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become a fixtiire for grinding corn, separating milk, etc. Why may not 

 the same source of power be used to run the washing machine and turn the 

 wringer? If running water is brought to the barn it should certainly 

 be continued to the house, and, if the water power is sufficient, a water 

 motor may be purchased that can be used for running the washing 

 machine. Some farmhouses are already making the improvements that 

 have been described. 



The ironing machine. — The ironing machine, or, as it is often called, the 



Fig. 47. — The hot-roll ironing-machine 



mangle, is another device for making laundry work easier than it has been. 

 It may successfully take the place of the hand iron for a larger part of the 

 family ironing. There are two types of ironing machines on the market: 

 (i) cold-roll ironing machines, in which the rollers J^etween which the 

 garment passes are made of wood and are unheated, depending on their 

 weight and pressure to remove wrinkles; (2) hot-roll ironing machines, in 

 which one roll is cold and is covered with a blanket and cloth, just as for 

 an ironing board, and the other roll or concave plate is made of smooth 

 iron and is heated. The cold roll revolves against the heated metal plate. 



