290 EDUCATIONAL PREVENTION OF INFANT MORTALITY 



With the methods already in use it would be possible to study 

 many questions which have to do with the saving of labor in carry- 

 ing on household tasks. Several bulletins of the Office of Experi- 

 ment Stations contain data on such subjects. A house may be so 

 planned and the necessary articles in the kitchen and other rooms 

 so placed that the amount of walking which the housewife does is 

 reduced to a minimum. This means that she is spared a consider- 

 able amount of unnecessary work. Labor-saving devices are as 

 important in the home as on the farm, and those which experience 

 has shown to be really worth while should be provided. 



The lightening of her burdens by means of a well-equipped and 

 hygienic house, by the use of household conveniences, and by the 

 proper understanding and systematizing of home work means that 

 the home maker is spared unnecessary labor to the benefit of her 

 health and strength and that she and her family may have an oppor- 

 tunity for something besides the daily tasks which too often leave 

 neither time nor inclination for other things. 



With the knowledge which has been gained and made available 

 regarding food and nutrition, and the information which it is expected 

 will be accumulated! regarding the energy questions which have to do 

 with home life, the Department of Agriculture hopes that it may help 

 to provide data of use in teaching mothers how they may so regulate 

 their household duties that they are not overworked, while at the same 

 time they provide their families with a wholesome and adequate diet. 



