Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1965. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 496 pages. Illustrated endpaper, Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Tabular Data. Index. Decorative cover. Cover has some wear and soiling. Among the sections addressed are: Houses, Furnishing, Equipment, Finances, Safeguards, Plants, Outdoors, Activities, Clothing, and Food. This book tells us, consumers all, many things about buying, using, or making food, clothing, household furnishing, and equipment; managing money, caring for yards, gardens, and houses; bettering communities, using leisure time; and staying healthy. This book reflects some, not all, of the many facets of the Department of Agriculture's work on behalf of consumers and homemakers. Many of the contributors to this book are in the Department or are connected with it, each writing from experience gained in the job, but others have been called upon for some chapters that enlarge the usefulness of the book and are within its scope. More