Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-07-13
FARM WATER SUPPLY.


Springs are naturally the purest
sources OF water supply. The water
filtering through unpolluted soil is
cleansed and oxidized by action OF the
fine porous earth or rock through
which it passes. All organic matter is
thus safely disposed of, and il alumina
or lime are not in excess in the soil, the |
water is clear, free from unwholesome
germs, and is highly charged with oxy-
gen and carbonic acid. to which it
owes its sparkling appearance and its
brisk, agreeable flavor. Consequently.
when a supply is available from a
spring kept safely from all contamina-
ton, It is the best that can be procured.
As to means of conveyance, metal
pipes are more or less corroded and dis
solved by water of the kind mentioned;
lead and zinc are positively dangerous;
iron soon rusts and fills the pipes. stop
ping the flow; the only metal pipe
available is iron prepared by peroxi-
dizing process knorn as the Bower
Barff method, b which the metal is
covered with an insoluble surface Of
magnetic oxide and never trusts.
Wooden pipes if kept costantly filed
with water are durable and servicca-
BILE, and the right kind of wood gives
no taste to the water Cucumber wood
and spruce (hemlock included rs
spruce) make the best pipes. They
should be made in l"lgths of eight,
ten or twelve feet, bored in frame
with long auger, reamed out at one
end to fit taper at the other which
joins water-tight, ana the reamed end
is kept from splitting by II sharp-edged
ring driven into the wood. The pipes
should be buried. below the reach OF
frost. and further protection may be
given by laying them in box filled
with broken stone, to furnish non-con-
Quoting air-spare. Then comes the
disposal of the water for house service.
A spring-house is the best means for
this, as the water can be made to serve
several purposes.
The spring-house should be built Of
stone, which is durable. non-ab,orp-
tive and non-conductive of heat and
also of cold. 1t i, convenient to have
the house on the side of hill, so that
a tank may be built in it, if this be pos
sible. Where deep milk-pais are used
the tank should be twenty-five inches
deep and provided with an overflow to
carry off the surface. Hydraulic &C.
ment and hard brick or stone make the
best tank. Some arrangement, as by Il
tap. should be made to supply water
for domestic use, and the tank kept fol
preserving milk and cream. The tank
should be covered with one or two fall.
ing doors, by which the water is KEEP,
from freezing in cold weather and cool
in hot weather. The remainder of the
spring-house may contain wire.
gauge-covered meat and provision
closet. The air of a cool spring-house
is not nearly so damp as warm cellar
and mould is very rarely seen in one.
his is because the wafer is not stag
nant; the air is too cool and fresh to
suit the growth of miidew, and being
cool dissolves only small quantity O.
moisture. Possibly ~ outer lining Of
boards laid over Turing strips and
painted white would be found desira
Bile to preserve the house from frost If
winter and heat in summer. If at an,
tt1ne the air be found damp. it is essil,
afled by putting peck of fresh lime
IN 1t. which will absorb nine pounds q,
moisture and then become still dry
and fine powder. The lime will nevc,
come amiss for many uses about house
garden, orchard or farm. The conn.c
ton OF the pipes at the spring is bes
made by building in the spring witt
stone. in which the pipe is laid. ans
covering it in with large fiat stones o,
a semi-globular arch. which is capnet
by fiat stone. Provision is 70 h,
made Tor the overflow to go off safely
II fe""sylranja Dai,ynan, in NJ 7
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