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Show FARMwHOMEta UTAH STATU EXTENSION 8ERV1CK AGRICULTl'VR HOMIf KCONl'" By Mary Lois Reichert Home Demonstration Agent THIEVES OF LIGHT Dust can rob a home of light that is paid ,for. If dust is allowed al-lowed to collect on lamp bulbs, diffusing bowls or shades, it can shut out considerable light. For that reason, it is economy as well as good housekeeping to dust lamps and fixtures along with the furniture. Bulbs and bowls need washing wash-ing often when they collect a greasy film and attract dust. The housewife should turn the switch off to remove the bulbs from the fixture or lamp. She can wash them like any glassware. glass-ware. Bulbs and fluorescent tubes should not be immersed in water, but should be cleaned when they are cool with a damp, soapy cloth. They are then wiped dry. The careful homemaker will make sure her hands are dry before replacing the thoroughly-dried bulbs. When bulbs or tubes still look dark after cleaning, they are deteriorating and need to be replaced. Otherwise, the family fam-ily is paying for light it isn't getting. Dispose of old bulbs and tubes carefully.. If they are broken, they will be a hazard, haz-ard, to children especially. Besides Be-sides the danger of cuts from broken glass, there is a chance of harm from materials used inside some fluorescent tubes. Safe-Keeping For Poultry When buying any poultry whether it is the now-plentiful broilers and fryers or the small turkeys expected in good supply sup-ply by Eastertime remember that it is a perishable food. Fresh-killed, freshly drawn, or cooked poultry should be covered loosely and stored in the refrigerator. Best storage is at a temperature as cold as 35 to 38 degrees F. (Remove cellophane or film wrap from unfrozen poultry before placing in the refrigerator, loosely wrapped.) The homemaker should use poultry within 2 or 3 days. To hold raw or cooked poultry poul-try longer than 3 days, the housewife should freeze it, after af-ter wrapping properly to prevent pre-vent drying out. Shoppers who buy frozen, ready-to-cook poultry should store it in a freezer or in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator re-frigerator while it is still hard-frozen. hard-frozen. Proper packaged, quick-frozen quick-frozen poultry will hold its quality for several months at a temperature of zero F. or lower. |