THE FARM HOME 311 



a convenient arrangement of the entire equipment of the 

 kitchen will relieve the housekeeper of many of her burdens. 

 The farmer himself has all the labor-saving machinery and 

 equipment he can secure. He is entirely justified in this, but 

 the same reasons also justify providing his home with labor- 

 saving devices and equipment. It is as important to save 

 time and energy in the home as in the fields. 



Comforts. A home is not only a place in which to live 

 but also one to enjoy. A comfortable home does not need to 

 be one of luxury or of elegance. Simple furnishing in good 

 taste gives the most pleasure and greatest comfort. Space 

 does not permit more than a mention of desirable house 

 furnishings. 



Heat, light, and water are the first essentials for a comfort- 

 able home. Heating by means of stove, water supplied by 

 an outside well or cistern, and light from kerosene lamps are 

 common in farm homes. Such an arrangement is an improve- 

 ment over that in pioneer times when the fireplace, the 

 spring, and tallow candles furnished heat, water and light; 

 but it requires much labor that might be saved by supplying 

 still more modern conveniences. 



It is generally more expensive and requires more work 

 to heat by stoves than by a furnace, and, at the same time, 

 it is less satisfactory from the standpoint of comfort. A 

 well-installed furnace, distributing the heat uniformly through 

 the house, removes the discomfort and perhaps the danger of 

 passing from a heated into an unheated room. Besides 

 uniformity in heating, good ventilation may be secured at 

 the same time by furnace heating. 



Lighting by means of lamps, while fairly satisfactory, 

 causes much labor in the care of the lamps. Acetylene gas 

 or electricity may now be installed in a farm home at a reason- 



