Popular Science MontJdy 



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How to Make a Kitchen Table Fit You 



DOES your kitchen table fit you? 

 The average woman is 5' 4" in 

 height. An ordinary table, built for her, 



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fat stock. The feed-lot is paved with 

 concrete. This saves manure and 

 makes a much better surrounding for 

 the steers. 



An economical constructiton will re- 

 quire the following amounts of materials. 

 Labor will cost but little. Farm hands 

 can do the work during the "nothing to 

 do" period on the farm. These prices 

 hold good in the West: 



45 bbls. cement for pave- 

 ments, floors and walls.. $ 72.00 

 8 cedar posts, 12' long for 



shed supports 4.00 



8 cedar posts, 14' long for 



shed supports 5.00 



2500^ of 2" X 6" framing lumber 70.00 



30 squares galvanizing metal 95.00 



500' crib siding for corn crib 15.00 



Is your table of the right height? If it is 



too high any one can saw off the legs; here 



are shown schemes to make them longer 



is 30" high. Thousands of women should 

 have their tables a little higher or a little 

 lower to avoid the fatigue that results 

 from working at a table which does not 

 fit. 



Mrs. Frederick, the writer 

 on domestic efficiency, after 

 conducting a series of tests, 

 states that 1/2" should be add- 

 ed or subtracted from the 

 height of the table for every 

 inch of the person's height 

 above or below the average 

 5' 4". A table may be raised 

 by boring holes in the legs 

 serting casters, or by screwing 

 rubber-tipped door stops. For a very tall 

 woman, four right-angle braces may be 

 screwed on to the lower parts of the legs, 

 the short sides of the braces resting on 

 the floor. 



Feeding Twenty Steers 



FOR the average farmer of the middle 

 western states, who annually fattens 

 a carload of steers, a plant can be made 

 which will be found good from every 

 point of view. It is not expensive; it is 

 arranged for convenience ; the labor cost 

 of feeding is lessened, and all the work 

 of feeding is under cover. A good, 

 sensible, warm shelter is provided for 



$261.00 

 Silo 300.00 



Total $561.00 



and in- 

 on four 



Twenty steers can be kept and fattened in 



this small and cheap plant, the designs 



shown being sufficient for starting work 



