Show OPERATION AND CARE OF SEWING MACHIN na tj t j r ar J I 1 ak holding school on care of sewing mahine mashine prepared by the tn united states stales dep department rement of 0 agriculture cultura A suggestion may be borrowed by any housekeeper from the fact that in new york state more than a thousand san farm women have taken advantage ta e of the one day schools on the care of sewing senning machines held bield by the department of rural engineering of the new york state agriculture college ebe A report received by the united states department 0 t f agriculture states that the schools are arranged by the local home bureau agent in each country and are planned to have about fifteen women each concentrated instruction every school begins promptly at ten in the morning and if only a few thomen are present they get the privilege of concentrated instruction about 90 W per cent of sewing machine trouble Is due to dirt in the machine and many a backache has been removed when the women got rid of gum oll oil miff fluff loose threads a and rid other impediments to the easy runn running ing of their machines every forenoon of the school Is given up to cleaning the machines which means removing all the dirt from the bearings usually by means of a stiff brush brugh and gasoline aged decrepit anil and alling ailing machines have bad many of their ailments removed by the cleaning the afternoon h N spent with ith funda men such as the adjustment of 0 the tension which Is the second great source of sewing machine trouble in the majority of cases case either the upper or ion lower ioner er tension Is too ton tight and the women are told to pull the cloth on a puckered seam to see uli whether ether tile the upper or lower thread pulls the thread that breaks has the ti tightest latest tension bring their machines the women come for miles around bringing their machines by auto wagons wheelbarrows baby carriages and in snowy weather on oil hand band sleds one woman carried the head of her machine that Is all above the stand and treadle for or 14 miles walking all the way this was in the hilly country of ulster county when tile the school was over she said she mind walling walking back but she hoped that somebody going in her direction might cart the machine fot for her at least part way she be got the lift back counties are clamoring for this chiq bernice sen ser Nice ice asking for dally daily extension schools no machine comes to school unless something Is the matter with it and so far none has ever left the school without being in good running order |