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.