394 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



the wall is plastered inside it will defy all water from without. 

 A cistern filled with rain water during winter will furnish safe, 

 pure water for summer use. 



Too much care can not be taken in the disposition of the slops 

 from the kitchen and chambers. I would not risk a sink drain, 

 as there is great danger of contamination and disease from it, 

 and there is a better way to dispose of this waste. As near the 

 house as it can be done put up a small shed roof, under which 

 put a wagon load or two of dry earth, and empty the slops on 

 it. Keep a shovel in the shed and each time you empty a pail 

 of the slops shovel some dry earth over it. This shed may 

 be an enlargement of the one recommended for the privy. 

 Chamber slops disposed of in this way will never be offensive, 

 and in the course of a year a large amount of valuable fertil- 

 izers will be made. These slops can never, with safety, be 

 thrown on the ground around the house. 



