102 MISCELLANEOUS FARM SUBJECTS 



exceed 6 feet. It should be borne in mind that if this distance is 

 increased one step two extra steps must be traveled each time in 

 going and returning. In the course of a day the housewife or 

 servant may be made to travel miles in doing the work. The sink 

 and drain board should be near a window where they will have 

 plenty of light, and, if possible, they should be at one end of the 

 work table. Even where water is carried into the kitchen by hand, 

 a small sink is a decided advantage. 



If food must be kept in the cellar in summer time a dumb 

 waiter with two or three shelves running from the kitchen to the 

 cellar is well worth its cost. Of course, an ice box on the ground 

 floor would avoid the necessity for keeping food cool in the cellar. 

 If an ice box is used it should be so located that it can be conveni- 

 ently filled with ice and yet be near the kitchen. Convenient cellar 

 stairs are much less common than they should be, and their loca- 

 tion, lighting, etc., are questions which should always be taken into 

 consideration in house construction. 



For use in cold weather there should be a pantry on the ground 

 floor in which the food is kept, and this pantry should be within 

 walking distance of the dining room and kitchen. If this is not 

 possible, a box can be turned on its side and fastened just outside the 

 kitchen window and the food kept in it. 



If your house has been built without care to step saving in the 

 position of dining table, sinks, and cupboards, a small table on 

 rollers, especially if its capacity is increased by a lower shelf, will be 

 found a great convenience. It can be used to advantage in setting 

 and clearing the table. It is also helpful to have near the sink 

 "when the dishes are washed. They can be put on it and the table 

 then moved to the china closet and emptied. Many a woman who is 

 now tired of an evening would be fresh if she used a wheeled table 

 and a high stool at the sink and work table. 



The model kitchen has four windows. One whole side of the 

 room is lined with cupboards, some with glass doors, others of solid 

 wood; beneath are drawers and flour bins. The range stands con- 

 veniently near the work table, and there is also a large enameled 

 sink with draining board. Between the large screened-in porch and 

 the kitchen is placed the refrigerator, being filled with ice from the 

 outside. The refrigerator doors open into the kitchen. Many times 

 a day the cold storage has to be gone to, and this is an important 

 matter, to have it right at hand. It will be found that there is not 

 any more ice consumed in a summer than if the ice chest were in the 

 cellar. Why should steps be multiplied in going to it? The kitchen 

 in the labor-saving planned house is small. The more articles that 

 can be reached with fewest steps, the lighter the work will be. A nar- 

 row kitchen is a great labor saver. One does not realize this until she 

 prepares a meal in the large square old-fashioned kitchen ; the extra 

 steps count as miles in a day. 



The general use of the sewing machine has saved the farmer's 

 wife and other housekeepers unnumbered hours of labor, and in the 

 same way the general use of the proper kitchen conveniences will 



