1893-1894 - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

78 XORTH CAROLTXA T.OAIU) OF HEALTH.
droppings mixed with this feniienting matter are washed into the sti-eani
and down into the river. The distillery is from a half to three quarters
of a mile from the river and this space is a range for hogs.
4. A small settlement of negroes on Mr. Howell's plantation beyond
the river, the drainage from the same being into that stream.
5. A grave-yard, still in use, about twenty feet from the river bank.
6. Tiie arable land adjacent, the principal fertilizing material used
being composted manure.
Anah/f:i's of the Water.—The three samples taken from the river in
November, -nhen there was a slight freshet, at the mouth of the intake
and from two points in the course of the mains and numbered " 1," "2"
and "3," show respectively: free ammonia .152, albuminoid ammonia .30
parts per million; free ammonia .048, albuminoid ammonia .254, and
free ammonia .006 and albuminoid ammonia .256.
Of the four samples sent to the Experiment Station in March "Xo. 1,
taken from the river about one and one-half miles from pumping station,"
shows: chlorine 19.10 grains per gallon, free ammonia 0.592 parts per
million, albuminoid ammonia 0.57