CORNELL 



IReabing^^Course for Jfarmets' XlXHivee 



Published by the New York State College of Agriculture, at 

 Cornell University, from November to March and Enteijed at 

 Ithaca as Second-Class Matter Under Act of Congress of July 

 i6, 1894. 



L. H. Bailey, Director. 

 Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor. 



NEW SERIES I. 

 SANITATION. 



ITHACA, N. Y., 

 JANUARY, 1909. 



No. 3 



THE LAUNDRY 



Flora Rose 



Cleaning is a sanitary measure, and gives better conditions for good 

 health. Dirt in itself may not always be harmful, but at least its presence 

 forecasts harm and its removal may be just the necessary ounce of pre- 

 vention. Dne of the most important sanitary measures in the home is 



Fig. 30. — Soap making of other days, 



the weekly washing. It is not merely to gratify our sense of the aes- 

 thetic that we go to the extreme of upsetting the family routine for 

 one day each week, but also because soiled clothing may be dangerous 

 to the wearer. 



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