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The cost of this type of 

 mill is very slight. It is 

 stated by Professor Bar- 

 hour that a gardener near 

 Bethany, Nebraska, con- 

 structed one which cost 

 only $8 for new material, 

 and with this he irrigates 

 six acres of vegetables. 

 If the water-storage ca- 

 pacity for such mills is 

 enough, they will often 

 furnish sufficient water 

 for 50 head of stock. One 

 farmer has built a gang of 

 Jumbo mills into the cone 

 of a double corn crib and 

 connected them to a small 

 sheller. 



The Merry-go-round is 

 not nearly as popular as 

 tjie Jumbo, in that it is 

 very much harder to build 

 and the only advantage it 

 has over the latter is that 

 a vane may be attached 

 in such a manner that the wind wheel is kept in the wind. 



In some parts of Kansas and in several localities of 

 Nebraska the Battle-ax mill is used probably more than 

 any other type of home-made mill. The stock on large 

 ranches is watered by using such mills for pumping pur- 

 poses. Where one has not sufficient power, two are used. 

 The cheapness of these mills is a consideration ; very sel- 

 dom do they cost more than $1.50 outside of what can be 



FIG. 203. BATTLE-AX WINDMILL 



