Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 17, Number 17, DeMotte, Jasper County, 21 March 1947 — DON'T FAIL TO SEE PURDUEU. FARM SPECIAL [ARTICLE]

DON'T FAIL TO SEE PURDUEU. FARM SPECIAL

Special Train to Stop at Wheatfield Friday, March 21, Rensselaer, Monday, March 24 ? The devise for measuring the (Correct working height will be one pf the features in which many homemakers will be interested When visiting the Farm and Home Special Train which will stop at Wheatfield, Friday, March 21 and at Rensselaer on Monday, March 24. The device will give the visitor opportunity to check her own best counter height: Other displays of interest to the hundreds of homemakers who will View the educational train when it stops in Jasper County will be the model “Food Preparation Center” which will feature “everything Within easy reach” with emphasis on labor saving arrangement of equipment. Full, size cabinet equipment, stocked with all untensils and supplies necessary for a good mixing Center will be shown, along with many other devices for relieving the,busy homemaker from “stopping, walking and stretching.” In keeping with the present need for improved housing, remodelling problems and their solution will also be highlighted. How to “set” an over-all patch Without ripping out the pant-leg (on “retreading” the seat, elbow, or knee of an old stand-by suit will also be among the many ‘‘know how” features brought out in the home economics exhibits. In charge of designing the displays are members of the Home Economics extension staff at Purdue University. The special educational train operated the New York Central railroad in the state in cooperation with the 'Agricultural Extension Service, is scheduled to arrive at Wheatfield at 1:00 p.m. and will be open for visitors until 5:00 p.m. The train, operating (next by the Monon railroad, is [scheduled to arrive at Rensselaer at 1:00 p.m. and will be open for visitors until 5:00 p.m. j.