Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1918 — RUNNING WATER FARM REQUISITE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

RUNNING WATER FARM REQUISITE

Plant to Supply It Does Not Call for Great Expenditure of Money. FITTINGS EASY TO PROCURE Entire Outfit May Be Provided at Small Cost and Its Installment Is Easy for Any Man of Average Ingenuity. Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience u Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111., and only enclose three-cent stamp for reply. By WILLIAM’A. RADFORD. Hie first real improvement in a farm home comes with the supplying of water under pressure for domestic use. There always is a farm Well or some kind of water supply. It is not difficult and not necessarily expensive to erect a tank. Tho tank may be large or small, according to the house requirements, also the quantity of water required for live stock, and the amount of money available. The main thing is to arrange for domestic water on tap as needed. Hot and cold water in the kitchen sink is the main necessity. Other plumbing may be added as seen best. All water pipes and fittings C are standardized, so that the different sizes may be ordered from any supply house with the assurance that the threads will screw together and fit properly to make watertight joints. The whole outfit necessary to supply running water may be enumerated as follows: One overhead tank (or low-down pressure tank) from 2,000 to 5,000 gallons. One force pump and jack to put water into the tank. One two-horse gasoline or kerosene engine to drive it. One water front for the kitchen range. Oho round 1.30-gallon water tankheater. One enameled kitchen sink, with hot

and cold water connections, including a properly trapped waste pipe. In connection with these necessary furnishings will be the iron pipe and fittings necessary to carry the water from the elevated tank to the house and to distribute it through the stove water front and the kitchen reservoir to the. sink. The waste pipe from the sink should connect with a regular vitrified sewer

pipe carried to a safe distance. The •sewer is trapped and ventilated outside of the building and the sink waste pipe is trapped and ventilated inside of the building. The waste pipe trap is clpse up under the sink to prevent any possibility of foul air being forced through the waste pipe back into the kitchen. The ventilator pipe sticks Out through the roof.

This simple outfit will lighten the work of the women and go a long way toward making farm home life pleasant and attractive to all members of the family. The modern kitchen is light and well ventilated. It is supplied with a good cooking range, a sink with hot and cold water. There is an ice box within easy reach and the gellarway opens from the kitchen and leads down with easy steps to a good storage cellar for household supplies. There is a good-sized kitchen table and conveniences for pastry making. There is a pot cupboard only a step froh) the cooking stove, and there are proper receptacles for holding flour

and other kinds of materials, besides suitable jqrs for spices, teas, coffee, etc. The farm kitchen should be large enough to hold a dining table to serve meals when extra help is employed. It should have a rear or side wash room for the men to save tracking dirt into the kitchen. » A bathroom in a farm home is a great luxury. Boys ami girls hesitate. to leave the farm and go to the city when they have such modern conveniences and comforts at home. The floor of the bathroom should be eitlrer tiled or covered with linoleum. The finings of a bathroom should be of white porcelain enamelware. The price is governed by the size, weight and quality. A total bathroom outfit may be bought for $75 and the work of installing is not necessarily expensive.

A farmhouse of modern, convenient design is shown in the accompanying drawings. The rooms are placed so as to provide for the many additions that are .common to Qte farm and are unknown in towns and cities. The sides of the house are finished with clapboards and the roof is of the gable type shingled. There is n small porch in front over tlie entrance, while along the side is a long fporch that can be used as the outdoor sitting room. On the main floor, the dining room Is the largest room and is combined with the kitchen. In a farmhouse plan it is necessary to have a large dining room because at certain times of the year a large number have to be fed. and it would not be particularly convenient to feed them in installments. The combining of the dining room and kitchen is more convenient for handling a large number of hearty eaters than a separate arrangement. This room is made readily accessible from both the back and front of the house. A long hall reaches to the front porch, and the wash room for the men opens into the dining room and also has a dpor to tlie back porch. The door from the side porch also opens into this room.

In back of the combination dining room and kitchen is a wash room, which assists considerably in keeping the bouse clean. The men can come in from the back porch without having to go into the kitchen and can wash in tliis room .and the kitchen will not be crowded up just before nteal times when working space is most needed. The basement has an outside -entrance and is equipped with a' workshop, vegetable cellar, fruit closet, heater room and laundry. The vegetable and fiuit rooms are placed away front the heating apparatus as far as possible so that they can he kept cool. The second floor plan calls tor three bedrooms and a bathroom. These are arranged with a hall opening to the stairs so as to be convenient. There is also anotfteri bedroom on the first floor for the help. ’

Second Floor Plan.

First Floor Plan.