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u:s;d,a.,press service ; office of i nformation, and extension service

No. 181

July 24, 1937.

TAKING- HOUSEWORK out or DOORS

Many families have found it sufficiently pleasant and advantageous to do some of the daily housework outside the house in summer, to make suitable arrangements for it, , for

(name)

(title — home-mangt. specialist, says.

H. D. agent (State or county)

A roomy screened porch at the back or side of the house, near the kitchen, provides a place that makes preparing vegetables and fruits a restful interlude in the homemaker^s otherwise strenuous schedule. Some families have put in running water on the porch.

An outside summer laundry shed with a wood or oil stove for heating water has a number of advantages, she says, with the back porch ranking well up for this use, too. Ironing on a screened porch, as anyone knows, is far more comfortable on a summer day than at close quarters to the cook stove.

Meals served on a dining porch are especially delightful. Families who expect to make repairs or changes in their homes and wish to include some of

these advantages, may find some suggestions in

or Farmers'

(State publication)

Bulletin 1738-F, Farmhouse plans, which shows a number of plans in which space is provided for housework out of doors.

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