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American Agriculturist, October 11, 1924 
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Better Tools In the Kitchen 
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T HE display of kitchen utensils which 
had been tested by members of the 
Tompkins County Home Bureau at¬ 
tracted a good deal of attention at The 
State Fair booth and many visitors were 
heard to comment upon its very practical 
nature. Since it is a project which could 
be offered to any group of housewives, 
small or large, a copy of the outline for 
the testing circle was obtained. The 
steps are as follows: 
1. The Home Bureau Household Man¬ 
agement Project leader procures informa¬ 
tion sheets from the project specialist, 
Prof. Ruth M. Kellogg, at Cornell. 
2. A meeting is called to organize the 
group; or the leader may personally inter¬ 
view the membership, and others who 
might be interested, to explain the plan 
and get the signatures of those who wish 
to test certain articles of equipment. 
3. A carefully selected list of equip¬ 
ment is obtained from local merchants. 
(These have been loaned by merchants 
with the understanding that articles 
which meet with approval will be pur¬ 
chased by the group and that articles 
which do not meet with approval may be 
returned.) In the first testing circle 
two members of the bureau kindly offered 
the use of their pressure cookers. 
4. The leader maps out the most con¬ 
venient route for passing the equipment 
around the circle. 
5. Each tester keeps and uses the 
articles she chooses to test for three days. 
Then she passes them promptly to the 
next person in line, 
G. Each woman records, on blanks 
provided for the purpose, why she liked 
or did not like each article tested. This 
blank she gives to the leader, who in turn 
sends all the records to Professor Kellogg. 
7. At the end of the test the circle 
meets to discuss these and other house¬ 
hold conveniences. 
Some Results of the First Test 
1. Each woman learned of some con¬ 
veniences new to her. 
2. Every member developed improved 
standards for selecting equipment. 
3. Five service wagons were bought; 
two more are being home-made; five long 
handled dustpans have gone into use; 
a pressure cooker has been purchased; 
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and many of the smaller articles are add¬ 
ing convenience in the kitchens of the 
enthusiastic testers. 
4. Each woman gained new interest 
in her household equipment. 
5. The group voted unanimously to 
continue the circle. 
Make Up Your Own Stories 
E VERY child loves music and stories. 
I have always envied the mothers 
who could sing their babies to sleep, but 
since I learned that “little boy” is quite 
as well pleased with a bed-time story, I 
am in a measure comforted. 
The story-telling followed the gift of a 
book dear to every child heart—The 
Three Bears. I had read it to him one 
evening just before his bed time and after 
he was cuddled down, the little eyes 
refused to stay closed and he begged me 
to tell him something more about the 
Little Bear. 
It was really surprisingly easy to go on 
with the adventures of big Father Bear 
and Middle-Sized Mother Bear and wee, 
wee Little Bear, their bowls of porridge, 
the other things they had to eat, and 
their friends the rabbits and squirrels. 
Mr. Man Came In, Too 
When the woods and wood folks began 
to grow monotonous to the story teller 
(never to the listener!) we invented Mr. 
Man who with Mrs. Man and Little Girl 
and Little Boy lived at the edge of the 
forest. Little Dog from Mr. Man’s house 
soon became the friend of Little Bear and 
in due time Mr. Alan’s family and the 
Three Bears became fast friends, and so 
the story went on night after night. Little 
Girl was lost in the woods but was found 
by Little Bear and Mr. Dog. Little Bear 
learned to swim. Little Boy and Little 
Bear played games. Always there was a 
pleasant ending of the kind that brought 
happy dreams to my own bairn. 
Once bed time was dreaded, as it is by 
most active children, but the mere sug¬ 
gestion, “I wonder what the Three Bears 
will do to-night,” changed it to the most 
welcome hour of the day. 
When a lesson was to be taught. Little 
Bear taught it and because Little Boy and 
Little Girl were kind to every living thing 
I feel sure my own Little Lad who admires 
them so much will learn to be gentle and 
good to dumb animals. 
Building on a foundation of almost any 
of the favorite child stories any mother 
can weave bed-time tales, for little folk 
are not critical and although it may 
sound like heresy, I believe the stories 
born of mother love are better than many 
of the tales of giants and witches that fill 
the pages of some so-called children’s 
books.—L. M. Thornton. 
