WATER WITHOUT PRESSURE 



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If there is no municipal water supply available, no reservoir 

 and no overhead tank on the premises, and an investment for 

 same is not warranted, the following scheme may be substituted, 

 and it is entirely practicable and satisfactory. The writer 

 worked out the idea and has used it for several years. 



The most expensive part of a water system is the tower and 

 overhead tank, both of which may be eliminated. Install a sound 

 oak barrel of about 50-galIon capacity, preferably a charred 



(Courtesy Wisconsin Experiment Station) 

 Fig. 105. — A raised shelf for the fountain insures clean drinking water. 



whiskey container (the charred lining serves to clear the water, 

 absorb any impurities and keep it sweet), in each house and on 

 the range where desired, and connect these with underground 

 piping to an ordinary force-pump at the well. Erect a pump- 

 jack, back-geared about seven to one, over the pump, and oper- 

 ate this with a small gasoline engine — one horse power is ade- 

 quate. 



The'barrels are left with their heads in, and an inlet pipe fitted 

 with a valve or spigot is inserted in the top of each, also an over- 



