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are features that contribute much to the interest of the tourist. 

 These wagons are drawn by horses wearing large wooden collars 

 over their necks from shaft to shaft. — But the Chairman says I can- 

 not take you any further in Eussia to-night. (Applause). 



FARM SANITATION 



By MRS. GEO. E. MONROE, Dry den, N. Y. 



For many years the Institute effort has been directed toward the 

 care and feeding of the farm animals. Dairymen and poultry men 

 have really succeeded in bringing about great improvements. Re- 

 cently it has occurred to us that what was good for the animals in 

 the barns, might with profit be applied to the i^ersons living in the 

 farm homes. 



The death rate from serious contagious diseases like typhoid fever, 

 tuberculosis and many others, is as high in the country as in the city. 

 This ought not to be. 



There are three things necessary to good health. 1st: Fresh air 

 and sunshine; 2nd: pure water; and 3rd: — and this largely de- 

 pending upon the first two, — keeping the seeds of disease out of our 

 bodies. 



Consumption, which causes the death of more persons than does 

 any other disease, nc'eds only for its cure and prevention — pure air 

 and sunshine, with nourishing food ; while the dreaded typhoid fever 

 is a water borne disease. During the day more or less fresh air is 

 admitted to our homes from opening doors, but during the night it 

 is too often carefully excluded. Since we spend one-third of our 

 lives in bed, we might with profit increase our contact with fresh air 

 and improve our health without interfering with our comfort. No 

 one enjoys having the wind blow on them through an open window. 

 But by covering tlie outside of the window with muslin, or covering 

 a wooden frame which fits under the lower sash of the window, one 

 can enjoy fresh air without any discomfort. Ventilation is fresh air 

 without drafts. Try this method of obtaining it. The muslin should 

 be a trifle heavier than cheese cloth. It will not lower the tempera- 

 ture of tlie room more than two or three degrees. Besides pure air 

 heats easier and pure air remains warm longer than bad air. If the 

 muslin is unbleached it will not wet through. In regard to the water 

 we use for dometic purposes, it is not enough that water should be 

 odorless, colorless and tasteless. It must prove to be pure under the 

 chemists test. Our bodies need large quantities of water inside and 

 out. The body is truly a system of canals, and should be flushed 

 daily. Five pints of water is none too much to drink daily. It is 

 better than pills. Try it. 



