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DAIRY AND FARM SEWAGE 



common on dairy farms, quite frequently secures a direct connec- 

 tion with the well, especially if located near it, and thus contami- 

 nates the water. Polluted water comes from improper sewage 

 disposal, and is generally infected from household excrements, 

 barn-yarn drainage, etc. Its use leads to bowel disturbances, 

 typhoid fever, and dysentery, affecting man and beast alike. The 

 health of large communities of people who draw their food supply 

 from the country is in a measure dependent upon the healthful- 



FIG. 1. Showing method of contamination of well water from manure yards and cess pools. 



ness of the farming community. In fact, there is scarcely a city 

 child whose health is not in a degree dependent upon the sanitary 

 condition of the barn and house of the dairyman. Milk has fre- 

 quently been shown to be the means of disease distribution. 



With these conditions before us it is absolutely necessary to 

 have a good sewage-disposal plant on every farm. Health cannot 

 be measured by cost; for a small cost should not stand in the way 

 to any great extent in erecting a plant that is effective for this 

 purpose. 



The Dairy Department of the Kansas State Experiment Station 

 has for the past few years been experimenting on the different 

 methods of sewage disposal, and it is now ready to advocate a sys- 

 tem that is comparatively inexpensive, and is practical for every 

 farm; in fact, in some cases it has proven to be a source of great 

 profit when used for irrigating and fertilizing truck patches and 

 farm crops. It has furthermore proven to be a labor-saving con- 

 trivance in the way of cleaning cow stables, providing the stables 

 are properly constructed, as shown in (Fig. 2 and 3.) 



