Wilderness Homes: A Book of the Log Cabin by Oliver Kemp

Author:Oliver Kemp
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Outing Publishing Company
Published: 1908-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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banks of the pond may be made glorious with suitable plants, cardinal flowers, etc., and such an opportunity to build a curving rustic bridge is not to be neglected. Cover up your traces, however.

Now, an important feature of your wood home is proper sewage, and this demands attention. The outhouse should be built to acconmaodate, under the seat, a movable box lined with zinc or, better still, a galvanized iron pail, not too large, and made to fit close under the seat. This should be supplied with a layer of dry earth or wood ashes and the contents removed at frequent intervals, to be buried and covered with earth. Soil near the surface (if not too sandy) is in a large degree able to destroy organic matter; the waste should not, therefore, be buried deeply. One foot is quite sufficient.

Garbage is best disposed of by burning. If this is not possible, dig a hole for it and 77

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