Farm  Mechanics 
A  Pumping  Problem 
I  would  like  to  put  water  in  my  barn 
and  enclose  a  diagram.  Could  it  be  drawn 
into  the  barn  with  a  double-acting  force 
pump  with  the  pipe  as  it  is  in  the  dia¬ 
gram,  with  the  pump  in  the  barn?  Would 
it  work  with  a  !)()  degree  elbow,  or  would 
it  need  a  gradual  bend?  Hove  would  it  be 
to  lmve  a  pump  in  the  well  and  a  tank 
two  feet  underground  by  well,  and  a  pipe 
running  from  bottom  of  tank  with  slant 
enough  to  run  water  into  stable?  Is  there 
any  way  with  these  arrangements  so  I 
can  have  water  buckets  in  front  of  cows? 
Are  there  water  buckets  that  shut  them¬ 
selves  off  when  full?  G.  B.  A. 
Altman,  N.  Y. 
With  a  well-laid  pipe  of  a  size  suited 
to  the  capacity  of  the  pump  there  should 
be  uo  great  difficulty  in  drawing  water 
into  the  barn  with  a  pump  located  in  the 
basement.  The  dimensions  given  in  the 
sketch  show  but  a  10-foot  rise  and  a  100- 
foot  horizontal  run,  and  it  is  assumed 
that  the  water  is  not.  lowered  greatly  by 
pumping.  A  long  bend  would  not  be  re¬ 
secure  the  best  results  the  line  shaft 
should  be  level,  parallel  to  'the  engine 
shaft,  and  well  supported  by  bearings 
which  are  exactly  in  line.  The  shafting 
can  be  made  level  by  using  an  ordinary 
spirit  level  on  top,  although  a  level  hav¬ 
ing  a  V-grooye  extending  lengthwise  of 
the  bottom  and  designed  especially  for  tlie 
purpose  is  handier.  Test  the  work  by 
changing  the  level  end  for  end  after  a 
seeming  level  position  is  obtained;  if  it  is 
correct  the  position  of  the  bubble  will  not 
change. 
To  line  up  the  shaft  with  the  engine, 
drop  a  plumb  line  from  each  end  and 
carefully  mark  the  point  beneath  the 
plumb-bob  on  the  floor.  A  chalk  line 
struck  from  point  to  point  on  the  floor 
will  show  the  position  of  the  shaft,  on  the 
floor,  and  by  doing  the  same  with  the  en¬ 
gine  shaft  either  or  both  may  he  shifted 
until  they  are  parallel.  If  the  outside 
face  of  the  engine  fly-wheel  is  “machined” 
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WATER  PIPE  FOR  PUMP 
STABLE  FLOOR. 
112-inch  Wheelbase. 
Gas  Tank  in  the  rear. 
Large,  easy  acting  Brakes, 
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Diagram  of  Farm  Water  Supply 
or  finished,  a  straight  edge  can  be  held 
against  it  and  used  as  a  guide  in  produc¬ 
ing  a  straight  line  on  the  floor.  The  line 
shaft  can  then  be  adjusted  until  it  forms 
a  right  angle  with  this  line. 
As  before  stated  the  shaft  must  he  well 
supported  by  bearings  which  are  exactly 
in  line  and  placed  by  the  side  of  the  pul¬ 
leys  carrying  the  heaviest  load  to  pre¬ 
vent  springing  while  running.  Where  the 
bearings  are  too  widely  separated  or  out 
of  line,  considerable  energy  is  consumed 
by  the  shaft  springing  while  running.  It 
should  also  he  level  and  parallel  to  the 
engine  or  it  will  he  pulled  to  one  side  by 
the  belt  resulting  in  end  thrust  and  a  con¬ 
sequent  loss  of  power. 
One  difficulty  in  installing  a  line  shaft 
in  a  small  building*  is  to  secure  a  long 
enough  belt  for  easy  running.  The  belt 
used  should  he  amply  wide  and  flexible, 
and  as  long  as  conditions  will  permit.  A 
horizontal  belt  in  which  the  under  side 
does  the  driving  is  the  ideal  position. 
