CORNELL 



IReabina^Coutse for jfarmers 



Published by the College of Agricttlture of Cornell University, 

 FROM November to March, and Entered at Ithaca as Second-class 

 Mattjeb under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894. L. H. Bailey, Directob. 



BUILDINGS AND YARDS. 

 SERIES VI. 



FEBRUARY. 1906. 

 ITHACA, N. Y., 



WATER SUPPLIES. 

 No. 29. 



" WATER SUPPLIES FOR FARAI RESIDENCES 



The first thing I would now do for the farm home is to put in sanitary water- 

 works, for the care and comfort of the person. Nothing would so soon elevate 

 the home ideals. L. H. Bailey, in Tlie Outlook to Nature. 



Fig. 314. — An old-time water supply, now becoming rare. 



In time every good farm home will have running water in the house, 

 with good kitchen sinks, water-closets and a bath room. The drinking 

 water may or may not be brought in pipes. These water supplies can 

 come by gravity from high springs or creeks ; the water may be elevated 

 by pumps of some kind; or the supply may be secured from the roof. 

 In one or another of these ways all farm residences may have a complete 

 water system, to lessen labor, to minister to comfort and health, to pro- 

 vide protection from fire, to supply water for garden and lawn. 



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