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carriers operated on tracks in the barns are superior to the wheelbarrow 

 for conveying feed to mangers and manure to the spreader or manure pit, 

 but are more expensive. 



Standard measures for carrying and measuring grain are always useful. 

 These may be in the form of good splint baskets or as metal measures 

 with handles. 



Machinery for the House. The weekly wash for the average farm 

 family, when done in the old-fashioned way, is a laborious task. It can 

 be greatly lightened 

 by the use of the 

 washing machine, 

 wringer and mangle 

 that are operated by 

 mechanical power. A 

 laundry, with modern 

 equipment, is of more 

 urgent need in the 

 country than in the 

 city. Power for such 

 a laundry may be used 

 for other purposes, 

 such as pumping water 

 for a pressure system, 

 operating the cream 

 separator, churn and 

 possibly a suction 

 cleaner. There are too 

 many farmers who are 

 able to supply such an 

 equipment who are 

 content to permit their 

 wives to do this work 

 in the old-fashioned 

 way. It is safe to 

 predict that if these 



duties were to fall to the lot of the farmer himself, he would find a way to 

 do the work more easily and quickly. 



There are on the market many labor-saving household implements, 

 including power churns, cream separators, sewing machines, meat cutters, 

 vacuum cleaners, etc. Wherever electricity is available, electric irons and 

 other electrical devices help to lighten the work. 



If water must be pumped or drawn from the well by the housewife, 

 no reason exists why a pipe could not be extended and a pump placed in 

 the kitchen or a pump house connected with the kitchen, 



1 Courtesy of The Pennsylvania Farmer. 

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HOME-MADE DUMP CART TO MAKE STABLE WORK EASIER. 1 



