The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1911-05-11
"a. cent. Cold and hot water. either

1t, "a! cent. Cold and hot water. either
hard or soft. Is always AT hand for
use in the kitchen. The dishes can be
piled into the sink and washed In al.
most half the time 1t 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 water mo-
tor While room Of this kind may
not make washing exactly u pleasure.
it will reduce the labor more than
half With little planning small
tank can be arransed in the kitchen.
so that all the water that is pumped
for the stock will pass through it. This
is almost as good as an icebox.
A good bath and toilet room is a
great convenience to all the family
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 tile and taken away. For the
wastes from the toilet room Il sewage
disposal plant will have to be pro
yided The most convenient method is
the septic tank This is al, under
ground cement lined brick tank di-
tided 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 he disposed Of through tile drain
The entire cost of 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 machine In the
cellar and can be piped to all tht
rooms and to the barn. Ii desired I
can be used also for cooking Th'
average cost of installing an acetylen'
plant is about $500 This includes
lights in the barn and in the yard. |
costs little to run an acetylene plan
after it Is once in. The average cost
about cent for sixteen candle pow
er light for four hours. Acetyiene
the nearest like daylight of any kin
cf artificial light and is Incompatible
better than the old fashioned oil lan,l
The newer types of acetylene lamp ar
provided with battery. SO that the
can be lighted by merely turning
button
BY going to little more expens
electric light can be had OH the farn
If a gasoline engine is already at han
the total cost of installing an electr
plant, with lights in house and bar
need not be more than 1919
A few electric fans will make Il
house comfortable in hot weathe
One convenience of the city. ice. is st
lacking. The way the ice problem
D most satisfactorily handled in Il
; country is for half dozen neighbo
y to build a cooperative icehOuse. II
> ,nen club together and fill it i'll Il
u winter. and plentiful supply OF ice
1T hand all through the summer. Wi
y u small additional expense cold stt
'e age room can be built in connecti
y With the icehouse for keeping me'
10 poultry, eggs and fruit. In numt
u of communities cooperative FIRE
u meat societies are successfully r,
IL The members take turns killing bt
sc or hog, and fresh meat Is suppl
le all through the year at much less q
than 1t could be obtained In the city
Is The cost Of heating system. wa
IL room, a vacuum cleaner, a hot wa
'l' attachment and other devices OF Il
~ sort is the same in the country as
II the city. The cost Of the water {;
III sewage system in the country is abb
a! $3.50. The cost of operating wa
ny system in the country is much
hd than the cost Of city water.
ns An electric lighting system for
Die farm will cost from 1915 up The
lat of such system can be figured SAT
ms at twenty years The storage batter
vi will not last so long. but the rest
ne the apparatus will last longer. !
'l's would mean an annual depreciation
'uf $3.50. Interest at 6 per cent We
len amount to S225O. The cost OF ope
.nd ing the plant will depend, Of cou
ng on the amount Of electricity used.
yes cost for lighting the average ia
10 house and barn for year and furn
ing electricity for sundry other
OF poses will not average more than
ar for gasoline. This makes the total
'or for electricity $41.25 year. In
be city the average cost for electri
tier for an eight room house is abont 5
os' year.
rhe The cost of an icehouse and of
ges ing up ice varies. SO much with C
ore tions that it is hard to give any
ork eral figures. These can easily be
re- tained for any particular locality,