Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-20
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| bread and preparing vegetables are
done with the arms bent at right
angles at the elbow. If the surface
is too low, the body is bent so as to
give fatigue. If the surface is too
high, the shoulders get tired quickly.
Just how many inches a working
surface Should be depends on the
height of the worker, and each one
| must make the experiment for her
| self. Insist upon sinks and tubs of
the proper height The plumber will
give them the right height if asked
to do it.
! There should always be a high
stool available so that as much work
as possible may be done sitting. The
height of shelves where equipment
is to be put away is also important.
Avoid STOPPING down and stretching
up high. Put heavy equipment on
lower shelves.
A low working surface means a
| crouched, uncomfortable position; it
means unnecessary muscular fatigue.
Work tables and sinks have usually
been set too low. 1t is easy to raise
the surfaces of tables and stoves by
means of blocks placed under them;
but sinks and wash tubs once set can
only be readjusted at an expense.
In old kitchens it is seldom posi-
BILE to do much with the window
problem, but where one is building
it is desirable to have windows on
opposite sides to gain a cross current
of air. A window over the sink or
at one side of it admits light and air
where it is generally needed.
| 1t is available wall space that
largely determines where equipment
must be placed. Give yourself wall
space without loss of light by plan
ming high square windows iR sets OF
two or three.
In screening the kitchen windows
the screen should slide so as to be
adjustable for top or bottom sash.
Then upper or lower windows can be
| opened as required. In very warm
weather there is a noticeable cool
ing Of air when the upper window
sashes are lowered as warm air that
rises to the ceiling will find ven
| tilating current Of air from window
to window.
Self-closing devices are very nee
essary for screen doors, which should
close tightly, and preferably be
1atched. Otherwise, they are useless
and make it much harder to get flies
out than if there were no screene.
There should be screened porcn
onening off from the kitchen on the
side which is not exposed to the sun
during the hottest part OF the Gay
where in warm weather mucn OF tLe
kitchen work may be done. 1t should
be large enough to otfer Place
where dish towels and mops can DC
dried. supplies stored, garbage anu
other forms Of waste kept temporar-
i1v the number of times the OUTSIDE
kitchen door must be opened Will NC
reduced and thus the danger OF leC-
ting flies in will be lessened. IN
MANY cases this screened porch WI
make a pleasant place Tor sers!ns
meals in summer when the ulhiiie
room Is hot. z4o. /, tho
,,;+obon there should be a basket TOT
,aannrs empty cans and other trasn'
pn1 a covered pail for food waste.
All ,iGuids should pass into the slnk
through a sieve. The contents
~ basket and garbage pail shoulu
he disposed of daily.
u, IN Handle the irish Potato
Crop .+os.
D. B., Columbus, Ca WIFE, so
r contemplate planting solie +bis
acres in Irish potat9ee n re.
Wear- and wish some ADVICE III
Sord TO preparing the land' anu
s5oIan+inp and fertilizing the po-
+atoes. What variety DO you
recommend and when should
they be planted?
1f contemplated planting h1y
scres to Irish potatoes, "ouIu III,
mare the land at once as cale CAREY,
as POSSIBLE. I would like 10 elliieli III
with as much well oecaSeI coS,Id Oh
matter or yard manure as coui 1a " ba
tain. Five tons per acre Woulu oI
about the right amount 10 use
Would nlow the land Immediately anu
Law it off in three and one-naII iooo
rows. 1 would next open vice. u Tep
fv1Cr
furrow with a turning plow, be
manure and the fertilizer may pe
nnattered in the bottom Of the
trench and mixed with subsoll oy
means of a. bull tongue. IL IS ue-
sirable that the fertilizer ana t5ie
manure be kept from coming IN u
rect contact with the potato I Seta.
Won NAV plant either the Red Bliss
~ ~ the irish Cobbler / prefer the
irish Cobbler for myself. me poea-
toes of this variety are of fine qual-
itv uniform in size and attractive III
color. They are also good Keepers.
Cut the potatoes down to Two eyes ~
a piece and space them Two ae -
a depth of eight to ten 1nches. IN IN
your section, 1 would like to get tne
notatoes in the ground by FEBRUARY
/. If possible, little Garner AZ AZ
soon as the potatoes sprout knock Oil
the tops of the rows with narrow
| Cultivate 81 o0 "a
serve the moisture and keep well hFf1-
ed, Fight bugs with Paris Green put
on either in the form of dry or wet
application. This is very important
part of the game. nm L.
I would use a MINIMUM OF 5oo TO
900 pounds of fertilizer under the
drill row containing ga per cent OF
nitrogen, $40 per cent of phosphorlc
acid and 3-5 per cent of potash. Or
ganic nitrogen will answer very wen;
I generally use cottonseed meal, ACID
phosphate and muriate of potash
mixed so as to provide formula OF
the character suggested.
Just as soon as the potatoes are
ready for shipment, get them under
way. Select and grade with care and
begin now to locate a satisfactory
market If you cannot find an I'M
mediate market for them, pack them
up in boxes and keep them in a cool
shady warehouse to be sold ou'
when the marketing conditions are
more favorable. There is often q
gIut in the potato market for few
weeks, whereas the local markets
may become comparatively barS
thirty days later.