thus has my flock, for three years, 

 averaged ninety-four head — the sales from 

 it amounting to four hundred and nineteen 

 dollars. The last summer I raised thirty 

 lambs, but sold no old sheep; so that in Au- 

 gust, at the end of the three years, I had on 

 hand one hundred and fourteen sheep — 

 twenty-five above the average for three years 

 — which sheep were worth fifty dollars. 

 This sum, added to my sales, would make 

 four hundred and sixty-nine dollars for the 

 produce of ninety-four sheep for three years, 

 or one hundred and fifty-six dollars, thirty- 

 three cents, per annum — equal to one dollar 

 and sixty-six cents per head : which gives a 

 nett profit of sixty per cent for the three years 

 together. — Genesee Farmer. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Make the Wind Work — Ho! 



I HAVE lately been gratified to learn that a 

 friend of mine has applied a windmill to his 

 barn pump, for the purpose of raising water 

 for his stock. It is said to cost only a mode- 

 rate sum, and to work well — so well that it 

 is likely to come speedily into general use. 

 The plan which he has adopted is said to be 

 essentially the same as was proposed in the 

 Farmers' Cabinet, Vol. 2, p. 162. 



This means of working a pump seems par- 

 ticularly well adapted to the purpose of water- 

 ing stock, and is equally applicable to thebarn- 

 yard and the pasture-field, whether the water 

 is derived from a well or neighbouring stream. 



The wind, however, is objectionable as a 

 pumper, unless closely watched. Some- 

 times he wont work at all — sometimes he 

 will work too fast. At one time he will lie still, 

 in spite of all our promptings — at another 

 time he will work furiously for a whole night, 

 when we would wish him to sleep. He has 

 so many eccentricities, that it is absolutely 

 necessary to employ some management, and 

 contrivance, before we can fairly depend upon 

 his services. By the proper use of these restric- 

 tions, he may become a valuable farm labourer. 



1. If he will pump too much water, so ag 

 to drain the well improperly, a ball-cock, and 

 return-pipe may be fixed, so as to return the 

 surplus water into the well. 



2. If he will work all night, the pump may 

 be thrown out of gear, so as to stop it. 



3. If he will sometimes run too fast, a re- 

 ^ulator may be so contrived as to equalize 

 the motion. This may be done in several way.?. 



a By means of a friction-lock. This may 

 be so fixed that the friction will increase with 

 the strength of the wind. 



b The wings may turn on pivots, and rest 

 on springs, so as to yield to the increasing 

 force of a gale, and thus lessen the surfaces 

 exposed to the wind. 



c The obliquity of the wings may be 

 changed by the centrifugal force of weights, 

 and counteracting springs. Or, 



d The wings may be made to slide on the 

 arms. This may be effected by means of 

 weights sliding on the backs of the arms, and 

 connected by cords with the opposite wings; 

 the weights must be such, and so adjusted by 

 springs, that as the velocity increases, the 

 centrifugal force will carry them outwards, 

 and draw their respective wings nearer the 

 centre. I would be glad if some competent 

 person would give us a complete description, 

 and drawings of a wind pump on the best 

 plan, its dimensions and mode of construction, 

 so as to enable us to have them erected. 



Chester County. 



Aqua Fontana. 



