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Title: Household science in rural schools
Year: 1918 (1910s)
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Subjects: Home economics
Publisher: Toronto : W. Briggs
Contributing Library: The University of Western Ontario, Western Archives
Digitizing Sponsor: Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries

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manner. 8. Fasten the swing tops again to the top of the cabinet. Drawer: The drawer front, 13-16 x 5 x 143/8, with lap% X V2 cut out on the ends. 1. Nail the sides, y-( x 5 x 19%, to the lap of the front and to the ends of the back. 2. Nail the bottom in between the sides i/^ from the lower edge. This allows the drawer to slide onthe edges of the sides. 3. Put the partitions in the drawer as called for by this plan. The racks for covers and pic tins shown in the drawingsare made from two pieces, 13-16 x 2 x 4, one piece13-16 X 2 X IQi/ij for the bottom, and two pieces oflath 12 long for the sides. These racks may <be placed onthe doors as shown, or may be changed to suit the equip-ment. Ill Finishing— 1. Set all the nails and putty the holes, 2. Sandpaper the cabinet carefully. 3. Paint or stain and wax the outside of the cabinet, to harmonize with the surroundings where it is tobe used. 4. Paint .the inside with two coats of white enamel. 170 HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE IN EURAL SCHOOLS
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Ph HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE EQUIPMENT 171 Before putting on the enamel, apply a coat of ordinarywhite-lead paint and allow it to dry thoroughly. Ifdesired, the outside of the cabinet may be finished inwhite enamel, though this is somewhat more expensivethan the paint or stain recommended above. All the Household Science Cabinets shown have a two-fold purpose. In the first place, they furnish storage spacefor the utensils and working space for the pupils. In thesecond place, they offer a most interesting manual trainingproject for a boys club. The members can make any oneof them, thus correlating their practical wood-work and thedomestic science of the girls and, in this way, exhibitingthe co-operative spirit of the home and the school. 3. In some cases it may be possible to use the schoolstove for cooking purposes. Some schools use natural gasfor heating and, where this is the case, provision for cook-ing may readily be made. Other schools situated on ahydro-electric line, may, as has been d

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