144 HOME LIFE IN FLORIDA. 



Even where not desired for large irrigating operations, 

 a small size windmill would vastly increase the comfort of 

 a whole household, ease the burdens of the housewife, and 

 insure the safety of the house in case of fire. 



It could also be utilized to bring w^ater to the barn-yard, 

 to irrigate the home vegetable garden or strawberr}^ patch ; 

 in fact, the uses to which a never-failing supply of w^ater 

 could be turned are legion ; yet any one of them would 

 be worth the whole cost of obtaining such a supply. 



The added comforts a windmill could contribute to the 

 home life of the Florida householder are manifold and will 

 be easily seen by any one who j^auses to give the subject 

 due attention. 



Realizing its importance in this connection, we have 

 looked well into the matter of windmills, and have found 

 that while there are several makes on the market — all claim- 

 ing (of course) to be the best — there is one that stands 

 pre-eminent, as not only being more simple, durable and 

 effective — moving and pumping, just as it is set to do, 

 whether the wind blows a gale or a zephyr — but, has never 

 yet been dismounted, even by the fierce western tornadoes, 

 when every other kind of windmill exposed to them went 

 down to the ground in sorrow and sadness. For this fact, 

 and also for its superiority, we have the testimony of those 

 who have proved its sterling qualities for years. 



This particular windmill is rightly named the "Cham- 

 pion," and is manufiictured by R. J. Douglass & Company, 

 of Waukegan, Illinois, one of the oldest and most reliable 

 establishments in the United States. They are also, we 

 would remark, in passing, manufacturers of pumps of all 

 kinds, and notably of the "Star" pump, which is unsur- 

 passed for family use. 



Seeking reliable data, as to the actual cost of such a mill 

 as would meet all the points we have named, we went to 



