Show FOUR UTILITIES S NEEDED HEEDED ON FAR FARM good water Is one of prime essentials for safe and k comfortable living LIGHTING ALSO NECESSARY surface and underground drainage should be considered in locating wells to avoid contamination wood lot desirable A good water supply a completo complete and effective heating heat nj und and lighting systems constitute the four prime utilities of tho the farm home the foundations of safe comfortable living to secure these ends in greatest measure thought and planning are necessary if tho the procedure Is haphazard if tho the parts are not correlated there is neither economy in the construction nor satisfaction in the operation of tho the plant when locating the well tile tho dirac tion of surface and underground drainage should be considered to the end that the water supply inny not be contaminated tamina ted by the sink drain cesspool or other sources of filth the unused water from a spring or flowing well may be made valuable if brought to n watering trough cooling tank fish pond or swimming pool or harvested as ag ice A saving may be effected by laying two lines of pipe in ono one trench the engine which drives the pump may operate other useful appliances such as a dynamo saw wn washing hing ina chine cream separator or churn urn A notable example ot of home planned utilities Is found upon a f farm ar in northern utah by personal plan planning flIng and hard work tho the owner of tills this farm gradually has equipped hla his 1 house lous 0 with V I 1 a pressure water system a laundry containing a power washing machine wringer mangle and drying machine a heating beating plant electric lights electric range electric heaters tor for emergency use ilse in ch chambers timbers and a vacuum cleaning system sanitary farm water supply observation indicates that on the average three out of four farm wells are located within 75 feet of the back door of tho the house bouse and in the direction of the barn that convenience and first cost not safety have been tho the deciding factors in thousands of such locations la is a fact made evident by the proximity of barnyards barn yarda pig pens pastures fertilized fields sink drains privies cesspools ces spools and house yards rendered by chickens steps slops garbage and other filth too fro tile the leach from these cheso or other sources of alith after joining the ground water moves with greater or less leas direct directness nesi to wells and springs seriously impairing the water supply by organic impurity or grossly poisoning it with human sewage among other ways by which surface waters and oleu or poorly covered wells wella and springs are contaminated or receive noxious substances are surface wash from roads ranges or tho the other sources of filth abovementioned above mentioned bodily entry of awl and poultry or their droppings filth from the shoes of careless form farm hands bands and children drippings droppings drip pings from tho the dipper c r 2 bucket handled hy by carriers of disease dust nod and leaves from the air and entry of worms bugs spiders toads frogs mice snakes cuts cots or other animal life which through death and decomposition way may impart to the water dla od odor orand and taste and perhaps mo more r 0 a arlous characteristics les deterioration Dete of water way may bo be duo to still other causes that make it un on who loome but not so po far ns as known of health among such are unusual dissolving of mineral salts from tile earth washings front from clay that produce a milky appearance discoloration from mineral or vegetable matter oi of or vegetable oils absorption of offen offensive 4 ji I 1 gases low forms forma of aniual life alfo min ute aito plant growths often productive ot of bright colored fibrous masses and and especially when water Is of peaty or origin tion with iron in short investigations indicate that only ft a small minority of farm water supplies can bo classed as aa unqualifiedly safe and desirable diseases from poor water among tile caused or influenced fluen ced by contaminated water era are r typhoid fever tuberculosis hookworm bookworm disease clib cholera lern dysentery and adlar rhen find certain obscure maladies that may luny bo be traced eventually to tho the poisonous effects of drainage from human wastes figure 2 shows chows la in a striking manner liow how increased uso use of puru pure water la in massachusetts has been followed by decline in tho the typhoid fever death rate frequently it home or village supplied with water froni from a mountain spring or canyon Is a center of gotter goiter although the possible relationship tion ship of such water to tills this disease has not been proved conclusively among all ailments ments of llva live stock block hog s cholera hrar and foot and mouth disease are spread by moving water f iionno sick animals should not have V access to At streams reams find dead animals should not bo be left exposed in fields or burled where drainage way may carry infection to streams and water supplies ones duty to and neleh bora libers should obligate him to confine alt all sick and burn the carcasses care asses ot of dead ones or bury them deeply in spots remote from streams wells and springs and urge ills neighbor to do the some same tho the vital things to ren remember are that ground water Is not stagnant but moves usually though not 1 with the lay or slope of the land si s i that its character determines largely I 1 tile tho clia racier of wells wella and r brings that it Is not an inexhaustible reservoir but that a given well yields only as it receives and that continued put will not improve the water in a well viell if the sources frow from which it la Is fed are permanently nt at fault in J short ground water Is natural drain age variously modified in its movement and character by subterranean conditions safe location of wells wells cannot be located in all cases so BO that there may not be some pollution but the great safeguards are clean ground and us ns wide separation as possible from the probable channels of any impure drainage it Is not enough that a well or spring Is BO 50 or feet from a source of filth or that it Is merely upon higher ground although veu even moderate remoteness mot eness and elevation of tio the source of su supply aply n anro of service sen ice given porous or gravelly ground beeby ledge edge or lon ion continued pollution of one plot plop of blayd tho the zone of contamination Is like ly to extend long distances lurly in downhill and a oil r 4 such times as water alv diio nie are lowered by drought or beant pumping only when the surface of tha water in i a well or spring Is actually at a higher cleved at all times than any lamby taby nf source of fifth to Is there positive alaur ance co of safety upon any farm a wood lot grove or windbreak ts Is highly desirable not only to supply fuel and small email umber timber but for its beauty and tho the protection it affords 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