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thv. niamilaflurc of Ijiittcr, })ackiiiij,' of fi!,ii,s, curiiii'- of nifat. sorting' of 

 a[)ple.s and ))otatocs and for innumerable other of tlie little farm opera- 

 tions that from time out of memory have made domestic life on the farm 

 so distinctive? Under these circumstances is there not sufficient explana- 

 tion for the reluctance of the city woman to become a farmer's wife or 

 for the farmer's daughters willingness to leave the farm? Would it be 

 unjust to accuse the farmer of sweatshoji methods? Are there no dan- 

 gers attending the food-preparing ))r6cess in the ordinary farm house- 

 hold? Personally I am not so much afraid of these dangers, real or 

 imaginary. I am opposed to sweatshop methods. I would divorce the 

 domestic life of the farm from the industry of agriculture to the 

 advantage of each. I am confident that this would react favorably on 

 the quality of farm work and on the attractiveness and healthfulness of 

 the farm home and would benefit mutually the farmer as a producer and 

 the city man as a consumer. The farmer need not ape the foolish in- 

 dustrial or social customs of the iirbanites, but why should he not avail 

 himself of the good that is in city customs? Keeping the boys and girls 

 on the farm and attracting desirable citizens as rural dwellers from all 

 walks of life is simply a matter of bidding for the candidate and the 

 inducements land the man. 



Sanitary science demands perfection in health of the living organism 

 and idealism in his environment. The practical attainment of the sani- 

 tary ideal in this country is possible only by three points of attack, viz : 

 (1) Personal hygiene, (2) semi-public measures, (3) public measures. 

 One might think that the whole solution rests with personal hygiene. If 

 each individual body is hygienically sound then the body politic or the 

 nation is sound. Too much emphasis cannot be placed on personal 

 hygiene. The teaching of the care of the body and right living in the 

 public schools, Sunday schools, at home and at all places, in season and 

 out of season and at all times is necessary. We need gymnasiums and 

 play grounds just as much as we need libraries and laboratories. We 

 need better trained teachers and parents to teach hygiene and especially 

 is this true in rural communities. All phases of hygiene should be taught. 

 The conspicuous omission of one important branch such as sex hygiene 

 should not be permitted nor should the spot light of overemphasis be 

 thrown on any phase of hygiene. All diseases and conditions that affect 

 the body detrimentally must be fought regardless of the route by which 

 they enter or the manner in which they affect the body. It is folly to try 

 to make oneself believe that there is no need of teaching personal hygiene 

 in the country. It must be well known that all sorts of bodily defects 

 and deformities as well as infections due to moral lapses or to inihygienic 

 practices prevail in isolated oo'v-"><;fM'v i< well as in cities. 



