SERVICING THE HOME 



will give the housewife the advantages that 

 electricity offers. 



Telephone service and electrical facilities 

 may fall into the class of luxuries for those 

 with limited resources. It may be pointed out 

 in this connection that millions of farm homes 

 are still using petroleum products for light- 

 ing purposes and are finding it no hardship. 

 Practically all would, of course, use electricity 

 if it were available and financially possible. 

 The new home owner in the country will find 

 it advantageous to locate where electric service 

 io obtainable. 



Other services for the country residents are 

 pretty largely up to the owner as to their 

 utilization and type. It is necessary, of course, 

 to have an ample water supply, to maintain 

 sanitary conditions through sewerage of some 

 description, to provide a method of heating the 

 home during cold weather and to provide storage 

 facilities for food during the dormant season. 



The Water Supply. Perhaps the most impor- 

 tant attribute of the country home is an adequate 

 supply of water. This is particularly true where 

 families have been accustomed to utilizing 

 municipal water supplies which are safe and 

 pure as to quality and unlimited in amount. 

 In most country homes it is necessary to con- 

 struct a water-supply system, which means 

 reaching a supply of underground water, pump- 



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