7IO Reading-Course for Farmers' Wives. 



For each gallon of water, use four tablespoonfuls of alum. 



Pour a half pound of ammonium phosphate into a quart jar and 

 fill with water. Shake and let stand. Keep this saturated solution 

 for use as needed and add more water to any crystals that may be left 

 in the jar. Use a little of this solution in the bluing water or as a part 

 of the li'quid used in making starch. 



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 used must all be 



Fig. 38. — Modern laundry equipment. 



carried into the house from the outside, heated on top of the stove, 

 used and carried outside to empty, the task is indeed a heavy one. 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 this 

 subject in the farm home, for laundry work is hard and tr}ang work 

 under the conditions just mentioned and in the majority of cases this 

 is unnecessary. It may be made to be an easy and interesting task. 



Washing machine. The home laundry should be equipped with a 

 washing machine and at least one stationary tub. It may be that 



