. Cassier's magazine. tricts, but not to a lesser degree onthe farm when located close to out-houses and cesspools, or to a stablefor horses or to cow barns. Shallowwells are constructed either by dig-ging a hole of sufficient diameter, andlining it after completion with stoneor brick walls—the so-called stein-ing of wells (see Fig. 1)—or else theyconsist of small wrought iron tubes,1^ to 3 inches in diameter, driven intothe ground to the depth of the under-ground supply (see Fig. 2). It shouldbe noted that the diameter of a wellhas not so great an influence on theyield of water as is commonly
. Cassier's magazine. tricts, but not to a lesser degree onthe farm when located close to out-houses and cesspools, or to a stablefor horses or to cow barns. Shallowwells are constructed either by dig-ging a hole of sufficient diameter, andlining it after completion with stoneor brick walls—the so-called stein-ing of wells (see Fig. 1)—or else theyconsist of small wrought iron tubes,1^ to 3 inches in diameter, driven intothe ground to the depth of the under-ground supply (see Fig. 2). It shouldbe noted that the diameter of a wellhas not so great an influence on theyield of water as is commonly FIG. I—A WELL PROTECTED AGAINSTPOLLUTION FIG. 2—A DRIVEN-TUBE WELL THE WATER SUPPLY OF COUNTRY BUILDINGS 485
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