Show r ON FARMS USE FOR THERMOMETERS l 1 f S I An Oven Thermometer Means Accurate Baking 1 There Is something Inexplicably consoling con- con soling about being able to determine determiner r beyond dispute and before the weather weatherman man can corroborate us that the temperature temperature tem tern is actually 95 05 degrees on the front porch or that the mercury has reached the freezing point and appears to be going still lower It Is such a simple simple sim sim- matter to hang up a reliable thermometer thermometer thermometer ther ther- out of doors doors In In the shade of course course and and to guide ones one's course of ac as astion action action tion by reading It lt Whether one wants to know merely that Johnny may leave off his winter flannels or that the young Joung tomato plants are threatened by frost and must be covered the thermometer thermometer thermometer ther ther- makes a real contribution to toone's toone's toone's ones one's peace of mindIn mindIn mind In connection with many farm processes processes processes proc proc- esses too there are uses for tor th thermometers i of ot various types In the dory dairy for tor example the temperature of the milk must not riot be left to guesswork either when st storing or pasteurizing It nor can butter be lie properly made by chanting butter butter come butter come Instead of ot testing testing the temperature of ot the cream cr am before betor churning The Incubator must be kept at a constant correctly determined determined determined deter deter- mined temperature The place where Vegetables or canned goods are stored should not become warmer than 50 degrees degrees de de- grees grees F eS-F Fahrenheit ire h t nor nor lower lower v o r than 32 de- de degrees grees Fahrenheit Both Both cellar end refrigerator re re- refrigerator re- re must be watched by y means of ot ofa a 9 thermometer to make sure that perishable perIshable per- per food tood kept In them will wilt not spoil A thermometer can be used to rInd find out the temperature of the soil before before before be be- fore planting end and many have to watch for changes of a few degrees degrees degrees de de- de- de grees In the temperature of the air to know when to start fires tires to prevent damage to their fruit by spring frosts For sick farm animals a special clinical thermometer Is used just as with human human human hu hu- hu- hu man patients Different Kinds Needed I For real efficiency inside the house several different kinds of ot therm thermometers are needed The ordinary room thermometer thermometer ther ther- Is similar to the standard out- out doors of-doors type and Is Invaluable as a fuel saver It gives warning that a room has reached a temperature of ot 68 degrees or 70 degrees and that the fire therefore may be checked In cases of sickness where an unvarying temperature tempera tempera- ture must be maintained or when there is a very young baby to keep warm a room thermometer is Indispensable The United States Department of Agri Agri- culture recommends that t lor ir a corr correct correct ct reading the thermometer thermometer should hould not be hung on the wall trail but nearer the middie middle middle mid mid- dle die of the room about four or five feet from front the floor perhaps from a chandelier chande chande- lier In a sick room It may be well to hang the thermometer on a level with the patients patient's nt s head hood The presence of a baby In the house necessitates at least two other ther ther- For b baby's b s 's bath H t Is not n D safe sate practice for tor the nurse to test the temperature of the water with her el elbow el- el bow Adult elbows elbows' vary In their sensitiveness sensitiveness sensitiveness to heat but the skin of a tiny baby can easily be hurt If It the he water is I too hot Using a bath thermometer which Is made with a wooden frame so as to float Is s a much more reliable wa way of testing resting the bath nth water Ever Every mother also needs a clinical thermometer ter ten for children run high fevers occasionally occa occasionally and ond the doctor always wants to know the exact temperature Useful in Cooking In the kitchen cooking without a thermometer Is mere guesswork forthe for tor forthe the inexperienced It Is more and more frequently the case that modern cookbooks cookbooks cookbooks cook cook- books give oven temperatures for baking bakIng baking bak bak- ing bread or for r roasting meat Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes Some Some- times It Is suggested that meat be baked with a t thermometer thrust Into Its center If It is desirable to have rare roast be beef Oven thermometer must be capable of recording temper tures ranging as high as degrees to degrees Fahrenheit A or candy thermometer is t In nother nother n n- other t type pe that registers temperatures temperature higher than boiling point and that consequently may be used in determining ing when cooking sugar has reached a n desired point for tor a canning or a particular kind of confection A Ather thermometer thermometer ther ther- should guide the operator when boiling down maple sugar or making boiled Icings Jellies and similar sim sim- lIar ilar foods In which sugar occurs Custards Custards Custards Cus Cus- tards would not be allowed o o. curdle If It a thermometer wire were consulted durIng during during dur dur- ing their preparation and their temperatures temperatures tem tern allowed to go no higher than degrees Fahrenheit nor would deep fat fr frying fall fail if the temperature temperature tem tem- temperature I of ot the fat were carefully watched and kept between degrees and degrees Fahrenheit There Is a thermometer for tor almost I every household use and with a little practice one learns to depend on the various kinds for different purposes |