The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-30
THE WATER SUPPLY.
II You Are Looking For Water You
VIII Find IL.

will find it." In order to get person
to do a thing you must first interest
him. After | had purchased my farm
| was busy and took but little notice
of the fact that my wife was carrying
water from the spring located on the
upper side OF the road opposite the
house until one day she was sick and
had 10 carry il for her brought
the first four or five pailfuls easily and
the next four fairly well, but wnen |
had got the sixteenth down | baked
and claimed they had put up Job"
Oh me | would not believe they used
so much water every day and told them
so.
/, strong man, got tired of carrying
water in one day How about the
tired woman who uncomplainingly
carried it for six months? l had lead
pipe from the spring TO the house in
less than a week, at cost of less than
$50. Twenty-Five years that water has
been singing in our buck kitchen with
out cent more Of cost. 1t will run
for twenty years more. But | was not
satisfied 1t was too handy in the
house. and | wanted 1t in the barn.
1--WE never miss the water till the well
runs dry" is a part of an old song
Those Of you who lug water to your
stock. turn them out in the storm of
winter or compel them to 20 miles in
the fierce heat Of summer do not re-
alize the cost of food. shrfnkage of
milk and labor that a lack of water
produces
One day as l was walking along the
highway | saw spot about two feet
in diameter that WAS nearly bare,
while the rest of the ground was Gov
cred with snow and frozen. Now"
thought |, what made that? As
walked along it came to me that water
coming up from below kept it from
freezing | went back and marked the
spot, and the next spring | dug about
two feet and found small under
ground stream. After stoning it up
had well two feet In diameter and
three feet deep that was full of beauti
full cold, pure water only 200 feet from
the barn. But that was not near
enough, and in d few days a lead pipe
carried 1t to the basement and never a
cent of cost since, maybe $l2 cost in
all. HUNDREDS of persons had walked
over that spot for years, but never
dreamed of spring there - weren't
look ing for water.
Water that does its own pumping is
always cheapest and most satisfactory
My father recognized this fact years
ago and rs he could not find a spring
anywhere would have given up had he
been like most men but he was re
sourcefnl and thoughtful. The house
and barn were built on an elevation
which sloped to the south; no higher
ground or springs anywhere near. How
could one get running water in such a
lOcatiOnf This seemed poser. One
day he dug a ditch from the well down
the hill about fifteen rods and put a
small three-quarter inch lead pipe into
the well, brought 1t near the top and
laid it along the ditch. After covering
1t he put on a force pump and drove
out the air. and the big siphon began
to work. For thlrty-fiye years, without
a cent of expense, has it furnished wa
ter for all OF the stock, pure and cool
in summer and warm and pleasant in
winter.
There are very few farms except on
level land where this principle cannot
be applied. 1t may not bring it into
the barn, but steady supply in a ce-
ment trough Is better than pumping by
hand. If you are looking for water
you will find it, One friend got so ex
asperated that he sw0re he would have
water in the barn and commenced
driving a hollow iron bar into the
basement cellar bottom, an unheard Of
insane. if you will-proceeding At
only twenty-four feet he cut through
into soft place and after pumping
out some quiCksand rad plenty of wa
ter 1t was a driven well" They are
common in some localities The cost Of
the whole outfit for the fifteen years
has not been 81, and the water has
never failed Have faith and work for
water-Cor. Ohio Farmer.