The Rural Voice, 1979-02, Page 12barn year round, or an expensively large cistern was needed.
DUG WELL
The answer was a dug well to supplement the cistern.
There were various means to get the water into the house or
barn. First it was the "bucket and sweep" and later the suction
pump. This latter had the advantage that it could be located right
in the kitchen. There was also a chain pump, consisting of an
endless chain with buckets attached. Pity the poor planner who
had built his house and barn too far away from the buildings. All
water had to be hauled, often uphill, by the bucket.
WINDMILL
For the summer supply in the pasture the windmill was
indispensable to drive the pump.
The driven well began to come into farm use about one
hundred years ago, but farmers didn't trust it too well. Too often
they failed. It was recommended that the well -driller worked on
principle of "no water, no pay."
"Unless there is a source of good water," Farming for Profit
tdd its 1880 readers, "the farmer and his family are afflicted
with various forms of disease which stubbornly resist medical
treatment, though they involve a great deal of expense for
doctor's visits and medicines. The cattle do not thrive, the young
stock is poor and grows very slowly; cows lose their calves, milk
tants easily; the butter made from it is poor; much of the manure
is wasted while cattle is running around after water, and the land
grows poor; the crops are light, and the farming doesn't prove to
be paying business."
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