Mountain Home bulletin. (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1888-1889, 1888-11-03
SAFE WATER SUPPLY.
The Bcst Cistrrn Filter aud Well Wall for
Farm Purposes.

huo best Ststeru ritter aud Well wall for
Farm Purposes.
Properly made. the brick partition
wall is, believe. the best possible els
tern filter. 1t should be thoroughly ce-
nented on both sides for a foot or moro ut
the bottom where the sediment will col
lect in the side of the cistern to which
the water is admitted. and above that
use the soft brick for the water to filter
through. Such filter is absolutely
perfect. l would make the cistern
large. so that supply can be secured
in winter and early spring when the
rains are copiOus and cold and l would
have manhole to each side OF it, l
recently learned new method OF
walling wells. which is cheap, requires
no skill, and insures the water against
contamination from surface water.
Instead of using stone or brick, glazed
sewer-pipe is put in with joints ce-
mented. The joints can be made abso-
lutely watertight, and with we'll from
fifteen to twenty-five feet deep. as is
usually the case, il the clay be tamped
around the tile, as it should be, it
would seem impossible for any leach
ing from the surface to reach the bot
tom. For economy, eight-inch tile is
generally used. and when these small
tile are put in it is we'll to turn a small
arch with brickbats to make reser-
voir for water for the tile to rest on.
When the we'll is to be used only
for house purposes it is better to
dip the water and draw it with wind
lass than to pump it. Use a bucket
OF six inches in diameter. made OF
heavy tin, with a conical bottom, and
arrange it with piece OF strong wire
attached to the valve and coming tc
the top of the bucket so that you car
open the valve and allow the water tc
run into pail set under it. and there
will be no lifting or pouring Of the
water from the well bucket.
In walling well with tile or Other
material great pains should be taker
to tamp thoroughly. especially as yo,
near the top. The best clay should b,
reserved to use at and near the surface
and it should be raised a foot or two
above the level and so graded that thu
water will flow away at once from tn.
we'll. Another cheap and very salts
factory plan with wells. especially
those for stock, in localities where tn,
stone is near the surface, is not to wal
at all. but arch with brick. starting tn,
arch on the ledge. l have three well
finished in this way, two of them stool
wells ten feet in diameter. In this, a
In many other localities, we strike
regular ledge OF limestone four to 81,
feet from the surface, and here we GU
a shoulder and start the arch. II tn,
! ledge is so far from the surface rs t.
bring the top of the arch below ground
a neck of hard brick car be built up t,
to the surface, and the arch should al
ways be topped out with large sewe
pipe extending a foot or eighteen
inches above ground; fit the pipe to tn
arch with cement so tight that not eve
a drop OF water can enter and then a
a good cover OF two-inch boards to tn
top of the sewer pipe, and you will Sc
cure your cistern from all sources
There are wells by the thousand in tn
country with old rickety wooden curbs
rotten at the foundation, and when tn
wells are cleaned there is usually foun,
IN the foot of sediment the skeletons O
rats, dead toads and other things sui
lcient to turn the stomach OF a hand
saw. l appoint each reader OF this
committee Of one to make a careful ez
animation Of the we'll curb and its cor
nection with tho wall. - Waldo
Broom, in N. Y Tribune.