About the Wool Mattress
Dear Aunt Daisy, I really meant to write when I heard you read the letter from a‘lady who wanted to make a wool mattress, but I have been too busy. However, I have had so much help from your session that I shall be pleased if I can be of help to anyone else. I made a wool mattress about six years ago and it is a great success. Wash the wool in fairly hot water with soap and borax, using several waters; then put to dry; on fine wire netting is best. When dry send to a saddler to tease out on the machine (don't try to do it by hand, that would be a dreadful job). When I made the mattress, I buttoned
it, like the bought ones, making it fairly tight and firm. It is most comfortable to sleep on, and hasn’t gone lumpy. I heard you read a letter from a lady who said her mattress had gone lumpy; perhaps she hadn’t buttoned hers. -- " Farmer’s Wite." Dear Aunt Daisy, Just a little more about the wool mattress. Wash as you would any wool, put it in a pillow case or any strong sheet. Spread it out flat in the bag and put it through the wringer. Then spread it out on wire netting to dry. To cut. it up I used a sharp axe on a block of hard wood. We have two mattresses which have been in use nine or ten years, and all they get is a shake up now and again, and they are warm, comfortable beds. Put the closed end of the bag in the wringer first, because if you do not the air collects in the bottom of the bag and makes hard turning. -" Helper" (Paraparaumu). Many thanks to you both.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 39, 21 March 1940, Page 45
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304About the Wool Mattress New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 39, 21 March 1940, Page 45
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