CHAPTEE JY 



DEIVEN MACHINES 

 FARM WATERWORKS 



Every farm has its own water supply. Some are 

 very simple, others are quite elaborate. It is both 

 possible and practical for a farmer to have his own 

 tap water under pressure on the same plan as the city. 

 When good water is abundant within 75 feet of the 

 surface of the ground the farm supply may be had 

 cheaper and better than the city. Even deep well 

 pumping is practical with good machinery rightly in- 

 stalled. Farm waterworks should serve the house and 

 the watering troughs under a pressure of at least 40 

 pounds at the ground level. The system should also 

 include water for sprinkling the lawn and for irrigat- 

 ing the garden. If strawberries or other intensive 

 money crops are grown for market there should be 

 sufficient water in the pipes to save the crop in time of 

 drouth. These different uses should all be credited 

 to the farm waterworks system pro rata, according to 

 the amounts used by the different departments of the 

 farm. The books would then prove that the luxury of 

 hot and cold running water in the farmhouse costs less 

 than the average city family pays. 



Three Systems of Water Storage. The first plan 

 adopted for supplying water under pressure on farms 

 was the overhead tank. The water was lifted up into 

 the tank by a windmill and force pump. Because wind 



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