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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK, 



wat«r. Dry, and Iron on the wrong 

 side. 



An Infusion of hay will preserve 

 buff linens. 



An infusion of bran will preserve 

 brown linfoas. 



Tussore and Raw Silks. — Should 

 not be ironed until quite dry. 



Blankets. 



Use a little soap in the last rins- 

 ing water. After they have been hung 

 on the line and are thoroughly diry, 

 beat with a carpet-beater. They will 

 become soft and light, and the wool 

 like new. 



To Wash Muslins and Ginghams. 



Dissolve a piece of alum the size of 

 a nut to every pt. <ft starch. The 

 color will keep bright a long time. 

 This hint is useful when dresses must 

 be often washed. 



Types of Washers. 



No housework is harder than that of 

 keeping the family supplied with fresh, 

 clean clothes. But ibecause the health 

 as well as the <;omfort of the hody de- 

 mands clean clothes, there must be 



some way of supplying this demand. 

 On the average farm this task must 

 be performed by the housewife, and 

 for the same reason that her huhsand 

 buys the sulky instead of the walking 

 plow, she should insist on the pur- 

 chase of a power washer instead of a 

 hand machine. 



There are many types of ipower 

 washers on the market and the house- 

 wife should make a careful investiga- 

 tion of their relative merits "before 

 purchasing. The platform upon which 

 the washer stands should he taken 

 into consideration, also. Such investi- 

 gation can he made by examining the 

 makes carried in stock hy the local 

 dealer and 'by writing for printed mat- 

 ter and iparticulars covering other 

 types. 



Where electricity is availalble, elec- 

 tric washers are the cheapest, and be- 

 cause of their simplicity of operation 

 are the most satisfactory. A good 

 electric machine can be o(btained for 

 fifty^flve dollars. But on the farm the 

 gasoline engine must he substituted 

 for the electric motor ,and the price 

 of engine and washer with wringer at- 

 tached, will not be less than sixty^ve 



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 Every good housewife should save the 

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"Crown Brand" Com Symp is not only 

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