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Show FARMandHOME'i UTAH BTATE EXTENSION SKliVKt ACKICULTl'RR HOME Ernv.iMi"- By Mary Lois Reichert Home Demonstration Agent Whether soaps or synthetic detergents, called syndets, will do a better washing job on all fibers or specific fibers is a controversial question. ' Each housewief should make her own selection through trial and error. er-ror. However, certain facts about both may help the bewildered housewife through a maze of advertisements ad-vertisements to a wise selection. Most commercial laundries use soap and softened water. Until recently, more soap has been used in home laundering, but syndet sales are fast increasing, in-creasing, the hoge agent points out. This is especially true in hard water areas. The washing effectiveness of each increases as water temperature rises, with 160 degrees as the necessary hat for perfect washing. Although syndets dissolve more readily than soap in lukewarm luke-warm or cool water, neither has a decided advantage in color safety the prevention of fading and running of colors. Brands, may vary, however. Color safety depends mainly on water temperature and the fabric itself. A light-duty soap or syndet is safe, although cyn-dets cyn-dets are recommended for better bet-ter color-fastness in wool. Use of a lotion before and after washing will combat the loss of natural oil grease from the skin caused by washing with some syndets. If such trouble continues, a soap should be used. If the housewife has a real allergy for both soap and syndet, she should see a doctor. Many authorities advise the use of syndets in automatic washers unless naturally soft water is available, r unless the water is softened with base-exchange water softening equipment equip-ment or a packaged chemical water softener. Manufacturers' recommendations recommenda-tions should be followed if de-terents de-terents are used in washing-machines. washing-machines. Topping the list of foods which will be plentiful and therefore good buys during the month of March are grapefruit grape-fruit and potatoes, reports the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. Combine or varied with other plentiful fruits such as oranges, pears, raisins and cranberry sauce, grapefruit can form the basis for many a tempting salad or dessert. For the meat-and-potato caters, cat-ers, there should be plenty of reasonably-priced beef, as well as a good supply of broiler-fryer chickens. Eggs, always plentiful in March and expected to be even more plentiful this year, together to-gether with cheese, cottage cheese, milk and other dairy products offer almost infinite variety for lenten meal planning. plan-ning. Dry pinto beans will be another good meat substitute for March. Home baking can take encouragement en-couragement from the large supplies of shortenings, margarine mar-garine and salad or cooking oils. Less expensive eggs and. dry milk powder also can cut the cost of foods baked in the home kitchen. Next to potatoes, onions will be prominent among the vegetable vege-table displays. And peanuts and peanut butter will continue to be plentiful. |