, 1866-01-12

Mnuy poor orer-worked wife is quieted
with the tale that q cistern is too expansive,
the eoIl Is unsuitable to mako one In, or that
R9rkmcn aud material cannot ne had, all Of
which Is false, and gross imposition upon her
credulitS. THIS VIC Will show in considering
now c1sTEnSs ARE BUILT.
In stir clay sol, I'll We lave to do is to
shaped and plaster oyer with a coat Of Hnter-
lime and sand, one bushel Of the torrnae to
two OF tut Inter- This makes the cheapest
cistern, hut It is not always rcliablc. In 3
more porous soil lhe better why is to make a
brick wall laid up in common mortar, thy
draulIc cenlent.)
4 cistern to hold hundred barrels is madc
IF follows: A round hole like well Is exca-
rated eight feet In diameter aud ten Iect deep.
The bottom scooped out cEg-shape and made
smooth. No brick floor is required as the
ss1ncnt plastering Is spread directly on the
ssuur inches thick, laid IN mortar and the
bErk pressed firmly against the wall Of earth,
which Inns been exeasatcd with care to have
It's sides both smooth md perpendicular. The
top is atched over, leaving space to pass
into The cistcrp for cleaning and repairs, It
is well to have the top Of the cittern come
pretty fully up 10 the 1loor OF the Kitchen aud
well protected from f,ost by banking up with
the Garth thrown ont By the excavation.
The cost Of such q cistern Il OF course, an
item 70 he considered, hut not serious ono.
The outlay consists In excayAting about
twenty-five ynrds Of Garth, two thousand
brick, two barrels watcr-1Eme, two barrels
lime, three etnys' masou work, and good
pump; the Whole ranging, when complete,
from so to 500, according to cost Of material
and labor. Any fAtzner Of ordinary tact can
do the Whole Of tic work. We have a cis-
tern Ut this size made by a common farm
hnnd, which has been in use four years, with
x4ttt hf1K 1N0 1f
brick and pump, are the only cash items real
II necessary; all the other items Of cost can
be furnished at hand, If the farmer chooses to
do the work himself.
A cistern Of tiffy barrels should be eix feet
inside diameter, and eight feet deep, and will
require atout one-half the material for the
1orncr, with the exception Of pump, which
will he nearly the same. The whole cash opt-
lay for this sized c,stern and pump should not
exceed 20, and for tue large size SIS. This
is As small rs any cistcn should be made, as
the cost Of a smaller one will be nearly the
sa,nc, and the volume OF water 50 small that
it will not settle rs clear and sweet Is larger
one
When cistcrn water is a. hand, II is used for
all purposes except the actual cooking Of
Vegetables. 4 nfly barrel cistcrn will not be
too much Tor a small tamiay, while = larger
ono will require that Of the hundred barrel
size. Il the cistern Is protected from frost It
will last m age; in fact, no one can be found
20 fail when property constructed and cared
for. There can be no question that In all
cases OF large cisterns tho brick wall should
bc l,sed Ia tact, It 1nust ,t used Tor the arch,
At least.
We will suppose that cistc1n Of hundred
barrels capacity, with lead pipe leading into
the kitchen, with good iron pump and sink,
would cost 500. II would be one oI the best
of inyestments-to be Chased among those
<clalmine to be labor-saving. 1t wonld greatly
lnER hr frhu fEo md ha r1ff
set to the 6ulkey cultlvators On the farm. We
hope every farmers wife who reads tllis, and
who bns no cisteln, will not suffer on, 1mless
her husband has nonc OF the new labor.saying
implements with which to work Ills farm. :,
It il no more than right that the improved
and kitchen. While the wooden mold-board
plow WIS in use In the field the wash tub,
the old board or the wooden trough might
answer for the rain water, but now they are
in had taste, and should be discarded.
The wife has rights that the husband is
part of the work there is~po reason Why she
may not have as good tools and convenient
appliances to aid In her department as The
husband. The argument that the supplies
must come from the farm. and all the
1bElity be turned In that direction
eood @ ' to aes1H'ne eeesa|n et4cns an whst 0Ssss
mnkcs 50 many farmers poor. Bad luck: Of
course 1t il bad luck-bad management. Let
lie src how this is. A. B. gets married and
goes out from beneath the patcrnal roof; be
is farmers son, knows nothing else but
death on book farming" and only took his
party paper. while on a corner shelf lay Rax-
ier's Saints Rest, The Arabian Nights, Pet
ealt Medicine Almanac, aud the RmiIy Bible.
