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the families in the Northeast. South, and West serve extra people at family meals as often as once a week. It was found that more than DO percent of the farm women preserve food for family use, most of them preferring to do this in the kitchen. However, almost 00 percent of Southern women would rather use a porch for part of the work. The fact that at least DO percent of tlyc farm families interviewed do all or most of the family washing at home emphasized the need for laundry space. Most of the women like a basement area or work room for this although one-third of the Southern women favor an outside building. And, ex cept in the South, the kitchen is the pre ferred place for ironing, especially in the winter. Sewing is an activity in which over three-fourths of farm women engage. A separate room for sewing is on the desired list for about half of the North Central. Northeastern, and Western women who sew. However, almost half of the Southern farm women would rather use a bedroom as a sewing room. Farm products are prepared for mar ked in the houses of about one-half of the families in the Northeastern, North Central and Western States, and one-third of those in the South, generally in the kit.’hen or basement.
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