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Show FARM andHOMEto UTAH flTATK EXTENSION SERVICB A6IUCULTUR HOMJi ECONOM1.C By Mary Lou Reichert Homo Demonstration Agent . Cabbage and raisins are the two foods that take top place on the Department of Agriculture Agricul-ture list of foods expected to be plentiful on February markets. Heavy supplies of fresh cabbage from California and Arizona will supply the West Coast markets. mar-kets. As for raisins, some 276,- 000 tons of this dried fruit is the estimated production from the recent California grape crop. Cabbage and raisins make an appetizing team for salad or sandwich fillings. Add whole raisins to a bowl of chopped or shredded cabbage, then season, and add any dressing. For sandwich sand-wich filling, combine chopped cabbage and chopped raisins and moisten with salad dressing. Use of the new automatic type of washer has caused numerous problems to arise regarding home laundry. Chief among the questions being asked is: "Can 1 wash blankets in my automatic washer?" Good results have been obtained ob-tained by the following method: Fill your washer with lukewarm water about 100 degrees F. Add detergent, then operate the washer until the detergent is all dissolved. There should be about two inches of suds. Stop the washer, remove the lid and submerge sub-merge the blanket below the water. wa-ter. Allow it to soak 15 or 20 minutes. Turn it over by hand two or three times during the soaking period. Turn the washer on just long inough to' spin off the wash rvater, then refill the tub with lukewarm water and let the blanket soak for five minutes. Turn it once or twice by hand while soaking, then spin the water off. Repeat the rinsing process to make sure that all the detergent is removed. When a blanket is pressed against the sides of the tub during the soin-ning soin-ning process, there will be little movement of it. Before hanging the blanket up to dry, get someone to helo vou pull it vigorously in both directions, then lay across two clothes lines or on a large table to dry. Even the drying by moving mov-ing several times. When dry, brush it well in both directions and press the bindings with a cool iron. When the washing time of blankets is increased from two to four minutes, the amount of shrinkage in the all wool and 50 wool blanket is approximately approxi-mately doubled in the warp or lengthwise and sometimes tripled trip-led in the width. Those of lower wool content are less seriously affected when the washing period per-iod in lengthened. The temperature of the wash water had comparatively little effect on the blankets, so it is believed that mechanical action and agitation is mainly responsible respon-sible for the shrinkage and felting felt-ing tnat often takes place when blankets are washed. |