The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-02-22
The Kitchen Stove.


Fetish to many u woman and
she adds the last straw TO an al
ready too busy day by polish.
lug her 'cook stove" when 1t
might just as well have been with
out that Immaculate shine says
Mrs. Jean Kane Foulke, Farm
Adviser in Household Economies
for the Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture. $50 many peo-
pie think that a shining stove Is
the trade mark of a good house
keeper, forgetting that a kitchen
stovels not an ornament but rath
er a piece Of household machi-
merry. 1t should have care to
keep 1t in good working order
and so that 1t may not be unsight
" as 1t IL large aud mast hold a
permanent place in one Of the
most used looms In the house., |
out after that is done every MN
ute Of tune and every ounce of
strength that is put on 1t Is vast
ed.
"a little knowledge Is a great
help in giving q stove proper care
and when this is used the kitchen
stove will need little work to Keep
It not only looking clean and very
bright but IN good working con-
dltion and without repairs for
many years. TO begin with the
simpler and palmer the design
of any stove the better-the less
trimmings, MCKEE or stamped
iron and fret work the better,
for all these will need SPECIAL
care to keep clean aud IN order.
More than this such Ornamental
tion is rarely IN good taste and
merely adds TO the expense of
the stove without adding 10 the
usefulness. Therefore, choose a
PLAIN, neat looking stove. See
shat it has a good sized fire box
and a deep and we'll made ash
pan.
"a great convenience In astove
is O. sort of double CRATE that can
be turned over making a basket
shaped CRATE in which wood may
be burned or oy reversing a Fat
can be had for using coal. :
This need not interfere with us =,
ing a shaker for while it will ne
cessltate a little care 10 shaking
one must give a pretty sharp
twist TO turn the CRATE over from
one form TO the other and 1T is
difficult to do If there Is fuel IN :.
the stove. The top Of the oven '
should be kept free of ashes and =,
The easiest way TO do this is to r
nave a small whisk (turkey or :,
chicken wings make an excellent
brush for that purpose) with
which one can readily reach be =.
,ween the lids and oven top. This :
should be done every day when
lslng wood, but once a week will :,
De sufficient if using coal. 1t Is
llso important to keep the space
beneath the oven free Of ashes
md dust if the oven Is to heat
'venly aud quickly. Therefore, y
ne stove should be set so that !
he vent below the oven can be r
eadlly got at and cleaned out. o
"Ashes should never he allow :,
d to heap up in the ash pan 50
S to touch or nearly touch the
rate above for they hold intense ,
leat and when there is ire in the
tove the double heat will destroy
he CRATE, burning it out and
1arping and spelling it very
luckily. | have seen stoves with
be fire box almost closed with NJ
,llnkers' which have been allow z,
d to stick and adhere to the fire
rick from the coal. These de- q
oslts can sometimes be remov- it
d by a sharp blow from a ham
Ter or with a cold chisel, but bl
mere is always the chance of M
reaking the fire brick when us S,
lg this method An easier plan
to occasionally put a few oys- pl
Dr. shells in the fire which will re
lean the clinkers out If they are
OF allowed too strong a footholo 70
rst.
1.-THE sides of the stove may pl