The country house; a practical manual of the planning and construction of the American country home and its surroundings (1905)
Hooper, Charles Edward, 1867- · New York : Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 255
after the evil is done, but how much betterwould it have been to have taken proper precaution and averted it in the beginning.The fact that the well is separated from the sink drain and the barn by aconsiderable distance means nothing more than that the evil may be merely delayed.There are cases,… … Water Supply and Drainage 231 The ordinary farmhouse, as you will remember, sits on a side hill toward theroad, with the barn in the rear and on higher ground. This is the usual formula,although it may be reversed, much to its credit and safety. It does not follow,however, that thegeneral slope of…
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