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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
August 9, 1919 
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The Stump Is Pulled- 
But What Then? 
The stump puller is a great implement. Many a tract 
of former “cut-over” land, now a productive wheat, corn, 
or potato field, or orchard, testifies to its power. 
Dynamite is another great stump dentist. Which is the 
better for economical.land clearing—dynamite or the puller, 
used to be the mooted-question. Dynamite makers and 
puller manufacturers considered themselves deadly business 
rivals. 
The University of Wisconsin’s Department of Land 
Clearing proved that both were wrong by showing them 
that they were indispensable to each other to clear large 
tracts! For the University's scientists and a Du Pont 
demonstrator convinced the world that a combination of 
dynamite and stump puller formed the ideal method of land 
clearing under many conditions. 
Ever clean the dirt off the roots and then break up a 
big stump after pulling it? Nice, easy, pleasant job, wasn’t 
it? Let mm 
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take that disagreeable task off your hands. Do it the way 
the University men and the Du Pont demonstrator worked 
out so successfully in Wisconsin. 
Write for our Handbook of Explosives No. 30. It’s 
as free as air and fully describes 
The Combination Method 
of stump extraction; the method that has the endorsement 
of the most enterprising stump puller manufacturers, the Du 
Pont Company and the University of Wisconsin. 
In addition to the booklet, if your land is located in 
Georgia, Alabama,North or South Carolina, Virginia, Mary¬ 
land, Minnesota, Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, New 
Jersey, Wisconsin, or New York, we can have an expert 
demonstrator call on you at no cost to you and if you will help 
him, he will arrange a public demonstration, preferably under 
the auspices of your U. S. County Agent, to be held on some 
centrally located farm where he will show you and your 
neighbors the safest and best blasting practice. 
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Wilmington, Delaware 
Plants. Warehouses and Sales Offices in all principal business centers 
The Principal Du Pont Products Are 
Explosives; Chemicals; Leather Substitutes; Pyroxylin Plastics; 
Paints and Varnishes; Pigments and Colors in Oil; Stains, Fillers; 
Lacquers and Enamels; Dyestuffs. 
For full information address: Advertising Division 
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del. 
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ial price. 
Farm Mechanics 
Repairing Leaky Tank 
I have an 80-bbl. cypress tank in my 
barn, and about eight months ago a small 
rotten spot developed, between the edge 
of the bottom and the bottom of one 
stave, right in the chine. It has grown 
larger until now the spot is twice as 
large as my hand, and the tank leaks 
badly all the time from the inside. Can 
you suggest any way of cementing or 
caulking this leak, without going to the 
extremity of patching the bottom or put¬ 
ting in a new stave? F. E. L. 
Riverliead, N. Y. 
As described, the hole is in a father 
awkward position to repair, being right 
in the angle formed by the junction of 
the side wall with the bottom, making it 
difficult to patch. As a temporary meas¬ 
ure. if it is wished to get along without 
putting in a new stave and section of 
the bottom. I would suggest trimming a 
piece of cardboard until it exactly fits 
the inside curvature of the tank at the 
bottom. With this as a pattern the 
tinner can make a patch of galvanized 
anyone who has a bit of mechanical in¬ 
genuity about him can put in the system 
without the services of a plumber. If the 
work can be done at a slack time, this 
results iu a substantial saving, it. n. s. 
Disused Well for Cistern 
I have an old stoned-up well that goes 
dry every .Summer, and wish to build a 
cistern. Can I fill well with stones to 
desired depth, and put cement bottom and 
hold water? What mixture of sand and 
cement would be safe? a g 
Stottville, N. Y. 
, Your well can be used for the construc¬ 
tion of a cistern to good advantage pro¬ 
vided it. is so located that it is convenient 
to receive the roof water, and can be 
handily tapped by a pump; otherwise it 
would probably pay in the long run to 
locate the cistern where wanted, regard¬ 
less of the well. It will be a permanent 
improvement, and if poorly located will 
consume much time and effort in the 
years to come. 
A square cistern is easier to build than 
METHOD of PATCHING 
WATER TANK 
Method or Repairing a Tank 
iron which will extend out over the bot¬ 
tom and up the side of the tank as indi¬ 
cated in the sketch. The spot to be 
covered by the patch is made as dry as 
possible with a blow torch or other means, 
and a thick coating of roofing cement ap¬ 
plied. Upon this plastic material the 
patch is applied and drawn down firmly 
to the wood by means of screws turned 
into the sound material surrounding the 
leak. A rubber gasket might be used in 
place of the roofing cement if the screws 
along the edge are placed closelv enough 
together. r. h. s. 
Piping Water to House 
Will you give me your best advice on 
what water system, and where I can buy 
it at a reasonable price, for my farm? I 
have a well about 230 ft. from my house; 
it is about 50 ft. deep and holds water to 
a depth of from 15 to 30 ft. It lies about 
20 ft. lower than my house and within 20 
ft. of it is an unused hut good ground 
cellar. I wish to run this water to my 
house in the best and freshest condition 
possible, to use on first and second story, 
any tap anywhere on pressure. I do not 
want a wind-pump system. a. r. g. 
