1857. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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SELF-ACTING FARM WELL. 



No small part of the labor of persons engaged in 

 . agricultural pursuits is expended in efforts to se- 

 cure an abundant supply of water for their stock. 

 All such persons, too, feel the importance of hav- 

 ing their water fresh. After having stood long in 

 troughs or tanks, especially in warm weather, it is 

 by no means as healthful or as invigorating, as when 

 drawn fresh from the well. The Water Elevator 

 professes to secure to cattle a supply of water fresh 

 from the well, whenew they desire it, and to save 

 to those using it all labor and expense other than 

 the first cost of the machinery. The contrivance 

 is entirely simple, and instead of wearing out, grows 

 better year by year. It is not a pump at all, and 

 has no pipe to freeze, and no pistern-rod, or pack- 

 ing to wear loose and imperfect. It is simply a 

 plain bucket, holding three or four pailfuls, with a 

 spout carrjing a self-regulating valve, to be lifted, 

 not by hand, but by the weight of the animal com- 

 ing to drink. 



Once well built, it cannot get out of order, nor 

 does it wear out ; it works as well with the ther* 

 mometer below zero, as in the middle of summer, 

 and requires no care or attention. The cut above 

 will convey to ordinary readers, a clearer idea of its 

 working than any verbal description could give. 

 When at rest, the bucket is in the well under wa- 



