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53. Conveniences in the House. Failure to employ modern 

 methods to save labor within the house works a needless 

 hardship upon the farm woman. Household conveniences 

 which used to be found only in the city are now often 

 available in the country. Many a farmer's wife finds her 

 life easier and richer thereby ; and many another, who is 

 wasting her energy and impairing her health by struggling 

 and worrying along as her grandmother did, might find great 

 relief in the use of simple and inexpensive conveniences. 



EFFECT OF BROAD TIRES. 



This is the same road as in the previous picture. Note the difference in 

 its condition. 



a. Running water, hot and cold, both for bathroom and 

 kitchen, saves much drudgery, and means a great deal for 

 the health and comfort and uplift of farm life. Often the 

 house is situated lower than a near-by spring. Under 

 these conditions a few days of labor and a small expjense 

 for pipes will bring the water into the house. If it is not 

 possible to use a hillside spring for this purpose, perhaps a 

 hydraulic ram can be installed beside a passing stream 

 to pump water into the house, as is described above ( 46). 

 And if neither of these simple means is available, then a 

 windmill or gasolene engine will do the work. 



