[Illustration: CONVENIENT ARRANGEMENT FOR KITCHEN DEVICES] HOME LABOR SAVING DEVICES BY RHEA C. SCOTT INSTRUCTOR IN HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK AT GEORGE PEABODY COLLEGE FOR TEACHERS. NASHVILLE, TENN.; FORMERLY ASSISTANT STATE DEMONSTRATION AGENT IN LOUISIANA. ILLUSTRATED BY MRS. R. E. GAMBLE SECOND EDITION, REVISED. [Illustration] PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY _Electrotyped and Printed by J. B. Lippincott Company At the Washington Square Press, Philadelphia, U. S. A._ TO THE WOMEN AND GIRLS OF THE FARM, LOVERS OF THE FIELDS, AND FRIENDS OF THE FLOWERS, WHOSE HEARTS HEAR THE CALL AND WHOSE HANDS SEEK THE SKILL TO MAKE THE RURAL HOME A PLACE OF LIGHT, OF HEALTH, OF BEAUTY, THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED PREFACE The point of view from which this manual was written is indicated in the introduction. The aims are to increase efficiency in the farm home and to satisfy the growing demand for useful information in the country schools. This is done by giving suggestions and directions for practical work to be done in the home and at school. Throughout the country to-day many rural schools are expressing a desire to add to their present school curricula courses which are practical. The ideal kept in mind during the preparation of this manual has been to supply that need and at the same time to make it possible for any woman to use the book in her own home. The limitations in the size have caused many omissions. It is the intention of the author to enlarge upon this material as the demand increases. Ideas and suggestions from other States have been dominant throughout, thus carrying out the true demonstration point of view. THE AUTHOR. January, 1917. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Acknowledgment and thanks are gratefully given to the following persons for suggestions, use of material, and corrections: Miss Ola Powell, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for making this little volume possible by inspirational suggestions furnished throughout the preparation of the manual and especially for the use of her two models of jelly strainers and illustrations on cheese making. Mr. O. B. Martin, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., for his most valuable suggestions and sympathetic interest during the entire preparation of the material.