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SANITARY Our third element of comfort is the sanitary 



disposal of waste. The farm house should have 

 its drain from the kitchen and a cesspool, if 

 there is no other means of disposal of waste 

 water. On the dry farm do not waste the waste 

 water. Use it on the garden. Every farm 

 house may have a sanitary closet. If water 

 pressure is not available and the water closet can 

 not be installed, which is usually the case on new 

 farms, the soil closet may take its place. For 

 some reasons the soil closet is the most econom- 

 ical and best. There is no greater deodorant 

 and disinfectant than dry soil, and in parts of 

 Europe soil closets are used in the best houses. 

 The soil closet enables the farmer to save the last 

 element of fertility which is usually wasted. His 

 night soil can be placed in the garden or where 

 it will do the most good. The soil closet may 

 be built in the form of the ordinary privy, mak- 

 ing a box in the shape of a draw r er which slides 

 underneath the seat. This box should be placed 

 on two-by-four runners with a clevis attached, so 

 a horse can haul it away, to be dumped. The 

 seat above should be on a hinge so that it may 

 be lifted. A box of soil should be kept at hand 

 and plenty of it used every day. Such closets 

 are free from smell and from disease germs, 

 clean and comfortable. They may be placed 

 near so it will not be necessary to make long 

 journeys through storm and mud. They should 

 be tightly enclosed so they will be comfortable. 



