The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-02-28

fix up some shelves over or
near the stove where asbestos
mats, pots and pans, ETC., can
he placed. Have mor shelves
over the kitchen table where
things needed for use there can
he within reach. The gasoline
or kerosene stove in summer is
not only a saving in the matter
of fuel but is more convenient
for use as we'll az making work
pleasanter and easier. Give
attention to the height of the
sink and the kitchen table.
They should be placed at a
height that will make it posi-
bic to work at them without
standing in a STOPPING position.
The speaker dwelt on the
necessity of some good means
of taking care of the garbage.
So much of it as cannot be
utilized for feeding to animals
should be burned. For the
liquid waste she strongly urg-
ed the building of a septic tank
and suggested that this also
made it possible to have run
ming water and all modern con.
veniences in the farm home at
a low cost.
She made many suggestions
as to utensi lis that help with
the work or increase efficiency
and cut down cost. Among
these were: two stools of diff.
ferent height for use in such
duties as can be performed
while sitting, a dish drainer
costing $3.50 which largely
does away with the work of
wiping dishes; a bread mixer
which does the work thorough
ly and with less expenditure of
energy than in the old-fashion-
ed way; a food chopper which
has a score of uses in prepar-
ing foods, using up remnants,
etc.; scales to weigh materials
used as well as to have a check
on the dealers; spatulas, cost
ing Is cents, better for mixing
and lifting many things than
spoons or knives.
The fireless cooker is an
economy as we'll as a time and
labor-saver. In a pinch one
can be made for fifty cents,
using a soap box, a couple of
crooks and newspapers and
excelsior for packing. The
gasoline iron was strongly rec
ommended. 1t can be operated
to two-fifths of a cent per hour
and that is much cheaper than
keeping a hot fire going in the
kitchen. 1t saves steps, saves
fatigue from excessive heat and
does the work perfectly.
Miss Farnsworth asked the
question, What is the value
of your wife's labor per year,
and answered it herself by sug-
costing that it would hardly
be feasible to secure a house
keepee for less than 40 per
month and that a woman en-
ployed as a housekeeper would
not do the sewing, which would
cost for a fair-sized family not
less than $40 per month. And
for these services, worth over
$500 per annum the wife too
often gets only board and
clothes. She added that men,
in asking women to marry
them, do not make the PROPOSE
ton to come and work for me
all your lite for board and
Clothes" She suggested that
wives should have money of
their own; that they should
not be asked what they were
going to spend it for: that they
should be made to feel that
they had the privileges as well
as the responsibilities of the
partnership. And. she argued.
that besides making life pleas
anter and happier such a re-
form would pay in dollars and
cents.
WE Discussed Cooperation
]. A. Wye, editor writer on
the St. Paul Weekly Dispatch,
discussed cooperation in a
forceful and logical manner,
showing what had been done
in Minnesota by the formation
of co-ope rative creameries,
marketing associations, egg
associations, etc. Methods of
handling various commodities,
essentials of organization and
the history of several of the
leading organizations in Min
nesot were gone into quite