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Show Avoid Cheap Methods. Makeshift methods, materials or devices de-vices should be avoided, or used sparingly, spar-ingly, according to Farmers' Bulletin 1227, Sewage and Sewerage of Farm Homes, recently issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Vent pipes should never be placed in the tops of septic tanks or cesspools where they are near dwelling houses. In the construction of a sewage disposal dis-posal plant, the siphon chamber and siphon may be omitted In those rare instances where it is feasible to discharge dis-charge into salt water or Into a large stream already badly polluted. Disposal Dis-posal of sewage In a running stream should be a last resort, as such practice prac-tice endangers water supplies downstream, down-stream, and unless the volume and velocity ve-locity of flow are good such disposal may be very objectionable. After a sewage disposal plant is installed, it is necessary to inspect and clean it out at regular intervals. The settling chamber should be cleaned at least once a year. All pipe lines below the ground should be marked with Iron or stone markers to facilitate examination, examina-tion, repair, or extension of the system. sys-tem. Every Tanner contemplating the Installation In-stallation of a sewage disposal plant should secure and study this bulletin, which can be obtained free of charge from the division of publications, United Unit-ed States Department of Agriculture, Washington. |