Slatington. Pa. 
Probably the best installation for your 
purposes . would be one of the pressure 
systems in which the water is pumped 
into an airtight steel tank, compressing 
the air above it as it is pumped in. and 
utilizing the pressure thus generated to 
force the water out when a faucet iu any 
part of the system is opened. It is tree 
that the water contained iu the tank is 
stored, but the tank may be placed in the 
basement or buried in the earth, where it 
is kept cool, which does away with warm 
water in the Summer, one of the chief ob¬ 
jections to the storing of water in an attic 
tank or other tank located above ground. 
Because of the depth of your well it 
would be necessary to locate the pump 
directly over it, so that the cylinder might 
he put down within suction distance of 
the water. A small house could be built 
over the well, protecting the pump and 
the engine used to drive it, while the stor¬ 
age tank itself could be put in the base¬ 
ment of the house, or possibly in the old 
cellar mentioned—any place where it 
would be protected from the heat in 
Summer and from freezing in Winter. 
There are systems storing the com¬ 
pressed air alone, using this to pump 
the water as needed, but they are more 
costly and complicated, requiring an air 
compressor in addition to the other equip¬ 
ment. and in general seem to be less re¬ 
liable. more costly to operate and more 
likely to give trouble than the system first 
outlined, although it must be admitted 
that they have a number of advantages. 
As to what make is best it. would l>e hard 
to say. It is probable that any of the out¬ 
fits advertised by reliable concerns in the 
standard.farm papers will give entire sat¬ 
isfaction*. Several of the mail order 
houses make a specialty of home water 
works system, sending a very complete 
book of directions and loaning tin* tools 
with which to install the plant, so that 
Well Converted Into a Cistern 
a round one and it will probably be bet¬ 
ter to use the stone in the upper part 
of the well for filling and excavate to 
this shape, making it the size required. 
A cistern SxS ft. iu size and 8 ft. deep 
will hold about 122 bbls. of 31% gals, each 
if level full, but provision must of course 
be made for the overflow, which will les¬ 
sen the capacity somewhat. The barrel 
capacity of any size cistern may be found 
by dividing the capacity in cubic feet by 
4.2. the number of cubic feet in a barrel. 
The side walls should be about S in. thick 
for a cistern of this size, and in making 
the excavation allowance must be made 
for this thickness, the earth acting as 
the outside form wall if firm enough to 
stand, otherwise the excavation must be 
large enough to permit a hoard wall out¬ 
side. Bricks should be placed on the bot¬ 
tom at each of the outside corners for 
the side walls to rest upon, and the forms 
placed upon them and leveled up. using 
a 1-in. wedge under each corner, so that 
the bottom may be sealed watertight by 
the removal of this wedge after the con¬ 
crete has set, and filling the hole with 
concrete. If desired the floor may be 
laid first and the side wall forms set di¬ 
rectly upon it. 
After placing the forms proceed with 
the filling as rapidly as possible, using a 
mixture of one part cement, two parts 
clean, coarse and well-graded sand, and 
four parts screened gravel or crushed 
stone. Mix the concrete rather wet, and 
settle it compactly into the forms, using 
a spade to work the coarser pieces of 
stone back from the inside form, thus se¬ 
curing a smooth surface. The floor should 
he about 0 in. thick, and should be laid 
on a solid foundation to prevent settling 
and consequent cracking. Grading the 
floor to a sump hole in one corner where 
the suction pipe of the pump comes down 
is a big advantage in cleaning. Connec¬ 
tions for the overflow pipe, the pump and 
the down spout from the roof should be 
placed as the concreting progresses. A 
sheet metal collar soldered around a pipe 
of this kind is a guarantee against leak¬ 
age. 
When the top is reached a platform is 
arranged for the concrete cover, as shown, 
and a manhole provided through which 
to enter the cistern. The top should be 
about 6 in. thick, and should slope away 
from the manhole, as indicated. Rein¬ 
forcement is provided by first spreading 
down an inch or so of concrete mortar 
and laying on this two series of %-in. 
rods placed 1. ft. apart and crossing each 
other at right angles. The remainder of 
the concrete is then added and troweled 
smooth. After the concrete has become 
sufficiently hard, a week or 10 days, the 
boards under the manhole may be cut 
away with a saw, and the inside forms 
removed and passed up through the hole. 
After this the inside of the cistern may 
be painted with a cream-like mixture of 
clear cement and water, to give it a 
smooth finish, and to help in making it 
watertight. A concrete cover may be 
made for the manhole by removing the 
box used as a form and filling the space 
with concrete in which is imbedded a ring 
to serve as a handle. u. u. .8 . > 
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