Today I have some household tips from The Farmer's Wife magazine, which was published in 1928. Some is still useful and some I included just to show how much times have changed!

-When rag carpets begin wear, try running a few lines of machine stitching over the spot where the warp has broken.

-To repair a leak in a bucket, paint over the hole and stick a piece of cloth over it. After the paint is dry, apply two more coats of paint.

-An easy and satisfactory way of preparing grated cheese is to press it through an ordinary tea strainer. It is much quicker than grating. Boiled eggs can be treated the same way.

-Apply iodine to scratches on mahogany furniture and then rub with a good furniture polish.

-Felt hats can be well cleaned by rubbing them thoroughly with a rubber bath sponge.

-One of the best cleansers that I can use of glass baking dishes, granite ware, and milk pails, is a very fine sandpaper. I always keep a number of two-inch squares in my kitchen cabinet.

-I find that my house plants do not get such tall, watery stalks and stems and they seem to blossom more fully if I stir wood ashes into the soil once in a while throughout the period they are indoors.

-A thorough application of linseed oil before putting stoves away for the summer will prevent them and pipes from rusting. In the fall leave oil on and polish.

-To make an almost invisible hanger for small pictures, such as those made with a loop extending above the frame, use a discarded, fine phonograph needle. This also has the advantage of making so ine a hole in the plastering that no damage is done.

MORE: Tips for cleaning blackened pans and casseroles!
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