Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-06-05
A Convenient Water supply

A supply ly u,slAs y a Ayirdslic ria dad
a barrsl rsssrrolr, cost, durability ~ hs
seJply. dgHnag On iis dfrlaiagts, q pro-
noisr N clf in'lafu dad As1liA.
have Ofisn woniefed Why so many
/ farmers are oontent 10 carry or pamp The
~ sr used Tor household Purposes ana for
" isribg stock II IL without doubt very
/ s1psnsiVe sort of water sapply. To show
one Way In which this tToiole may be done
away with. vii describe how friend OF
nine gets . good sapply of water with the
least possible outlay OF work and money.
His house IL on the hill and Is little hlgh.
er than the barn IS yards away; loo yards
| from The house and As feet lower than II IL
the spriry. The Cow OF the spring IL
Ahou, tour gallons pr minute, by going
IS feet from The spring. eight fest fall may
Be bad. A. this polnt ram vss placed
and q one. inch lead pipe wss run from The
spring - thi ram. A hAlfinch lead pipe
wAs run % trough in the barnyArd, sod
an oVrrfJE pipe was run from
The ram 20 30 gallon OF
barrel placed In The klichsn OF The house
aboat foar feet above The h)or, The oil
barrel WAS painted inslde and out FROM
this barrel rve-elghth.lneh oveirov pipe
va run from this trough 10 another one
ouislde The barn yard In The pasture hsld.
The ram raised aboui quart-ani.s-half
PER minute, Of $50 gallons every ?. hours.
This qasntliy IL quite ss-icient for the
house and al The stock. Since II has been
started The ram has run without stopping.
and there IL no reason Why u shoold not
continue % 90 % a. long ~ there ls satsr
snough 20 ruu H. The work was done by
The owner, AMI cost nearly So.
tkuow OF several rams that have been
wofklng 50 years A All TIE work In this
case was d0ne very Thoroughly IL Il safe n
say Il will last 2s years and not cost over
g for repairs In that time. This makes
tae oosi per year. allowing for repairs and
Interest on the money Invested, Jess than
a. In return for mi. my friend has al.
uays 50 gallons % ffesh water In bis kiteh-
en- sni plenty % water At the barn for bic
s,ock. lie does not have 10 depend on
som one to pump water for The stoes. bat
knoss that ihefc l. always enoagh water
m onlT the stock are allowed 10 Get H.
Before be hal the ram. The water for the
hoass wNs carried from The spring which
runs the ran. and the water fof ihe stock
"a. pumped from q well In the barry ard,
The water % which vas not az ZOE drinking
By The family. A little calculation here
Nlll give some queer results. Suppose IL
takos IS minaio. 20 carry The water for
The house AM 80 minuis- % pamp enough
for the stOck thea an boar aud garter
are consumed each day In getting The
water used ou The farm. Multiplying this
by aG5. -c gs, CSC hours - The time used
In wear. Dividing O. % BY sc Ne get
II cent nearly. That Is % say, when
farm labor costs less than Is cents per
hour. II pays - carry ani pump the water
u.sd on this farm. otherwise IL pays ~
use The ram. To making this calculation.
se have not tAken into consideration the
fact that With the ram Abogi three times
A. much Naier l. used As formerly. The
stock Il waieftd regularly. and given AZ
much A. L. wanted. This fact alone would
warrant The use OIL ram In this case. A.
The house mach more water IL used.
There 10 no necessity for carrying water
from the spring 20 get breakfast with
vale the Thermometer stands uneomfori-
ably lou and lhe wlni II very active. An'
other point L. worth consideration Clesn.
illness il sAid % be neat 10 godliness, and
water Il CO tslnly very important factor
o. e'eanlln.ss. Does IL not follow that n
The supply Of water l. limited cleanliness
vii .uref In The same way
The fact ihai 9 farm II supplied VIII
water In sone such Way n this s worth
considerable hard cash when farm IL
soli. Such convenient method ofsup-
plylng water Il one OF the most profitable
Improvement. farm can have.-G. 5. G.
Ia Rural New Yorker.
Kent Co., Delaware.