Show clarifying RAIN WATER how it can be done by extend ng spout to bottom of barrel many people catch their rain water in barrels placed under the eaves spout in a long dry spell the roof will become dirty and the first rain will fill the barrel with dirty water if the rain Is long continued it may clear itself but will not if the shower is of short duration in the latter case the barrel will be filled with dirty water to clear the water says a writer in popular science quickly extend the within an inch or two of the bottom of the barrel the incoming water will stir up the water in the barrel so that it will clear itself in one eighth of the time ordinarily re quiren this also applies to cisterns but the smaller the cistern the quick er the clarifying process |