March, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
221 
A Grease Tank 
W HEN cesspools are used to receive 
the waste of farmhouses, it often 
happens that the water fails to drain away 
after a time because of an accumulation 
of grease from the kitchen sink. This 
grease collects on the surface of the water, 
sometimes reaching a thickness of an inch 
or more, and as the water rises and falls 
it is deposited on the sides. If the cess¬ 
pool becomes dry, as often happens when 
the drainage is good, the bottom is also 
covered with grease. Then the water is 
unable to seep away and the cistern be¬ 
comes full in a comparatively short time, 
while it might not require attention for 
years except for this accumulation of 
grease. 
The remedy for this condition is a 
smaller cesspool or tank made preferably 
of cement, although an empty tar barrel 
will serve the purpose, into which the pipe 
from the kitchen sink leads. Another 
opening, a few inches above the bottom, 
feeds a pipe which connects this prelimi¬ 
nary tank with the main cesspool. When 
such a plan is carried out, the grease is 
collected on the surface of the water in 
the small tank, and may readily be re¬ 
moved at intervals. If the outlet pipe is 
allowed to project into the tank an inch 
or two and is bent downwards, there will 
be no escape of the grease, and the natural 
drainage of the cesspool will no longer be 
interfered with. This plan is just as ap¬ 
plicable to houses at the seashore where 
there is not a regular sewer system as to 
those in the country, although soil at the 
shore is likely to be more porous than that 
in the country and therefore not so easily 
affected by the grease. 
E. I. Farrington 
Suggestions on Vine Growing 
L OVERS of gardens have a wonderful 
list of vines to choose from, and gar¬ 
den problems would be much easier if we 
could put the right one in its right place 
in the beginning. Vines of a twining na¬ 
ture like the wistaria and others can 
hardly fail to be rightly placed, as we 
all know their requirements and habits, 
but certain locations call for special qual¬ 
ities which can only be determined by 
planting, sizing up and, if necessary, re¬ 
moving. Only the unskilful gardener 
plants anything too deep to be dug up 
again, although many such gardeners do 
exist. 
My pantry window is on the north side 
of the house, with no trees near, and it 
was necessary to shade it. This was a 
situation calling for the right vine, so I 
spent a few days examining the gardens 
of my neighbors. Much experimenting 
and waiting could be saved if this plan 
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