The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-02-02

naturally flows toward the point where
The water is taken out. which of course
Is the well Thus the wafer surround
ing the well perhaps for hundreds of
feet moves toward the well. ln WEI
times the danger is not so great as IN
dry times, for when the well and
ground are full of water the draininrs
from the sources mentioned are car
ried beyond the well. But iu % drourhfy
time the wafer from q great distance
IS drawn towards the WEI. This is es-
pecially the case where The well IS
used 10 IT'S full capacity for the water
ING OF stock. Ii has been therefore
found that the month Of October is
generaiy the worst month for the
prevalence of typhoid fever. because in
october the supply Of moisture in the
ground is small. and great areas are
drawn upon TO supply the well. This
apples 10 what we term the shallow
wells. No such well should be located
within 100 fet Of any privy vault or
barnyard.
The deeper the Wei, says the FARM
ers' Review, ,the safer ii is as general
thing, especially if The well is SO con-
structed that water can come in onIv
at the bottom. The organic matterin
passing through the soil is oxidized
and converted into nitrates. The dam
ger in that case is that the soil NAV be-
come overcharged with filth. and thar +
oxidation cannot be as complete as is
necessary. SO that even with the deem
well the location should be as far a.
practicable from all sources of con-
taminaiion. Most Of our wells are
faulty in construction. They are Of
loose material 10 the top and permit
the entrance of water al any poinf
In time of freshet the water runs in
near the top carrying with it any Dlfb
That may be on the surface Of The
ground OF harmful substances near the
surface OF The ground. For this rea-
son the wells should be cemented with
hydraulic cement to point near the
bottom. This will prevent wafer gel
ing 10 that has Dot been exposed 10 The
'Nic.zing influences and will also keen
,ut frogs loads, rats, squirrels and The
Ike The decay Of animal flesh IS very
and should always be- avoid
d.
Among the diseases that are carried
y impure water are dyseni,ry. diar. s
hoea' dyspepsia. cholera. typhoid Il
ever scarlet fever. malarious fever II
nd ague The great epidemics of ~. j.
hold fever and malarious fever thar IS
Nep' over he country last year were .,
Irecily due to the bad water that the II
'idiers bad TO drink The sick sol al
ers when taken 10 their homes spread
.e disease through The sources thar
illuminated the home wells. More T.,
ian 10000 people in the United y,
aies last year died from typhoid fever 81
one We quote from the Official re- :,
III as 10 why typhoid and malarious -.
yer became so prevalent 40 Camp -.
tomas al Chickamauga and why that -.
mp bad to be abandoned. |
IL APPEARS thai the whole camp is
'ated above magnetism limestone. =,
surface wafer passes directly ,,.;
rough sink holes and assures mia :,
ter pockets struck by the so-caIe5 H..
esian wells" The report conclude. ~,
saving that "the terrible Increase 49,!
sickness which bas caused The camr MA
be abandoned has had the wafer ~.
ply for the main if not the exclp. ho
cause. The July rains washed
mlcrObc-lalor afr,oe.,,i.,. 49,
'uted SOIL and carried the morbid II
.erial into be pockets of water bra
Eek by the pumps" the