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Cut Easily and 
Last for Years 
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Unbreakableframe,non-pinching handles. 
Blade removable, for sharpening or re¬ 
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Extra wide bevel, insuring easy cutting. 
Locking device to hold shears in closed 
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Beans, Vetch-all Legumes. Farmers *.iu Experi¬ 
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years. Sold in small cans. Contents granular, like 
a deep rich soil. Easy to mix with seed. Sold on 
bushel basis. The one bushel 6ize will Inoculate one 
bushel of any legume seed. Prices: 
Va bushel site for 15 lbs. seed, $ .40 
Vi bushel size for 30 lbs. seed, .60 
1 bushel size for 60 lbs. seed, 1.00 
5 bushel size for 300 lbs. seed, 4.75 
Garden size Peas, Sweet Peas, Beans, .20 
Always 6tate kind of seed you want it for. Write us 
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Inoculation that increases yield, hastens maturity, 
and saves fertilizer bills. Order through Seed Catalog 
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THE NITRAGIN COMPANY „ 
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Talks with a Trained Nurse 
MAKING THE INVALID’S BED 
Dear Home Nurse: The good house¬ 
keeper takes justifiable pride in the ap¬ 
pearance of her beds. Snow white and 
smooth, the well-made bed invites rest and 
sleep. Soft fluffy blankets and linen fra¬ 
grant with cleanliness bring pleasant 
dreams. I.et us consider the invalid’s bed. 
If possible it will be a single or a three- 
quarter bed with a good wire spring and a 
firm, even felt or hair mattress. Never, 
dear nurse, a feather bed. Feather beds 
aggravate many symptoms, cause bed 
sores, fever and restlessness. If you have 
a feather bed, make it up into lots of 
cosy pillows of various sizes. By means 
of wooden blocks under each bed leg. or 
any handy substitute, raise the bed to a 
height that makes bending over unneces¬ 
sary. Protect the mattress with a pad 
which may be an old counterpane, quilt 
or blanket. Be sure there are no thick 
seams or wrinkles in it. The sheets must 
be wide enough to tuck in at the sides and 
allow IS in. to tuck under at the end. If 
too short, extra pieces may be sewed on. 
Cotton blankets are not warm and add 
weight. The lighter and woollier the 
blankets and comfortables, the better for 
the patient. Heavy bedclothes keep the 
poisons thrown off from the body in the 
bed to be reabsorbed, and their weight 
tires the sick one. A sheet makes a prac¬ 
tical spread. Plenty of pillows are a 
necessity ; tiny ones to slip under an ach¬ 
ing back, a thin one under the shoulder or 
between the knees; big ones to raise the 
head and shoulders to a change of posi¬ 
tion. Need I say that everything used on 
a sick person’s bed should be washable? 
Now let us make the bed. Loosen all 
the bedding, sides and ends. Remove all 
the top covers, except the sheet and a 
blanket. Do not put them on the lloor. 
Take away the pillows, all but one. Move 
the patient as far as possible to the side 
of the bed. Roll the soiled under sheet 
close up to her, smooth all the wrinkles 
out of the mattress pad. Put on the 
clean sheet, tuck in IS in. under the top 
of the mattress and well under the side. 
Be sure to get it on straight. This is one 
secret of making a bed. Work close up 
to the patient, then roll her back to the 
clean side, and draw the sheets through. 
Pull the clean sheet very tight, starting 
from the center, tucking toward first the 
top and then the bottom. If the sheet is 
long enough, tuck under the foot of the 
mattress. With the patient lying on her 
back put the top sheet on, wrong side up¬ 
permost. This should reach well up over 
the shoulders and allow 18 in. to tuck 
under at the foot. Before tucking it in, 
remove the soiled sheet and blanket, 
rolling them down underneath the clean 
sheet. Replace the blankets and tuck in, 
being careful not to’have them too tight 
over the feet. Put on the spread and turn 
the sheet back over it. Fluff up the pil¬ 
lows and be happy in the thought that 
you have contributed much toward the re¬ 
covery of your loved one. 
CRUMBS AND WRINKLES 
Doctors have often been called in to see 
nervous, sleepless patients, who were only 
suffering from crumbs or wrinkles. After 
every meal go on a hunt for crumbs 
Two or three time a day smooth the 
wrinkles out of sheets and nightgown. 
Turn the pillows. 
Crumbs and wrinkles cause bed sores. 
Bed sores may be worse than the disease 
itself. A whisk broom is very convenient 
for brushing the bed. Keep it hanging 
on a hook near by. 
GETTING THE PATIENT READY FOR BED 
Do not overlook the importance of the 
bed-time toilet. The invalid is tired and 
perhaps inclined to be restless and ir¬ 
ritable. Wash her face and hands, and 
brush her hair. I.et her clean her teeth. 
Straighten up the bed in the manner sug¬ 
gested. Rub the back and tired limbs 
with alcohol. Place drinking water and 
anything else likely to be needed during 
the night near at hand. Tidy up the 
room, arrange the windows, and say 
good night. 
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