Show i T our part in feeding ER e NW ion special information r united states department 0 ot FARM HOMES NEED GOOD WATER 6 j 1 1 f 11 41 13 IN 9 T 7 illustrating common but unsafe location of the farm well and af d spring pos PCS sible source of puro water also la Is indicated Indicate tf A unsafe well 0 unsafe spring C privy D garden E chicken yard F hog yard G cula bated field H Pas pasture turp J woodlot fenced off and kept clean heroo here Bey beyond onil the pro probable b i abie channels of bf impure drainage may oe be pure pura water FOUR S E D E 0 F A R it MM I 1 flood good water Is one of prime essentials for safe and comfortable living LIGHTING ALSO NECESSARY ESSARY surface and underground drainage should se be considered in locating wells wella to avoid contamination wood vao d lot desirable A good water supply a complete COM PIEte sewage disposal plant and effective 4 heating and lighting systems consal cons tl tuto the four utilities of the tann home the foundations af safe comfortable living to secure these biose ends anda in greatest measure thought though land tand are necessary if the procedure to s haphazard it if the parka ar averit are erit not correlated there Is neither economy in n the nor satis fa chau IQ id the ope roton ot the pant when Io locating fating the he well the dinep direction of surface vind and underground dir abc I 1 SQ d bo considered 0 to o the end thai alie water supply may nobe contaminated tamina ted by the aln sink k drain cepo cesspool oll or other sources of 0 filth the unused water from a floy flowing jink yell rj ft baay laay bo made valuable lf brought to a n watering trough tough cooling tonics tank fish pond or swimming pool or harvested its as ice A saving may be e effected by f laying two lines of 0 pipe in ono ond trench the engine which drives alib pump bump may operate other useful appliances such aga as n dynamo saw wa washing I 1 shing mahine machine mae e cream separator or churn A notable example of home planned utilities is found upon a farm in northern utah dy by personal planning ani hard work the owner of this form farm gradually ling haa equipped hla his house xv with ill H R pressure water system a 11 laundry laun iry containing a power washing machine iv wringer ringer mangle and drying machine a heating plant electric lage lj ge electric heaters for emergency use in clambers CB ambers and a vacuum clean arx system I 1 sanitary farm water supply observation indicates that on the average i e three out of four farm wells eife aro located within 75 fector the back door of the hou house se andin the direction 0 of the barn that and fl st cost not safety have hac been the deciding factors in thousands atlas ot of such locations Is a fact made evident by the proximity of Larn barnyards yards pig pens pastures fertilized fields sink drains privies cesspools ces spools and house yards rendered by chickens slops garbage and other filth too frev the leach from these or other sources of filth after joining the ground water moves with greater or less directness to wells and springs seriously impairing the water supply by organic impurity or gross grossly ly poisoning it with human sewage among other ways mays by which surface waters and open or poorly covered cohered wells and springs tire are contaminated or receive noxious substances tire are surface wash from roads ranges or the other sources of filth above mentioned bodily entry of stock and poultry or their filth from the shoes of careless farm hands and children drippings droppings drip pings from the Ithe dipper or bucket handled by carriers of disease dust ond and leavas from the air and entry of worms buis bugs spiders toads frogs mice snakes eats cats or other animal life which through death and decomposition may impart to the water disi als gre esIle odor and taste an and 1 perhaps more artong s rious characteristics cli Dete oration of water may bo be duo due to stil other lother causes that thai make it un wholesome but not cot so far as known destructive of health among such are unusual sual dissolving n of mineral salts salti from the earth washings washing from clay that produce a milky appearance discoloration from mineral or vegetable matter tb atter admixture ai ot fahlee bihn al 41 or verti lable olfa oils of offensive gages low fow formy of animal life minute plant growths efti productive ot of bright colored fibrous masses and and nd especially when water is a of peaty or origin impregnation with iron in short investigations indicate that only a small stil till minority minori fy of barmwater farm water supplies can be classed as aa unqualifiedly safe und find desirable diseases from poor water among tile the ailments caused or in fluen ced by contaminated water are typhoid fever tuberculosis hookworm disease cholera dysentery and diarrhea and certain obscure maladies that may be traced eventually to the poisonous effects of drainage from hu man wastes figure 2 shows in a striking manner liow how increased se ot of pure water in massachusetts line liaa been followed by decline in the typhoid death rate rat F frequently a 4 home or village supplied with water from a mountain spring or canyon la Is a center canter af goiter although the possible relationship tion ship 0 of 9 ilch water to this disease al sease hadnot been among ailments of h hoy og cholera anthrax and foot and mouth disease aru aro spread by moving water eiten hence sick animals should nat have access to at streams reams and dead animals should riot bo be left exposed la fields ads or adhere may carry to la fc chon to streams anil water supplies ones duty to himself and neighbors should obligate him to confine all siek sick animals and burn the carcasses ot of dead ones or bury hoiu deeply in 0 o remote from streams wells well and pr ga and urge his neighbor r to io do t th he 0 same 1 the vital things to remember jad are thit that ground water Is not hoi stagnant nut but moves usually ally though not always with the jay iny or slope of the land that Us its character chur acter determines largely argei y the character of wells and springs that it Is not an inexhaustible reservoir but that a given wolf y las elds only as it rec receives elves ind and that pumping will not improve the water rh a well if the sources from watch it Is 19 fed are permanently I 1 at adult in short ground water Is natural drain ogo ago variously modified in its movement and character by subterranean an conditions safe location of wells wells cannot be located in all cases so that there may not be some pollution but the great sate safeguards guarIs are arc clean ground and as wide separation as possible from the probable chhn nels of any impure drainage it is i 8 not enough that a well or spring Is go 60 or foet feet from a source of falth alith or that it Is merely upon higher ground although aven moderate remoteness I 1 mot eness and elevation of TIO source of supply are ofee of service r vice given porous or gravelly ganv elly ground grou fid seamy scams ledge edge or 01 I 1 long iong continued I 1 poi lutlo u of one plot of land the gone one of contamination Is like ly to extend long particularly cu in downhill dielt alluis and at eucie such times as water are lowered by drought drou glit or beav pumping only when the surface or the w water a ter in a walor spring Is actu actually oil at a 1 higher h loved at all times tb than 4 1 any ab nearby source of filth Is there positive ca tv assurance ur one of safety upon upon any farm faim a wood lot grove or is highly desirable not nol only to supply fuel and nd small timber but for its beauty and the protection 1 it affords |