Roosevelt Standard | 1924-08-20 | Page 7 | Practical Way to Use Kitchen Cabinet

PRACTICAL WAY TO USE KITCHEN CABINET U z A pi t 4 prepared by bf the unit f cottes department of agriculture in older to have good gaud light and a pleasant plen siant view from it 11 window while working at tier ifer kitchen cabinet a farm woman living in ili chesterfield county hild the hie top part removed and fastened to tile the wall at the right side of one hf f the kit k elien windows the lower half containing the bins bans and drawers wits set directly in front ot of the window and its ts top surface was extended on each side with a shelf making a counter reaching two corners of the room these extension pieces were carefully fitted into the available space and joined to the top of the cabinet the entire unter counter c 0 was then covered with linoleum matching that on the floor and varnished to water heat and grease A little shelf was put in under the counter on the lefthand left hand haud side of the cabinet and a hole made in the counter just above it when the garbage pall pail was set on this little litile shelf it was easy to dispose of vegetable parings or other food refuse without leaving the place where one was working A high kitchen stool was va provided the wood box was fitted ted with casters and all small utensils that would hang up were put on hooks hoks on the left side of the window these improvements were made in connection with a kitchen contest carried on in the county under the direction of the extension agents of the virginia polytechnic institute and the united states department of agriculture