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is difficult to explain why more miniature lakes, 

 in which to store water for all except culinary 

 purposes, are not constructed. In Fig. 7 it is 

 shown how easily these pools may be made 

 without expensive stone dams, and after the 

 fashion of those constructed in many of the 

 southern states. 



Wells, in many places, must be deep, and 

 then often furnish but a meager supply of water, 

 while cisterns large enough to supply all wants 

 are expensive. In addition to artificial lakes, 

 wells, and cisterns, there are often streams, or 

 best* of all, springs, to be drawn upon. In any 

 case, a full and continuous supply of water 

 should be provided before buildings are con- 

 structed if annoyance, loss, and unnecessary labor 

 are to be obviated and the best sanitary condi- 

 tions secured in the house. Unless the water 

 is brought into the house under a constant pres- 

 sure, one or more storage tanks should be pro- 

 vided. They should be placed at such elevations 

 as will secure at least some pressure on the first 

 floor above the cellar. The storage tank may 

 have a capacity of from one to five barrels, and 

 may be constructed of rough or planed two -inch 

 planks and lined with galvanized iron, if the 

 water is to be used for culinary purposes ; if not, 

 it may be lined with lead. The tank, which may 

 be of any shape desired, may be placed on sup- 



