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, 

 1911, at the post ofiSce 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 X. No. 23 



ITHACA, N. Y. 

 SEPTEMBER i, 191 2 



FARM HOUSE SERIES No. 4 



RULES FOR CLEANING 



Mary Urie Watson 

 (Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Canada) 



One of the first principles of scientific management is to systematize 

 each piece of routine work so that it may be done in the shortest time with 

 the least expenditure of energy. A record is 

 made of the best method to accomplish the 

 given piece of work and that record is put in a 

 form that is available to the average worker. 

 If systematic work saves time the house is the 

 first place in which to begin the new campaign 

 for scientific management, since the slogan of 

 many housekeepers is, " So much to do, and so 

 little time to do it." 



The following " rules for work " will not 

 furnish to the housekeeper new ways of clean- 

 ing and working. They do not even attempt 

 to include all the ordinary work of the house. 

 The purpose of the rules is to give directions 

 for various household processes in a form that 

 may aid the housekeeper in systematizing her 

 own work and the work of those who are 

 assisting her. 



THE CLEANING CLOSET 



In every house there should be a cupboard or 



a closet set aside for cleaning purposes, " with a „ 



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place tor everythmg and everythmg m its 



place." The cleansing materials and apparatus listed under the following 



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