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Show " A " :'?'" " " . , - , a 9yK , " i x .-.T -i- f, t k 1 --. -- ' - 4 t I . y MRS. FIT SHOWERS i ; ) j, f'HfW ;Wl , v y HE farmer, without whom no other 5 N . $ ( - M 1 , I class of society could exist, seemingly g H - 'V f." I I thinks the least of home comforts wife j L ' ! I t 4 A" I and children. All are thought of in re y - &l 1 ? it ' cS.-, lation to how much and in what way s 5, Cl, - . r they will increase the revenue of the , t' 1- w, gf A farm. I said to a farmer recently n , 1 , " ! s aS Jf "Why don't you put such and such ' ' v j. , V. comforts into your home instead of " v' ' v v t ' ' continually expending more money to s" j, ckfv xS ; ,TfJJ ) make your horses, hogs, and cattle more comfort - w ' N 4, ," "i , ' able and sanitary?" He answered ' Tho house does 1 - r v -i ' ' ' y not bring in money," as though all we lived for - v ?x " Sk was the mere possession of money' n " isis' t4 v , ( , . N' I One cannot pick up a farm paper without reading k - "!K , - f'i an account of a corn-growing contest, a fat stock . -1- show, a poultry show, and noting the pi lzes offered ''wwt t s -Ki"a- tfffix , -l for the best results obtained. All of these tend to JnZWJOTlW) SOTWskZjR. m''Km , 4? stimulate the boys and girls to become mora inter . . X ested in the farms and not to be satisfied with any fTT & Vf!Yv ' U thing but the best. These" contests are commend trfh A 'A ' P-lX able and are serving to educate our boys and girls t "im ' '''',' if pi by placing before them tangible stondards they may J P f rlpi 'fl"'Y"j N I seek to secure. This education causes them to be f J stlt , . TZStZ v U ! il dissatisfied with their previous attainments, and the .s t ? ll r fj A result is'progress. The boy sees the result of the , , -ll f s. A U ' ' carefully selected seed, the painstaking preparation ' ; g tif i C1" ' j XlXIji 1 of the seed bed made possible by some piece of ma g jf" '4l'- w ' r TSAS9 chinery he is not in possession of, and the result is t t 4 i IK? I J -w J s f fintf"'' ' ?U" new seed and new machinery. You think you see I ? & "T-J'4? "t" xJ'-v Cf'L. ill I N'f ' the immediate result of this added expenditure of i 1t vfra,-Saai Sli S I I I f ' jlj money, but how about you daughter' You may.be ' f fg' , P'"" I3J L.' ? ' ' giving her the domestic science course m the high f 4 4 EJ, j'- v-' t ,"4 school, but are you willing to spend the same amount f" " ' '' V,,-'-rT ' ?,,-"' of money for her to put Into Operation the knowl " ' ' t'r" ?t'' edge she has acquired? V ! r , f 1 Co-operation is the key word of today The wife ' 4 , rr inj-rrTr!7-n7rf 7yr'fr'rj-Ei'7V has co-operated with the hus- tJA JL CCmNirT ' mrCJDT band from the. beginning of time. It is high time the fH yr-gv three kinds of water in the faucets over the lav husband co-operated with the JT f? , . feTfes, atory Openmg into the same hall into which the wife and daughters. Now, A 4 v k J Pt- bathroom opens is the den or library, from which this co-operation is not as P' L, IS v $ l- J room there is an outside door opening onto an costly as It may seem. When t , Jt V s' IfciJ 'fTT 4 upper porch for airing bedding and shaking rugs I give you the figures on the H j &2fHlllL? VVJ" ''II There is a long hall connecting these rooms v ith cost of installing the modern g feai f V A? 4& ' the front hall into hich the bedrooms open and conveniences we have in our if ; L "rj J y"" B which also leads to the front stairway and to the home I am sure you will rj & f , &Mr'N t i'VI 1 reception hall below agree with me that many can 5,1 1 E ' ' 5J v , K , a 4 , . . ... . 'F-Vvw ' 1 ' x , v4 These, briefly enumerated, are the mechanical afford to expend the amount, f & 55 S J x-i"ift3 , f t . when the results are taken Tfff! - 1 devices about which pages might be written In when the results are taken f ,j ! 