AORICULTrilAL APIMlopilIATIOX BIIJ., 1U24. 465 



Followinjj the usual custoui of tlic DrpurtinriU of \.m ,. ..If ..re, 

 results of this work with food huvf hroii iiunh- puhlir in U -ui 



pr(»f('>sintiiil pnpcrs atid also, when suilahic for ihi* purpose, in n non- 

 tt'clmical form useful to thr woinm in tlw honir. T! ' ' .-n 



ust'd iilso to a very ^n'at extent in answennj^' uuiuirie tn 



houst«keep«>rs and others int4'reste<l in luune prohlcni 



The studies of raiiriin;;, drviii;,'. and other nirthod, of pii<MTvui^ 

 food In household nirthods. and of prohlonis of eookuji;, «»f tl- o? 



fuels, etc., arc or<^ani/ed Ut supply <lelinit4> data on whuh s.. ul 



practice must rest, and also to nrovide reliahle diroetions mt ntnU'il 

 that they can he readily followed hv the housekeeper. (' ' '.h* 

 research work imd other material has heen reporte<l in |»..,,. . ,, ;h- 

 lished in professional and technical journals, in neeordaneo with 

 <lepni(rnent j)rocedure. 



Studies of tiu' f h(»rouiLjhness of diL^e^iinn of fdmU Iia> mUm Immmi 

 continued. Research in household hd)or prohlems has heen con- 

 tinued, the respiration calorimeter heini; used for determinations of 

 enerj^'v expenditure. The results provide exact data not liitherto 

 avaihihl<» ref^ardin^ the demands on a wonnm's strenj;th which 

 household tasks involve. Without such data one can not dixcuss 

 in definite terms the important (piestion of work in the home. The 

 meth(»ds followed are also admirahly adapted to the studv of the 

 relative value of householil appliances intended as lahor savers, 

 hi fact, it is hard to say how such (piestions can he studied ns they 

 shoidd he without sucli measurements. 



The use T)f housidiold efpiipment for the purpose of savins; lahor 

 was included in tliis prohlem. the outcome heinj; that a working 

 surface too low^ or too lii^h to fit the housekeeper was found to cau.se 

 a greater expenditure of energy than the use of one tlie right height; 

 that is. one on which the hand will rest lightly when the arm is 

 dropped to the side and the fore-arm raised to an angle of l')'^ from 

 the hody. The manufacturer of sinks and kitchen tal)les has heen 

 (juick to take up this conclusi(m, as have the housekeeper and the 

 teacher. Besides this there is, of course, a field in household lah(»r for 

 the engineer and the mechanician. The j)Ian of work in the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, as Doctor Ball has pointed out, provides for 

 this elsewhere, along with prohlems pertaining to central heating, 

 water supply, sewage disposal, and otiier engineering questions re- 

 lated to the home. 



There are other phases of household management regarding which 

 we have heen collecting information, partly from lahoratory studies 

 and partly from surve3's and statistics of actual home practice. 

 Closely related to these are the prohlems of economics in the home. 

 These have heem studied chiefly hy means of surveys and the analysis 

 of statistical data which are provided hy them. It is difficult to sep- 

 arate the farm and the home in considering these questions of the 

 management of income in the farm home, and so it is natural ttuit in 

 survey work and interpretation of statistical results we should have 

 been working in cooperation with the Bureau of Agricultural Kcon- 

 omics. 



The wise use of money is an important household management 

 prohlem, and this question has received consitieration, particularly 

 with respect to the wise selection, suitable care, and repair of w«>aring 

 apparel, furniture, and other articles of personal niid JKnist^hold 



