“Don’t waste the water!” was a common parental admonition in the days before water was piped into houses and pumped by electricity. Water was a scarce commodity in pioneer days. Cooking and dishwater was given to the chickens or hogs. Laundry water was reused to water the garden or to scrub the ...
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