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the wings. The area of this main building, however, is only about one- 

 quarter of the entire roof system. 



The cistern beneath the house is large, having a capacity of no 

 barrels. This receives the roof water from the wings and also the excess 

 of roof water, if there should be any, from the overflow from the tank 

 in the attic. It often happens that during certain portions of the year 

 the rainfall is insufificient to supply the tank in the attic. In order to meet 

 this deficiency, a good hand pump has been put in the bath-room, by means 

 of which water is pumped from the cistern below up to the tank in the 

 attic. In the dry summer months, considerable water has to be pumped up. 



The water is heated in a common cylindrical heater which stands 

 back of the kitchen stove and is connected with it. There has been no 

 difificulty in having warm water. The sewage is emptied into a cesspool 

 situated twelve or fifteen rods north of the liouse. The cesspool is a com- 







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Fig. 320. — Circular storage tank on the Winters farm. 

 It supplies the barn and residence in the distance. 



paratively large one, being fully ten feet deep and about six feet in 

 diameter, and lined with stone. 



The system works to perfection, no repairs being necessary and no 

 trouble experienced since it was installed. 



Winters Farm, Smithboro (Fig. 320). 



"There are four springs supplying the larger reservoir (Fig. 320) 

 and one spring supplying a small reservoir. One-inch lead pipes bring the 

 water from the springs to the reservoirs and a two-inch galvanized pipe 

 brings the water from these reservoirs to the various buildings. These 

 systems are connected and arranged so that water can be used from both, 

 or any one of the reservoirs in all the buildings. 



" There are three fire hydrants and about two hundred feet of hose 

 and an average pressure of about fifty pounds. I am somewhat in favor 

 of getting water from drilled wells instead of springs. Anyone putting in 



