Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-01-03

mice, snakes, cats. or other animal
life. which through death and decom.
position may lmpnrt to the water dis
agreeable odor ana taste and perhaps
more serious characteristics.
Deterioration of water may be due
TO still other causes that make II UNI
wholesome but not, so far MS known,
destructive OF health. Among such are
unusual dissolvlng of mineral suits
from the earth, washlngs from clay
that produce II milky appearance, dis
coloration from mineral or vegetable
matter, admiXture OF mineral or vege-
table oils, absorption of offensive
gases, low forms OF animal life, min
ute plant growths often productive Of
b~rlght-colored, fbrous MASSES and
scums, and especially vhen water Is
of penty or swumpy origin, lmpregna-
tlon with Iron. In short, Investigations
Indicate that only II small minority OF
farm water supplies can be Chased as
unquglificdly safe and desirable.
Diseases From Poor Water.
Among the ailments caused or in
iuenced by contaminated water nra
typhoid fever. tuberculosis, hookworIn
disease, cholera, dysentery and dlar-
rhea, and certain obscure mulddles
that may be traced eventually to the
poisonous effects of drainage from hui
man wastes. Figure . shows In a
striking manner how increased use Of
pure water In Massachusetts has been
D fAlIANaHsaal INf .4aglt.a l.. a.. saaI.-lI
fever death rate, Frequently II home
or village supplied with water from n
mountain spring or canyon Is Il center
Of golfer, although the possible reln.
tlonship Of such water to this disease
has not peel proved concluslyely.
Among ailments OF live stock, hog
cholera, anthrax. and fOot-nnd-mouth
disonse are spread by moving water.
Hence sick animals should not have
access 10 streums, and dead animals
should not be left exposed In fields or
buried where drainage may carry In.
fectlon TO streams aud water supplies.
Ones duty to himself aud nelghbOrs
should obligate him to coniinc all sick
animals and burn the curcasses OF
dead one or bury them deeply In
spots remote from streams, wells aud
springs, and urge his nelghbor TO do
the same.
The vital things to remember ure
that ground water Is not %stagnant hut
moves usually, though not always,
with the LAY or slope Of the land
that It's character determines largely
the character of wells aud springs
that II Is not an ~ineXhaustible reser-
volr, but that n given well Yields only
rs Il receives; and that continued
pumping viii not improve the water IN
u we'll II the sources from which II Is
fed are permanently mt fault. In
short. ground water IL natural drain
age variously modified In Its move.
ment and character by s%ubterrunean
conditions.
Safe Location Of Wells.
Wells cannot be- located I'm all cnses
so that there may not be some pollu.
ton, but the great safeguards are
Glenn ground and as Wide separation
MS possible from the probable chan.
nels of any Impure drainage. II is not
enough that Il well or sprlag Is 80,
100, or 1870 feet from n source OF filth
or that II Is merely upon higher
ground. although even moderate re.
moteness aud elevation Of The source
of supply are OF service. Given porous
or groyelly ground, Sonny ledge, on
long-contlnued pollution OF one plot of
land, the ION Of contamination Is like.
ly to extend long distances, partlcu
larry In downhlll directions and al
such times as water supplies ARE low.
cred by drought or heavy pumping
Upon any farm n wood lot, grove
or wlndbreak IL highly desirable, no
only to supply fuel and small timber,
but for It's beauty and the protection
II %afforll.