780 LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA. 



necessary by making small doors opening from the alley into 

 each pen. The rafters should be spiked or pinned together at 

 the top. If covered with wild hay, ribs of light poles may be 

 nailed across the rafters close enough to support the hay. If 

 covered with lumber, only four ribs on each side will be neces- 

 sary. For cleaning out the pens, and for ventilation in Sum- 

 mer, nail the lower board on each side about four inches from 

 the floor. Then nail cleats at the sides of each pen, so that a 

 six-inch board may be dropped in to keep out cold in Winter. 

 The partitions may be movable, so as to change the pize of tne 

 pens as often as desired. 



WELLS. 



I have tried open wells near the barn, but the surface 

 drainings would creep in and taint the water with the manure. 

 I do not want stock to drink water that I will not use myself. 

 About four hundred feet from my barn is a rise of about four 

 feet in the land. There I dug a well and put up a tub-mill for 

 pumping water. Not caring to pump by hand, I placed 

 the cylinder in the water (to keep it always primed), then 

 lengthened out the rod attached to the valve to connect with the 

 lever of the windmill. I use one and one-quarter inch gas- 

 pipe from the cylinder to about six feet above the ground, 

 through which the pump rod runs. 



About four feet above ground I put on a T knuckle, in 

 which I screwed a horizontal pipe to conduct the water into 

 my reservoir tank, which holds about thirty barrels. From 

 this tank I carry the water to my barn through inch pipe (it 

 should be larger) laid four feet under ground. At the point 

 where I bring the water to the surface, I attach a stop-cock to 

 the horizontal pipe, with a lever reaching to the surface of the 

 ground. A vent hole in this stop-cock allows the water to 

 escape from an upright pipe (into a box sunk there) when 

 shut off from the watering trough. The upright pipe rises 

 about three feet above the surface, and with an elbow on top 

 and a short piece of pipe fastened therein, the water can be 

 carried to several pens by means of a piece of wooden spout. 

 I intend to either dig a well or lay tile from my water troughs 



