The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-04-26

none too much to drink daily. Il 4.
better than pills. Try t.
Time was when our country wa,
new, that water from any stream
flowing through the farm was safely
used for domestic purposes. Nov
streams are so foul that fishes can
not live in them Now the unfor
tunate dwellers in cities are OTTER
obliged to use such water but Ny,
on the farms should not do so. A
spring in a virgin forest is only end!
spring in a virgin forest may be pure
but any spring is only as pure as III
surroundings. It should be buili
up with cement at least foot above
the surface Of the ground to keeI
out the surface drainage water. Al
present the all but universal source
of our water supply is some form oil
we'll The dug we'll, Is dug Just
deep enough 10 get water, laid up
with loose stones or brick and GOV,
cred over with planks which dry
and warp in the sun and rain. leay.
ing cracks which admit to the we'll
surface water, dust and filth which
may be near. A dug well should be
cemented up inside 6 or 8 feet from
the top and cement cover and Grub
built to protect it. Probably the
safest source of water on the farm is
driven well, deep and we'll cased
to protect it. If there is within 100
feet Of any source of filth contamlna-
ton, there is danger to the water.
Stop holes, manure piles, and outside
open vaults are menace If near the
water supply.
While seeds of disease are carried
into the body by air and water they
are also carried by the common
house fly. He is called the filthy
fly, the typhoid fly. Certain is is
he is the most dangerous animal on
earth. The more one knows about
his habits, the less one likes to speak
about him in polite society. He
breeds in filth, he lives in filth, and,
unfortunately, he eats the same kind
of food that we debut we eat at
the second table. He flies back and
forth from the slop holes, the manure
piles, the outside closet, into our
homes where he alights upon the
fruit and food prepared for the farm
er's family. He is responsible for
the spread of many diseases, con-
sumption, typhoid fever, bowel dis
eases of children, and the list is long.
Fortunately he never goes very far
from the place where he is born, so
if we remove all filth from around
our homes we will do away with the
pest of he house fly.
many farms its is common to
find the water supply for the barns
either pumped by windmill or en-
CINE or piped from distant springs,
but no provision is made to supply
the house with water for bath, toilet
or kitchen sink. The farmer is will
ing but he says, and truly, that there
Is no sewerage system in the coun-
try, and he cannot dispose of his
waste water, and what is the use of
putting water in the house if he can
not take the sewage out beyond the
cellar walls The old style cess
pool made by digging a pit in the
ground, and stoning it up without
is menace to health and |
life, and poisons the soil for long
distances. If the water supply comes
rom well, it may poison that; the
leakage from the ill-smelling, dis
sase-harboring outside closet may
each the well water. Even if the
surface of the ground slopes right
hat is no reason why under gorund
water runs right. So you see our
ZONES must be provided with water
supply and not depend upon wells.
{ will cost 800 more or less to put
n system of plumbing, including
lot and cold water in the kitchen.
ink, Temperament bath and the inc
ide closet. The cost depending upon
he size of the house and how much
lelp can be given the plumber.
Now the waste waters could be east
y disposed of by turning it into a
tream There is a slight objection
o this. It is against the law, and it
8 not allowed unless the State gives
This is usually denied.
I one small home could and did turn
ewage into stream others would
want to. If the stream is used for
Domestic purposes further down, the
ewage might cause an epidemic of
disease. One house might cause 5000
asses of typhoid fever. We are too
civilized to do this, then what shall |
We do? We can build cesspool that
will hold all the sewage until 1t Is
purified. 1t should be built in porous
oil near the surface of the ground,
% the outlet will pass through the
irst foot of soil, the upper layer or
oil being more open and contains
more bacteria,