Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1910-10-05

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hard or soft, Is always at hand fer
use In the kitchen The dishes can be
piled into the sink and washed in al
most half the time It took previously.
A wash room with permanent tubs
can be provided In the cellar. The
washing machine can be run with the
gasoline engine or with a water mo-
tor. While a room Of this kind may
not make washing exactly a pleasure.
1t will reduce the labor more than
half With little planning small
tank can be arranged in the kitchen.
30 that all the water that is pumped
for the stock will pass through It. Tins
Is almost as good as an icebox-
A good bath and toilet room b
great convenience to all the family. A
shower bath In one corner Of the barn
will 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 a tile and taken away. For the
wastes from the toilet room sewage
disposal plant will have to be pro-
vided. The most convenient method IL
the septic tank. This Is an under
ground cement lined brick tank d.
vided into two compartments. As one
compartment fills 1t overflows into the
next Nearly all the solid substance
will be destroyed by bacteria. and the
water that flows out at the lower end
can be disposed Of through tile drain.
The entire cost OF a water system such
as the one described, with the COM
pressed air tank. together with the
sewage disposal plant need not be
much more than $3.50.
The cheapest method Of lighting the
farmhouse Is by acetylene gas. This
gas is generated by a machine In the
cellar and can be piped to all the
rooms and to the barn. II desired II
can be used also for cooking. The
average cost of installing an acetylene
plant is about 5000 This includes
lights In the barn and In the yard. 1t
costs little to run an acetylene plant
after 1t IL once In The average cost Is
about a cent for sixteen candle pow
er light for four hours. Acetylene Is
the nearest like 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 a battery. SO that they
can be lighted by merely turning q
button
By going to a little more expense
electric light can be had on the farm.
( II gasoline engine is already at hand
the total cost of installing an electric
plant. with lights In house and barn.
need not be more than 1915.
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 half dozen neighbors
men club together and fill II In the
winter, and a plentiful supply of Ice Is
at hand all through the summer. With
I a small additional expense cold stor-
age room can be built in connection
/ with the icehouse for keeping meat
poultry, eggs and fruit. In number
! Of communities cooperative fresh
/ meat societies are successfully run
! The members take turns killing a beef
or hog, and fresh meat is supplied
all through the year at much less cost
I than 1t could be obtained in the city.
The cost of heating system, wash
room. a vacuum cleaner. hot water
attachment and other devices Of that
Z sort is the same IN the country as In
I the city. The cost Of the water and
sewage system In the country is about
$3.50 The cost OF operating a water
( system IN the country Is much less
than the cost OF city water.
An electric lighting system for the
( farm viii cost from 1915 up. The life
at twenty years. The storage batteries
Z viii not last SO long. but the rest Of
the apparatus will last longer. This
/ would mean an annual depreciation of
I SiS.s5- Interest at q per cent would
amount to $22.50. The cost Of operat-
ing the plant will depend. Of course
on The amount Ut electricity used. The
cost for lighting the average farm
house and barn for year ard furnish
! ing electricity for sundry other pur-
poses will not average more than $40
for gasoline. This makes the total cost
4 for electricity $Il.25 year. In the
city the average cost for electricity
for an eight room house Is about $50 a
year.
4 The cost of an icehouse and Of put
ing up ice varies SO much with condi-
tons that ii is hard to give any gen.
eral figures. These can easily be OBJ
talned for any particular locality. how