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the other is being ironed. One woman, a member of a family of eight per- 

 sons, reports that with the help of one other person she is able to iron with 

 her hot -roll power ironing-machine all the sheets and pillow cases for eight 

 beds, all the towels, table linen, handkerchiefs, as well as many plain 

 garments for five persons, in one and one-half to two hours. Another 

 woman having a cold-roll power ironing-machine is able, with the help 

 of a second person, to iron the sheets and pillow cases for eleven beds, as 

 well as towels and handkerchiefs in proportion, in twenty to thirty minutes. 



EQUIPMENT 



A great deal may be said on the subject of laundry equipment. In no 

 part of the house is the amount of labor so modified by the possession of 

 proper equipment as in the laundry. If the water must all be carried into 

 the house from the outside, heated on the stove, used, then carried outside 



to be emptied, the task is 

 indeed heavy. If tubs and 

 benches must be lifted in and 

 adjusted, and if a washing 

 machine does not take the 

 place of a washboard, the 

 labor is unnecessarily and 

 unwisely, increased. A great 

 deal more thought should be 

 given to laundry conveniences 

 in the fami home, for laundry 

 work is hard and trying under 

 the conditions just described 

 and in the majority of cases 

 stich conditions are un- 

 necessary. Laundry work may 

 be made comparatively easy 

 and interesting. 



Washing machine. — The 

 home laundry should be 

 equipped with a washing 

 machine and at least one 

 stationary tub. It may be 

 that running water has not yet been introduced into house and bam, 

 but at least it is possible to provide a drain for kitchen sink and laundry 

 tub. This makes easier the problem of getting rid of dirty water. 



There are now on the market washing machines with wringer attached, 

 which run by power. On many farms the gasoline engine has already 



Fig. 46. — The cold-roll ironing-machine 



