245 BUILDING 



WATER SUPPLY 



An important item is the water supply, if 

 the place chosen is away from town water sys- 

 tems. If there is a good spring on the acre, 

 pipes can be laid from it to the house and a 

 pump in the kitchen sink will do the rest, but 

 if you can get a fall of ten or twelve feet from 

 spring to kitchen, no pump will be needed. 



If you have to drive a well, the average cost 

 is about one dollar per foot. A barrel or tank 

 over the stove where the water can be pumped 

 gives a good water supply to the kitchen. 



Where the water system does not admit of a 

 bathroom and toilet, the outdoor closet should 

 be built in a modern way. The contents if 

 mixed with earth or litter may be used as a gar- 

 den fertilizer. 



Make a shaft, say 2x4, down the side or at 

 the corner of the house to form the toilet room. 

 Sections of 12-inch vitrified pipe form a recep- 

 tacle, the end with the collar being uppermost 

 and touching the underside of the seat. The 

 lower end is supported by bricks or stone a foot 

 from the ground. Once a week put a wheel- 

 barrow load of good earth, rotten sods, or leaf 



