No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 187 



But you saj, "It costs money to establish quai'a«tines, and town- 

 ships are poor." The flrst statement I admit. There is nothing 

 worth having in this fallen world that does not cost money, but the 

 plea of poverty I do not admit. In proportion to population and 

 comparing the relative demands for expenditure, I believe that the 

 residents of a townsliip are just as well able to pay a reascnable 

 health tax, as those of a city. And in the end it would prove a sav- 

 ing, just as the mnintenance of a fire department does in any com- 

 munity. Should you not be too much out of patience with this long 

 homily to be willing to continue me as 3'our Sanitarian, I shall hope 

 to preach you another sermon next year on the text, "Its an ill bird 

 that fouls its own nest,'' and show you that there are other condi- 

 tions besides the prevalence of contagious diseases which make it 

 imperative that no township should be without a board of health. 



