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THE RURAL NEW-VORKER 
THE FARM CESSPOOL. 
In reply to D. W. P., of Sharon, 
Mass., on page 195, it appears to be 
another case where a leak on the farm 
is encouraged. This may seem a strange 
statement to many farmers. Having 
been interested in the plumbing busi¬ 
ness in a city of over 100,000 inhabit¬ 
ants, where the toilets and cesspools 
are looked after as strictly as the din¬ 
ing room, it seems to me the farmer 
has the best chance possible to have 
proper sewerage. The practice is gain¬ 
ing of running the sewerage of cities 
upon open cultivated fields, and often 
changing the location of outlet. As the 
rays of the sun are the greatest de¬ 
stroyers of bacteria of all kinds, this 
system is considered much safer than 
running it into rivers. While I do not 
claim to be authority on plumbing, I 
will give my idea that may be of service 
to some. Build a concrete cesspool, 
say 4x8 feet, six feet deep, with cover 
one foot below surface, with a parti¬ 
tion across the middle from top down 
two feet, leaving the bottom part clear. 
Xow run the sewer pipe in on one side 
of partition above water line and outlet 
from the other side 12 inches above the 
bottom of partition, and run to open 
A FARM CESSPOOL. Fig. 145. 
field, which can be cropped heavily 
every year. There would probably be 
no odor from this sewer, the sediment 
entering the cesspool will float until it 
will sink below the partition, when it 
will not rise to bother the outlet. The 
intake should be placed so the flush 
would not dip under the partition. 
When ready to clean cesspool, run dis¬ 
infectants through, open the top, and 
remove the solid with a lineman’s 
shovel (such as is used to dig holes for 
telegraph poles). While this is being 
handled the burning of tar or other 
disinfectant will relieve the odor. This 
system if tight will not infect any well 
or spring. As to D. W. P., his cess¬ 
pool being clogged, he only needs to add 
a plank partition and outlet. 
Wayne Co., Pa. nelson tingley. 
About a dozen years ago my father 
built a house in a small New York 
village, where there was no sewer sys¬ 
tem. and he supposed, like many others, 
that all cesspools were an ill-smelling 
nuisance, and would sooner or later be¬ 
come clogged and useless. The builder, 
however, thought otherwise, and put in 
one which has been absolutely satis¬ 
factory in every respect ever since, al¬ 
though connected with water closet, 
bath tub and kitchen sink. The trouble 
with ordinary cesspools is in the shape, 
which allows the settling away of fluids 
over only a very limited area. This 
one was made in the following manner: 
hirst a ditch was dug about 35 feet 
long and perhaps 3 1-2 feet deep. Both 
sides were stoned up and the top was 
covered with lime stone slabs. Sewer 
pipes entered one end and a ventilator 
was put in the other; then all was 
covered up a foot or more deep, the 
whole grassed over, and is a part of 
the lawn at one side of the house. The 
soil is light and with the large surface 
mto which liquids may soak the service 
has been perfect, in every way the equal 
of the most approved city sewer system. 
Exeter, N. H. n. h. s. 
Now, Willie,” said the teacher, “if 
f ggs were 60 cents a dozen and your 
mother had 20 cents, how mauy eggs 
would you have for breakfast?” “No 
eggs,’’ answered Willie. “We’d have 
mush. —Louisville Courier-Journal. 
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Howthe Development of an Idea Grew to Cover the Entire Country 
The story of KineToniK— how it was prepared—how, from a mere Idea, aimed to benefit a 
few Farmers, living; in three Counties, grew to be a financial benefit to stock owners in 28 
States in less than 48 months—an interesting story of deserving success. If you own horses, 
cows, sheep or hogs—5, 8, 19, 50, or 100 head it will pay you to read every word now. 
In The Beginning 
Draw a circle of 50 miles around it— 
with the little town of Wellsboro in the 
center. 
Picture a country, rich in profit-pro¬ 
ducing farms and herds—watched over 
by shrewd, well-informed, prosperous 
farmers. Then you will have a clear idea 
of the community in which KineToniK 
was first used,tested,endorsed—and sold. 