'h V 7? A?lv4 describing the conveniences they make possible, Into consideration. Get to- sJi!ia I f v V 4 4 ' vrii'ffl t -u v. T , . gether study your condi- pMJL A A ttwM V 4 to say nothing of the sanitation I know uhose getner, stuay your condi 1 4Jg&.i 7W ,f ho are employed in the kitchen noticed the lotions lo-tions and you will be sur- rflM - Iff- " 7 & 1 cation of the table in the center of the room and JHsed with fte amount of - WljP J 'ts proximity to the gas rang and built m cup-pleasure cup-pleasure yo derive from - .if ' fkH ' f boards It is also sanitary, a there are no open Planning and rearranging ' ; V '(H. $VZt . V 1 ings and corners between sink and adjoining ourhome' 1!n; '4h&J M A J walls for the accumulation of dust Woodwork I should like to suggest ilcJ ' JT&t : JSW and walls being m white enamel, are easily kept that you give your farm soma -pty 'Jig clean Having all kinds and plenty of water di suitable a.?d appropriate XX2CCsSS T2f rectly above the sink does away with lifting and name, a naie by which it DOWYG 'ZiOOZX JZZ2ZJSOJJm2KX- carrying of water pails ' and garbage cans. The will be recognized not only gas light directly above the table makes it im- y MRS. Ff7 SHOWERS or v HE farmer, without whom no other j class of society could exist, seemingly ;; I thinks the least of home comforts, wife, tfe I and children. All are thought of in re- p F$0k. lation to how much and in what way fP1rw tbey will increase the revenue of the pr X Wj farm. I said to a farmer recently. P ; SS Jpf "Why don't you put such and such v- Mi comforts into your home instead of -continually expending more money to make your horses, hogs, and cattle more comfort- ? able and sanitary?" He answered. 'The house does k ':' not bring in money," as though all we lived for was the mere possession of money! One cannot pick up a farm paper without reading w an account of a corn-growing contest, a fat-stock show, a poultry show, and noting the prizes offered for the best results obtained. All of these tend to jg stimulate the boys and girls to become more inter- . ested in the farms and not to be satisfied with any-thing any-thing but the best- These" contests are commend-able commend-able and are serving to educate our boys and girls j. by placing before them tangible standards they may seek to secure. This education causes them to be dissatisfied with their previous attainments, and the Jsi-!i result is'progress. The boy sees the result of the carefully selected seed, the painstaking preparation - of the seed bed made possible by some piece of ma- fe,; chinery he is not in possession of, and the result is new seed and new machinery. You think you see 1... the immediate result of this added expenditure of money, but how about you daughter? You may.be &i-.v;s giving her the domestic science course m the high school, but are you willing to spend the same amount :' J of money for her to put into Operation the knowl-edge knowl-edge she has acquired? w;-; Co-operation is the key word of today. The wife -:..-. has co-operated with the hus- I band from the .beginning of time. It is high time the f'TTT husband co-operated with the F"r SSrV) f J' wife and daughters. Now, Ik " ? 4 this co-operation is not as f i" t.K costly as it may seem. When y. s s X'A? f- I give you the figures on the 'v i ' cost of installing the modern s f !V I conveniences we have in our s L home I am sure you will tJ I i i " '! agree with me that many can k, IJL , L rdr afford to expend the amount, O jET5 ' when the results are taken if (ftei'5 1 into consideration. Get to- Sfj 1 K f gether, study your condi- li&tFt i''1 tions, and yow will be sur- lx"i-$ , - Ai Jrised with e amount of W tSV pleasure yo derive from f -vsf ' t planning and rearranging W ' J-our home. vc ft vw I should like to suggest - ' V that you give your farm soma csAS''. suitable a.fd appropriate XtX2X2?!5tS '- name, a narfie by which it JOOZ: WZZ2T Will be recognized not only three kinds of water in the faucets over the lavatory. lav-atory. Opening into the same hall into which the bathroom opens is the den or library, from which room there is an outside door opening onto an upper porch for airing bedding and shaking rugs. There is a long hall connecting these rooms with the front hall, into which the bedrooms open and which also leads to the front stairway and to the reception hall below. These, briefly enumerated, are the mechanical devices about which pages might be written In describing the conveniences they make possible, to say nothing of the sanitation. I know those who are employed in the kitchen noticed the location lo-cation of the table in the center of the room and its proximity to the gas range and built-m cupboards. cup-boards. It is also sanitary, as there are no openings open-ings and corners between sink and adjoining walls for the accumulation