The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1917-09-06
FARMERS WIVES
WORK TOD HARD
Arkansas Farmers Should Give Their
Wives Modern Household Machinery
and Make Her Work a Pleasure

By sallie Chamberlain, Home Demon
stration Agent. Extension Divis-
ion, University Of Arkansas.
Farmers have improved farm ma
chinery and use the latest methods IN
making their crops, but they forget
that if is possible to make the WORK
If tbe housewife much easier by pay
ING a little attention to the arrange
ment of the kitchen and by furnish
ing labor-saving devices which can be
made without a great deal OF trouble
or expense. Toe many men fail 10
recognize that it is economy to de-
crease the burdens of the housewife
by giving her modern equipment ana
laborsaving devices. They do not
seem to know how easily her work
could be made a pleasure and not
dfudcerv. and they do not do their
share TO enable her TO have some
leisure time to enjoy the things which
make more abundant life-books, mu-
sic, etc. | would not place less en-
phasis on the practical things of life,
but somebody surely needs to stress
the importance of doing Homework
with the least amount of time and
energy.
The lack of convenience in the
home is the cause Of a great deal of
The womans work Are the kitchens,
panIies. dining rooms and porehes as
conveniently arranged as they might
be? Are the floors all on the same
level? one hardly realizes how tir.
ing It is to step up and down from
the kitchen to The porch or from the
kitchen to the dining room. Are there
as many shelves. cupboards. hooks,
nails. and tables as a housekeeper
needs? Frequently the lack of these
eonveniences is due merely to the
fact that no one has ever stopped to
think Of the need of them. They do
not necessarily require money to get
them, but it does take a little time
and thought, combined with energy.
4 dry goods box containing shelves
and placed just above the working Ia
bic will save the housewife many
steps. It is hard to estimate the num-
Der Of tables necessary in kitchen.
However. one should be covered with
galvanized iron or zinc to stand near
the stove on which the pots and ket-
Ties can be placed when removing
them from the stove. Asbestos mats
at three cents each are good to set
the kettles on, but pieces of board
may be used to an advantage. Above
the working table hooks should be ar
ranged on which 10 hang the smaller
equipment, such as egg heaters,
spoons, potato Washers, etc.
All tables and sinks must be tall
enough to permit the woman to work
comfortably at them without bending
over. The ordinary sink should be
raised from eight to ten inches.
\ toy rub board" costing ten cents
is useful to slip into the sink or pan
to rub out the cloths and towels after
using them
A roller-tray table is a very great
time-sayer and convenience. One
home-maker has said that it takes
fifteen trips from the kitchen to the
dining room to serve a meal. while
with a roller-tray it may he done by
making two trips. There are several
inexpensive varieties of these tables
on the market, but a good one car
easily be made at home To de- SO
take a small kitchen table, put a
shelf under the table, tack strips
around the edges TO prevent the dishe.
from sliding off, and put rollers on it
handy towel rack should be found
in every kitchen
The burdens of each housekeepel
will be less if she will have a place
for everything and everything in il,
place" and time for doing every
thing, and do it in its time"
Too often the kitchen is not vel
equipped with the smaller and mex
pensiye conveniences. The woman
who continues to beat eggs with
fork instead of spending FIVE cents foi
an egg beater is wasting much tim,
and energy.
A potato ricer saves time wher
MASKING vegetables and fruits Of
pressing curd for cottage cheese
These may be purchased for twenty
five cents.
Wooden spoons, rolling pins, pota
to Washers, paddles for butter. and
long handled paddle for stirring Jams
marmalades, etc, can be made a
home from cedar.
Small, round wire sleeves with han
dies are useful for straining liquids
sitting small quantities of flour AM
removing rice, peas, etc, from the ket
ties.
Each kitchen should have two meas
uring cups, either tin or glass. mark
ed IN thirds and fourths.
Sharp knives of various sizes an
kinds are necessary to the comfort O
the housewife The small parin.
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