The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-04-29
WORK
On The Farm Is Now Made
Much Easier
By Up.1O Methods Adopt.
ed By Women

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than In city homes, for, when farm
house Is not too close to the highway
the sweeping and dusting are not as
burdensom as In town, and Il Is easier
to Keep bedding, draperles, and cush.
ions clean, to say nothing of clothing
The country woman can send her gar
ments to the laundry. II she chooses,
and she uses the very same kind Of
vacuum cleaner her city sister buys,
SO that her labors are lessened in pro.
portion to the financial success OF her
husband and the location Of her home.
In many instances the stretch Of road
In front Of the farmhouse is oiled to
keep down the dust.
With the cooking much simplied
and reduced, the work on the farm
for the mistress Of the house is en-.
tirely different from the work accom-.
plished by her grandmother. Take
sewing, for example. The grandmoth.
ers wove and spun and cut material,
but the present.day farm women buy
factory underwear. factory garments,
ready.made suits for every member Of
the family, and even factory.made sun.
bonnets, II the sunbonnets are worn,
or course, there are little things to
be made that all women prefer to do
for themselves, but the majority OF
farm women do not do their own sew.
ing in the accepted use of that term.
They hire their best clothes made in
town, or order ready-made garments.
Many OF them make the garments for
their children, finding them more sat.
isfactory than the sore articles, and
they make their own bedding and table
linen, but even with only this much on
their hands there are young women
who make good money going from
farmhouse to farmhouse to assist with
the common sewing. The old idea OF
making everything at home is gone
forever. and the average country wo.
man does less sewing than the aver.
age city woman, says the Western
Christian Advocate.
Then the dairy work is much re.
duced, II not abolished entirely. The
cream separator has changed every.
thing In the farm dairy and some wo.
men think 1t the greatest labor-saver
of all household machinery. The milk
goes through the separator and i'm
mediately back to the pigs or calves,
and the mistress of the house is left
with large or small jar Of cream, ac-
cording to the number Of cows kept.
Often there is power-churn, and in a
few minutes the golden ball Is ready
for the power-worker or for the old.
fashioned bowl and paddle. In very
many farm homes no butter is made al
all, as the cream is sold to the factory,
while In others only enough is made
to supply the home table, as many
farmers do not like the factory pro-
duct. BY a simple process the cream
Is taken frOm the milk and in a Few
minutes the machine Is cleansed and
feady for the next milking
The laundry work is as nothing in
comparison with the ways of old, for
hot and cold water abount in most
kitchens and the newer farmhouses
have stationary tubs and all modern
conveniences. However. the greatest
change is in the garments themselves
for the old, clumsy muslin things OF 9
decade or two ago have given place to
the easily-cleansed underwear, and
the elaborate white skirts, gowns and
household supplies our grandmothers
edlighted In have been laid aside for
light, easily washed and ironed cloth
ing. The old tucks and rufiies and
puffs are unknown. and. while the
sewing burdens are much lightened
the work of washing and ironing ia
atilI mara eimn1o