FARMERS’ WIVES—ATTENTION!

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1182, 26 October 1894, Page 5

FARMERS’ WIVES—ATTENTION!

A correspondent of an American farming paper points® out the use that can be made of dairy salt bags. She says:— We purchase our dairy salt in fiftysix pound sacks. These sacks are of fine, unbleached linen, and the various ways they can be used are manifold. Rip and pick out all the threads. Before boiling them rub lard on the black lettering, and it wiU all come out. When dry, Iron. The sacks then are ready for use. “ For tray and carving cloths they are very useful. Ravel a wide fringe around the four sides, then overcast with some of the threads drawn out to prevent further ravelling ; drawn work as elaborate as ohe wishes can be used in decorating, also embroidery; for these purposes it is superior to butchers’ linen. They make pretty tidies for rattan and willow chairs, and, looped up with dainty ribbons, are delightfully cool looking for the hot. season. “ Splashers for washstand or commode are fringed on three sides and bound with narrow ribbon or braid on the side fastened to a rack or wall, and looped from the centre at the lower edge, with ribbons tied at the top. They make useful shoe bags, and handsome and serviceable covers to floor or lounge cushions are made of them. For a large square floor cushion use two sacks, sewing small sized rope around the seams, forming three loops and ends fringed out at each corner. For sofa cushions use one bag and trim with wide linen lace. They make very pretty covers for a sewing machine or small stands, trimmed with lace fringe, or drawn work, and can be laundered repeatedly without spoiling their beauty.”