220 AGRICUI^TURE OF MAINE, 



I am satisfied that it is perfectly satisfactory everywhere. You 

 cannot go to a Farmers' Institute and advocate a thing which 

 the farmer puts in and spends anything on without hearing 

 from it if it is not all right. 



Ques. Do you get any odors ? 



Ans. Not a particle. There is no odor from a septic tank 

 because there are no putrefiers and it takes those to make odors. 

 The very few that get a start there are destroyed by the 

 anaerobes ; but give the puitrefier a chance and he will kill the 

 anaerobes. So far as any odor or sanitary conditions are con- 

 cerned I would just as soon have a septic tank in the cellar. 

 There is absolutely no objection to having a septic tank immedi- 

 ately outside the cellar wall. 



Just a word in regard to putting on the cover. I would al- 

 ways have a manhole on one end of it, that could be turned 

 back. This should be about two feet wide and as long as the 

 tank is wide ; and should not be fastened to the tank. It is a 

 simple matter to make this portion of the cover loose; just cover 

 the top of the side walls with paper before the cover part is 

 poured and the trick is done. 



