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were ready for quite a fair display for 
bedding out. I am wintering .'*0 of the 
best varieties, and about March 1 I shall 
break the plants into slips and place them 
in bottles for a week or two; then they 
will be rooted, ready to set in boxes, and 
then bedded out about June 1. Raising 
plants from seeds is one of the most fasci¬ 
nating hobbies for the farm woman who 
is inclined to he lonely, and one success 
always tempts one to try again. 
MOTHER REE. 
Helps for the Home Nurse 
An ideal sick-room is one removed from 
the noise and confusion of household 
duties, where there is plenty of light, 
good ventilation, and sunshine. The fur¬ 
niture in the room should be simple and 
easily cared for. A bare room is much 
less care for the nurse and much more 
restful for the patient than one filled 
with niekliacks and draperies, A com¬ 
fortable mattress on an iron bedstead is 
essential. Two or three chairs, one of 
them an easy chair with a high hack, up¬ 
holstered in some pretty washable ma¬ 
terial, tire needed, but never a rocking- 
chair. The rocking may annoy the pa¬ 
tient. Resides (he chairs, two fables will 
be necessary, one near the patient’s bed 
to hold a clock or any little necessity that 
she may wish, and otic in some other part 
of the room, where the nurse may keep 
the medicine and her records. 
It is best not to have a carpet on the 
floor. Small rugs are much easier to 
keep clean. The bed should be placed 
so that a window may be kept open all 
day without having the patient in a draft. 
A screen will be necessary. An old 
clothes-horse covered with a sheet makes 
an excellent substitute. The room should 
be well heated. A fireplace is good to 
insure better ventilation, Otherwise some 
scheme must be worked out by which 
windows may be raised and lowered with¬ 
out causing a draft to blow on the patient. 
The 1 mne nurse should keep a careful 
record of lur patient’s temperature, nour¬ 
ishment and general condition. Writing 
down the doctor's orders is most import¬ 
ant; it is never safe to trust to memory 
in giving medicine; each dose should be 
checked off as given. It is wise to use a 
colored glass for medicine that is very 
powerful or poisonous; there can then be 
no possibility of n mistake. Mark a large 
Cross on the cover of a box containing 
powerful medicine in the form of pills. 
Give pills to a patient from a spoon with 
a drink of water before and after she 
takes them if -die has any difficulty in 
swallowing them. 
In making the bed for the patient, the 
bottom sheet is first put on smoothly and 
fastened well at the ends with ‘‘envelope” 
corners. Then there should be a strip 
of rubber sheeting the width of the bed 
and about a yard deep This is laid a 
little higher than the middle of the bed. 
and over it goes the draw sheet. This 
may be an ordinary sheet folded length¬ 
wise and placed across the bed, to make 
the covers firmer still. Tt should be 
tucked carefully under one side, made 
very smooth and then tucked in under 
the other side. Next, the top sheet and 
one or two single blankets are put on. 
one at a time, and tucked in carefully at 
the bottom. Last of all. a thin dimity 
spread, or. if one is not at hand, an ordi¬ 
nary sheer is put on. One or two pillows 
complete the necessary bedding. 
To change a bed with the patient in it. 
remove the spread and blanket, and put 
them to air. Fold over the other blanket 
and sheet so that there will be a double 
thickness over the patient to take the 
place of the blanket and s'lread removed. 
The patient is next moved over to the 
other side of the bed. The draw sheet 
and. bottom sheet are loosened and rolled 
up in a flat roll to the middle of the bed 
and left clasp to her back. The fresh 
bottom sheet, which 1ms been thoroughly 
warmed, is rolled or folded to tin* middle 
crease, and the roll laid in llu* middle of 
the bed. Tuck in firmly. Next the draw 
sheet is put on in the same manner, and a 
pillow in a fresh slip put in place. The 
patient is lifted back to her original po¬ 
sition. and the under sheer and draw* 
sheet are removed and the fresh ones ar¬ 
ranged firmly. The dean top sheet is 
put nu the blanket and the snread. 
The daily bath is very helpful and re¬ 
freshing to the patient, and not nearly as 
difficult to give us it sounds. First, close 
the window and let the room heat up 
wanner than the normal temperature. 
While waiting for this extra warmth, he 
sure that everything is at hand and con¬ 
veniently arranged, for the bath, must be 
given quickly, so ns not to cause chill or 
fatigue. On the small table at the betid 
of the bed, place a basin of hot water 
and a pitcher of hotter water to be used 
as needed, soap, sponge, alcohol, talcum 
powder, wash cloth, and towels. When 
everything is ready, undress the patiCut. 
but keep her covered with a warm blan¬ 
ket. Slip a bath towel under one side of 
the patient, and bathe only a little at a 
time, drying quickly. After bathing the 
upper part of the body, sponge with al¬ 
cohol and put on a fresh nightgown. 
Rathe the lower limbs in the same way: 
then put a hot-water bottle near the pa¬ 
tient. and make the bed. Fast of all. fix 
her hair, if she is not too tired. Then 
remove rhe bath things, air the room and 
leave the patient to rest. 
Some “never*" for the sick-room: 
Never whisper in or near a sick-room. 
Never discuss the patient’s condition 
with her, or with anyone else in her hear¬ 
ing.^ 
Never tell the patient what her teiuper- 
lhf RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Quit pumping 
water by hand 
Don’t continue to pump and carry 
water by hand when you can equip 
your home with a water system for a 
very nominal sum. Every hour in the 
day, and every day in the year you 
can use running water, under pressure. 
Winter in Oklahoma 
Fp to this writing (January 16). no 
snow has fallen here in Eastern Okla¬ 
homa. and the Winter has been so mild 
that there has not been a single day that 
the farmers could not work outside in 
perfect comfort. Very little rain has 
fallen since last Summer, and the ground 
has been so dry that not very much Win¬ 
ter plowing lias been done. For this 
same reason the acreage of wheat sown 
last Fall was far below the average, and 
farmers will have to look to other crops 
to occupy the surplus acreage. Oats will 
very like]•• be used for seeding many fields 
in order to reduce the acreage of culti¬ 
vated crops. Owing to the low prices of 
farm products, our farmers use very little 
hired help on the farms, but just plant 
ns many acres to row crops as the farmer 
and his family can handle, and seed the 
rest to small grains. 
The extreme warm Winter has given 
foundation to grave fears that the fruit 
crop will be a failure again this season. 
Our farm women are noted dinners, and 
usually put up hundreds of cans of ber¬ 
ries, peaches, apples and grapes; hut 
practically all fruits have failed for the 
last two years, so that the supply on 
hand is almost exhausted, and we are 
greatly in need of a good fruit cron, in 
order that the hundreds of empty cans 
may bo filled. 
Not much fruit, or edibles of any sort, 
except flour, sugar, coffee, etc., are bought 
by our farm people. We largely depend 
on the products of the farm for a supply. 
Most farm women grow a supplv of beans, 
peas, onions, cabbage, for making kraut 
and to store, turnips, potatoes, both 
kinds, and then most farmers produce 
their own meat and lard supply, so that 
not so much store products are needed. It 
is so easy to make the farm practic 
self-supporting that it seems strange t’ a 
so many farm families depend on buying 
these things from the stores. 
After the usual holiday vacations. our 
schools are all in session again. It is 
always a thrilling sight lo me to see our 
young peonle making their way to school. 
1' ive members of our family attend our 
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