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Journal of Agriculture. 



[lo Oct.. 1910. 



over the bodv In- the bather. In No. 23 a canvas bag is shown which will 

 give \ex\ cold water, and the contents of a few dippers poured over the 

 body will prove most refreshing. The tray can be made of galvanized 

 iron by the same method as the sink, with the top edge turned over the 

 outside timber as shown in tlie marginal sketch A. The outlet is at the 

 corner. Where water is scarce, this style of bathing could be made to 

 fill a great want and be adapted to suit requirements of homes, permanent 

 or temporary. 



Wafer Supply. — In the days of primitive man, those living in the 

 vicinitv of rivers drew water above and returned it, after use, along with 

 sewage and other refuse, to the stream below their habitation, to con- 

 taminate the water for their neighbours low'er down. This sort of thing^ 

 5.till goes on. Old Avells will become polluted by surface or underground 

 drainage, containing sewage or other objectionable matter, if the site has 

 not been carefully selected. 



The following paragraph is extracted from a recent issue of the Age : — 



Mr. H. H., of Bordertown, was seriously poisoned Ihrousrh drinking water from 

 a well which had been sunk into an old discarded station dip, used 40 years ago. 

 Two of his sons were slightly poisoned through the same cause. 



24. ROOF CISTERN AND UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK. 



Surface drainage should be kept out of wells and underground tanks- 

 Ijy brick and cement work. Bored or drill wells are better and safer 

 than excavated wells, as a greater depth can be secured at far less cost. 



Smaller and poorer farmers might do better if they would only con- 

 sider the difference between bucket and hand pump work, and the up-to- 

 date windmill. A small mill with stand, pump and 30 feet of pipe, 

 capable of pumping 900 gallons per day, can be purcha.sed for about ;£i2, 

 and an 8-ft. mill, capable of pumping water from a well 100 feet deep and 

 delivering 900 gallons i)er day, for about ^23. So great has been the 

 demand for Australian-made mills that one Melbourne maker in 1909 

 turned out 1,800. many of which went to Queensland and Western 

 Australia. 



Illustration No. 2_j shows how roof water may be conveyed into a 

 watertight underground tank, where it can be kept cool ; and from thence 

 pumped up into a small tank on the roof which need not hold more than 



