The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-03-09
THE WINDMILL.
The Figure 1t Cuts In Irrigation-Home-
made Appliances.

The Figure 1t Cuts In Trrigation-Home-
made Appliances.
Wind, generally speaking, Is abundant
everywhere and should be utilized more
as a motive power Other countries are
ahead Of us in this respect. With proper
appliances, wind power is nearly always
available and effective. It is also cheap
1t is the part Of wisdom for farmers to
make use of the wind for raising water
and doing odd jobs abont the farm
While we accord to scientific achieve
ment high encomiums in the realm of
steam and electrical appliances for the
generation and utilization of the mighty
forces SO controlled, yet the windmill Of
the most modern manufacture is not nec-
essarily more effective machine than
those made in the years long gone by.
1t is very apt to be better looking af-
fair, but it is doubtful if any of the fin
de steele air machines will pump more
water or churn more butter than those
of simpler type. A writer in The Irriga-
ton Age, the source of the foregoing,
says: An up to date wind motor, as it Is
called, may cost $3.50 and be we'll worth
that sum to any farmer, but it is COM
paratively easy for man with "gump-
ton" to organize homemade windmill
that will accomplish big amount of
work both by day and by night The
same breeze grinds his corn and saws
his firewood, fills the water tank and
irrigates the orchard or garden We are
nearing the time when all sorts of wind
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trical power to be stored for use in heat
ing and lighting country households and
to propel farm machinery and vehicles.
It is alleged that the New Jersey Insane
asylum is lighted by electricity gener-
ated from dynamo moved by wind
mill of the most simple construction and
very moderate cost
A farmer i'll Sonoma county, Cal has
a queer looking windmill, which does
yeoman service in filing the water tank
The machine is Of simple construction,
but is unique. A box without top and
also open at the bottom is made of up
right boards feet long, the inside di-
mensions of the box being by II feet
and 8 feet in height. This is merely
placed on the ground, and across the top,
midway of the length, is placed shaft
to which the arms carrying the sails are
fastened. As the sails revolve those
above the box, of course, catch the force
of the wind, while those below, within
the box, are protected so that the wheel
is always in a condition of unstable
equilibriuim hence moves on and on
under the force of even a slight breeze
and does good work at the pump.
The main object in calling attention
to homemade appliances is merely to
point out to the man who could no
buy complete machine of modern type
composed largely or wholly of metal
that he may provide himself mainly by
his own labor with an effective machine
of that kind When the necessity of
economy is not pressing, however, it
will be found generally best to buy the
most approved types of modern wind
mills, made largely of iron and steel.
Such machines are very durable, and
while they may not be able to do more
or better work than some types of home
made machines they give better salts
faction all around than anything which
the farmer might himself make at a
cost enough less to prove an incentive
to undertake the task. The point urged
possible. If able, get one made of steel
or iron; if not of these, then let it be Of
wood and of the best type. But if you
cannot buy one of these, don't go with
out windmill. Make one