LADIES,
HAVE YOU HEARD?
By Doris Thomas, Extension Home Economist
Set Your Own
Housekeeping Standards
Everyone is different in
the amount of order,
cleanliness, and decorative
touches they want in their
homes. Some people actually
enjoy hosework, or some
parts of it. Others dislike all
aspects. No matter what
your attitude about
housework, you have to do a
certain amount of it. So it is
best to do that amount as
efficiently as possible.
Sometimes it’s necessary
to modify your ideas on
cleanliness and order with
the needs~of other members
of your family. If you per
sonally don’t mind the dust
on the record player but it
bothers your husband, or if
you like dresser tops to be
clean but your children keep
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their toys there, you will all
have to "give in" a little to
live together in harmony.
First, you must decide to
manage your housework by
knowing what you want your
house to look like • how neat,
clean and attractive. Then
you will have to do enough
work to see that you can
meet those standards and be
satisified that your
housework is done for
awhile.
If you don’t decide at what
point you will consider your
housework to be finished,
you will always have that
feeling that you should be
doing something more. Don’t
allow another family’s
standards to set yours. Only
•you and your family can
decide what amount and
type of housekeeping is right
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When you have finished a
housekeeping task that you
have set for yourself, don’t
do it again until the next time
you have it scheduled. For
example, if a few threads
appear on the carpet just
after you’ve vacuumed,
don’t run the sweeper again
My Cindy is a busy little
person. She gets up at 6:00
a.m. every morning and
helps tend the calves and
heifers.
There are many extra
activities in school which
take up her time. A recent
one was an illustrated talk on
raising a dairy animal. The
flute and piano lessons and
practice also absorbs lots of
time.
But what really devours
her time is reading library
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The carpet isn’t really dirty
and you could spend all of
your time Just vacuuming up
stray threads.
What Is Innation?
There is a lot of mystery,
myth and misunderstanding
about inflation, and even
economists disagree on
causes and effective cures
for this economic malady.
Many people think in
flation occurs when things
cost more for reasons other
than inflation. For example,
fruits and vegetables cost
more at the beginning or end
of their harvest seasons, or
when a big portion of a crop
has been wiped out by a
flood, freeze or other
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books. She usually has eight
or ten going at the same
time. I really don’t see how
she does it! If she likes a
book, she will read all of the
works of that particular
author. Upon pickmg up one
of her books, I was intrigued
by the thought put forth that
eventually everything even
up “the rich have their ice in
summer but the poor get
theirs in the winter.” This
seems to be somewhat a
farmer’s creed. If you don’t
have a good crop or receive a
good price, there is always
the hope that next year
things will be better and
even up..
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From my kitchen win
dows, I now have a sweeping
view in three directions of
our meadow and the
woodland beyond. When
there is a breeze the sun
sparkles on the water around
the island.
The one surprising thing I
see from the new room is
very large icicles hanging
from a rock formation or
small cliff on the side of the
hill. Apparently a spring
allows water to seep through
and form a picturesque
scene.
A neighbor boy has had a
successful trapping season
on our farm. He got 6 rac
coons, 2 grey foxes and quite
a few opposums and
muskrats. We weren’t as
lucky All the box traps in
our haymow caught were a
dozen cats and no raccoons
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disaster.
Persons hardly notice
when average prices go up
by 1 or 2 percent a year. New
products at slightly higher
prices often have features
old ones didn’t have. They
are improved in some way
and, therefore, are worth
more.
Wage earners usually
offset small price increases
because they produce more
or get wage increases. Even
during periods of inflation,
prices of some things will
stay the same and others will
go down.
Inflation is a rise in the
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general price level. Stated
another way, it is a decline in
the real purchasing power of
the monetary unit. In the
United States, inflation is a
decline in the real pur
chasing power of the dollar.
In even simpler terms,
inflation is a condition of
significantly or substantially
rising prices. Economists
say this country is in a state
of inflation when average
prices go up 3 percent a year.
That means if it takes a
dollar and three cents for
more) to buy items that cost
a dollar last year • that’s
inflation.
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