The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-08-10
RUNNING WATER IN
THE COUNTRY HOME
BY Professor m. r. Miller, College
g.. of Agriculture, University
of Missouri.

- A.~A 80 AA~sAASJ ASAt " u PioPS
plan, is the presence OF running wa
ter The carrying of water from vel
or cistern, sometimes remotely locat
ed from the kitchen door and TOT
often provided with pump tina
runs down" between trips, or ever
with rope and bucket, is too wei
known to need mention. If some farm
ers would stop to calculate the mum
Der OF miles their wives or daughters
walk during a year carrying water
often through rain and over ice-cov.
cred walks, he would secure result
that would 90 a long way toward
awakening him from the lethargy in
which he lives.
One of the most important consid-
erations in supplying water for the
farm home is the character of the
water supply. The cistern may be
perfectly satisfactory if precautions
are taken to prevent the entrance Of
surface water. To insure pure els
tern water a solid cement wall should
be provided. The ordinary dug well
may also be satisfactory, but such a
we'll is always questionable. Typhoid
and other bacteria may enter through
the surface water. Instances are all
too common where this has occurred
and the water still had every appear
ance of wholesomeness. The dug we'll
can usually be made safe by cement
ing the top ten feet during some dry
time, although even with this driven
well is always to be preferl ed,
Where water is secured from a
spring or stream there is always dan
ger of contamination, although in the
case of good spring the danger is
small. Many instances are on record.
however, where springs have been
the cause of severe typhoid epidemics
so that the common idea that spring
water is always pure is erroneous.
There is no surer way to provide
pure wafer Than to use "A driven Well
IN which the water comes from a
depth of forty feet or more
Because we have used the water
from dug we'll for years in safety
with no typhoid fever is no assurance
that il will never come. A visitor at
the home, who has only recently re-
covered from this disease. may fur,
nish a pollution for dug well that
has always been perfectly pure be-
tore. The consequent loss of life and
health can not afterward be atoned
tor by any amount of money spent.
Country people are far too careless
about the character of the water sup
ply.
The first thing that appeals to The
average farmer when he thinks of in
Sailing any kind of water system, is
he expense. 1t does not necessarily
equire any great expense to add a
lumber of convenient and time. say.
ng features to the household water
upply. Probably the simplest sys-
EN-, and the least expensive, is the
ne in which hand pump is placed
n the house.
This plan consists simply OF the in
tallatiOn of sink at convenient
lace, near the kitchen table if DOS
ible, on which is mounted ii common
itcher pump connected with the well
nd cistern by iron pipes. Where
9th hard and soft water are desired.
wo pumps can be installed, one con-
Getting with the we'll and the other
18th the cistern. In this case two
mis- are usually installed although
is perfectly feasible to use single
imp and cutoff which can be turned
lstantly to connect with either well I
cistern as desired.
The waste pipe from the sink should l
? of lead. an inch and half inside, 1
I'd should connect with a three or c
ir-inch tile running to the nearest r
ltlet. 1t is desirable for sanitary
lrposes to place the ordinary small
ap beneath the sink and to use II
a2eu sewer pipe with cemented II
!nts for the first fifty or one hun. a
ed feet to avoid any possible con. q
or the well.
p
White porcelain sinks are obtaina-
e at every plumbers shop. or they r.
ay be ordered from any company !;
.ndling plumbing goods. They are y
UGH to be preferred to other kinds. u
the edges are rounded in wide o
II it adds much to their appearance d
d MAKES them easier to keep clean.
Such plan on the average can be
,rked out for about $40. The sup
Y pipe used should be ~ inch size,
d If the distance from we'll or els "
n to the sink is more than thirty .
It a force pump should be used "
stead Of a pitcher pump. A pitcher W
mp costs about $675. a white enam- VI
sink 20x30 inches IS, q force pump g
?. the small lead trap beneath the ~
TX $1.75. leading piping IS cents a ~
1t. and the one and a quarter.inch T.
pp!y pipe about Is cents a foot cut -
ldy for installing. Thus it is not n
very expensive system to install.
d the added convenience is well
nth the expense.
other more complex and more ex-