| Show HOW TO CONSTRUCT A CISTERN S mple points chih are wel worth eang A cistern properio prope rii constructed and cared for f a means of id ing pure water for human use just as 1 constructed and properly iro perly protect e 1 ponds furnish a good source of wa tei tor stock purposes in the nature of the case a cistern will be locate 1 near the kitchen and otten will not 1 e considered until after the ho ise is built it is of much advantage to have the cistern where it will be in the shade either of trees or bu id lags but it is important that it may be easily cleaned and for this reason it is not desirable that it sl be tinier the louse it is convenient to hae the pump on the porch and wt ere so located the cover of the cistern should be tight but removable and may a part of the boich floor it Is well to employ a mechanic when building a cistern but it Is not a all necessary to do all of the things be may do the excavation of a cis tern should be careful made with the s des shaved down regularly it should be deep and of ample size A circular cistern six feet in diameter and twelve feet deep will hold a little over one hundred barrels and this should be the medium size each ad dit ional foot in depth increases the capacity about e and one ha f bar rel A cistern ten feet in diameter and twenty feet deep will ho d about four hundred and seventy e barrels in some localities the soil is of such character that the cement plaster is applied directly to the soil while many cisterns thus constructed are satisfactory more are faulty the safe plan Is first to lay in ce ment mortar a brick bottom disk shaped so as to give extra strength on top of this a brick wall should be laid up in cement mortar with enough lime in it to make it work and the space between the bricks and dirt should be filled solid with this mortar the arch should be laid up in cement mortar and the neck of the cistern should be long enough to per mit of cons demable filling in with soil both for drainage and insulation from heat inlet and overflow pipes provided with screens to keep out insects should be cemented in at the proper height in the neck of the cis tern these pipes geould be of glazed tile of the same size as the downspout from the roof the entire interior of the stern should be plastered with a heavy coat of cement f mortar well worked down and after setting this should be brushed with cement and water so as to fill the pores and give a smooth surface only fresh portland cement should be used the illustration shows how the over flow pipe can be extended to the hot torn and thus serve to carry off the sediment that accumulates montreal herald |
