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Conservation in the Kitchen 158 HELEN MCKERCHER, Director M Home Economics Extension Service and Miss Ruth Moyle, Consumer Information Specialist, recently visited Michigan State Univerâ€" ny to study the Home Economics Extension proâ€" .7,-amme there, particularly the programme deal- ling with the simplification of work in the home Ed the conservation of the worker‘s time and : nergy. ‘ A feature of special interest in thelr observation t us a kitchen equipped to help the handicapped writer. for example the woman crippled with .v thritis who cannot walk or stand at her work, 1" Kettunen working at the sink in her own home. it use of the mobile choir, and having utenstls wtthin 6' reach without unnecessary stooping. reaching of l” 79. make it possible for her to do her work in 5P of on experience of heart disability. 0| he woman with a heart condition who must ”" L‘XPend unnecessary energy. Along with the “" SY'SaVinE ectuipment goes instruction in how 11' :ork without unnecessary effort. For instance. 1" -"dt’ be news to some of us that in climbing *l‘t'i-x. the build of the stairs (whether "hard" or '9" \"l is not more important than the way we handle ourselves in our climbing. V \ile Mayle is already doing tape recordings l'" {his SlUdy for local stations that use the Onâ€" l-lr‘” radio releases, and it is Miss McKercher‘s Plan to introduce work simplification in other l‘hrt'm‘ of extension service. sUMMER I960 Mrs. Ruth Keltunen (right) home monagamenl specialist at Michigan State University, with Miss Ruth Moyle. Consumer Information Specialish and Miss Helen M:- Kercher, Director Home Economics Service, Extension Eronch, Ontario Department of Agriculture. Mrs. Kettunen shows a commercially made and tairly cxv pensive posture chair, designed lo matte kitchen work easier tor a handicapped hausaworkcr who is unable to do much or any standing or walking. The improvised chair on which she sils serves the same purpose, even providing a well~adiusled pad for back support. It is a kitchen chair with the legs shortened a little, mount- ed on a plaliorm and fitted with casters to give mobility. Miss MrKerclic-r is rented on the improvitml kitchen chair shown ubovr: with u tL‘lCVlMDl‘I table and its. rae movable wooden tray. Clnals on the bottom at the tray clip it to the table to malic- a sccurr: liltlc woik table. 'II