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AND A LIVING 



keep it in motion and the filtration will go on 

 although the field may be covered with snow and 

 ice. 



The water from the roof may be used to ad- 

 vantage along with the soap-suds and slops, in- 

 stead of simply keeping dampness around the 

 house. 



The simplest way to utilize kitchen slops is to 

 pour them upon plants about the house in sum- 

 mer, in winter upon the soil, each time in an- 

 other spot, so as not to supersaturate the surface 

 layers of soil in any one place. However, mar- 

 ketable fruits and vegetables should not be care- 

 lessly allowed to come in contact with fresh sew- 

 age, nor should the irrigation field be near the 

 well. 



The Waring system, best adapted for climates 

 where there is little frost, is to conduct the 

 sewage underground in pipes with open 

 joints and with trenches: but this is somewhat 

 costly. 



Here was an ingenious scheme for getting 

 others to do his work described by a writer in 

 Maxwell's Talisman: 



