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FARM APPLIANCES. 



was polluted by foul gases, and from the use of it diph- 

 theria had certainly resulted. When making a well, 

 have it, if possible, above the barn-yard, and let the 

 drainage -be from it rather than into it. Arrange a place 

 for slops with a cement bottom and sides, from which 

 glazed pipes, cemented together, allow the unhealthy 

 matter to flow off and away from the well. 



HOOK FOB CLEANING WELLS. 



Every farmer who has open wells, knows how difficult 

 and tiresome a task it is, to extricate articles which have 

 fallen into them, but figure 128 shows a contrivance 

 which has been used successfully. Find the depth of the 

 well and cut off as many eight or ten-foot 

 lengths, four inches wide, of inch boards, 

 as will, when fastened together, reach to the 

 bottom of the well. Sharpen the end of one 

 length to a point, as a in the engraving ; 

 bolt or nail a cross-piece b, three or four 

 inches above the point a, making one side 

 a little longer than the other, and about 

 three inches shorter than the radius of the 

 well. Fasten upon the cross-piece three 

 pieces of chain, each about ten inches long, 



r: I* '_ * p at equal distance from each other. Make 

 t <J double hooks out of one-eighth inch wire, 

 or old bucket bails ; sharpen the ends, and 



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attach them to the chains. Bolt the lengths 

 of boards together closely ; let the cross-piece and hooks 

 down into the well, tightening the bolt at the end of 

 each length as it passes, until the point reaches the bot- 

 tom. Now turn the contrivance, causing the hook to 

 describe several circles at the bottom of the well. The 

 article sought for will probably be caught by the hooks ; 