Tired and dissatisfied with paying 
manufacturers for prepared stock 
“food” tonics, not always fresh, seldom 
reliable, sometimes adulterated; out of 
patience with old-fashioned methods of 
buying such preparations in hulk; ex¬ 
asperated at having them harden, sour, 
become rancid or wormy before half 
used—disgusted at being obliged to pay 
excessive charges for undependable 
freight deliveries, in addition to already 
high prices— 
Some time ago three men in Wells¬ 
boro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, de¬ 
termined to feed their cattle only such 
fresh reliable “conditioners” in the form 
of a Tonic, as were known to possess 
merit, purity and beneficial qualities. 
To these three dairymen the Kine- 
ToniK of today owes its origin and 
success. 
First —To meet personally and learn 
from every successful farmer in a given 
territory his 'experiences preparing and 
feeding it to his stock under all condi¬ 
tions. 
Second —To obtain an accurate re¬ 
cord of results; to learn whether it 
could be recommended to farmers in 
other climates; to secux-e the unbiased 
opinions of men competent to judge the 
merits of the compound; and 
Third —To determine whether a profit¬ 
able. country-wide distribution could 
be satisfactorily attempted. 
That the tremendous expense of this 
plan was justified is now borne out by 
the unqualified success of KineToniK. 
Benefits Now Shared By All 
Today the experimental stages are 
passed. The Rural Home Wagons have 
been withdrawn. 
The periodical visits of highly paid, 
expeiuenced demonstrators have ceased. 
KineToniK is now sold in evei’y farming 
community of importance in 28 States— 
not because it is cheaper—not alone for 
what it is —but for what it will actually 
do. 
Thrifty farmers everywhere using 
KineToniK as the basis of their own 
Because of its marvelous convenience, reli¬ 
ability, keeping qualities- I now recommend 
it to cattle owners in every farming center in 
the country—to you. 
Judge it by any test you please. Try it out. 
Compare it with any patent Stock Tonic Prepa- 
ration you are now using, under any or all con¬ 
ditions. You will find KineToniK to be a posi¬ 
tive money-saver in every sense of the word. 
And when the virtue of a stock tonic depends 
solely upon the medication -not the filler or 
food -you can easily see that the idea of 
KineToniK is tight that, the saving in price 
alone is great enough to make its use in feed¬ 
ing your stock a regular thing. 
You Pay For Medication Only 
Instead of paying from 10c to 15c, the pound 
for such Stock Foods as are commonly sold 
in bulk— simply use KineToniK, the medica¬ 
tion itself, and mix your stock food as you 
want and need it—not as any one else, who 
knows nothing about the condition of your 
stock, may dictate. 
KineToniK is sold in feed, drug and general 
stores, in packages— not in pails or buckets. 
Its sale is never forced with horse whips, jack 
knives, pictures or other “presents” as pre¬ 
miums. Every 5-pound, moisture-proof pack¬ 
age contains the essential ingredients of a per¬ 
fect, wholly reliable ionic— all of which are 
amply protected against climatic changes and 
guaranteed to keep any length of time-without 
moulding,caking.or disintegrating in any way. 
Simply add 15 pounds of any ground feed, 2 
pounds of common salt to the contents of one 
package and you will have an honest and 
reliable stock tonic and regulator at about 
one-third the price usually demanded for 
stock foods of the old-fashioned sort. 
w Two tablespoonfuls mixed with the regular 
Ingredients : 
Boneset, Gentian, Nux 
Vomica, Golden Seal, Cop¬ 
peras, Sulphur, Soda, Cap¬ 
sicum. Ginger, Sassafras, 
Sweetilag, Juniper Kerries, 
Salt I’etre, Licorice, Epsom 
Salts, Aloes and Fenugreek. 
KineToniK 
Pure Drugs : 
Compounded scientifically 
from absolutely pure, full 
strength stock, designed to 
aid digestion, assist assimil¬ 
ation and quicken elimina¬ 
tion—to promote health, 
iiesh, strength and milk. 
A Success In Three Counties 
The idea of making - their own Stock 
Tonic mixtures in quantities suited to 
the needs of their own cattle, appealed 
to farmers adjacent to Wellsboro as it 
now will to you. The idea had merit. 
