trap connection to a tile train and cesspool and tlius save many steps 

 and nmcli hard lifting? Glazed tile, though more expensive, is 

 safer on account of the joints heing cemented which prevents the 

 contamination of well water. How much would it cost ? Tile can 

 be had for four cents a foot, the drain will be laid from ten to 

 twenty-live feet from the house, depending upon the situation of 

 the well if there be one. 



The expense is slight — - 



Twenty-five feet of vitrified tile $4 00 



A sink 1 25 



Pipe and trap connection . . . . .^ 1 00 



The drain will probably be dug by the farmer or liis help when 

 other work is not pressing. The actual cost then will he $6.25 for 

 a permanent means of carrying off the waste water used in the 

 kitchen, or if this water can be utilized in the garden, it may, if 

 there be a gradual incline from the house to the garden, empty 

 itself into a barrel through pipes or a trough laid for t]ie pur])ose. 

 and which may also collect the surplus rain water- from the eaves. 

 Fruit and vegetables will flourish by reason of this water supply. 



An ice hox shouldhe constructed. — Unless ice is brought into the 

 house it is necessary to keep the perishal)le provisions in the cellar. 

 This necesitates traveling to and from the cellar throughout the 

 entire year, for they must be kept there in winter to avoid freezing. 

 Perhaps the cellar is not conveniently located, nor the stairs easy. 

 With but little expense an ice box can be constructed for use in 

 warm weather. A wooden box lined with oil-cloth, zinc or gal- 

 vanized iron, having a hinged cover, and wdth a hole bored in the 

 bottom for the escape of water, has served many a family for a 

 refrigerator. Shelves may be arranged on the sides so that the ice 

 can be put in at the center. These shelves are perforated or arranged 

 in the form of slats to allow a circulation of cool air. The box 

 should be within another with a space between to l>e filled with 

 some non-conducting material, as charcoal or sawdust, or a lining 

 may be built within the box affording such non-conducting arrange- 

 ment. The amount of provisions saved in one season by the use of 



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