LESSON FOR THE FARM HOME 



Published Semi-monthly by the New York State College of Agriculture at 

 Cornell University, Throughout the Year. Application for Errtry as 

 Second-Class Matter at the Post-Office at Ithaca, N. Y., Pending 



L. H. Bailey, Director 



r^ ^..^ -cv.,,,, xj^w^ i Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor 



Course for the Farm Home ] ^^^^_ ^^^ g Harrington, Assistant Supervisor 



VOL. I. No. I 



ITHACA, N. Y. 

 OCTOBER I, 191 1 



FOOD SERIES No. i 



THE CARE AND FEEDING OF CHILDREN.— PART I 



Flora Rose 



This is called the " century of the child," for at last the world is awake 

 to the fact that right care of little children must be regarded as a serious 

 responsibility. At a time when agriculture and industry are advancing 

 so rapidly, this question is receiving sincere attention: Is the welfare of 

 the human baby of less importance to the prosperity of the home or the 

 community than the welfare of crops or animals or inanimate machines? 



In many farm homes, the farmer has a wider and more scientific knowl- 

 edge of the needs of the young calves and chickens, of the newly sprouting 

 wheat and corn, of reapers and binders, than the woman on the farm has 

 of the baby whose life is so dear to both mother and father and of such 

 prospective value to the community. In city, town, or village, the man 

 has a more intimate and accurate understanding of the delicate machinery 

 he handles, of the industry he fosters, of the business of the firm he serves, 



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