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Missouri Agricultural Report. 



FARM HOME MANAGEMENT. 



Mrs. Hall. 



(Mrs. J. Ed. Hall, Lamontc, Mo.) 



The subject of "Farm Home Management" 

 should be, and no doubt is, a very prominent one 

 in the mind of every Missouri farmer's wife. We 

 are all aware that in recent years much has been 

 done in this State to secure better plans of 

 management of the farms in order to improve 

 and keep up the fertility of the soil and at the 

 same time keep adding to the farmers' bank ac- 

 count. 



Those in charge of this department have 

 seen the need of better management in the home. 

 To my mind, no closer business relationship exists than that be- 

 tween the farm and the home. Truly, is the wife her husband's 

 business partner. She attends to his writing, answers inquiries, 

 sends out orders for seed, takes the piece of machinery to the shop 

 for repairs, and often takes the team to the field and rakes the hay 

 or plows the corn. He, in turn, in some instances at least, helps 

 with the family washing and churning, gathers the fruit, puts down 

 the meat, and takes the produce to market. 



The average farm woman knows of the work to be done ; of the 

 numerous nameless tasks that take our time and use up our energy; 

 of the monotonous routine of daily life, all of which keeps her from 

 viewing her work as a whole and from working out plans for the 

 easier and more systematic performance of her household duties. 

 Farm home management does these things for her. 



The one in charge of this department, upon request, will visit 

 the home. Personally, I received much benefit from Miss Bailey, 

 who formerly had charge of this work in Missouri, but who is now 

 with the United States Department at Washington. Many helpful 

 suggestions as to the arrangement of house, grounds, poultry yards 

 and buildings were given ; also hints on preparation of meals, bal- 

 anced ration and the making into healthful and appetizing dishes 

 left-overs from other meals; hints on laundry work, and little de- 

 vices to save time and labor, thus leaving more time for rest and 

 recreation. 



Farm home accounts constitute another very important factor 

 in farm home management. By means of blanks furnished rec- 