of dust. Woodwork and walls, being m white enamel, are easily kept clean. Having all kinds and plenty of water directly di-rectly above the sink does away with lifting and carrying of water pails and garbage cans. The gas light directly above the table makes it impossible im-possible to get into your own shadow. The gas range needs but the lighted match, and the drudgery of carrying in wood, lighting and keeping keep-ing up the fire, and carrying out the ashes is done away with. I shall here answer a question I know will arise, and that is the cost of fuel and light with this system. Our bill from July 3, 1911, to July 3, 1912, was fifty-two dollars, or one dollar a week for all cooking, baking, and lighting of the house and barn. Compare this with the time spent in getting up wood for the kitchen stove or the cost of coal, or will those who live in the city compare these figures with their gas and electric light bills. The bathroom has appealed to more rural visitors visi-tors at our home than has any other room in the house. Those of you who have come in from the hay field on a hot summer day or have come from a dusty, dirty threshing job, would know how to appreciate this room. Here you have hot or cold water as you wish, or soft or hard water to meet your fancy. The laundry is equipped with movable tubs, and hot water is to be had at all times when the furnace fur-nace is being used. When the furnace is not in use a, fire in the laundry stove supplies us with good hot water. There the washing is away from the living rooms, and the steam is drawn up the flues of the main chimney, which does away with steam all over the'house. The sink in the laundry is connected with the sewer pipes leading to the cesspool, thus carrying off all waste water from the laundry. The last, and I suppose most important im-portant picture is the bill of expense for installing these conveniences: Light and gas fixtures, including gas machine, ma-chine, all piping, gas stove, and all fix- ' tures ' $262.47 Pressure tank, thirty barrel tank in barn, digging of trench from windmill to house, pump at mill, piping, laundry, bathroom and kitchen equipments complete 295.00 Installation of furnace with all pipes and registers 135.00 Two fireplaces, including grates, tile, cement ce-ment and labor! 31.50 $723.97 I know you will agree with me when I say the farm house can be made as convenient as nny city home and at a much less expense of upkeep. Come to "The Manx" and see how simple and convenient these appliances make the so-called drudgery, of farm life. From the Report of the Wisconsin Country Life Conference. before passing through the riser to all parts of the house and barn. The corner of the laundry containing the pressure pres-sure gauge, lift pump, and pressure tank connected con-nected with the cistern, is shown in one of the illustrations. il-lustrations. The connection with the lift pump is cut off in the summer mcnths as we have had plenty of soft water from the tank in the barn. By means of this lift pump and pressure tank the pressure in the soft water, pipes is the same as that in the hard water pipes and does away with , waiting for the lift pump to work. Directly above the laundry and connected by a stairway is the kitchen. On one side of the landing land-ing of this stairway is the refrigerator and on the other side a wood box. These are both filled from the outside of the house. All of the floors on the first floor are hard maple, either waxed or oiled, and covered with rugs. The kitchen, shywn in one of the illustrations, is painted in white enamel and the walls are covered cov-ered with white oil cloth paper in tile design.1 In this kitchen is a large center table with a sink in one corner, above which you see the hard water faucet and the hot and cold soft water faucets. The table is 58x38 inches and stands 33 inches from the floor. The sink is 18x34 inches. With the help of a board which I can slide over the sink, I can increase the size of my table. ,. At the end of the tabie is a large drawer for kitchen spoons, knives, forks, etc. This room has three windows and a door containing a window. There are built-in cupboards and flour and bread bins, all out of the way of dust. The gas range in the corner of the room is like any city gas range and furnishes sufficient heat for the serving of twenty or