This doesn’t have much to do with Rusty Iron, but it’s been a while since I’ve written anything for my faithful lady readers.
I have a 1920 book called Farm Economy, a Cyclopedia of Agriculture for the Practical Farmer and His Family, with a section titled “A Special Department on Labor Saving Methods for the Housewife.” The section starts by pointing out that many improved implements and methods were routinely used by the farmer to ease his labor, but that his home, “which exceeds the field in importance,” had not received as much attention.
