LESSON FOR THE FARM HOME 



Published semi-monthly throughout the year by the New York State College of 

 Agriculture at Cornell University. Entered as second-class matter October 13, 

 191 1, at the post office at Ithaca, N. Y., under the Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm Home, Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor 



VOL. I. No. II 



ITHACA, N. Y. 

 MARCH I, 1912 



FARM HOUSE SERIES No. 3 



THE LAUNDRY 



Flora Rose 



Cleaning is a sanitary measure; without it, health may be endangered 

 and life shortened. Dirt in itself may not always be harmful, but its 



Fig. 37. — The family, washing 



presence at least forecasts harm while its removal may be just that necessary 

 " ounce of prevention." One of the most important sanitary measures 



