Year: 1874

nesses of sound, hard. burned paving
brick in good, water-lime cement; then
(leaaying twelve fset space .iRstihe cfssr3
commence the outside circular wall,
eight inches thick, and raise it pcrpen-
dicularly ten feet high, at which point
commence turning the arch with q prop
er turn, leaving hole
in the top, about two feet in
diameter, to receive the cast-iron
curb. The curb and cover being about
three feet high, should just come to the
top of the yard *or grass plat.
Also build q partition wall eight
inches thick across the center Of the:
cistern and up to little above the
spring Of the arch, leaving eight or ten;
bricks out Of the bottom course SO as
to allow the water to pass from one
side to the other of the cistern; also
build two low petitions, one each side
of the center partition, each about two
feet in the clear from the center parti-
ton, and two feet high to hold the filter
ing material All the walls should be
built with sound, hard-burned paving
brick, and we'll laid in good water lime
cement, and the entire outside Of the
cistern plastered with water.lime &C.
ment, so that NO water can get through
from the outside; the entire inside of
the cistern should be well plastered
with Roman cement, to prevent the
water tasting Of lime; the tops Of the
inside walls should be coped with clean,
fiat stone. The 6ltering places may
then b. filled as follows:
In and around the small holes in
the bottom Of the center partition wall
place small, clean, roundish stones from
the size of hens egg to that of
goose egg, so as not to clog the holes,
but allow the water to pass through
freely; next have some well-burned
charcoal, clean and free from knotty
and smoky pieces; break it up fine,
from the size of fine shot to that of a
pigeons egg; then pack the filtering
places tight and full with the coal to-
within about six inches of the top, and
lay coarse canvas or coarse flannel on
top OF the coal, we'll tucked
in tight around the edges; on
the canvas lay Stats crossways
Of and nea- each other; then fill with
clean, roundish stones, 50 as to keep all
down snug in their places and not allow
the water to trickle down between the
walls and the charcoal, but force it to
60 down through the coal; both filter.
ing places to be done in the same man.
ner, so as to cause the water to 60 down
through the one and up through the
other, when it will be thoroughly puri.
fed.


The curb having been properly set in
the top Of the cistern, the ground may
then be thrown over the cistern and
around the curb up to the level Of the
yard or grassplat, and sodded over so
as to be no injury to the grassplat or
yard. But before doing this, it
! would be best to enter the
conductor from the roof OF
the dwelling (which should be of cop
per to prevent rust), from about eight
cen inches above the grouud; it should
90 down under the ground about three
feet, so as not to be affected by frost,
and enter the cistern just above the
turn Of the arch. If it is desired not
to stir up the water by the force Of its
entering the cistern, punch fifteen or
twenty holes, half an inch in diameter,
in that end Of the copper pipe which is
through in small streams.


The two lead pipes. extending from
the pumps in the sink inside Of the
house, should also 60 under ground,
and enter the cistern just above the
turn of the arch, and continue down to
within eight or ten inches Of the bottom.
having a strainer on the end, and rest
ing on large, clean stone pipe on.
the filtered water side, the other on the
unfiltered water side of the cistern.
There should also be . waste pipe or
drain from the side which receives the
water from the roof, SO that if the cis-
tern gets full up to near the turn Of the
arch, the surplus water will run out
through this drain into the main drain.
or some other low place outside, to pre-
vent getting too full; and in this last
drain there should be q foul-air trap,
to prevent bad air from blowing up the
main sewers into the cistern; and if
this last drain should discharge into a
low place in an open Geld or lot, then.
there should be . copper wire screen
put on the outer end Of it, fine enough
to prevent rats, mice, frogs, and YER
min from getting through into the
drain. The foul air trap will also stop
thea from reaching the cistcrn.


FALL FLOWING.


Many farmers are now propounding
to themselves very serious questions as
to how they should plow their lands
both for wheat and for their next corn
CROP: As wheat usually follows oats
OF barley, and corn is planted upon a