CHAPTER 60 



Farm Sanitation 



By II. U. Blasingame 

 Professor of Agricultural Engineering, Alabama Polytechnic Institute 



Farm sanitation ordinarily includes five distinct branches, namely: 

 lighting, heating, ventilation, water supply and sewage disposal. Following 

 is a brief consideration of each of the above mentioned: 



LIGHTING 



There are several sources of light for isolated farm homes at the present 

 time. They are as follows: 



1. Kerosene Lamps. — These are cheap in initial 

 cost. The fuel may be obtained at any cross-roads 

 store. They are quite safe. There are a few dis- 

 advantages to such a source of light, namely, the 

 odor they emit, the soot which they produce and the 

 fact that they burn more oxygen than other forms 



of lighting. Lastly, the 

 light is not a white light. 

 2. Gasoline Lamps. 

 — These may be divided 

 tOAm into two groups, the cold 

 process and the hot pro- 

 cess. The former system 

 requires a lighter grade 

 of gasoline for the pro- 

 duction of light and is 

 more expensive to op- 

 erate. The cold process 

 lamps are much safer than the hot process lamps which may be operated 

 with heavier, cheaper gasoline. While cheaper, the latter are more danger- 

 ous than the former. 



3. Acetylene Gas. — This gas is produced by water and calcium 

 carbide being brought together. The safest system of acetylene lighting 

 may be had by feeding calcium carbide in small quantities to a large quan- 

 tity of water. The heat produced is conducted away too fast for any danger 

 of explosion. While this system is reasonably safe, there have been many 

 explosions which have cost both life and property. This gas may cause 



iCourt sy of Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Chicago, 111. 



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