With these aids he had made lis son farmer,
and uow Ae goes out into the world TO set up
T.fr ~ T. r.
the means to make good start. OF course,
he will fool nothing away on fancy Gxinss. He
buys the best plough, sulkey, cultlvator,
mower, hay rale, wagon, and harrow. AL
OF these he must have, other things must
whit until the crop 1t sold.
".Can't dig well this summer, and We
must carry the water from tie horse well,
down near the slough" Can't think
of cistcrn; that and the well would
s.ost hundred dollars and we have no huu-
drcd dollars.'' ~ The young vile suggests
TINT, ns they have but few ncrca Of either hay
the mower und hired one OF ncighbor Jones,
but, "no; father has q mower, and I'm not
gong to run after one"
Tins matters are settled. The young far
U1cr l1A6 more work than he can manage.
Work Is driving him and the yonng wife most
carry all the water used for cooking and
other uses that long, weary twcnty rods ; the
TO suit the summer Showers At
last nl1 of this is too much, aud
husband must stop in the house to give occa-
konal assistance, Just when most needed on
tie farm. The work goes more aud more BE-
hind-no girl can bc had to help the wife, for
no girl will volunteer to carry water those
weary twenty rods, and man must be hired.
Half Of the husbands time must now be pass
cd IN tho house, and the hired man becomes
the farmer. This Is the beginning Of bad
work. The well md the cls1csn cannot be
built for want OF time, and money to buy
tered 10 the last furrow, the harrow lies Mt
the last turn, the tnlky cultira;or Is against
the fence, and tho beautiful mower ia cano-
pied with the dapp1ed sky. The young farm-
cr becomes discouraged with his bnd WORK,
while the young wife has grown old with thai
first summers hRrd work, and has ceased to
look forward TO better days.
Had she been consulted tn the outlay OF this
small CAPITAL; had the well been dug neal
the house and supplied with a good pump
had she good cistcrn and other small con
yeptcncxx about the kitchen, that first sum
hired man would hare been required to ab
sorb the profits Of their labor. and other con
ycujcnccs would 1o.low to add TO their CON
fort or nld in the saving Of labor.
The son had forgotten that lis father had
made money out Of the muscles Of his famlly
1uo Through LID pa1sIiaon3 4"4 oa'eo ~. Tx
had learned tue value Of improved nm.
chIncry, but had no idea OF the worth 0
knowlcdgc. The gardens and the orchard
were to lis mind Injuries only for the rich
The first dogma in Ills creed, and the one thai
absorbed Ills energies, was that the farm VA
only place TO stay on, aud to make money
that pleasure, fine clothes, ind happiness he
long 10 the city, and arc only within the grasl
.oi the Hch.
Thus educated, no wonder tnat the youn{
farmer forgot that thvre could be economic
IN the Kitchen, or that 1t should receive
share Of the outlay for lRbor-saying lmple
meats. ....
A fazmer's sitc with muscles Of iron ami
an iudomitable viii, may stand up unde
these mfsmauagemcnts OF the kitchen sup
plies, but these cases nre frW compared TO thl
rrcat number who hare felt the want Of sym
Pathy during their yeass Of toll.
II is to the interest of the farmer to SCI
that this part Of tho farm management
made rs perfect rs possible, for On this, to
great extent, depends his success.
With bad management In the house, wheth
CT from want Of the proper appliances ;,ors ski
in their use, Il is almost impossible for til
fAFner to succeed, and we may safely &C
down thrce-four,hs Of the failures OF new be
Ginners 10 this cause alone.
With these 1acts before us we need no apol
ogy for giving the subject SO much space
Only a small Per cent Of our farmers tax
agricultural journal, OF purchase books Of
ing or horticulture, but large numbers o
o read their party or commercial pa
Ills class may be reached aud taush
That may benefit their wives, /
s. When they learn that ~ bat
other name for stupidity nni
they may I've aroused frou
he necessity to study tAei
.uIcA, tact and common