Archive image from page 125 of The dairyman's manual a. The dairyman's manual : a practical treatise on the dairy, including the selection of the farm dairymansmanualp88stew Year: 1888 120 THE DAlRYMANS MANUAL. Where the hight of the hillside was too great to permit of the use of a common suction pump, a dry well was dug to a sufficient depth, viz., eight feet, and the pipe was carried to the bottom of it and connected with a force pump, so that the water could be carried, by- means of a hose, to any part of the yard or stables (see figure 19). A nozzle attached to this hose made it easy to
Archive image from page 125 of The dairyman's manual a. The dairyman's manual : a practical treatise on the dairy, including the selection of the farm dairymansmanualp88stew Year: 1888 120 THE DAlRYMANS MANUAL. Where the hight of the hillside was too great to permit of the use of a common suction pump, a dry well was dug to a sufficient depth, viz., eight feet, and the pipe was carried to the bottom of it and connected with a force pump, so that the water could be carried, by- means of a hose, to any part of the yard or stables (see figure 19). A nozzle attached to this hose made it easy to throw a stream of water over any of the buildings; a most useful thing in case of fire, or for washing the Fig. 19,—DRAWING WATER FROM A SPRING. stable floor, wetting the manure heaps to prevent fire fanging, and other desirable purposes. Where springs of this kind are not available, common wells are next in value. But as wells are quickly contam- inated by drainage from the surface, when in or near barnyards or stables, it is advisable to have the well for use in a dairy at some safe distance from the stable and yard. It is only a question of time when the percolation of water fouled by the manure in a barnyard, constantly leaching by the rain, will reach the well; and although the water is filtered to some extent by its passage through
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