Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-12-27
FOUR UTILITIES
NEEDED ON FARM
Good Water Is One Of Prime
Essentials for Safe and
Comfortable Living.
LIGHTING ALSO NECESSARY
Surface and Underground Drainage
Should Be Considered In Locating
Wells to Avoid Contamination
-IWood Lot Desirable.

A good water supply, a complete
sewage-disposal plant. and effective
heating and lighting systems consti-
tute the four prime utilities of the
farm home. the foundations of safe,
comfortable living. To secure these
ends In greatest measure. thought and
planning are necessary. If the proce-
dure Is haphazard, II the parts are not
correlated, there is neither economy
In the construction nor satisfaction in
the operation Of the plant.
When locating the well, the direc-
ton Of surface and underground drain
age should be considered. to the end
that the water supply may not be con-
tnmInated by the sink drain, cesspDol,
or other sources Of filth. The unused
water from a spring or flowing well
may be made valuable IL brought to q
watering trough. cooling tank, fish
pond. or swimming pool, or harvested
as Ice. A saving may be effected by
lnying two lines Of pipe in one trench.
The engine which drives the pump
may operate other useful appliances,
such as a dynamo. saw, washing ma
chine. cream separator. or churn.
A notable example of home-planned
utilities Is found upon farm In north.
ern Utah. BY personal planning and
hard work, the owner Of this farm
gradually has equipped his house with
a pressure water system, a laundry
containing a power washing machine
wrlnger, mangle, and drying machine
a heating plant. electric lights, electric
range, electric heaters for emergency
use IN chambers. and vacuum clean
ing system.
Sanitary Farm Water Supply.
Observation indicates that on thu
average three out Of four farm welll
are located within rs feet OF the bacl
door Of the house and In the direction
OF the barn. That convenience ant
first cost-not safety-have been th'
deciding factors In thousands Of suci
locations is a fact made evident by th'
proximity Of barnyards, pig pens, pas
lures, fertilized fields. sink drains
privies, cesspools and house yards rem
dered Insanitary by chickens, slops
enrbage. and other filth. Too fre
Quently the leach from these or othe
sources Of filth, after Joining tn
ground water, moves with greater o
less directness TO wells and springs
seriously impairing the water suppl
BY organic impurity or grossly poison
ing It with human sewage.
Among other ways by which surfac
waters and open or poorly covere
wells and springs are contaminated o
receive noxlous substances are: SUI
face wash from roads, ranges, or tn
other sources Of filth above mentioned
bodily entry Of stock and poultry Q
their droppings; filth from the shoe
Of careless farm hands and children
drippings from the dipper OF buckt
handled by carriers Of disease; dus
and leaves from the air; and entry (
worms, bugs, spiders, toads, frog
mice. snakes, cats. or other animi
life, which through death and decor
position may impart to the water di
agreeable odor and taste and perhaI
more serious characteristics.
Deterioration Of water may be dI
to stIll other causes that make II n
wholesome but not, so far as know
destructive Of health. Among such a
unusual dissolving Of mineral sal
from the earth. washings from eli
that produce a milky appearance, di
colorntion from mineral or vegetab
matter. admixture OF mineral or veg
table oils, absorption Of offensi