Mossy Roofs 
A FEW weeks ago we moved into a 
new home, a house built a number 
of years ago and still solid and sub¬ 
stantial. It looked like a story-book 
house, with the trees drooping down to 
the very roof, and people said how 
fortunate it was that we had shade 
instead of waiting years for it to grow. 
But the first thing we did before getting 
settled was to have those ancient trees 
trimmed so that the sun would have a 
chance to dry up the decaying moss on 
the roof. People thought it almost a 
sacrilege that we should touch the trees 
planted by hands now dead and gone to 
dust, but we had been brought up to 
think that moss on the roof is not good for 
the living—in fact, if the man who planted 
the trees were living he probably would 
commend our course. 
It is a safe guess that there would be 
less tuberculosis in the country, and the 
doctors tell us that tuberculosis is to a 
surprisingly large extent a country disease, 
if people did not fear to lay hands on the 
trees planted too close to the house. 
There should be a wide open space near 
each house and the sun should touch 
the roof all day. Just calculate how 
many really hot days there were during 
the past summer, when a house was 
overheated, and then put that number 
over against the cold and dark and damp 
days when one needs light and air. The 
attractive house is the one with sunshine, 
not gloom. 
So we are not worried about hot 
weather next summer, for a month or 
two of sweltering days will not make us 
regret trimming those trees, and cutting 
out others., Shade is good at the edge 
of the lawn or the back or even in front 
Winter 
\rOU may sing me a song of the beauty 
of June, 
And the glories of Summer extol; 
You may paint me a scene with a vista of 
green 
And a rose bush abloom by the wall. 
You may tell me a story of hours of 
delight 
Of lilies and buttercups gay. 
But I’ll write you a tome on the pleasures 
of home 
At the close of a cold Winter’s day. 
You may whisper of birds in the maple 
and beach. 
And butterflies bright in the sun; 
You may offer your praise of the whip- 
poor-will’s lays. 
The quail may your plaudits have won. 
You may prate of the breeze over mea¬ 
dows and leas. 
And the chatter of chaffinches gay. 
But the tea-kettle sings of the dear 
homey things 
At the close of a cold Winter’s day. 
You may pen me a page of the wanderers 
j° y ’ 
And the world in itsSummertimedress. 
You may reckon me o’er its delights by 
the score 
And to each I will answer you; Yes. 
You may say what you will of lake, 
fountain and rill, 
But their memory withers away 
When hearthfires glow red and lights 
gleam overhead 
At the close of a cold Winter’s day. 
L. M. THORNTON. 
if not too close, but no moss on the roof 
for health. Our house is now bright and 
light and airy and on a hot day it is 
possible to sit under a tree, provided 
there is time for that pastime. 
Simple Games for Farm Children 
A N unusually helpful and entertaining 
• book on the subject of home play 
has just been issued by the Playground 
Association of America. It is a pamphlet 
which any farm family might well study 
carefully, for it tells not only the simple 
types of play which any family might 
enjoy together, but also explains how to 
make the appropriate equipment when 
anything of the sort is needed. It has 
been prepared by Air. W. C. Batchelor, 
a man who has had actual practice in 
planning and directing the recreation of 
a typical American community. The 
pamphlet costs 10c and may be obtained 
by addressing the Playground and Recre¬ 
ation Association of America, 3J5 Fourth 
Avenue, New \ r ork City. 
The Early Apple 
"\X7'E ARE all enjoying the early 
* * apples, particularly in pie, but 
are liable to tire of it if made the same 
every time. One family enjoys it with a 
few raisins sprinkled in. A spoonful of 
strawberry or raspberry jam dotted in 
the filling gives a bit of color as well as 
flavor. Various kinds of jelly are quite 
adaptable and gives a use for left-overs. 
Then if you want to really “ dress it up ’ 
top it with whipped cream. It certainly 
is good. For a change use cinnamon, 
nutmeg, or cloves as a flavor for the 
apple sauce, and occasionally a fesv nuts 
added will please the youngsters. Apples, 
celery and raisins make an excellent salad 
for supper. Alix with whipped cream well 
sweetened.— AIrs. Geobge Gray. 
