The country house : a collection of useful information and recipes : adapted to the country gentleman and his household, and of the greatest utility to the housekeeper generally / edited by I.E.B.C.

Date:
1867
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    1U2 FOUNTAINS, The boat material for convoying water is iron gaspipo galvanised. It is made of any size np to 2in. internal diameter, with all necessary bends, junctions, stopcocks, &c., and in all lengths, from lin. to 12ft. The joints all screw together, and are fitted with groat ease and rapidity. An inch pipe with Soft, fall, would throw a three-sixteenth or quarter-inch jet about 20ft. high. There should be a chamber at the upper end, with a front of perforated zinc, to prevont rubbish getting into the pipe. If more water is wanted, the cheapest plan is to uso glazod stonowarc pipes, 2in. or 3in. diameter, jointed with Portland cement. They will stand a pressure of 200ft. of water, and havo boon largoly used for this purpose in some of our towns. The galvanised iron is about half the prieo of lead, which again is much cheaper than india-rubbor. LINING FOK PONDS. No. 1.—If tho soil is looso, first cover tho surface of the pond aftor it has been excavated with a thin coat of concrete mado of one part lime, two parts sand, throe of stones, made rathor thin. Having allowed this to harden, then cover it over with a coat of gas tar, lime, and sand made hot; put as much limo into this mixture as possible, as it becomes the sooner hardened thereby. If it is intondod for fish, repoated dressings of hot limewash must be used, to take up the ammonia from the tar. This cement will stand all weather, and is very cheap. No. 2.—The pond, after being formed, should be covered with Sin. or 4in. of concrete made of Portland cement one part, good gravel (washed) four parts, sand (also well washed) four parts. These should be chafed together with water, and beaten and smoothed on the sides of the pond with a shovel. The next day a layer, ^in. or lin. of the following, should be laid on by a plasterer : Portland cement one part, washed sand two parts. It should be allowed to remain a few days before tho water is let in ; in a short time it will become as hard as Portland stone. PONDS, TO MAKE. It is not enough to dig a holo in tho oarth, and then fill this hole with water. When a small pond of this kind is to be made, and the extent of the surface is determined upon and marked out, it will then be necessary to form a second or outer mark, indicating the space required for the wall or side puddle; and about 3ft. is the propor space to allow for this—tho puddle requiring about 2ft., and the facing, which requires to be laid upon the puddle, ought to be about 1ft. more, making together 3ft. It may bo sufficient to state that, when the excavation is finished, or partially so, the bottom puddle near the outer edge is formed,