66 FABM HOMES, IN-DOORS AND OUT-DOORS. 



and kettles, and above it a row of pegs on which to hang 

 a dishcloth-holder, a stiff brush for cleaning vegetables, 

 a little mop for washing bottles and narrow-necked pitch- 

 ers and jars, the lamp scissors, and such small articles 

 as are in daily use in this department of the kitchen. 

 Two small shelves should be placed at either end for soap- 

 dishes. A large conveniently arranged sink goes a great 

 way in making kitchen-work easy. 



A good-sized, substantial table of white- wood or pine 

 is needed for ironing and baking days. It should have three 

 drawers a large one for ironing-sheets, shirt-board and 

 holders, and two smaller ones for baking-tins, spoons and 

 knives used in cooking, and boxes of spices, salt, etc. 

 Having once used such a table, no house-keeper will like 

 to do without it. 



Above this table can be fastened a hanging rack for 

 ironed clothes. These are much more convenient than 

 the sort which stand on the floor, and when not in use, 

 can be folded back against the wall, entirely out of the 

 way. 



For washing-days, are needed a long bench two and a 

 half feet wide, and of the right hight, two or three tubs, 

 a wringer, and for heavy clothes, a washer. The latter, 

 which costs $5 or $6, can be fitted into any tub, and ought 

 to be an indispensable article. It is to washing-day what 

 a reaping-machine is to an eighty-acre wheat field : and 

 no farmer should neglect to provide one for his kitchen, 

 unless he is willing to settle down to his harvesting with 

 merely the sickle and the "cradle" of his forefathers ! 

 These items come under the head of kitchen furniture, 

 but are, of course, kept in the cellar, or in a closet open- 

 ing from the kitchen. 



Along with a first-class cooking-stove, for it is not 

 economy to have a poor one, should be selected the fol- 

 lowing quite necessary articles : Wash-boiler, tea-kettle, 

 soup-pot, frying-kettle, spider, two or three granitized 



