January, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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pipe may get clogged and endless trouble 
follow. 
Where the gravity system is used a 
suitable reservoir should he built of field 
stones and concrete. This will always 
keep water under higher pressure at hand 
when a considerable amount is needed. 
We should learn to save water. It is 
one of the essential things of good gar¬ 
dening and farming. The overflow of a 
gravity system or storage tank should 
always find its way into pipes that carry 
it to the garden for irrigation uses. The 
overflow of garden fountains and fish 
ponds should be utilized in the same way. 
One of the prettiest garden fountains in 
the country is thus equipped with an irri¬ 
gation overflow. 
“What a waste of water!” people often 
exclaim when seeing this fountain play¬ 
ing in dry weather. But there is no 
waste. The fountain is simply an orna¬ 
mental part of a perfect irrigation svs- 
tem. The water comes down from the 
reservoir and spurts up in a spray to 
furnish lilies and fish with sustenance. 
It then flows through a pipe and is dis¬ 
tributed between the rows of garden 
truck to furnish them with proper mois¬ 
ture. Anybody who uses an irrigation 
system can thus have a fountain playing 
without wasting a drop of water. 
The storage of rain water for general uses 
is one that finds favor with manv living in 
the country, hut unfortunately it is often 
of so primitive a character and so small 
capacity that it proves of little real value. 
One or two barrels to catch the rain water 
make up the equipment. There is always, 
except in very rainy weather, a scarcity 
of supply. 
Instead of rain barrels or a small tank 
big reservoirs holding from thirty to fortv 
thousand gallons can be constructed on 
the back of the house or barn at little ex¬ 
pense. The most durable forms of rain 
water reservoirs are made of rough field 
stones cemented together with concrete. 
This can be built of any capacity desired. 
They will never overflow then, hut hold 
enough water to carrv one along from one 
storm to another. The upper part of such 
a tank can sunplv the house with water, 
and the lower half can he carried in pipes. 
Do you know how much rain water 
falls in the course of a season? The 
average barn will collect enough to furnish 
water for all the stock kept in it right 
th rough the season if all of it is stored. 
The same is true of the house. The 
trouble is we do not build tanks or reser¬ 
voirs of sufficient size to collect it. 
Two things should be observed in stor¬ 
ing rain water. One is that all dirt 
should be excluded, and also all bugs, 
rats and birds. The other is that sufficient 
ventilation should be given to keep the 
water sweet. The top of the tank should 
have a sloping roof, but under the eaves 
of it there should be an open space of at 
least two inches extending the full length. 
This opening is for ventilation, but it 
should be carefully screened with fine 
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