The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-02-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
,rE IMPORTANT MATTER OF
a WATER SUPPLY
Puro Water for Stock as WEI rs Family
n Necessity Prompt Returns Why
Queens Arc agricultural Hints
and Household Helps.
Water supply of the Tarm.

On. of +bo most imDortont narts Of
tbe MANAGEMENT Of the ,arm, AS we'll
40 tho fam hopsohold is tho water
suppIv. There is far too much lgno-
r,nco or nooIcct in this regard, the
rosul4s Of which are ALWAYS costly
and sometimes d,-ustrous, Water
"a rcol1v the most important aliment
~ oil animals.
Every nerson should know that tho
toto1 fnvnrs If fall and winter are all
an,,rod ~, i,rnnritine in tho water.
md IN rooord IA COWS, especiaIly
thot i,nnnTo water NAV infect tho
milk So "a to carry disease to the |
aaa,orr Of = y,bilo Nv certain
.h,,oinIoriool in1uenco bv which the
Kill viii carry off from a COW the
rnrns Of disonso or other poisonous
motters the animal escapes, but
,hooo W bo uso tho milk will receive +!
tbo infoction
,rhuo t),o imnortonco of securing q
srnn,v Of ,m,e water for the farm
stoclr is rs GREAT as that of the pro-
vision for the family. And at tho
oo,,,o tina tboro AFRO some consjdera-
.fono ns convenience to be thought
~
rho wir+or ;s tho drv time in tho
xontb ,r,;lo tho summer is the dry
.;rno T., III, South And what will
ho hnra erruosted NAV be equally
annlioob1o tn the South and the
VIII o,lv tho eoosons will be re-
..onsad And t. is n curious proof of
go mororsal of condition that the
favor season is rife during the sum
,nor IN the South. but in the winter
- Tho North
: Tho unrest water that can be pro-
orrod 10 that which ia distilled from
+bo olonds writes Henry Stewart in
tbo Now Yorl, Time5 In natures
1ohorotorv ovorvth,1o IS made pure.
Il is oniv when it is contaminated
bv the dead and decaving matter Of
) tho Garth that the water or the air
= hoco,nos dofled And this is pre-
Y oieolv what Is the matter with most
IF fho water from SOrlnUS ana many
weus II washes the soil, the most
ofract;ve means of disposing of the
dead matter, the wastes of nature
= and Of mankind, and in tho ordinary
onorations Of nature the water would
carry all this waste to the ocean,
. where il becomes changed into food
!, Tow marine animals. upon which the
l. fishes feed, and thus it returns once
G more freed from all impurities into
e another round of life. But when we
:. interrupt this course of nature with
a out due care and precaution we VIC
- late natural law, and whether it is
J. done deliberately or in ignorance,
"a nature claims the unavoidable pen.
Or atty and we suffer the consequences
IS The cistern must be underground
,s as well for convenience and safety
D. from frost as for the preservation o.
% a desirable temperature of the water.
In this way. in the South. cool water
may be had in the hot summer, anc
rs in the North warm water may be
ndu III Vic C''iu "llVol' Lho Us A
form of the cistern, both for strength
m and room, is section of an egg Witl
20 the top cut off.
6 A strong man can only with diff
Guilty crush an egg in his hands b,
ne pressing only the ends of it. Th'
a seemingly fragile shell resists grca
pressure, that would crush per
in fectly round body quite easily, al
though a globular form has niue
more strength than q square or
u, cube,
u The material of which cistern
best made is hard brick laid enc
ways for a large cistern, or sideway
nd for one Of moderate size. The brio
should be laid in water lime, wit
ed two parts of sand added The joint
should be as narrow as will give
~ perfect adhesion between the bricks
no a little less than a quarter of an inc
+v will be sufficient Tie digging shout
~ be made from the top to the middle
the bulge straight down and then |
finished in the shape desired. III
IRE reason for this is that it is not eas
60 to work in it If the top overhang