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LESSON FOR THE FARM HOME 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm Home, Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor 



VOL. H. No. 27 



ITHACA, N. Y. 

 NOVEMBER, i, 1912 



FARM HOUSE SERIES No. 5 



CHOICE AND CARE OF UTENSILS 



Ida S. Harrington 



For years we have accepted the saying, " It is a poor workman who finds 

 fault with his tools." Now the world is beginning to recognize that dis- 

 content is a necessary element in improvement ; that the man who studies 

 his tools critically is the one who discovers ways to make them better or 



Fig. 18. — Various types of bails and handles, as described on page 19 



his use of them more effective, so that more and better work may be done 

 with less effort. 



Scientific management is enabling our great industrial plants to turn out 

 more work and to pay higher wages for shorter hours. The watchword of 

 this method is : " Get rid of poor tools, awkward methods, and unnecessary 



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. 



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