The Raymer enterprise., 1914-04-30


needed The United States department of agri
culture has just issued a bulletin giving a de-
tailed description Of simple sanitary system
suitable for the average farm home II will be
sent free to any farmer on application
The new bulletin Is the result Of a careful
study Convenience comfort and economy have
all been considered and they may all be obtained
II the suggestions given are practically applied
with care and common sense II the farmer has
neither the time nor skill to install the simple
system suggested. reliable plumber a pump
expert or a sanitary engineer should be employed
TO install system along similar lines.
The simple sanitary system recommended has
four distinct features. 1t provides for:
!. pure water supply
:. Pumping, storage and distribution of water
supply,
Z. durable and simple plumbing system
safe disposal for farm sewage.
The above features described in detail In
the departments new bulletin which consists OF
46 pages and contains IS figures and diagrams
with a number OF tables
pure water supply is one OF the most I'M
portant factors in farm life today as typhoid
fever, dysentery and other disorders may be car.
ried by impure waters. Farm water supplies are
very subject to pollution or 10 typical water
supplies in Minnesota investigations showed
of those polluted were bad only because of poor
surface protection, and could easily have been
made safe Practically all the surface supplies
were polluted, During these Investigations % Of
the farms examined showed a record OF typhoid
fever.
Surface water supplies should not be used for
household purposes, for washing milk
They should not even be used for laundry pur-
poses unless no other supply is available. Rain
water from the roof is often polluted by dust,
leaves and the droppngs from birds. Any per
who drinks water from surface supplies en-.
dangers his health If such supplies are not ade-
quately protected and then purified
Where underground waters hard to obtain,
cisterns may be used where the store of rain
water and surface supplies will be filtered and
partially purified.
The cistern should be OF water-tight construe-
ton to prevent leakage ana to prevent pollution
from the neighbornE soil II should have an
overflow drain and tight cover. There should
also be suitable provision for straining or filter
ing the water previous to IT'S entrance to the els.
tern.
Farm wells are often polluted from local
sources They often located for convenience
near the barn stable, or close to the back
door. out of which household slops are thrown,
The soil surrounding the well becomes saturated
pereolating through ii to carry its load of con.
tamination into the well
The curbing or covering is often loosely con.
structed of boards. permitting small animals and
yermin to fall into the well; and surface water
carrying filth and manure, especially after rains,
runs into the well from the top.
Both deep and shallow wells are subject to
contamination OF 1T deep and All shallow farm
wells examined in Indiana, ll6 of the deep well
waters were OF good quality. As were bad and l6
were doubtful: I59 OF the shallow well waters
we're good, 209 we're very bad and 43 we're doubt.
full
The safety of water supplies when near sources
OF possible surface pollution often depends large
ly on the character and quality OF the material
in which the well Is sunk
The farm well. especially shallow dug well
should be located somewhat above the Darn
yards and stock pens. at least in such a position