1907. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
189 
RESERVOIR FOR LILY POND. 
E. W. D., Beatrice, Neb ■—On page 20 I 
find my inquiry answered- I thank you and 
Mr. Davis very much for it, it solves one 
problem for me, that of damming our creek 
for a hydraulic ram. But the question was 
not understood, as I intended it to be. The 
pond, 1(5 by 30 feet, four or more feet deep, 
is to he up near the house on level ground, 
just dug in as a cellar would lie. It will 
he filled artificially, and as there is a small 
ravine near, I expect to put drain pipe from 
bottom to it 75 feet away and dam it 
if wanted. The pond is to be cemented on 
all sides and bottom and running to top of 
ground or a few inches above. 
Ans.—T he question is how to make a 
reservoir for a lily pond. It is to be 30 
feet in diameter and about four feet deep, 
and correspondent wants to know what 
thickness of cement to apply to sides and 
bottom in order to make it water-tight. 
Having made the excavation he should 
compact the earth surface of the reser¬ 
voir as much as practicable, and then ap¬ 
ply the concrete to the thickness of two 
inches. O 119 inch would probably do if 
the earth was of a solid nature. When 
coming near the ground level where freez¬ 
ing of ground would affect the work, it 
will be well to take some precautions 
against same. Increase the thickness of 
the concrete to three inches and all around 
the outside to a depth of two feet, dig 
a trench and fill with stones as shown in 
diagram. I he freezing of ice on pond 
will cause no trouble in this case. It 
would be entirely practicable to build this 
reservoir and make it almost or quite 
watertight by puddling the surface with 
clay. If a good clay can be ob¬ 
tained it may be spread over bottom and 
sides of the excavation to a depth of four 
or five inches. It is then wetted and pud¬ 
dled, and water turned on before the pud¬ 
dled surface dries. If the work is prop¬ 
erly done it will be found to be practically 
tight. ___ G. DAVIS. 
A Stump Puller. —In a former issue you 
give several methods of pulling out the old 
stump of peach, plum and apple trees. I 
Inclose a new method which seems to me 
better, as a direct pull on a tall stump-^has 
a tendency to break off the stub and leave 
the roots In the ground. Take a strong 
frame as shown In diagram and lean it 
against the stump in the direction of the 
pull. Let the lean be about 45 degrees. 
Put: a log chain around the stump and hook 
over the chain, letting the chain rest on top 
of the cross beam A, with base B on the 
ground. When the pull is made at C, the 
pull is up on the stump as well as forward, 
and the stump is not so apt to break. When 
the stump Is pulled, hook the chain around 
cross piece A and the horse will pull it to 
next tree. H. e. m. 
Portland, Ind. 
Starting a Gasoline Engine. —Give rea 
er in Canada (page (13) my experience 
starting a gasoline engine. I had about 
much trouble as anyone can have in tryii 
to start my engine. I even went to t' 
trouble and carted the engine back to wlie 
I got it from, thinking there was somethii 
wrong about it. As' soon as it came in 
the warm room all the trouble was ove 
so 1 took it home and fixed my pipings so 
could run a tea-kettle full of hot water in 
the cylinder, which warms up the machir 
and I had no more trouble. I hope Ca 
adian will have same results. I started n 
engine yesterday when the mercury was ' 
below^zero in the same way, and it jve 
at the first whack, but he must remember th 
it needs twice the amount of gasoline in co 
weather until the engine is warmed i 
through. " A c B 
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