12 FARM MECHANICS 



CHAPTER XXXIII. FARM WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE 



DISPOSAL 347 



318. Importance of sanitation on the farm. 319. Simplest water 

 system. 320. Gravity system. 321. Water air-pressure system. 

 322. Hydraulic ram. 323. Selecting a system. 324. The septic 

 tank. 325. The art of plumbing. 326. Materials used for plumb- 

 ing. 327. Pipe vise. 328. Pipe cutters. 329. Die stocks and dies. 

 330. Pipe wrenches. 331. Reamers. 332. Rule. 333. Pipe-fittings. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. DRAINAGE AND PIPE FITTING . 361 



334. Fitting pipe handle for lawn roller. 335. Measuring mate- 

 rials for handle. 336. Threading pipe. 337. Cutting pipe. 338. 

 Installing drain from kitchen sink to sewage disposal system. 339. 

 Establishing grade line for drain. 340. Digging ditch to grade. 

 341. Laying the tile. 342. Installing kitchen sink and pump. 343. 

 Maximum depth for pumping water. 344. Location of kitchen 

 sink. 345. Connecting pipe for pump. 346. Installing plumbing 

 in country home. 347. Sewer tile. 348. Soil pipe. 349. Connecting 

 fixtures and vents. 350. Connecting cast-iron and lead pipe. 



CHAPTER XXXV. SUPPLEMENTARY PLUMBING PROJECTS 373 



351. Piping water to stock tank. 352. Installing hot-water tank 

 with kitchen range having hot-water back. 353. To make a stock 

 water heater. 354. Installing hydraulic ram. 355. Installing drain 

 tile at foundation of house. 356. Additional jobs on farm. 



PART VIII 



ROPE AND HARNESS WORK ON THE FARM 

 CHAPTER XXXVI. CONSTRUCTION AND USES OF ROPE 379 



357. The need for rope work. 358. Materials of which rope is 

 made. 359. How rope is made. 360. Rope terms. 361. Care and 

 treatment of rope. 362. Requirements of a good knot. 363. Theory 

 of knots and splices. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. WHIPPING AND MAKING END KNOTS; 



END SPLICES ......... 383 



364. Tools and material needed for rope work. 365. Treatment of 

 raveled rope. 366. Whipping. 367. Crown knot. 368. Wall knot. 



