The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-16

what 1t is. They may see It turning around
at good speed. but few would think that
the motive has been In use for two years.
and most cheap and serviceable machine
II has proved to be. The cost is trihing.
not the twentieth part of what a wind
mill would cost, and for the purpose moth
ing could be better. One dog can easily
pump water for herd of 200 cattle. And
the best Of it is, some dogs like the work,
Dog-motors are built on the same prin-
ciple as the exercising runs that are often
attached to cages for squirrels and other
small animals. They are really barrels.
made to that the dog can get in and out
at place near the bottom, and as soon as
he starts to run on the inside the barrel
slides from under his feet, In this way 1t
rotates as fast as the dog runs.
The motive power Of the machine is COM
municated to the pump by means of
crank that connects with a piston and
sucker of ordinary type. Revolving the
motor causes the piston to rise and fall the
same as If a man were working the han
die.
For over year the dog-motor on the
hill back of Mil valley mas been operated
by dog named Gyp, and she really likes
the work and knows more about pumping
water than half of the men in the state.
When Gyp was first put into the machine
she knew just what she had TO do. and
started in at good rate. She ran so fast
that she would have fallen from eXhaus-
ton had she not been lifted out. But as
she has grown older ait the business she
has learned better But she likes the work
as much as when she started, When Gyp
first started in to pump water she did not
know when to stop. She pumped and
pumped until the tank ran over all the
time. In a few weeks, though, she was
taught that all she was expected to do
was to keep the tank full, and now she
doesn't do any more.
When Gyp Is taken to the motor In the
morning she first looks into the trough 10
see how much 1t lacks of being full. She
then works accordingly, and when she
thinks she has done enough she runs out
TO take a look at it. If it Is full she lies
down and rests, and If there is stil a few
inches remaining she starts in again and
does not stop until the trough is running
over.
All the water that Gyp pumps is for cat
tie to drink. 1t flows directly from the well
into the drinking trough so that they can
get it without trouble. Gyp knows as soon
as she sees a band Of steers making for
the trough what they are after, and she
starts in pumping, so as to keep them from
emptying it. Her Idea seems to be to keep
the trough full. In fact, she is unable TO
rest unless she knows Ii is In that condi-
tion. Gyp has to work hard to do her
work Each stroke of the pump brings up
about a quart of water, and she has to
make about six jumps to do it; but when
she feels like working nothing stops her,
and the pumps make at least ten strokes a
minute, or perhaps 800 gallons of water in
ten hours.
Gyp is the only dog on the ranch that has
ever liked the work. Others have been
tried, but it is always necessary to lock
them in to keep them from jumping the
job. Even Gyp's brothers always had bus
mess elsewhere whenever they brought
there was any pumping to do. There was
one though, that was a good worker. He
used to get so mad at being put In the mo-
tor that he seemed trying to wear II out
for spite. He used to run and run until the
axle fairly smoked, but as soon as he saw
that he couldn't do the machine any harm
he curled up in the bottom and went to
sleep.