WATER FOR STOCK.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 88, 12 May 1916, Page 8

WATER FOR STOCK.

SIMPLE PURIFYING METHOD. A simple method for purifvint; almost any water lor drinking without b.-nlino-it has been worked out bv J)r (J (f JSaismith, Director ,>] the Health |,iboratories of Toronto. Cannd'i, and I)r (jiaham, assistant chemist. The process is as follows Add a (easpo.niul (not heaped up) of chloride of bine containing about one-third available j'jV" a "f water. Dissolve arid add in any convenient re eptaele three more cupfuls of water. Stir and allow to stand for a few seconds in order to let the particles settle. Tb s strek solution, if kept in a tightly-stoppered bottle, may be used for five davs \dd a teaspoonful to two aailons of water to he purified; st.r Ihormighlv in order that the weak chlo ine solution will come into contact with all the bacteria, and allow to stand for 10 minutes. This will effectually de-troy all typhoid and colon bacilli, or other dysenterv-produc-ini? bacilli in the water. The w,it : r will be without taste or odor and the trace of free chlorine added r.ip-dly disapi>ears. Water containing mud ill suspension is easily clarified by dropping hot wood ashes into it. or by the application of lime or alum. These two substances mako the water hard. Chloride of iron may also lio u ed. It is quite harmless and a valuable constituent for all animals. Midical men preF.crib? iron in one of its si ver.il forms as a tonic. One pound of cblor'de of iron (2d per lb) will clarify 10(11) to 2-100 gallons of muddy water and much reduce the bacterial contents.