Br reference to Vol. Ill (new series) of the Horticulturist, page 227, an article will be found on the "Application of Wind as a Power for raising Water." It was written for the sole purpose of attracting the attention of the public to a method of pumping water from wells by the aid of wind-mills, the feasibility of which I supposed had been fully demonstrated by the experience of Mr. Anderson, a respectable farmer, five miles south-west of Ashland, Ohio. My conclusions were not formed till I had visited his place, in two different years, seeing the machine at both times in successful opera-tion, and obtaining from him minute details of his experience in regard to it. A short time since, an article appeared in the Ohio Cultivator, contradicting all the statements respecting the* successful operation of Mr. Anderson's machine, together with an expression of the editor's opinion that the whole plan was chimerical - or words to that effect. I immediately addressed a letter to Bela B. Clark, M. D. of Ashland, with a request that he would obtain from Mr. Anderson, answers to the following queries, as well as all the facts which might have any bearing on the subject.

Dr. 0. has had the goodness to forward the following reply, with the answers to the several queries, all of which are here annexed:

"Ashland, Sept. 11, 1854.

"J. P. Kjrtland, M. D. - Dear Sir: I delayed an answer to yours, until I had seen Mr. Anderson, that I might give you reliable information. I have just seen him, and can assure you that he has the fullest confidence in the project.

"He says the crank ought to be short. His was so; and he thought it much better than a longer one. He also says that he has no doubt that it would be just the thing on the lake shore. It should be placed away from any building, or other obstruction to light breezes. His was too near his barn.

"Mr. A. has seen the remarks in the Cultivator, and he says that nothing can be further from the truth.' He took down his machine, not because it failed to answer the purpose, but because it was made by himself, of green lumber, and was not made right.

"The water in the well, where he placed the wind-mill, is only about seven feet from the surface of the ground; and as the surface descends about two feet to the rod, he now contemplates ditching from the well till he can bring the water above the ground, by which means he can have a rnnning spring: otherwise he says that he should immediately put up another wind-mill, and he would have it made by a workman. B. B. Clark".

The Wind-Mill Pump #1

In the November number of the Horticulturist, I notice that our mutual friend, Dr. Kirtland, has been at some pains to combat an opinion expressed in the Ohio Cultivator, in reference to the utility of a kind of wind-mill described by him in the Horticulturist, Vol. III, p. 227; and as some readers may infer that the difference between my statement and that of Dr. K. is greater than it really is, I will here insert a copy of the paragraph from the Ohio Cultivator, of August 15th, 1854, which was the concluding portion of a long article on wind-mill pumps, - in which the importance and utility of such contrivances, if rightly constructed, was fully admitted:

"Our opinion has been asked respecting a simple kind of wind-mill and pump, figured and described in the Horticulturist and a number of other papers, about a year ago, as seen in operation some years since on a farm near Ashland, in this State. We had occasion to pass the farm alluded to, and noticed that mill four different times within three years after its erection. The first and third times passing, it was idle for want of wind. The second time it was running well, and the fourth time it was blown down. A farmer who lived close by, in answer to an inquiry by us, said it had never done enough service to pay for the cost of building and keeping in repair. This we have no doubt will prove the result with all that may be constructed after that model. The wheel is too small to work with a slight breeze, and the whole affair too frail to endure a strong gale." "

Now, as far as the facts stated are concerned, it appears that my informant was mistaken in supposing that the machine was blown down; but as the owner admits that its construction was defective, we may infer that it was taken down to save it from being blown down. In regard to the amount of work it performed, I could only judge from having seen it going once only in four times; and my informant who testified unfavorably, may have been prejudiced, or poorly informed in regard to the work performed, and the expense of the machine. Hence, I cheerfully correct this part of my statement.

But I am sorry to say that the testimony adduced has not changed my own opinion in regard to the general utility of this contrivance for pumping water, although it would give me real pleasure to agree in opinion with my friend the Doctor, on this, as well as I do on most questions pertaining to rural affairs. And in order to decide who was nearest right, I would make the request that any readers of the Horticulturist who may have made, or shall hereafter make, a wind-mill pump after the plan described, shall, after the same has been tested by one summer's use, give the results in detail through the pages of this journal If the facts show that my opinion is at fault, I shall rejoice in the opportunity of correcting the impression upon the minds of others. There is one item in the testimony of Mr. Anderson which has much weight on my mind, but seems to have been overlooked by Dr. K. It is the fact that his well was only seven feet, or less than half the average depth of wells, from the surface of the ground to the water; consequently the amount of power required to work the pump was not half as great as will ordinarily be necessary.