. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. BORED WELLS. 39 Sanitary condition of farmhouse and outbuildings. Bouse poor; stables poor; privy very poor, open vault and entirely unprotected. Milk, ('ream sold to creamery; sanitary care very poor. Water-borne diseases.—None recorded. Analyses.—See page 78. No. 3. A badly polluted supply. This supply could be rendered fit for use by installing a pump and protecting the well from surface pollution. Location of farm.—Argyle, Minn. Date of visit.—September L2, L908. Size.—One hundred and sixty acres. Kind of farming. Grain. Topography. —Surface s
. Bulletin. 1901-13. Agriculture; Agriculture. BORED WELLS. 39 Sanitary condition of farmhouse and outbuildings. Bouse poor; stables poor; privy very poor, open vault and entirely unprotected. Milk, ('ream sold to creamery; sanitary care very poor. Water-borne diseases.—None recorded. Analyses.—See page 78. No. 3. A badly polluted supply. This supply could be rendered fit for use by installing a pump and protecting the well from surface pollution. Location of farm.—Argyle, Minn. Date of visit.—September L2, L908. Size.—One hundred and sixty acres. Kind of farming. Grain. Topography. —Surface surrounding buildings about 12 feet above the bed of Snake River; very level with the exception of an abrupt fall 50 feet from the house toward the river. Source of water (See fig. 31.) Well about 30 feet from house; 10 feet in depth; casing, 6-inch tin pipe. Stratum: Blue prairie clay. Yield: Abundant except during dry season. Use: Drinking and general farm purposes. Method of lifting: Tin bucket with a loose bottom. Sanitary aspect: Very bad. One bucket of water contained frogs, bugs, sticks, straw, and mud. The covering of the well consists of the top of a milk can, which evidently is used only when the water becomes unusually filthy. _ „ B1 ...... . ,.,,.. ,, .,„ * Fig. 31.—sketch showing the topography and the location of build- ( is terns. None. ings in the vicinity of bored well No. 3: 1, House; 2, tool shed; 3, Lakes, rivers, ponds, and well; 4, stables; 5, Snake River; 6, privy. springs.—One river. Sanitary condition of farmhouse and outbuildings.—House very poor, a disgusting odor making it almost impossible to remain inside; stable very poor; privy very poor, open vault and entirely unprotected. Milk.—The entire supply is used by the family; sanitary care very poor, all utensils filthy. Water-borne Six cases of typhoid fever occurred in this family during the spring months of L908: A girl, age 18 years, taken ill March 25;
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