Mower County transcript., 1871-08-03
Farmers Wells.

Good water is an article of the first i'm
portauce to the health and comfort of
every household. The fires that burn
within us are constantly producing thirst
that calls daily for water, water;" but if
from any source the water that we drink
has become impure, our system cannot
long maintain It's healthy toue and vigor.
If our daily drink has been polluted and
poisoned by contact with filth and gar.
bage, is it any wonder that our blood be-
comes impregnated with the germs of dis.
case. Hence, the necessity for good and
wholesome water to health of the human
family
All will admit the value of good water,
but it is a fact patent to every one that
there is too much bad water drank--that
the water of many wells is often nothing
but stagnant er-pOols in which green
scum " and "wiggle-tails" form the larger
half. And who has not seen many hole
called q well filled with q milk colored
fluid yclept water, and in which half
score Of frogs were playing "pecp o" be-
hind chunks Of rottcd wood or something
else still more Objectionable. Farlnersarc
too careless about this matter of provld-
ing good water for their families. MANY
a well of good water has been spoiled by
having duck puddle near it. Too often
the pigs are allowed to root hole right
by the side of the we'll, which soon be-
comes cess pool of impurity, tainting the
air around, and which at every rain is car
ried down to be brought back again from
the we'll in every bucket of water. have
seen wells, the water Of which would, actu-
ally taste Of the contents of an adjacent
mudhole. have seen wells from which
it would be difficult to draw bucket OF
water without bringing up Il frog.
Is it auy wonder that such stuff often
generates diseases in the human system?
Is it any wonder that water imprcgnated
with the essence of mudholes filled with
the filth and excrcta of pigs, geese and
ducks, should produce poison virus in
the blood to sap the foundation of health.
| assert that no doubt many a death, could
it be traced to its origin, would find it's
home in the mudpuddles at the farmers
we'll. Many farmers wife and farmers
daughter have gone down to the grave
from no other cause than the lack of
wholesome water. And many q doctor
owes handsome fee to these same mud
puddles.
Friend, have you mudhOle at your
well? Go for it ut once. Do not eat or
sleep till it is removed. Take hoe and
| drag out all the mud and filth, and then
fill the hole with dry soil or sand After
doing this, shut out the pigs and poultry
from the well, and keep them out. Ii the
curb is broken or rotted down, replace
with new one. After doing this, scrape
away the grass and surface soil around the
well, and replace with layer of sand and
gravel. If from the character Of the land
your well ever fills with water, cut ditch
six feet deep all around it at the distance
Of u few yards, and have an outlet from
this to take off the water The water in
the well will not, after this, rise higher
than the bottom of the ditch. If youl
water is muddy or impure, throw in a peck
of lime to purify it. Ii animalcula appear
in the water, throw in a half a gallon OF
salt TO make them settle to the bottom. And
it is worth while to take some pains to fix
up some convencnccs at your we'll A
bench to set .he bucket on while it is be
ing filled; a handy and easy way to gc1
the water; and a smooth, dry path from
the we'll to the kitchen-thcsc things will
make so much easier the task of your wift
and daughters. tanners, do not neglect
your wells a single day longer, but Sc.
that all about thtm III is neat and tidy, anC
determine to kecpit always so.-Maaylone
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