Show mt ca in 5 1 l 1 l S t 1 f SAVE WASTE WATER BY i installing POWER PLANTS pIlI Hons of gallons of water on farms can be harnessed and power utilized plans showing plana r dy R M the oab obstruction to universally installed individuals ater power plants on the farm Is that not ever farm Is blessed falth running water to furnish the power hut there are thousands farms in the united stales which have running water that can be liar beaded and made to work the government has been taking a census of the available water power in tho union and a report will bo la sued in the course of a few months showing that there Is at present golenp to waste something over 60 horse power that might be developed from the streams and fields ot the country exclusive ot caara Ma ara some of this of course is available to the farms that are near the streams enter ing into the but little if fig 1 ground afan of plant 1 account is taken of the minor streams it reams the babbling brooks and rap id flowing creeks that mn through thousands of farms on their idle way to the sea it does not require the thunderous biah and swirl of a magari to drive a turbino large enough to furnish power or the use of a firm the most inno sent looking spring fed brooklet baa ng the proper fall will be ample to tarve the purpose of meeting every power requirement of the average arm providing 0 course that it can be suitably dammed and a sufficient head given to the penned up water in the reservoir from three to six feet S will give a working head of water to drive a turbine that will furnish an electrical generator on hundreds of farms with which alie writer is acquainted in a number of states of uneven topography there c are many streams with volume and fall sufficient to arhe a turbine of from vl 60 to horse power and where the y power plants could be installed at rel mall expense and the first expense is practically the only ex the timbers and cover mhd planking to protect from decay in lomo where small timber la available and in some casts desirable 0 o remove from the land the dam may be built of logs very cheaply and substantially the gasoline as probably the pioneer in furnishing light power for the farm et it has been proved by farm plants recently installed thai chero small even very small water powers are available the gasoline engine is not to be compared to them antho mattei of practicability and perfect convenience to say nothing 0 the matter of care and operation of tho engine or the facility with which the electric power from the turbine may be transmitted to varl ous buildings and points on the farm for use at the same time fig 1 shows the ground plan ot a plant located near the dam and con necked with an open wooden flume and with a vertical turbine this Is an excellent plan where the fall la from three to six feet with a good sup ply of water with this ape ot tur bine the generator or dynamo may be placed overhead and driven by b beal gear the foundation ol 01 the power house should be ot stone or concrete with heavy timber bases lor the turbine and dynamo to insure steady running without jar or albra tiou A breakwater must be built at the power house to prevent ice and debris gathering or lodging across the outlet or tall race the dam should have an apron of concrete or planks protected with concrete to prevent wearing and washing by the flow over the spillway A heavy boom la placed across the entrance to the racks to guard against floating rubbish and close barred racks must be built ai the entrance to the flume to catch fla 2 water power plant with good head of water cooee in generations to come except one counts the coat ot oil for the bear toys and the renewal ot brushes which are oa the generator baco a year the niala expense where the work ie done by contract or by specially hired labor is that ot grading of ex aad filling and the tanner la at an advantage in ehte that be often has adte teams and labor that could not be better employed during the alack reasone aea sone when most it not all of chii work may be done the coat of tor the dam may be largely liB by the IUM of ambera anil plank la its aly using leaves and small acutt that might clog the wheel A heavy gate or stop is set inside the racks to regulate the flow of v ater or to cut it off entirely where there Is the opportunity to get a good head ot water the plant and connection may bs cheaply built as ta pig 2 the flume in this chae may be of sewer ale of the proper aise or a square wooden heavily coated with amaie wood pre may be used instead this drawing shows a vertical turbine with a direct belt drive which la cheaper than the bevel gear ath the closed flume arrangement the hodoe may be located at any dl tecc thoai UM dam or head at calr i |