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THE DAIRYMAN'S MANUAL, 



Where the hight of the hillside was too great to permit 

 of the use of a common suction pump, a dry well was 

 dug to a sufficient depth, viz., eight feet, and the pipe 

 was carried to the bottom of it and connected with a 

 force pump, so that the water could be carried, by 

 means of a hose, to any part of the yard or stables (see 

 figure 19). A nozzle attached to this hose made it easy 

 to throw a stream of water over any of the buildings ; a 

 most useful thing in case of fire, or for washing the 



Fig. 19. — DRAWING WATER FROM A SPRING. 



stable floor, wetting the manure heaps to prevent fire 

 faniring, and other desirable purposes. 



Where springs of this kind are not available, common 

 wells are next in value. But as wells are quickly contam- 

 inated by drainage from the surface, when in or near 

 barnyards or stables, it is advisable to have the well for 

 use in a dairy at some safe distance from the stable and 

 yard. It is only a question of time when the percolation 

 of water fouled by the manure in a barnyard, constantly 

 leaching by the rain, will reach the well ; and although 

 the water is filtered to some extent by its passage through 