thirty people. The hot water tank shown in the picture is heated during the winter months by the furnace which has a coil of one and one-half one-half inch and one inch pipe connected directly with this tank. The tank furnishes sufficient heat for the kitchen, and we found the water hot enough to attach a radiator in the living room, thus adding much to the comfort of the room and saving on the fuel bill. The dining room opens from the kitchen and also has openings into the living room and parlor. par-lor. In this room you see one of the home-made fireplaces. A form was made on the floor of this room and into it was poured the cement in which was imbedded woven wire for reinforcement. In the cement the chips, taken from the stones in building the front porch, were stuck. This was allowed to dry for five days; after w-hich it was placed in position as you see it. There is another fireplace similar to this and directly back of it in the parlor. , In a corner of the dining room is a built-in china closet and sideboard, with supboard below. Directly Di-rectly behind the china closet is a built-in bookcase book-case in the living room. Opening out of the kitchen is the back stairway stair-way leading to the bedroom. This is finished in white, the same as the kitchen. We also have m that immediate locality, but a name that will mean something to future generations. We have named our farm "The Manx," in honor of my father, fa-ther, wtio was born on the Isle of Man. The house as a whole is shown in one of the illustrations. The stones for the porch, which is teen feet wide and fifty feet around the outer wall, were taken from the pasture. The floor of the porch is cement and slopes towards either corner, where drains are located. I wish to call your attention at-tention to the number and height of the windows ot the house, which provide health-giving air and light. The chimney is built in the center of the house from the cellar bottom. It contains three independent flues from the basement to the top, one for the furnace and ene each for the two fireplaces. fire-places. The cesspool is situated in the lot just beyond the maple tree. The windmill, which pumps the water and air for the large pressure ,. tank in the basement, is located at the corner of the barn. ' A self-regulating device is attached to the mill so that when the pressure in the tank" reaches sixty pounds a lever is forced upwards and starts to throw the mill out of gear by the time the pressure has been increased to eighty pounds the mill is entirely out of gear and remains so until we draw water enough to reduce the pressure pres-sure in the tank, when the mill is again thrown in gear. A thirty barrel galvanized tank is located in the hay mow of the barn into which is conducted con-ducted the soft water from the eaves of the barn. The water from this tank is conveyed to the house through a one and a half inch pipe, and furnishes sufficient water for the summer months. During the winter months the soft water is obtained ob-tained from-a large cistern, the connection with which I shall explain later. There are cement walks leading from the front and side porches to the driveway and also to the barn. Another illustration is that of the basement showing the large pressure tank which receives the water from the windmill. The supply pipe is tapped near the barn and supplies water in the barn. The pressure tank supplies water for the basement, kitchen, and bathroom on the second floor, besides furnishing power to run the lift pump and supplying water for lawn and garden. The hot air pipes of the furnace open directly into the shafts above the furnace so that there are no side pipes excepting the one running to the kitchen. The vegetable callar open directly from the furnace room and has an opening into one of the flues of the chimney so as to carry off all foul odors. , In the basemend is also a gasoline gas maohlne which furnishes the gas for lighting the house and barn and far the cooking of all our meals. The carburetor, which will hold two barrels of gasoline, is buried in the ground outside of the house. The shell holds about eight hundred pounds of sand and by its weight unwinds a fan or mp vhich crives the air out to tho car-burerji" car-burerji" v.tiyfi Is becomes saturated and returns to the mixer wftctfo it la further diluted with air |