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v i j vi tf wuf slthbiuie stouflfviueont thuraay septemberl6945 x i j better erade fish are being selected here in a fresh fish market durgrn of salmon to spawning grounds bc fisher men and cannersjembark on a major industry fresh sockeye displayed here by mrs gale cook who oper ates at cannery barge on the fraser river will soon be fine canned fish small tugs ply the wide fraser river to reap their daily har- 1 o ua1 anon j v o i1 maat iiiri tnic vestotsockeye salmon to help ease canadas meat ration this fall the salmon are now racing upstream to their annual spawn ing grounds in fresh water v i switching back to civilian production jfishing reels iristeadof brenguns will be made here honc d howe minister of leconstructiori says there will be no wholesale- shifting of workers to jobs at lower wages remote control unit for motorized equipment and man- tel radios instead of radar parts is included in therecon- version progiam of peacetime production t farm homes there are a few facts that might well be sj nowabout our farm hqmes-sin-ontario- true hheyarejtimprdving jfast in the matterpof better houses but the busy housewife isshorf of tunning waterrjcven scold jwater and water ontap is just adreamfortoo v they r lack jmaundry stubs carpet sveeperswashing machines and numberless other gadgets that are needed-evenmore- urgently than jthejfare required in stouff- ville where the house- wife isn6t sogreat as it is on the ordinary farm the writer has visitedmorethan one farm where the conveniences are greater in the barns tlianin the house a few weeks ago we were ina set of fine farm buildings running water for the cattle litter carrier electricity chopper and pother thirigsjbut at the house the woman came tqttie doorwith a pan of water to throw out by i the pump stoop she had electf icicv with only a cord in the kitchen and notcasingle elec- trie appliance other than a toaster hers was to come now that the 1 cattle had beenfixedup however we do riot wish to infer that the notbe well equipped far beit here we talk about j the farm house- aiic5 farm houses lack hot running i water only one in five having this comfort which means so much in keeping house and clothes and family clean no wonder the women put- hot running water right at the top of the list of wants water on tap is general in town with just four houses ineach hundred lack- ing but hot water j is much- more scarce i r during the recent months lever brothers limited have made a sur veyof famihesviivinghriithe medium and lowcost homes of canada and the result shows that so far we have hardly touched the problem of making ithe canadian house a place of comfort and i t deid horsesand cattle t j telvphone forfree il phone stouffville255 markham 4326 f claremont 9139 rltfri- dwe pay phone charges gorbontotoams madeutide 38 toronto f beauty vhere women are free of thehvorst drudgery running- water piped intothe house isthe first stepto comfort and health in the home a gleam- ingbath tempts vto frequent bathing whichjs t onlyvhralth- fulbutincidentallymakes laundry work much lighter aflush toilet ishackihg in threef oui ths ofour farm houses yet it plays a dominant role rf inj health cleanliness and sanitation laundry is done in the kitchen byuwothirds of the women on farms in the city one in eyery fourteen domiciles finds the women doing the laundry in the bathroom thegreat majority still rubdub on the old board in the oldfashion ed tub s not only does wash day mean a maddening clutter in the kitchen but between times thetubs are a nuisanceveven washing machines ofterihaveno proper place to stand and they arefound in- the kitchen on monday and shoved infij other- rooms between times somvhave togo to a bedroom jor a living room to leave space in the kitchen to get on withthe work there in short far too many houses are built- without onev intelligent thought- for the placing jof equip ment and the construction of- con venient cupboards v j bathing is done in the kitchen in many houses and that too means clutter and muchcleariing upafter- wardsbut it is in town that people sleep in the kitchen rural- houses do have more room as a rule country women would be amazed if they knew how city families crowd in those itocrsmall quarters which often look so smart and uptodate wall beds lftthe living rooms couches in the- diningrooms cots irfthe kltchensthe city has its problems too especially now that housing is tragically short i lasfor eating lnche kitchen that is a nationalvcustom no matter whetherthereis adining room or notmore thani7ft percent of city families and 90 per cent of rural families eat i regularly in the kitchen v maybe that is the right ideaarid there tis no objection but ifthatis tqbethe custom then the kitchen should be plarihecvtb permit meals jo be served and eaten in peace iandcomfortmeals off the corner ofacluttered table -in- a room f- crammed with everything from the wash tubs to the pramare nofconduclvetorgooddlgesuon herearetsomeof thethlngsdis- covered in this- surveyrather startling they are to those who assume that this is a nation of com fort and good living only one in three of all farm families have re frigeration of any kind the same number have inadequate cupboards one in each twenty farm kitchens depends entirely on artificial light isnt that shocking jn a land of openspace and sunshine one kitchen in six on the farm has no sink and some that claim a sink are found to have a drainless affair that is more trouble than a movable pan half the farm homes surveyed had electricity but six out of seven have no electric stove f in towns one woman in three living in a low- cobt house cooks on a wood or coal stove v i asked whatthey most wanted in the kitchen first choices of the canadian farmhousewife are sink cheerful laughing women who put with running water iiotif possible up with exasperating inconvenience 25 cabinets cupboarasj every day of their lives but this is or pantry 18 larger kitchen re- not the point invention has arranged or dinette 9 dec- it possible to take muchof the oration furniture or new floors drudgery out of daily tasks health 7 other lesser preferences were is becoming an ideal for- all t chosen by the rest people with prevention asthe sen- we are not of those who feel sible way with disease and health- ttiese gadgets are a sure path to depends so much on cleanliness and happiness and we know some proper sanitation 7 st i it fc x- ji v i i 1 z n v a 4- p ft 1- mmmmmk us ssff axyflzrwm2rttipr rheshbticfc tr j yyt4