June, 1907 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



XII 



How To Have 



A Reliable Water Supply 



No MATTER where you may live, you may have a reHable water 

 supply. No matter how extensive or modest your requirements 

 might be, you may have an ample supply of water the entire year 'round 

 — day and night. You may have an abundant supply everywhere — all 

 plumbing fixtures and hydrants — just as high as you want it. 



Unless you are connected with a first-class water works system which 

 gives satisfactory service, and is economical, you should learn about 



The Kewanee System of Water Supply 



Limited space makes it impossible to tell here in detail how 

 the Kewanee System operates. Briefly, it includes the right 

 kind of pumping equipment to suit the individual conditions of 

 each customer. It includes also the results of over ten years 

 experience in designing individual water supply plants and 

 operating them. We also ofYer in the Kewanee System, the 

 technical knowledge of a corps of trained engineers. 



A main feature of the Kewanee S) stem is the Kewanee Pneu- 

 matic Tank. With this tank the troubles, repairs, freeze-ups, 

 leakages, etc. which go hand in hand with the use of elevated 

 and attic tanks, are entirely avoided. 



You need not use an attic tank which may leak and flood 

 your house, or in which the water will become foul and stagnant; 

 and which does not provide sufBcient pressure for good service. 



It is not necessary to have an exposed elevated tank, to 

 freeze, flow over, leak or collapse. 



By using a Kewanee Pneumatic Tank, your water will be 

 delivered to all plumbing fixtures and hydrants by air pressure. 



The tank is placed in the cellar or it may be buried in the 

 ground. It is made of steel plates, securely riveted; and by 

 means of a special process, it is made absolutely air tight. Pump- 

 ing water into this tank, creates the air pressure, which dis- 

 tributes the water. 



We would like an opportunity to design a Kewanee System 

 of Water Supply for you. We would like to show you just 

 wherein it will be most economical, efficient and satisfactory. 

 We would like to give you the benefit of our practical ex- 

 perience and technical knowledge in this line. We would make 

 no charge for preliminary services and we would fully protect 

 you with a guarantee of satisfactory results. 



But, first, we want to send you our sixty-fonr page illustrated catalog No. 3fi, 

 wlilcL is tilled fioiii cover to cover with valuable information on the subject of 

 water supply. It shows how the Kewanee System has been adapted to bnildint-'S 

 of various sizes from the smallest cottage to the largest institution, and small 

 towns. It is fully illustrated. 



If you need a water supply system now or expect to need one in the future, you 

 should write for our catalog right away. Tell us what you will want supplied with 

 watei' and we will send you oui- complete catalog and full exiilanation. 



New York 



Kewanee Water Supply Company, Kewanee, 111. 



Chicane 



f m f "y JUST jt PUBLISHED 



The New Agriculture 



By 



T. BYARD COLLINS 



8vo. ClotK. 376 Pages 

 100 Illustrations 

 Price, $2.00, r'ostpaia 



HIS new and valuable work sets forth the changes which 

 have taken place in American agricultural methods which 

 are transforming farm life, formerly so hard, into the most 

 independent, peaceful and agreeable existence. Farm life 

 to-day offers more inducements than at any previous period 

 in the world's history, and it is calling millions from the 

 desk. The present work is one of the most practical treatises on the 

 subject ever issued. It contains 376 pages and 100 illustrations. 



In brief, the Contents are as follows 



CHAPTER I. This chapter contains a general statement of the advantages of farm life. 



CHAPTER II. Deals with the vast systems of irrigation which are transforming the great 

 West, and also hints at an application of water by artificial means in sections of the country 

 where irrigation has not hitherto been found necessary. 



CHAPTER III. Gives the principles and importance of fertilization and the possibility of inocu- 

 lating the soil by means of nitrogen-gathering bacteria. 



CHAPTER IV. Deals with the popular awakening to the importance of canals and good roads, 

 and their relation to economy and social well-being. 



CHAPTER V. Tells of some new interests which promise a profit. 



CHAPTER VI. Gives a description of some new human creations in the plant world. 



CHAPTER VII. Deals with new varieties of grain, root and fruit, and the principles upon which 

 these modifications are effected and the possibilities which they indicate. 



CHAPTER VIII. Describes improper methods in agricultural practice. 



CHAPTER IX. Devoted to new machinery by which the drudgery of life on the farm is being 

 eliminated, making the farm a factory and the farmer the manager of it, 



CHAPTER X, Shows the relation of a body of specialists to the American farmer, who can have 

 the most expert advice upon every phase of his work without any expense whatever to himself. 



MUNN is CO., Pulliskers ^ 361 Broadway, NEW YORK 



