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a water supply will be surprised at the amount used. It was supposed 

 one spring and small reservoir would be all that would possibly be re- 

 quired. We are now using the water from five good springs. Should 

 more be required, I imagine we will drill a well near one of these reser- 

 voirs and put up a windmill. Our system is giving splendid satisfaction. 

 " We now supply water : 



to our own home wdiich contains four bath-rooms, and 



I think all up to date modern equipments, 

 to the cow barn, accommodating over a hundred head 



of cattle, 

 to the milk room and boiler house, using large quanti- 

 ties of water in our certified milk work, 

 to the horse barn and a small cottage near by." 

 "A drilled well near by with a pressure tank in the ground, and some 

 practical power to keep it filled would save considerable money in digging 

 and laying pipe lines and building reservoirs, and I imagine would give 

 excellent satisfaction." 



John T. McDonald, Delhi. 



Mr. McDonald lives in the hill country in which there are abundant 

 springs of good water on the hillsides. Springs on one of the hillsides 

 are run into a thousand-barrel tank and from this reservoir water is carried 

 to the buildings through a four-inch cast iron pipe wdth a head of about 

 200 feet. This supplies two bath-rooms and water-closets in the residence, 

 and also bath-rooms and plumbing complete in three tenant houses 

 that have been built to accommodate the farm help. The general planning 

 and supervision of this work was done by Mr. McDonald himself. When 

 the system is once installed it works automatically and to perfection and 

 becomes an indispensable part of his farm equipment. 



Five springs are run into the reservoir on the hill, these springs being 

 from ten to twenty rods distant. The reservoir is built in the ground, of 

 stone, twenty feet square and about ten feet deep. It stands nearly full 

 of water the year around. The water as it leaves the springs has a 

 temperature of about forty-two degrees Fahr. In warm weather it some- 

 times reaches as high as fifty in the reservoir and in the buildings as high 

 as fifty-five to fifty-seven degrees. The reservoir is 100 rods from the 

 residence. Pressure at the house is about ninety-five pounds per square 

 inch. The supply pipe from the reservoir is laid five feet deep. The 

 reservoir supplies the residence, creamery, stables, boiler room an 1 three 

 cottages. The sewerage system leads to a creek through eight-inch stone 

 pipes. The cost of the entire plant has been about $i,qoo. 



