Page Ten
Farm Household
Hints on How
To Clean Spots
By Verna Stanton
Cleaning Paper Lampshades.
Skimmilk is a good cleaner for
paper lampshades, both those of
unfinished paper and those with a
shellac, varnish, or waxlike fin
ish, according to home manage
ment specialists of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture. Do not
use water on paper shades because
it softens and may break or dam
age the paper. Milk, on the other
hand, does not penetrate paper
readily because of its casein con
tent. It slips over the surface car
rying soil with it.
A small amount of milk poured
on the shade and rolled around
cleans many papers well. As the
milk darkens with dirt, a fresh
supply should be used. Sponging
the milk on with a soft cloth hast
ens the cleaning. However, if the
cloth roughens the paper, this
method should not be used.
The casein in milk is a rather
gelatinous baterial that picks up
and absorbs dirt. Cleaning with
milk leaves a slight finish on the
paper shade.
The first step in cleaning the
shade is to dust inside and out
with a soft clean cloth, soft brush
or hand vacuum cleaner. Then
sponge the surface very lightly
with a cloth dipped in milk, using
about a fourth cupful for a large
shade. Support the shade by plac
ing it on a table and hold it by
the top wires turning as you clean
in order not to bend the paper.
Use a fresh cloth and fresh milk
as either shows soil. The milk
should not stand on the shade or
moisten the glue. If the milk
seems to be softening the paper,
allow the shade to dry before con
tinuing. A very soiled shade may
need a second application after it
dries.
Be careful with shades made of
two layers of paper. If soil has
seeped in between the layers,
cleaning the lining with milk may
leave streaks.
Local Tobacco Barn
Losses Heavy in '46
Losses from tobacco barn fires
amounted to approximately two
million dollars last year for North
Carolina flue-cured tobacco grow
ers, says D. D. Chamblee, Zebulon
insurance agent.
Chamblee says that as a result
of this heavy loss to the farmers,
the State College leaders have
made a study in an effort to learn
the causes of these fires. The re
sults of the study revealed 1,412
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bains, 878,600 sticks of tobacco,
and 1,412 curing units destroyed
by fire in 1946.
There were about 162,300 wood
fired barns in use in the State last
year, and of this number, 825 or
5.4 barns out of each 1,000 burned.
Out of a total of 77,800 oil-fired
barns estimated in use in the
State, 534 were reported burned
or 6.86 out of each 1,000.
In interpreting this information,
it should be kept in mind that
there were a number of different
makes of oil burners that had a
lower fire loss rate than wood,
while there were other makes that
were responsible for a very high
loss among barns fired with oil.
Os the 9,100 barns in use fired
by stokers, 4 burned, or about 4.5
earns per 1,000.
Further information on these
tosses have been prepared by the
jollege and are available to you
upon request. Prepared in a detail
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EACH THURSDAY.
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The Zebulon Record
and easily readable form, tne;
folder snows the causes of the
barn losses, makes and types of
heating unts used, and recom- 1
mendations for reducing fire loss- |
es.
In requesting this information
write to‘Agricultural Editor, State j
College Station, Raleigh, and ask |
for Extension Folder Number 72,
entitled “Tobacco Barn Fire Loss
Summary.”
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October 10, 1947