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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
[September, 
A Simple Clod Crusher 
A very cheap and effectual clod crusher can 
be made by connecting a number of round 
poles together, as shown in the accompanying 
illustration. Staples are driven into the ends 
of each poL, zj which the pule 10 mstenea 10 
the links of a chain which connect them all to- 
A CLOD CRUSHER OF POLES. 
gether. The ends of the chain are furnished 
with rings, to which the clevis of the double- 
tree is attached. Being flexible, the drag con¬ 
forms itself to uneven surfaces.- We have 
found such an implement useful for leveling 
corn stubble, and smoothing potato ground 
previous to plowing, also for spreading manure 
evenly, or for breaking clods in heavy soil. 
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Water for Stock. 
One of the most difficult problems which has 
of late been proposed to us comes from Colo¬ 
rado. It is “ how shall we best procure a sup¬ 
ply of water for our stock; wells 50 to 100 feet 
deep, wind-power precarious ?” Here is a dif¬ 
ficulty which presents but one solution, and 
that is, storage of the water to tide over the 
temporary failure of the power. Steam-power 
is of course out of the question; animal-power 
is too costly, and needs supervision, and noth- 
West, and many districts in the East suffer for 
want of water, and yet an inexhaus table supply 
exists everywhere beneath the surface. We 
would suggest the least costly wells; the Jilz 
auger well, for instance, which can be bored 
from three inches to twentv inches in diameter, 
can be tubed cheaply with wooden curbs or gal¬ 
vanized iron pipes, and which cost about one 
dollar a foot to sink. These wells, where wa¬ 
ter lies over 25 feet from the surface, must be¬ 
come the mainstay of the western farmer. 
Where water is near the surface, either this 
well or the common drive-pipe well may be 
cheaply used. The pow r er used must be the 
wind, and a self-regulating wind-engine, which 
will run day or night, should be used to raise 
the water into tanks or cisterns upon elevated 
ground, where it may be stored, and from which 
it may be carried wherever it is required. The 
accompanying illustration represents the meth¬ 
od used upon Beacon Stock Farm, Northport, 
N. Y., for providing a permanent supply of 
water for the stock. It is placed where the 
water can be used upon the road through which 
the cattle pass, or in fields upon either side of 
the road. A “United States Wind-Engine” 
raises the water from a -well into a tank of cy¬ 
press wood. The tank holds about 10,000 gal- 
! Ions, and the overflow only is used, except when 
the supply is short. Then there is the stock on 
hand to draw from. It is rarely that 24 hours 
pass without sufficient wind to replenish the 
tank, when it is once full. Another instance is 
known to us, in which a farmer in a Southern 
State, at a cost of only $400, erected a wind¬ 
mill, dug a well, built a tank in an elevated part 
of the farm, to hold 60,000 gallons of water, 
and laid pipes to convey the water to his gar¬ 
den and stables. The wind-mill pumped 10,000 
gallons in 24 hours. This seems a large quan¬ 
tity of water, but it is only seven gallons, about 
two pailfuls, per minute. Tiffs quantity of 
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PUMP AND CISTERN FOR WATERING STOCK. 
ing remains but the wind, which works night I water will provide for a large number of stock, 
or day without attention, and which must be I and several days supply are on band to meet an 
utilized when it is available, to store up a last- emergency. We believe these instances meet 
ing supply. The difficulty exists all over the ' the cases of our Colorado and other enquirers. 
A Handy Wagon-Jack. 
On a recent visit to Beacon Farm, we noticed 
a wagon-jack of very simple construction, 
which we here 
illustrate for the 
benefit, of our 
readers. It con¬ 
sists of an up¬ 
right support, to 
which is jointed 
in a peculiar man¬ 
ner an arm or 
lever. To the 
shorter end of the 
lever is jointed 
an arm, consider¬ 
ably longer than 
the upright sup¬ 
port, to which is 
bolted an iron 
plate, furnished 
with short spikes. 
When in use, the spiked arm is placed beneath 
the axle of a carriage or wagon, the axle resting 
upon the spike that may be most convenient for 
Fig. 2. —JACK OPEN. 
the purpose. In this position the lever is raised 
upward, as seen in fig. t. When the lever i& 
brought downward, as in fig. 2, the axle is 
raised. By attaching a cord or chain to the 
lever, and hooking it to the upright leg, tha 
wheel remains elevated. There is no patent, 
right attaching to this useful contrivance. 
A Western Cattle Bara. 
“ Subscriber,” asks for a plan for a stock 
barn, costing from $1,500 to $2,000, in which 
he may feed young cattle, until they are ready 
for market. From our own experience in 
feeding young stock, we suggest the accompany¬ 
ing- plan of arrangement. To feed cattle profit¬ 
ably, they need to be comfortably placed, kept 
quiet, witli every facility for getting in and out 
of their stalls, and to have no annoyance or 
excitement. For the convenience of their 
keeper, the barn or stable in which they are 
kept, needs to be arranged so that there is the 
least possible labor, in storing and distributing 
tlieir feed, in feeding, watering, and cleaning 
them, and in removing the manure. As has 
been before stated, we prefer the method of 
accumulating the litter and droppings of the 
cattle, and feeding them in stalls, in which they 
can remain loose; or if they are tied up, to 
keep them in such a manner, that they can have 
plenty of straw under them to keep them 
clean, and to remove the bedding only when 
they are turned out in the spring. In this plan 
there is a vast saving of work of a disagreeable 
character through the winter, and when the 
manure is moved in the spring, it is in far better 
condition than if it bad been exposed to the 
snow and frost for several months. In laying 
