Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1878-07-06
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Country Gentleman a very interesting
account OF tie use of wiudmills on Grand
Islaud for the purpose Of raising water
for farm purposes. After describing the
topography of the island, Mr.. Allen says
OF windmills:
"These have been SO perfected within
the past few years, snd of various kinds,
that it is not worth while to specify any
one as superior to another. They are
made all over our northern and western
states, widely advertised in the papers,
and each one who has them can best
judge of their working qualities, | only
name them in q general way, and speak
alone Of my Own trial of one of them.
"AlthoUgh accommodated by access
to the river with water tor all my house
hold buildings, as well as stock purposes
At tbs barns and stables, my convenience
! for all were not Satisfactory. SO, two
years ago, l sunk three different wells
enc at the main barn where the Prin-
cip4l stock is kept, another at the farm
house convenient to the horse-barn, and
still another at a dwelling half a mile
from the latter, all near the river shore.
The wells were seyerally ifty.twO feet
at the farm barn, torty-two at the farm
house, and twenty feet at the dwelling
above, all yielding pure good water,
touching only the surface OF the
rock ut the bottom, where All album
dance Of water was found. | should
also add thai q loot or two from
he surface of the ground ahard red clay
was penetrated until within a foot or two
of the rock, when a layer of gravel and
sand was reached, and on the surface OF
the rock a stream OF water flowed which
formed tie supply. All these wells were
bored and socket pipe tiles inserted aa
above stated, aud into each one was III
serted a good iron pump, with about one
and a quarter inches delivery, producing
a sufficient stream to fill r common
bucket in a minute operation, lought
to say that in each n OF the wells the
water has a standing level within ten
'eet OF the surface. 81 the wells
stood, and now stand, sufficient for al
practical use.
"But finding too much hard labor
necessary to pump water for forty OF
fifty head of cattle and horses at thu
. main farm barn, | last fall had erectec
r one OF the "Stover" windmilIs over the
pump in the barnyard, 1t is 40 fee
ligh, with a revolver y feet in diam
etcr, costing about $3.50 complete and il
working order. The fevOlvers are usu
+ ally only 10 feet in diameter for iarn
. use, but wishing to be perfectly sure il
! its supply of water, | chose the larg
= siza, aud at some S25 more expense tina
e Lbe other. II has thus far worked to
r charm, pumping all that the stock bav
needed, and working but a few hour,
y more or less, as the wind may serve, dul
y ing the day. A tank or though 16 fee
long, Is inches wide at the bottom, an
htring two inches wider at the top, an
16 inches deep, securely tonSue-grove
aud iron bolted, placed near the puml
d where the cattle can drink at will, make
n all thai accommodation complete, an
j. infinitely better than to drive them t
t the river sixty rods away, particularly i
d winter, when the shores are frozen Ctr
Ii river never freezes only along the short
es a few rods out), and ice has to be CT
away for access to the water. find it
grand economy, both in the expense
labor, aud convenience and comfort
n the cattle.
is although l have made a long stol
es of it, | wished to place this welldiggin
IS. pump and windmill matter plainly b
is fore my agricultural friends, far al
lie near, to show how readily and cheap
1t, their wants may be supplied when do
E. titule OF springs and running stream
2h snd how much better they are than Il
of dirty pools SO much in use in prairie al
other level regions, which are used f
rs stock-water purposes. There are no
OF five wind-mills in use on Grand islam
NJ each with ten-foot REVIEWERS except Il
ly own, and l presume $500 would not br
in either one of them OF their owners
If, they could not be replaced, and | thin
ed that within the next two years sever
IT. more windmills will be erected there"