Show I WHAT HAT HOURLY VALUE HASA HAS HASA A HOMEMAKERS HOMEMAKER'S TIME The modern homemaker knows knoW's that b by doin doing her own housework she can save money for the family All tasks however do not pot bring her an equal return for her labor With some of them she has no choice they must be done in in the home and she herself must do them Others she does docs because she prefers her own product or 01 because she is obliged to tobe tobe tobe be in the house durin during certain hours But if she is debating whether or not notto notto notto to spend svend time on one job rather than another she could make a wiser choice if she knew how much money she saved by doing each and how much time it took to make this saving sav- sav sav saving Jn ing Shall she make cotton school dress dress- dresses dresses es es for the children or buy them ready made Do the washing or send it to the laundr laundry Bake or buy bread Hire help for general house house- housework housework work or manage alone Convenient information on all these points is lacking Each woman must be her own 11 investigator The Bureau of Home Economics of the United States Department of Agriculture Agri Agri- Agriculture Agriculture culture suggests that the homemaker might start first with the tasks in which she is most interested and keep track of the time and money she spends in doing the work herself including time and car fare spent in purchasing supplies and the cost of owning and running any equipment which she uses She must then es- es estimate es estimate what she would v have spent l hal hai she bought a commercial substitute tu tute tuta of a similar type and quality or hired hird a domestic worker whose results re- re re results suI t are arc about as good as her own Fr From the amount of f money saved an i the amount of time used she can what sh sha is i worth wort per hour hourin hourin I in this particular task The speed at which she works work I mikes a difference in the value of 01 he hc time per hour In general she sheer er cr except to find a lower money value for her time when the use of r rI I machinery m has cut labor factory-labor costs to a minimum as in ready-made ready cot cot- cotter cot I ter house dresses which sh she can b buvin v in n good enough good h quality for but little litte mer than n sh she sha would pa pay at retail for materials Time would woud be b better tte expanded on work that saved savel a larg larg- larger larger er amount For example piecework commercial laundering requires much ironing b by hand the housewife re- re receives re-cives re c ives a good g od return on her labor by doing oin this work herself ain Again made ady randy made finished silk dres dresses es are arc partly finished hand and ifa if a woman sews nicely it may pay her to make such dresses at home and save this labor cost Perhaps the greatest benefit of ofa ofa ofa a study of the dollars and cents value of the homemakers homemaker's time is a fuller appreciation of her to the family finances |