This  permits  running  the  bell  somewhat 
slack,  the  top  side  sagging  down  wraps 
on  the  pulley  and  tends  to  prevent  slip¬ 
ping.  A  vertical  belt  or  one  in  which 
the  top  side  does  the  driving  has  to  he 
run  very  tight  to  prevent  slipping,  and 
tight  belts  are  great  power  eaters.  To 
find  the  size  pulley  required  to  drive  a 
line  shaft  at  a  certain  speed  when  the 
size  of  the  engine  pulley  and  the  number 
of  revolutions  that  it  makes  per  minute 
are  known,  multiply  the  diameter  of  the 
engine  pulley  by  its  speed  and  divide  this 
product  by  the  number  of  revolutions  per 
minute  at  which  it  is  desired  to  run  the 
shaft.  The  result  will  be  the  diameter  of 
pulley  required  for  the  line  shaft  to  get 
the  speed  desired. 
When  the  .speed  of  the  line  shaft  is 
known,  the  proper  size  pulley  to  drive  a 
machine  at  a  determined  rate  of  speed 
can  be  found  by  multiplying  the  revolu¬ 
tions  per  minute  that  the  machine  must 
make  by  the  diameter  of  its  pulley,  and 
dividing  this  product  by  the  speed  of  the 
line  shaft.  The  result  will  be  the  diam¬ 
eter  of  pulley  needed  feu*  the  line  shaft. 
Where  the  word  speed  is  used  in  the 
above  it  refers  in  every  case  to  the  revo¬ 
lutions  or  turns  made  per  minute  by  the 
pulleys  under  discussion,  and  in  any  of 
these  computations  the  diameters  must  of 
course  be  kept  in  the  same  denomination, 
this  is  usually  inches  unless  the  pulleys 
are  very  large.  a.  h.  s. 
quired  where  the  pipe  leaves  the  well,  al¬ 
though  it  would  lessen  friction  somewhat. 
Sometimes  in  an  installation  of  this 
kind  the  pump  is  connected  to  the  liue 
with  a  tee,  and  by  means  of  an  elbow  the 
end  of  the  line  is  brought  upright  beside 
the  pump,  and  the  top  tightly  closed  with 
a  cap.  This  forms  an  air  cushion  for  the 
column  of  water  contained  in  the  pipe  to 
strike  against,  and  lessons  the  wear  and 
labor  incident  to  starting  and  stopping 
this  column  of  water  as  the  direction  of 
the  pump  pluuger  changes.  It  performs 
somewhat  the  same  service  on  the  suc¬ 
tion  side  of  the  pump  that  the  air  cham¬ 
ber  does  on  the  delivery  side. 
To  provide  for  the  use  of  water  buckets 
before  the  cows  a  storage  tank,  supplied 
by  the  pump,  from  which  the  water  can 
flow  to  the  buckets  by  gravity  is  required. 
With  the  type  of  bucket  that  remains  con¬ 
stantly  full  a  float  box  is  usually  pro¬ 
vided  at  the  level  of  the  buckets  in  which 
the  water  is  kept  at  the  proper  depth  by 
means  of  a  float-operated  valve,  the  valve 
opening  as  the  float  lowers  and  closing  as 
the  float  is  raised.  The  buckets  being 
connected  to,  and  placed  on  the  same 
level  with  this  float  box,  are  all  controlled 
by  it,  the  water  standing  at  the  same 
height  in  all. 
The  manufacturers  of  modern  barn 
equipment  make  a  water  bucket  that  re¬ 
mains  practically  empty,  retaining  only 
enongh  water  to  attract  the  cow.  The 
pressure  of  the  cow’s  uose  in  the  bucket 
operates  the  valve  that  admits  the  water, 
and  as  soon  as  her  head  is  lifted  the 
valve  closed  automatically.  Full  infor¬ 
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