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Tho’ Boss Gloves are now worn in every indus¬ 
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For plowing, driving, silo filling and use around 
the ensilage cutter, for installing new equipment, 
for post-hole digging and fencing, for tiling and 
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Boss Work Gloves are made of the highest 
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Look for the Boss trade-mark sewn on the back 
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Notes on Sanitation 
Septic Tank in Cellar 
I wish to put in just such a septic 
tank as you describe on page 1670. Why 
could I not build the tank in the corner 
of tho cellar, thus using the two side walls 
after proper cementing, and then dispose 
of the discharge of the tank by conducting 
it straight away for about 10 rods, where 
the ground begins to fall? In this way 
I could get a direct and better descent into 
the tank' and would not be obliged to dig 
so deep for the overflow. Under the 
above circumstances, what are the objec¬ 
tions, if any, in placing such a tank as 
you recommend in the cellar? L. A. p. 
Septic tanks have been built in base¬ 
ments, as you suggest, and if airtight 
they are unobjectionable there. Tanks 
of steel have been made for such use, a-nd 
are probably obtainable now. I cannot 
sec, however, what would be gained in 
February 12, 1921 
and gravel. Below the subsoil is sand 
and gravel of unlimited depth, very porous 
and capable of absorbing practically any 
amount of liquid. Twenty-three feet be¬ 
low the surface is water, and a well point 
driven into same gives an unfailing sup¬ 
ply of water anywhere. What type of 
septic tank would be best under these 
conditions? Would a dry well dug S or 
10 ft. into the gravel take care of the tank 
discharge? I have a dry well that has 
taken care of a kitchen sink and drain 
for 20 years, and has given no trouble 
thus far. Would a tile bed be preferable 
to the dry w T ell? A. o. H. 
Teeumseh, Mich. 
The purpose of the automatic si phon is 
to permit an intermittent, instead of con¬ 
tinuous, flow from the tank, and thus to 
give the soil receiving it opportunity to 
clear itself between discharges. Both 
types of discharge require sufficient pitch 
to the line of disposal tiles to carry off 
the effluent from the tank. This pitch is 
slight, however, being from one-fourth to 
one-eighth ineh to the foot. Additional 
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ease by placing a concrete tank in 
.... cellar. The saving in material by 
using the c-ellai* walls would be slight, and 
the greater expense of building a perma¬ 
nently airtight tank above the ground 
would probably more than counterbalance 
this economy. Such tanks are more 
asily and inexpensively built underground 
where the surrounding earth serves as 
an outside form for the concrete work 
and a seal against the walls. In most 
cases the building of suitable forms for 
concrete work is about the most difficult 
and expensive part of the job. This is 
simplified where an excavation <-an be 
made to serve as a form. 
It is not clear how an inside tank 
would save depth of trenching for the 
overflow pipe, and I judge from your 
letter than you do not contemplate con¬ 
necting the bath, sink and laundry with 
the inlet to the tank. This should be 
done, as the tank would take the Avaste 
water from these conveniences as Avell as 
from the toilets. In that case, of course, 
one line of disposal tiles serves for all the 
house liquid wastes passing through the 
tank. The effluent from the tank may be 
disposed of by seepage into the ground 
surrounding the tiles, or may be carried 
through a tight pipe to a distant cesspool, 
but in the latter method of disposal it 
should he remembered that such a cess¬ 
pool might endanger some household 
water supply. So far as direct vertical 
connections to the tank are concerned, it 
is preferable that there should he some 
pitch to the inlet pipe to prevent a too 
violent inrush of large quantities of 
fluids, as, for instance, from laundry 
tubs. Such an inrush might disturb the 
contents of the tank unduly, and possibly 
break up the thick layer of 
forms upon their surface, 
which serves both as a seal 
for the bacteria that break 
matter in the sewage, should be midis 
turbed. A more or less continuous and 
moderate flow into the tank serves the 
purpose better than sudden inrushes of 
large quantities of liquids. All things 
considered, an underground concrete tank 
placed outside the cellar Avail and coA r ered 
by a foot or more of earth seems to me 
much more desirable than any inside in* 
stallation, and I am sure will usually be 
found to he less, expensive and trouble¬ 
some to construct. M. b. d. 
pitch may he gained by building the tank 
partly above ground, and then mounding 
the earth over it. The upper foot of your 
soil would undoubtedly care for tho dis¬ 
charge from the tank. If a dry well i,s 
used, this then becomes a cesspool, since 
the discharge from the tank is liquified, 
but not purified. If such a well could be 
located where it Avould not endanger 
household water supplies, 1 can see no 
objection to its use. This would have 
to be at least several hundred feet distant 
from the nearest well, however, and even 
then there could be no certainty that the 
Avell might not in time become contami¬ 
nated by -the co tents of the cesspool. 
The problem of di. . . al is not a difficult 
one upon an isolated farm, where there is 
an abundance of room and opportunity 
to keep away from wells. It is a different 
matter in closely built-up districts. You 
will find the whole matter discussed in 
the October 30 issue of this paper, page 
1670. M. B. D. 
Chemical Toilet 
We are desirous of installing a chemi¬ 
cal toilet in the house, but not being 
advised myself on the best to use I 
would be glad of your help. Of the many 
different makes <>n the market today 
which would you consider the 
planned and constructed toilet in 
possible way, irrespective of price? 
toilet be put on the ground floor or up¬ 
stairs? t mention this because one I 
heard of had a deep pit dug underground 
best ’ 
every 
Must 
and was Emptied once 
have been installed in 
school. 
scum Avhich 
This scum, 
and a home 
up the solid 
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Syphon Septic Tank 
As I understand it the automatic sy¬ 
phon discharge type of septic tank is su¬ 
perior to the continuous discharge type. 
I am informed that the automatic type 
presupposes a natural slope of the ground, 
that the distributing tile may he near the 
surface. Here the ground is level, and if 
an automatic syphon Avere iise.d it would 
necessitate placing the discharge tile 
about three feet beloAv the surface. The 
first foot of soil is loam, the next 2 ft. 
subsoil consists of a mixture of red clay 
a year. These 
a nearby local 
MRS. AV. G. 
We have not had opportunity to in¬ 
spect many different'makes of these chem¬ 
ical closets and canifot advise as to which 
is the best, but as they all operate upon 
the same principle,'digestion of the solid 
contents of the discharges into them by 
a solution of caustic soda, Ave should 
consider that one best that Avas made of 
the la st material and constructed in the 
best manner. Ordinary inspection of tAVO 
or more competing makes should slnnv 
which one Avas superior to the others in 
these respects. 
Small liouse toilets of this kind are 
essentially large pails, enclosed Avithiu a 
ventilating jacket and connected by a 
small pipe to some chimney. They are 
very convenient, but open to the objection 
that they have to be frequently emptied. 
Larger ones, to be put underground, are 
simply steel tanks, painted to prevent cor¬ 
rosion, and connected with a closet seat 
above. These need to be emptied only at 
long intervals, and . the liquid contents 
may be pumped but. Except for tem¬ 
porary or occasional use Ave should much 
prefer the underground tank type, in-, 
stalled where it can be easily reached 
from the living rooms and without going 
out. of doVirs. They are odorless when 
properly installed, convenient, sanitary 
and desirable where water closets arc not 
practicable. m. b. d. 
