The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-08-11
FARM WAFER SUPPLY
How to Plan and Construct . sezvlecabie
Waterworss system.

FARM WAFER SOtPlYs
How to Plan and Construct . serviecable
Vaterworks system.
Having our pump and windmill In 20
sition and working nicely, &c can turn
our attention TO securing tie greatest
benefit therefrom- And VIC row come
to the vital point in the wins ill water
works system, which is til reservoir
or storage tank. 1t must not be ex-
pected that a windmill viii run all the
time. A tank or reservoir should be
provided IN which the water may be
stored as the windmill pumps it from
the well. This reservoir should at
least be of capacity to contain four
days supply of water. It should be To-
Gated at a height that viii insure q good
head or pressure at the points of dis-
charge. Ii intended TO use for FIRE pro-
lection it should be located near the
top of the highest building. For wash
ing buggies, sprinkling, ct, - feet 10
high enough, although the higher it :
placed the better satisfaction viii be
given and the stronger the TOW of
water, thus rendering the pipes less
liable to clog up. 1t is not necessary to
elevate the tank, as it may be set on a
level with the troughs and the water
will run into them. as water always
finds its level. But job is more COM
plete and satisfactory to have the tank
elevated
If there is an elevation near the well
1t is the better plan TO construct
xfc fa- ~, he ii
this cistern to be above the point where
the water is to be delivered 1t can be
conducted through pipes to the house.
the garden, or the troughs where il is
to be used Water Is kept much fresher
and cooler in cistern beneath the
ground, than in q wooden tank above
ground. However, when it is not prac-
ticable TO use a cistern, a wooden tank,
hoped with iron, should be erected
and from this water conducted to the
points where it is needed. In locating
a tank it may be placed at any conven-
lent point where it can be packed in
the winter to prevent freezing. If it is
placed in barn be sure that there is
sufficient strength to support il, as
water in large quantities is not light
weight" by any means.
If not convenient to place in build
ing, tower may be built outside and
the tank placed on that. This should
be sided up and covered. 1t is well to
make double wall. and also inclose
the tank with siding at about three
inches from the tank. These form air
spaces and render the tank less liable
to freeze. AS an extra precaution thu
tank may be packed outside of the in
side air space with sawdust or clover
chaf The pipes leading from the
tank TO the ground may be inclosed in
a long box with air cham bers. and
packed, although there is another
method to prevent these freezing,
which will be explained later Have
the top of the tank covered with
tight cover in which is placed trap
door.
For conveying the water from the
pump TO the tank, pipe of not less than
one inch, inside measure, should be
used, and for long distances or large
sized cylinders, larger is better. As
has been said before, the pump used
for this work is called three-way
pump. In this the tank discharge
branch is located, about four feet be-
low the platform. Avoid all elbows or
turns possible in this pipe Let it
leave the well on level with the point
of discharge, and then gradually slope
upward to the desired depth Of the
trenches in which it is laid A union
should be placed on this pipe in the
WELL so that in case the pump needs re-
pairs it may DC readily detached from
the pump. Run the pipe to directly I'M
der the point you wish TO enter the
tank, where an elbow must be used.
Into this screw piece of pipe. Cut q
long thread on the end of another piece
and screw into the bottom of the tank
with a locknut and leather washer,
both inside and outside of the tank
Join the two ends of these pipes with
union. Should IL not be desired TO use
regulator for automatically shutting
off the windmill when the tank il full,
a tee may be placed on the pipe at the
bottom of the trench under the tank in
place of the elbow, and the water
drawn from the tank through the same
pipe by which IL enters. thus saving the
necessity of cutting another hole Ia the |
bottom Of the tank.
Should no regulator be used. IL Is |
well to run a second pipe from the well !
20 near top of tank, for an overflow |
pipe. This pipe need not be over three /
fourths Of an inch in diameter The /
bill of a complete windmill outfit calls /
for regulator 70 control the mill when !
the tank is full, and allow II 20 pump /
when it lowers. There are many dif-
ferent styles, but the principle Is the 4
same in nearly ali, and exactly the I
same IN all hydraulic regulstors- They +
are placed in the well On the tank pipe
by means of tee. In the tank on the
pipe is placed q valve with a feat az
tached by a wire. When the water
raises IL carries this float with Il and
closes the valve. AS no water can en-
ter the tank and the rnill still continues
70 pump, Il Is forced into the cylinder
Dr. reservoir, as the case may be, OF the
regulator. Here IL raises a plunger, or
which pushes up one end Of
, lever, bringing down the other, 10
which the wire Of the windmill Is a.
.achsd, and pulls il out Of sziL When
water Is taken from the tank weight
y the plunger end Of the reggiator
'orces the water ont 81 tie regulator
ato the tank and allows the mill 70 70 !
% work There are otb~r regulators,
DIT IL is needless 70 describe them here,