Piute Chieftain | 1916-05-04 | Page 6 | Weed Water Pipe Material

WEED WATER PIPE MATERIAL large hollow straight stalks of common cow weed used by boy on west virginia farm A boy of fourteen on a west virginia jearm has piped water from a hillside spring to the house a hundred yards away and the total expense was less than 50 cents he used the large hollow straight stalks of common wild cow weed over an inch in diameter e ter and each five and six feet long fitting the little ends tightly into the big ends after wrapping the latter with twine to keep them from split splicing ing and also wrapping the centers and painting the outsides outs out ldes sides with asbestos black the pipes are supported support edon on forked sticks overhead high for a part of the distance and tor for the rest are put just under the bt stony ony ground