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Show WATERING TANK FOR STOCK Small Stream of Water May Be Kept Plowing by Use of Barrels as Shown. Some animals like to splash the water wa-ter after they have quenched (heir thirst. This will render the water unfit un-fit for use of other animals, and also eauscs a muddy place near th tank. I have prevented this, says a writer In the Popular Mechanics, by making (be arrangement shown In the illustration. illustra-tion. Iron-hooped barrels were imed Water Tank. for tanks. They r sawed In the renter ren-ter and the half barrel set on a board platform made of several planks. The one shown Is made of three half barrels, bar-rels, th center one being a little larger than the other two. They were held In place 011 the plank with a piece of two by four Inch nmterlifl bolted bolt-ed at each end. Their Inner aurfaces were notched to fit the barrels. Two ahoil pieces of pip connect the center cen-ter lank to the other two. The center tanV receives the water from the source of supply. A small etieam of wster, keep flowing In and out all the time, keepa the water from becoming atagnaa' The earth can be kept dry about wa'.r tanks of any kind by preparing the base as shown. The overflow or leakage will drain away and prevent a mud hoVc; Many times ashes or dirt aV SHUtj -i a iU-aWMa -" ' Base ef Tank. are thrown about a tank to abamb the moisture, which makes the leakngc flow bst k under the tank, (.'.instant datuptieaa dots tl.e wiki.1 aul i-n.. the foundation In-ecui;. |
