Supplement id 

 CORNELL 



iReabino^Course for ^Farmers' WHives 



Published by the New York State College of Agriculture, at 

 Cornell University, from November to March and Entered at 

 Ithaca as Second-Class Matter under Act of Congress of July 

 i6, 1894. 



L. H. Bailey, Director. 



Martha Van Rensselaer, Supervisor. 



NEW SERIES 1. ITHACA, N. Y., No. 4. 



SANITATION FEBRUARY, 1909 BACTERIOLOGY. 



DISCUSSION-PAPER 



To be returned to Farmers' Wives' Reading-Course, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 



This Discussion-paper, accompanying this Bulletin on Bacteriology of 

 the Household may he returned zvith answers to the questions and with 

 any suggestions and questions of your ozvn. While the anszvering of 

 these questions is not absolutely necessary, a much greater heneiit zvill he 

 derived if you give to others the henefit of your own experience. It will 

 also help us to understand your point of view. The Bulletin may he 

 used in the grange and in the cliih where these subjects are considered. 



I. The exposure to dust in open store windows and in wagons of fruit 

 and vegetables to be used on the table is dangerous because the products 

 collect on their surfaces germs which may be communicated to the con- 

 sumer. Would it not encourage care on the part of the seller if house- 

 wives combined to object to purchase such provisions? Discuss. 

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