The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-03
-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
Wood Lot Desirable.

A good water supply, q 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. II 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-
tion of surface and underground drain
| age should be considered, to the end
| that the water supply may not be con-
tamlnuted by the sink drain, cesspool,
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
laying two lines of pipe In one trench.
| The engine which drives the pump
may operate other useful appliances,
1
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
pressure water system, a laundry
containing a power washing machine
wrlnger, mangle, and drying machine
heating plant. electric lights, electric
range, electric heaters for emergency
use In chambers, and a vacuum clean
Ing system.
Sanitary Farm Water Supply.
Observation indicates that on tn
average three out of four farm we'll
are located within 70 feet of the bacl
door of the house and In the direction
of the barn. That convenience ant
f-st cost-not safety-haye been tn
deciding factors In thousands of suci
locations Is n fact made evident by tn
proximity of harnyards, pig pens, pas
lures, fertillzed fields, sink drains
prlvies. cesspools and house yards rem
slered lnsanItary by chickens, slop'
garbage, and other filth. Too FRI
uuently the leach from these or othe
sources of filth, after joining III
ground water. moves with greater o
less directness to wells and SPRING
seriously impairing the water suppl
by organic lmpurlty or grossly poisor
ing il with human sewage.
Among other ways by which surfaC
waters and open or poorly covere
wells and springs are contaminated q
receive noxi6us substances are: SUI
: face wash from roads, ranges, or tn
;" other sources OF filth above mentioned
+ bodily entry of stock and poultry {
: their dropplngs; filth from the shoe
J OF careless farm hands and children
Z drippings from the dipper or buck
handled by carriers Of disease; du
; and leaves from the air; and entry
worms, bugs spiders, toads, frog
4 mice. snakes, cats, or other amin
o life, which through death and decor
a position may impart to the water di
$ agreeable oder and taste and perhal
> uore serious characteristics.
l. Deterioration of water may be dl
3 to still other causes that make 1t u
wholesome but not, so far as know
destructive of health. Among such a
4 unusual dissolving OF mineral sal
!. from the earth. washings from eli
q that produce milky appearance, q
N eoloration from mineral or vegetat
q matter, admixture OF mineral or yes
3 table oils, absorption OF offensi