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Mr. Adams has nineteen cottages on his farms : these are let 
to the men at the very moderate rent of Is. to I5. Qid. per week. 
We were pleased to find that a friendly feeling evidently exists 
between employer and employed. 
Before dealing with the ofF- 
lying farm, or the live-stock, 
reference should be made to a 
capital arrangement suggested 
and carried out entirely by Mr. 
Adams, whereby the sewage from 
the town of Faringdon is inter- 
cepted, and made to flow over 
some of the meadows instead of 
entering the river ; this has ob- 
viated the otherwise necessary 
outlay of a considerable sum by 
the local authorities, and has 
also increased the production of 
Mr. Adams' land. 
Another work of engineering 
skill and enterprise, originated 
by and accomplished under INIr. 
Adams' direction, is the bring- 
ing of a constant supply of pure 
water to all the homesteads, cot- 
tages, yards, and feeding grounds. 
This is obtained from a spring 
in the hill-side near Faringdon, 
and is of excellent quality. The 
water is first taken into a catch- 
pit near the source, so arranged 
that from there it can be con- 
veyed into the service tank con- 
structed to store from six to 
seven thousand gallons, or round 
the bye-pass direct to the farms. 
The overflow pipes empty into 
an adjoining ditch. From the re- 
servoir the water passes through 
cast-iron pipes with turned and 
bored joints to the various 
troughs and buildings on the 
farms: air-valves are introduced 
at suitable distances. All the smaller pipes are of lead, and 
the whole of the fittings are made with Taylor's patent joints, 
by which all the connections were united by ordinary workmen, 
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