THE COUNTRY HOME (CHAPTER 
germs of disease. Nor can it be overlooked that 
freezing these reservoirs or ponds does not destroy 
injurious bacteria. The use of the Pasteur filter is 
recommended in all houses — even where the water 
supply is supposed to be absolutely perfect. The 
alum treatment is also efficacious, but not the most 
reliable. 
Waier supply for your barn and’ stables should 
be as pure as that for the house. While animals 
may not be, apparently, sickened by the use of tain- 
ted water, they often are diseased; and acow’s milk 
is certainly vitiated by what she drinks, as well as 
flavored by what she eats. You can carry water 
from a drilled or artesian well into your barns and 
stables, and obtain a constant supply of pure, cool 
water. It should be carried directly into the stalls, 
through pipes that supply separate drinking basins. 
Wastage from these troughs can be easily provided 
for, down the grouting to the drainage pipes. In 
this way animals can drink when they choose — not 
when they must. If possible, have your well on 
ground above your buildings, and carry the water 
in pipes that tap the main well tube, or can be filled 
by pumping. Flushing-tanks in each stall regu- 
late the supply. By this system the saving of work 
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