Through its economical advantages— 
their ability to mix it themselves, as 
needed—their absolute knowledge of 
the character, quality and purity of 
ingredients used—the lasting benefits 
of the Ki.ieToniK formula upon their 
stock—the idea continued to spread. 
Farmers in neighboring townships, 
attracted by the thrift, prime condition 
and quality of milk from Tioga County 
dairy herds, after careful tests, system¬ 
atic feeding and analytic comparisons— 
soon discovered the cause. 
The formula used by these men, the 
ingredients of which until some years 
ago were sold in small quantities, in 
time became the property of the Rural 
Home Chemical Co., of Wellsboro, and 
under the trade name of Rural Home 
Stock Food Medication, was sold with 
increasing and deserved success in Pot¬ 
ter and Bradford Counties in Pennsyl¬ 
vania, and Steuben County in New York. 
Distribution In Three States 
To introduce and make general the 
use of this same compound, the wagons 
of the Rural Home Chemical Company 
became familiar sights in the various 
farming districts of Pennsylvania, New 
York and Ohio. The idea became a 
tangible, marketable reality. 
In charge of experienced stock men 
the work of making known the perma¬ 
nent benefits of KineToniK was begun 
in this way: 
stock mixtures find this compound of 
pure herbs and drugs to be all that I 
claim—and that its use is an invest¬ 
ment of many returns. 
They find it economical and convenient. You 
will find the absolute, scientific certainty with 
which KineToniK, in prescribed quantities, 
betters the health and condition of your 
horses, cows, sheep or hogs, a permanent, in¬ 
creasingly profitable investment whether you 
own 9, 29 or 100 head. 
Ingredients Well-Known 
Besides—when your cattle fodder is mixed 
with KineToniK you know absolutely what 
you are feeding, which at best cannot be said 
of any other so-called “Stock Tonic” on the 
market. Every ounce of our compound is 
f uaranteed under the Pure Food and Drug 
;aw to be pure, fresh and wholly beneficial. 
No mystery—no intermixture of foreign ele¬ 
ments no adulterations— no filler to increase 
the price or cost of shipping is tolerated. 
KineToniK is sold and used for just what it is 
and the more generally its ingredients are 
known the greater will be the demand, for 
there is no secret in the fact that they are 
only such as these with which you, yourself, 
are familiar: 
Remember 
SSMff ' h e Name 
—Hitter tonics for the stomach 311(1 
Copperas. Sulphur 
—tor the blood Package 
Soda-Bicarbonate, anti-acid 
Oapsic um 
Ginger 
Sassafras 
Calamus (Sweetflag) 
—Stimulants and Carminatives 
Juniper Berries, Saltpetre 
- For the Kidneys 
Licorice, Epsom Salts, Aloes 
— Laxatives 
Fenugreek, a flavoring 
A Marvelous Money-Saver 
And because the idea governing the prepar¬ 
ation and sale of KineToniK in every farming 
center in America is right— honest, liberal and 
fair—because its wonderful success has been 
due to its certain efficiency in improving the 
health of cows, horses, sheep and hogs- 
average ration fed to any animal morning and 
night will keep it in perfect condition, aid 
digestion and promote health, strength and 
an increased flow of milk under all conditions 
- at an actual saving that nuy discriminating 
farmer, that you, yourself, will gladly wel¬ 
come. 
A Trial Costs You Nothing 
Yet—regardless of the marvelous money¬ 
saving advantages this simple compound pre¬ 
sents—I do not ask you to risk a single penny 
to prove them or its efficiency. 
Simply try KineToniK —at my expense. 
Promise nothing—risk nothing. Simply mix 
the contents of the 5-pound package sent you 
(sold by your dealer at §1.00) with your cattle 
food for 30 days. 
If at the end of this period you are not more 
than satisfied with the results, tell me so 
frankly, arul no charge will be made. Other¬ 
wise remit the price at your convenience. 
This is the fairest offer 1 know how to make. 
Accept it. Tear olf, sign and mail the coupon 
today—now—and I will send your package by 
return express all charges prepaid. 
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Rural Home Chemical Company 
Originators of the “ Stock-Tonic-Without-Filler ’’ Idea 
101 Courtland Street Wellsboro, Pa. 
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