The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-05-03
FARMER ANDPLANTER.
WATER ON THE FARM.
Importance Of Good supply -
water On the Farm Not to Bo
Lost sight OF.


This can hardly be said to be Sec
ond in Importance to feed, as both
are indispensable and dependent up
on each other.
A farm well supplied with good
water for both winter and summer
may be said to possess one of the
first and best advantages, and he who
does not pay attention to this mat
ter in selecting farm is making q
serious mistake.
There is nothing better for this
purpose than good spring water. and
fortunate are those so located that
the water can be carried TO house and
barn and especially if this can he
done by gravity. 1t will pay to con-
duct water good distance to the
farm building where this can be done.
In some cases there are good springs,
but SO located that the water will
not run by gravity to the buildings
In such cases, il the springs are large
and there is fall directly from them
of few feet, the water may be
brought where wanted by hydraulic
force. This is the case on the farm
of the writer and the system has been
in successful operation now for .
number of years. But it is necessary
with this system to have u large
spring, as only one-seventh OF the
water passing through the ram will
be forced to the buildings, the larger
part being required for operating the
machine.
III any intend TO use a ram the
should first study well the conditions
necessary for. its successful opera
ton. If there is no fall by which
power can be afforded to operate the
machine. then windmill might be
employed to force the water TO its
destination. Windmills are largely
employed for raising water from res
ervoirs, streams or wells, for farm or
other purposes in many places, and
so must be practically good for the
purpose.
This system works well in pastures,
where it is much used for pump
ing water for the stock, and can also
be just as well employed at the barn
at all times of the year.
A farmer once living not far from
the writer, not having springs near
his buildings, sunk large well out.
side Of the stock barn, built large
cistern in the loft where it could be
protected from the frost, placed a
windmill on the top Of the barn
which pumped the water from the
well to the cistern, from which il
was conducted to the stables below
TO the yard outside, and across the
road to the house, where it was used
for variety of purposes. This was
very convenient arrangement and
must have answered the purpose well
Another intelligent and well-to-dc
farmer in the central part of the
state obtained plentiful supply OF
water by boring an artesian well il
ledgy hill, to the back of his build
ings, erecting windmill and putting
in pump. Near the well he con
sfructed a large reservoir capable Of
holding enough for weeks supply
After this was filed the windmill
would be thrown out of gear unit
again wanted.
So it will be seen water may b.
furnished for the use of the farm il
quite a variety of ways, more or les
expensive according to location or at
fendant circumstances, but it will b
better for a farmer to invest quite {
sum in obtaining a supply Of waite
that may be relied upon. rather thai
undertake to get along in such way
as are often resorted to.-E.
Towle, in Farmers Home Journal.