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Show Topics SUGGESTS ELECTRIC FARM WATERWORKS North Carolina System Costs About $100. By RUSSELL EROADDUS A water system can be installed in the farm home for as little as $100 with the advent of rural electrification elec-trification throughout the United States. New opportunities for installing labor and time-saving equipment are offered farm people at a price they can afford to pay, the North Carolina State college has found. The first essential in a water system sys-tem is a good, clean, wholesome supply in a quantity sufficient for the farm and home needs. A well should be located at least 50 feet from any possible source of contamination. To keep a water supply clean and free from harmful bacteria, the well should have rock masonry, brick or terra cotta walls from bottom to top. In many cases driven or bored wells with iron castings are quite satisfactory. All wells should have tight, properly-made concrete platforms plat-forms to keep out surface water. An electric water system will provide pro-vide 1,000 gallons of water per hour for three cents when the. electric rate is six cents a kilowatt hour. In many cases the small amount of electric current used to pump water will not increase the monthly bill above the minimum charge. The college recommends that the farm family first install an outlet to the kitchen sink and another to the barn for watering live stock. He says this can be done for approximately approx-imately $100. The system can be enlarged en-larged as finances permit. The average farm laborer earns from 20 to 3Q cents an hour for his work. Why then should the farmer's farm-er's family work carrying water at the rate of one-half cent per hour? |