Pure Water for Stock.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 August 1910, Page 4

Pure Water for Stock.

lo do well farm animals must have good water and they must ha.-e it in abundance and at all times. The novor-Ijiili'io; supply is, therefore, of the first importance. The "Teat ma jority ol larms must depend "ipon wells tor stock water. A few fortunate ones may ha ve springs or llow"'g stioaius ol pure water, but these will alwavs be in the minority. Now take it for granted, then, that the water supply comes from a well. How to pump ;i in I store this so that it will i emain pure and wholesome and. can be reached at any time is a problem If the windmill could be depended upon it would furnish the cheapest power, but winds are variable, and very often during the hottest days the windmill doo.s* not run hanV^ 0 ' KIS ' JC i 3Ulll l )C( ' llic gasoline engine .s being adopted by farmers tor the particular purpose ol pumping water. Thev rurnisli power comparatively cheap and can also be used for grindiiit" teed, churning. sawing wood and ii'iiny other purposes. The windmill gasoline engine, therefore will continue to be used for supnlv{"S "■>ter. A satisfactory su »pIV. however, cannot possibly be .secured without some means ol storlii" water so that it will run out iido a trough as need. STOIUO.!;] TANK AND W'I.YDUirX , "JHiwiiatioji of cistern and tank makes the best water supplv svstem for s*ny arm, whether the water is pumped by means of the windmill or K'lsoline engine. I''roi|iiontlv the cistern can be dug upon a hi'll or slope above the tank and <Tavit,v pressure secured for lillinir the tank. Jhis is probably (he best combination obtainable. The cistern of <ugo capacity is not an expensive proposition Tl,j s van IISII;|I | V he kept well filled by attention and care m keeping the pump -Hug whenever there is .sufficient wind to turn the mill. An millet pipe from (he cistern to the tank is provided with the terminal closed will, a valve Ins valve m turn is operated bv means of a float in the lank. When the water is lowered below a certain depth the valve opens and allows the tank to replenish its supply. The float in turn closes the valve when the depth Jnnit of the water is readied. This insures a constant supply of water for cattle, horses, and sheep, as long as (lie supph stored up m Lite cistern lasts.

In eases whore the e,istorn is not available, a series of lanks may ho provided, one or more of them bein gelevated to secure gravity pressure if desired. The old-st.vlb water tank was always build of wooden staves, hold together by steel hoops. I hey were satis! aclorv when now, but were comparatively short lived.' ualvanised. iron is to-day the popular material for water tanks, and concrete is being used with marked success in some localities. Either of these materials will last iudeiinite-

ly Wit hroa.sonablo usajjc, and have the added advantage of being more cleanly than wood. They can be easily cleaned, and farmers are yearly becoming nmrc attentive to details of cleanliness in the case of animals. PUItH WATER ALWAYS POS. SI .ML 10.

The storage plan with pumping by means of windmills is effective and trustworthy for farms where the water needed daily does not too nearly approximate the total daily pumping capacity. The pumping capacity of a windmill depends u'>on the physical characteristics of the region 111 which it is located. It is plain that the depth of water and the degree of prevalence of winds are powerful influencing factors upon, P , P u iiipiiitz; capacity of a null. _ The development of modern pumping machinery and storage tanks, anu the use of concrete and cement .have placed within the reach of every tanner a reliable clean water supply system, in all cases where a good well can be Jiad. Of course, the tailing of the wells in seasons of drought is a contingency which can naixlly be met with by any except the most extensive systems of storage, beyond the reach of the average rn.rm

Uliero is 110 possible reason, ordinarily, for the watering of stock cu£ n 1 . im healthy pools, nor of h'lthy drinking troughs and leaky tanks bounded by the creeping mud hole of former days. Good, clean, serviceable appliances of all kinds pertaining to all phases of tho farm water supply are easily available.