Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1883 — Husk Beds. [ARTICLE]

Husk Beds.

A correspondent of Household says the way to make a husk bed is to put the husks into plenty of water and spread them on the grass to dry, first spreading sheets on the grass, to keep away the insects, etc., if possible. When the husks are dry, draw them through a flax hatchel, or with a fork split them several times to make them softer. Then fill into a bed-tick. Don’t put in enough to be hard, but make a good, comfortable bed. Have a slit in the center of the bed-tick, and every day stir the husks up. A button and button-hole in the bed-tick will make all secure and if you wash or scald the husks every few years they will keep sweet and you will have a cheap and comfortable bed.