Eureka Reporter | 1905-11-24 | Page 7 | Running Water on the Farm

RUNNING WATER ON THE FARM great convenience usually can be cheaply installed the farmer is a large use of tor no farming operations can be car ried on without it the installation of a water plant for farm purposes tor use in the market house and barn is therefore one of the first essentials to successful farming says american homes and gardens this however should be but the first step for a water plant that gives running water in the barn can afford the same tacil ity in the kitchen at small additional expense no farm wife need be told ol 01 the superior merits of running water in her kitchen over the old fashioned well or the hardly less archaic hand pump the latter has of course some conveniences over the former but it stalls weary work and adds a quite unnecessary burden to the many la bors that fall to the wife on the farm but assuming that running water has been brought into the farm kitchen the question may well be asked why stop therea why not a bathroom 7 why not a separate bath room for the men helpa why not shower baths and all the conveniences that modern plumbing has broughto 7 all these things should follow as a matter of course and no doubt would do so could the farmer be convinced as to their utility and be satisfied that their installation would not cripple his financial resources the latter point Is apt to have more weight than the former there is unquestionably a large field for business in this diorec tion