Arizona republican., 1914-03-28

provides for:
 CD A pure water supply.
 tion of water supply.
 (3) A durable and simple plumbing system.
 () A safe disposal for farm sewage
 Pure Water Supply A pure water supply is one of the most important factors. in farm life today, as typhoid fever, dysentery. and other disorders may be carried by impure water. Farm water sup plies are very subject to pollution. Of seventy mine typical water supplies in Minnesota, investigations showed that twenty were good and fifty mine polluted Twenty-Five of those polluted were bad only because of poor surface protection, and could easily have been made safe. Prac- tically all the surface supplies were polluted. During these investigations twenty three of the farms examined showed a record of typhoid fever.
 Surface water supplies should not be used for household purposes or for washing milk cans. They should not even be used for laundry purposes unless no other supply is available. Rain water from the roof is often hU I,1Gt
 Storage of Surface Supplies
 Where underground waters are 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 construction, to prevent leakage and to prevent pollution from the neighboring soil It should have an overflow drain and a tight cover. There should also be suitable provi- sion for straining or Altering the water previous to it's entrance to the cistern.
 Wells Safeeuarded
 Farm wells are often polluted from local sources. They are often located for convenience near the barn or stable, or close to the back door, out of which household slops are thrown. The soil surrounding the well be- comes saturated with organic filth and allows the surface water perco- lating through it to carry it's load of contamination into the well.
 
 loosely constructed of boards, per hitting small animals and vermin to fall into the well; and surface wa ter carrying filth and manure, espe- cially after rains, runs into the well from the top.
 The safety of water supplies when near sources of possible surface polu- tion often depends largely on the character and quality of the mater al in which the well is sunk.
 The farm well, especially a shall low-dug we'll should be located some what above the barnyards and stock pens, at least in such a position that the surface drainage from all possi- ble sources of contamination is away from the well. If local conditions and prices will permit, it is a good idea to provide impervious floors with water tight drains for farm buildings and stock pens Under the same conditions concrete manure pits might well be provided not only to pre- vent the liquid manure from pollut- ing the neighboring soil but to save the manure. No garbage, manure or rubbish should be dumped into sinks or basins in the immediate neighborhood, and these should be fenced off and kept free from pollut- ing matter.
 The house should be provided with some safe method of sewage disposal while slops and garbage from the i kitchen should be deposited in tightly covered garbage cans and disposed of by burying in the fields, burning or feeding to pigs. The farmer should 1 become acquainted with the variou: types of wells and the best method! of protection, and the well should b, so protected as to exclude filth iron those sources of contamination whicl it has been impossible to remove O have been overlooked.
 In the selection, location. and sink | ing of a well it is always good idle; to consider permanence in addition t safety. The well should penetrate t levels below that of the ground-wate surface in the driest seasons.
 After a pure water supply has beel made available for the farm home tn quantity of water needed must be con sidered. A suitable pumping equip ment must be chosen, and then sat