| Show barn cisterns one of tile the advantages of the baso babe ment barn la Is that lt it makes baay a tho i construction of a eltern cistern to take lake the water wa ter from f rom its root roof anti and place it convenient for stock stabled lu ILI it it Is never best to trust to wells for watering I 1 stock A well near a stable or barn bara soon becomes foul by nitration filtration of water I 1 through soil satui atod with manure I 1 A bim barn large elloid enough 11 II to lo hold ilay hay aai I 1 other provender for 1 1 I large stock staci will furnish furn isla water from the ralli rain that aba t fails on oil its it a roof for or till sill the stock that can call b be j i fed from it chete should always bi i it filter 11 in tile the faucet to the cistern isome some precautions must also be taken to prevent tile cistern alstern front from be conin dirty whenever WU enever threshing la IS dons t the Z barn root ind the oivo eave troughs are apt to be filled with dust the eave troughs should be cleaned at such sue miles aud and tho the water from the first mah rall after threshing allowed to run alln to the ground before being ill div veiled elied to tile the cl 11 with such precautions the hie barn cistern cister 1 will keep pure water tor for a long time without need of belag cleaned if the basement Is a deep I 1 0 one th the water rater in II 11 the cistern will never freeze over oter it J winter but will bell to keep keel froat ra ot of the basement it li is a great conven lence in very veil cold weather to bato wakil ld I 1 e q cows in tile the basement without espos expos I 1 thorn them to the cold air outside ing 4 i |
