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Show HOW TO MAKE A CHEAP WELL Wall Can Be Laid Five or Six Feet High, Arching It at Top With Large Stone for Covering. It is impossible to drive a pipe for a well in some localities, and "stones are scarce to lay a wall in a dug well, , writes J. H. Andre of Wisconsin in the Farm and Home. In such cases the wall can be laid 5 or 6 feet high, arching it at the top with large stones to 15 or 18 inches in diameter, and cover it wfth a large flat stone, a, with a hole in the center to admit a 6-inch pipe. Place a stone, b, in the bottom of the well 18 inches in diameter diam-eter and 4 inches thick. Concrete is best. Make a concrete cone, c, 3 feet long, 16 inches in diameter, at the bottom, 3 inches thick and of a size to fit the bell end of an 8-inch sewer pipe at the top. The large end of the cone will need openings in the side to allow the water to enter freely when pumping. Place the large end of the cone on the stone. ' The first length, d, of sewer pipe can be 8 inches. When the pipe, e, reaches above where the well is stoned it can be reduced to 6 inches a few lengths and then f to 4 inches. ' ' i j Making Cheap Well. Four feet of the pipe at the top of the well should be iron to avoid breaking when handling the pump. Nearly all of the dirt can be placed back in the well which saves the expense ex-pense of drawing it away. When placing plac-ing the dirt back in the well keep a round stick In the pipe as large as the pipe will admit. This will keep .the sewer pipe straight and it need not be put in place faster than the, well is filled up. I |
