Show INFECTION IN WELL W WATER ATER one of the principal causes of human ailment ailments many causes of which overlooked in many places out tn in the semi arid country water ie in found only at consid arable erable depth depths and in these sections section people are accustomed to sink deep well wells for domestic domec tic uee use because datura nature compels them to do so but in other places it ie Is possible to obtain rater water in shallow welle wells most persons fall to that shallow wella wells are almost invariably supplied by seepage wate from surface washings and no matter how carefully the well may be con strutted ted its waters are likely to become polluted with the farst heavy rainfall tt it Is a well known fact that impure water is one of the principal cipal causes of human all ailments ments but many of the causes of water contamination are generally overlooked wella wells not only receive the beware from the surface but science ba a i roved that many binds kinds of plant life will extend their roots SO 60 feet deep to reach water since no tind kind of land plants will live it their roots are immersed in water for even a comparatively short time after every heavy rain a shallow well Is not only filled with surface teachings but there is usually a considerable amount of decaying vegetable matter directly in the well in cities where there is an epidemic the health department immediately investigates the water supply and almost invariably finds the trou brou ble in that direction the average farmer and resident of rural districts cottri ct on the other hand manifest surprising in mis this the usual well la Is one only deep to furnish a water supply and no thought la Is given to its source it Is not considered that a sub stratum blight might carry the filth teeming with germs of an outbuilding ten rods away directly into the well and the drinking of such water la is one of the principal causes ot of disease la in rural place places nature has provided an abundant supply of pure wholesome water filtered and free from germe germs down deep in every part of the world the these great beds bels can bo be made readily accas elble bible by tapping tham with bore holes and caning to bed rock to exclude pos bible 1 pollution from surface leach iga 1911 ahen one considers the improvement pro which has been made in well drilling machinery during the last half century it la is inexcusable for olay man to longer shirk his duty to his family and himself by not obtaining the pure water supply that nature so provide provides |