The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-09-24

nesses of sound, hard.burncd paving
brick in good, water-lime cement; then
(leaving twelve feet space in the clear)
commence the outside circular wall,
eight inches thick, and raise it perpen-
dicularly ten feet high, at which point
commence turning the arch with prop
er turn, leaving a hole
in the top, about two feet in
diameter. to receive the cast-iron
curb. The curb and cover being about
three feet high, should just come to the
top of the yard or grass plat.
Also build a partition wall eight
inches thick across the center Of the
cistern and up to a little above the
spring of the arch, leaving eight or ten
bricks out of the bottom course so as
to allow the water to pass from one
side to the other of the cistern: also
build two low petitions, one each side
of the center partition, each about two
feet in the clear from the center parti-
ton. and two feet high to hold the filter
ing material All the walls should be
built with sound, hard-burned paving
brick. and well laid in good water lime
cement, and the entire outside of the
cistern plastered with water-lime ce-
ment, SO that no water can get through
from the outside; the entire inside Of
the cistern should be we'll plastered
with Roman cement, to prevent the
water tasting of lime; the tops of the
inside walls should be COPIED with clean,
fiat stone. The tiltering places may
then be filled as follows:
In and around the small holes in
the bottom Of the center partition wall
place small, clean, roundish stones from
the size Of hens egg to that of a
goose egg, 50 as not to clog the holes.
but allow the water to pass through
| freely: next have some wellburned
charcoal, clean and free from knotty
and smoky pieces; break it up fine,
from the size of fine shot to that of
pigeon egg; then pack the tiltering
places tight and full with the coal to
within about six inches of the top, and
! lay a coarse canvas or coarse flannel on
top Of the coal, well tucked
in tight around the edges; on
the canvas lay Stats crossways
Of and nea: each other; then fill with
clean, roundish stones, so as to keep all
down snug in their places and not allow
the water to trickle down between the
walls and the charcoal. but force it to
60 down through the coal; both filter
ing places to be done in the same man.
ner, so as to cause the water to 60 down
through the one and up through the
other, when it will be thoroughly puri-
fed.
The curb having been properly set in
the top of the cistern. the ground may
then be thrown over the cistern and
around the curb up to the level of the
yard or grassplat, and soddcd over so
as to be no injury to the grassplat or
yard. But before doing this, it
would be best to enter the
conductor from the roof of
the dwelling (which should be Of cop
per to prevent rust), from about eight
cen inches above the grouUd; it should
20 down under the ground about three
feet, so as not to be affected by frost,
and enter the cistern just above the
turn of the arch. If it is desired not
to stir up the water by the force Of its
entering the cistern. punch fifteen or
twenty holes, half an inch in diameter,
in that end of the copper pipe which is
in the cistern, and then it will drlZzle
through in small streams.
The two lead pipes, extending from
the pumps in the sink inside Of the
house, should also go under ground,
and enter the ciStern uSt above the
turn of the arch. and continue down to
within eight or ten inches of the bottom.
having strainer ON the end, and rest
ing on large, clean stone-one pipe on
fthe filtered water side, the other on the
unfiltercd water side of the cistern.
There should also be a waste pipe or
drain from the side which receives the
water from the roof. so that if the els
tern gets full up to near the turn of the
arch. the surplus water will run out
through this drain into the main drain,
or some other low place outside, to pre-
vent getting too full: and in this last
drain there should be a foul-air trap.
to prevent bad air from blowing up the
main sewers into the eistern: and if
this last drain should discharge into a
low place in an open ii.eld or lot. then
there should be copper wire screen
put on the outer end of 1t, tine enough
to prevent rats. mice. frogs. and YER
min from getting through INTO the
drain. The foul air trap will also stop
thcz, from reaching the cistern.
PAIL FLOWING.
Many farmers are now propounding
to themselves very serious questions as
to how they should pillow their lands
both for wheat and for their next corn
crop. As wheat usually follows oats
or barley, and corn is planted upon a
clover sod, there are a variety of cir
cumstances which effect these questions
differently. Wheat needs mellow
seed bed. made compact and firm. but
a loose. rough. cloddy surface. The
first secures rapid and vigorous germ
nation of the seed and an even growth.
while the latter secures protection to
the young plants from the storms of
winter. and as the clods erumble down
through the winter or in the early
: spring many exposed roots are covered
with soil. and fine mellow
surface is made for the grass