Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-09-09

..vN, l>carry aIl the soIln substitute
will be destroyed by bacteria, aud the
water that flows ont at the lower end
can be disposed Of through tile drai,
The entire cost of water system 81 !
as the one described. With the c"la
pressed air tank. together w ! lh'
sewage disposal plant. need not l."
much more than $3.50
The cheapest method of lighting iaa
farmhouse is by acetylene gas This
:ras is generated by machine in the
cellar aud can be plped to all the
rooms and to the barn. If desired IL
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. II
costs little to run an acetylene plant
after it is once in. The average cost j.
about q cent for sixteen candle pow
or light for four hours. Acetylene Is
the nearest like daylight of any kind
of artificial light and is incoInparably
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 a
button.
By going to little more expense
electric light can be had on the farm.
If a 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 $50
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 banded in the
country is for half dozen neighhors
to build a cooperative icehouse. The
men club together and fill ii III the
winter. and Il plentiful supply of ice is
1T hand ali through the summer With
a small additional expense a cold Stor.
age room can be built in connection
with the icehouse for keeping meat.
poultry, eggs aud fruit. In IA number
Of communities cooperative fresh
meat societies are successfully RIM
The members take turns killing beet
or q hog, and fresh meat is supplied
all through the year at much less cost
than il could be obtained in the city
The cost of beating system. wash
room, vacuum cleaner, hot water
| attachment and other devices of thai
sort is the same in the country as i'll
the city The cost of the water and
sewage system in the country is about
$3.50. The cost of operating water
! system III the country is much less
| than the cost of city water
An electric lighting system for the
farm will cost from $3.50 up The life
IF such Il system can be figured safely
ut twenty years The storage batteries
| will not last 81 long. but the rest of
the apparatus will last longer This
/ would mean an annual depreciation of
| $3.50. Interest at q per cent would
! ing the plant will depend of course.
| ON the amount of electricity used The
! cost for lighting the average farm
house and barn for Il year and furnish
! ing electricity for sundry other pUr-
| poses will not average more than $40
for gasoline This makes the total cost
! for electricity S41.25 year In the
city the average cost for electricity
| for an eight room house is about $50 ii
year
The cost of an icphouSe and of put
ing up ice varies so much with cOndi-
lions that it is hard to give any gen
crai Ggures. These can easily be OBJ
tanned for any particular locality, how