. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 7IO Reading-Course for Farmers' Wives. For each gallon of water, use four tablespoonfuls of alum. Pour a half pound of ammonium phosphate into a quart jar and fill with water. Shake and let stand. Keep this saturated solution for use as needed and add more water to any crystals that may be left in the jar. Use a little of this solution in the bluing water or as a part of the li'quid used in making starch. EQUIPMENT A great
. Annual report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 7IO Reading-Course for Farmers' Wives. For each gallon of water, use four tablespoonfuls of alum. Pour a half pound of ammonium phosphate into a quart jar and fill with water. Shake and let stand. Keep this saturated solution for use as needed and add more water to any crystals that may be left in the jar. Use a little of this solution in the bluing water or as a part of the li'quid used in making starch. EQUIPMENT A great deal may be said on the subject of laundry equipment. In no part of the house is the amount of labor so modified by the possession of proper equipment as in the laundry. If the water used must all be. Fig. 38.—Modern laundry equipment. carried into the house from the outside, heated on top of the stove, used and carried outside to empty, the task is indeed a heavy one. If tubs and benches must be lifted in and adjusted, and if a washing machine does not take the place of a washboard, the labor is unnecessarily and unwisely increased. A great deal more thought should be given to this subject in the farm home, for laundry work is hard and tr}ang work under the conditions just mentioned and in the majority of cases this is unnecessary. It may be made to be an easy and interesting task. Washing machine. The home laundry should be equipped with a washing machine and at least one stationary tub. It may be that. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. [Ithaca, N. Y. ?], 1900-1910. James B. Lyon, State printer)
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