. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. CI the information given ty C. W. Johnson, Esq., near Croydon, on the filtering of Sewage. I have thought (and perhaps may be wrong) that the sediment of the sewage would soon stop up the filterer and prevent it from acting; but Mr. Johnson sajs that the object might be accomplished by one tank only, if furnished with a division. Then suppose we say a tank, five feet each way, and deep, with a four-inch division in it, and the communication to be at the bottom of the division-wall, and big enough to get a hoe through,— or say
. The Cottage gardener. Gardening; Gardening. THE COTTAGE GARDENER. CI the information given ty C. W. Johnson, Esq., near Croydon, on the filtering of Sewage. I have thought (and perhaps may be wrong) that the sediment of the sewage would soon stop up the filterer and prevent it from acting; but Mr. Johnson sajs that the object might be accomplished by one tank only, if furnished with a division. Then suppose we say a tank, five feet each way, and deep, with a four-inch division in it, and the communication to be at the bottom of the division-wall, and big enough to get a hoe through,— or say six or eight inches from the bottom of the part the sewage is to drain into, and then the bottom of the other part to incline about six inches on the three sides towards the communication-hole, and the filterer constructed as Mr. Johnson says, and resting on the top of the inclosed sides; the filtration would then be upwards, the sediment would sink to the bottom of the receiving-side, and the filterer would be less liable to choke. See the rough sketch below, on a scale of half an inch to a Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original [London : W. S. Orr
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