La Junta tribune., 1910-10-01

hard or soft. u always al hand for
use In the kitchen The dishes can be
piled into The sink and washed In al
A wash room with permanent tubs
can be- provided In the cellar The
washing machine can be run with the
gasoline engine or with n water mo
tor. Will. room of this kind may
not make washing exactly pleasure.
II viii reduce the labor more than
half With littl. planning small
tank can be arranged In the kitchen.
50 that all the water that is pumped
for the stock will pass through IL This
IL almost Hs good as mn iceboS
A good bath and toilet room is a
great convenience To all the family A
shower bath 10 one corner OF the barn
viii be greatly appreciated by the
boys AT the close of hot days work
The wastes from the kitchen sink
and from the wash room can be run
INTO tile and taken away. For the
wastes from the toilet room a sewage
disposal plant will have TO be pro
vided The most convenient method IL
the septic tank. This Is au under.
ground cement lined brick tank di.
vlded into two compartments. As one
compartment fills II overfiuws into the
next Nearly all the solid substance
viii be destroyed by bacteria, and the
water that flows out at the lower end
can he disposed OF through tile drain
The entire cost OF water system such
Hs the one described. with the com.
pressed mir tank, together with the
sewage disposal plant. need not be
much more than $3.50.
The cheapest method OF lighting the
farmhouse is 10y acetylene gas This
gas Is generated by n machine In the
cellar and can be pIped TO all the
rooms and TO the barn. II desired 1t
can be used also for cooking The
average cost OF installing an acetylene
plant Is about 500. This includes
lights Ia the barn and in the yard. 1t
costs little TO run an acetylene plant
after II is once in The average cost Is
about cent for sixteen candle pow.
the nearest Ike daylight OF any kind
OF artificial light and Is incomparably
better than the old fashioned oil lamp.
The newer types OF acetylene lamp are
provided with battery. so that they
can be lighted by merely turning
button
BY going 10 a little more expense
elecuric light can be had on the farm
II a gasoline engine is already at hand
the total cost OF installing an electric
plant. with lights In house and barn.
need not Ice more than S3T5
A few electric fans will make the
house comfortable In hot weather
one convenience OF the city. Ice. is still
lacking The way the ice problem is
most satisfactorily handled In the
country is for hulf dozen neighbors
TO build d cooperative icehouse. The
men club together and hll Il In the
winter. aud a plentiful supply OF Ice Is
at hand all through the summer With
n small additional expense a cold stor
aEe room eau he built IN connection
with the icehuuse for keeping meat.
poultry. eggs and fruit In a number
Of communities cooperative fresh
meat societies are successfully run
The members take turns killing n beef
or a bog, and fresh meat Is supplied
all through the year al much less cost
than Il could be- obtained In the city
The cost Of beating system. a wash
room. a vacuum cleaner. a hot water
attachment aud other devices OF that
SORT Il the same IN the country as In
the city The cost OF the water aud
sewage system In the country Ii about
$50 The cost Of operating water
system Ia the country Is much less
than the cost Of city water
An electric lighting system for the
farm will cost from S3I5 up The life
of such n system eau be figured safely
al twenty years. The storage batteries
viii not last 80 long. but the rest OF
the apparatus will last longer This
would mean an annual depreciation OF
>ls.I5 Interest at u per cent would
amount to ST. 30 The cost Of operat.
lns III. plant will depend. OF course
on the amount OF electricity used The
cost Tor lighting the average farm
house and barn for year and furnish
lug el-, triyiiy for suudry other pur
poses viii uot average more than $40
for gasoline This makes the total cost
Tor electricity Sii25 year. in the
city the average cost for electriclty
for nn eight room house l. about $50 n
year
The cost 4 40 icehousc aud of put
lug ~ ice varies 50 much with condl
lions thai II Is hard TO give any gen
crai nEurrs. These can easily be- ob
iaincd Tor any particular locality. how
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